Boston Red Sox trade for Oakland Athletics OF Rajai Davis  —  The Boston Red Sox acquired another player they hope will help them down the stretch and in the postseason, obtaining outfielder Rajai Davis from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league outfielder Rafael Rincones, the teams announced Wednesday.

Schwarber homers, Cubs stay hot with 9-3 win over Reds  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer in the ballpark near his home, Tommy La Stella added a two-run shot while subbing for Kris Bryant, and the Chicago Cubs kept their second-half surge going with a 9-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.

Brewers stumble in 7th, fall to Giants in series finale  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Milwaukee Brewers would have much preferred to leave for an important road series against baseball's best Los Angeles Dodgers with momentum from a series win.  —  MORE BREWERS COVERAGE

St. Louis Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal to have Tommy John surgery, out for season  —  St. Louis Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal is in need of Tommy John surgery on his injured pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the regular season, the team announced Wednesday.

New York Yankees pound Jordan Zimmermann, Detroit Tigers, 10-2  —  Zimmermann allows seven runs for the third straight start; Tigers lose for 14th time in 17 games  —  Jordan Zimmermann wasn't good on Wednesday night like he wasn't good his last start or the start before that.

Joe Klein, who served as GM for Rangers, Indians and Tigers, dies at 75  —  PHILADELPHIA — Joe Klein, who was a general manager for three Major League Baseball teams before spending the past two decades as executive director of the independent Atlantic League, has died.  He was 75.

Royals closer Kelvin Herrera might not miss any time after leaving game early  —  Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera is not expected to miss much time, if any, after leaving a game Tuesday because of tightness in his forearm.  —  In his weekly appearance on KCSP (610 AM) Wednesday morning …

Cleveland Indians 2B Jason Kipnis (hamstring) placed on DL again  —  Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring, the team announced Wednesday.  —  Kipnis is the third Indians' player to be placed on the disabled list …

Blue Jays beat Rays 7-6 with 6 home runs  —  ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.  —  Kevin Pillar hit Toronto's sixth home run of the game in the eighth inning, lifting the Blue Jays over the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Wednesday night.  —  Pillar snapped a 6-6 tie with a homer off Tommy Hunter (2-5) to help the Blue Jays end a four-game losing streak.

Hill Throwing Pills  —  Rich Hill looked dominant as he blew away the Pirates 1-2-3 in the sixth inning to complete 2/3 of a perfect game.  Hill struck out eight of the eighteen batters he faced so far.  He's mixing his pitches well, getting batters to guess wrong so far.

Rangers Acquire Pedro Gonzalez To Complete Jonathan Lucroy Trade  —  The Rangers announced that they've acquired minor league outfielder Pedro Gonzalez from the Rockies as the player to be named later in the trade that sent Jonathan Lucroy to Colorado.  —  Gonzalez, 19, ranked as the Rockies …

Gallo expects to return to Rangers' lineup Tuesday against Astros  —  ANAHEIM, CALIF.  —  The broken nose Joey Gallo had in 2010, that was a bad one.  —  What happened was he took a bat to the face while he and his high school teammates were milling around the dugout.

Zach Britton's record consecutive saves streak ends at 60  —  All good things must come to an end and Zach Britton's consecutive saves streak did just that on Wednesday.  —  The Orioles closer entered Wednesday's game against the Athletics with a 7-5 lead, but gave up three straight hits …