Rangers Reaction: No faulting DeShields, Odor on inside-the-park HR  —  A few oddities from Friday night, including one for which Jayson Stark is needed.  —  All three pitchers involved in the decision received career-firsts: The first career win for Gregory Infante, the first career loss …

Chicago White Sox edge Texas Rangers as Nicky Delmonico continues torrid start  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Chicago rookie Nicky Delmonico's torrid major-league start continued Friday night as he homered twice and lifted the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Sabathia-Sale duel spices up Yankees-Red Sox clash (Aug 19, 2017)  —  BOSTON — CC Sabathia returns from his latest trip to the disabled list Saturday night.  —  But he almost didn't make it back to pitch for the New York Yankees against Red Sox ace Chris Sale.

Nationals ace Max Scherzer placed on DL with neck inflammation  —  Nationals ace Max Scherzer looks from the mound during a game against the Brewers on July 27, 2017, in Washington.  —  Washington Post  —  Nationals ace Max Scherzer was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday night with inflammation on the left side of his neck.

Cardinals flirt with disaster but survive with 11 runs  —  PITTSBURGH  • The Cardinals got a home run in each of the first three innings, and they had twice as many runs as Pittsburgh by the end of the second, four times as many by the end of the fourth.

Chris Flexen falters, Mets bats silenced by Marlins in 3-1 loss  —  The fans at Citi Field on Friday night had to wait through a one-hour, 53-minute rain delay before first pitch, and all they got was a lousy ballgame.  —  This week's Subway Series was as relevant as the Mets …

Mets trade Curtis Granderson to Dodgers for player to be named later … Players and coaches came out of the back rooms and made a beeline to the corner of the clubhouse, lining up to say their goodbyes to Curtis Granderson.  The Mets veteran outfielder was hugging teammates and shaking hands …

Phillies continue to redefine rock bottom in 10-2 loss  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It would be rude to dub these Phillies as unwatchable because the franchise has existed for 135 seasons and has lost more games than every other professional sports team in America.  They have achieved unwatchable status for much worse ineptitude than this.

Matt Moore pitches Giants over Phillies  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Apparently, Matt Moore received the memo.  —  Although the San Francisco Giants entered Friday's action 22 games out of a National League playoff spot, manager Bruce Bochy insists the team isn't giving up on the season …

Mike Moustakas is about to break one of baseball's most meager home run records  —  In this year of the Three True Outcomes, all sorts of long-ball records have and will be broken.  Just last week, we saw Miami's Giancarlo Stanton blow past the Marlins' single-season home run record of 42, set 21 years ago by Gary Sheffield.