Cleveland Indians: Late-inning heroics push winning streak to 22  —  CLEVELAND — Jay Bruce's RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, extending the Indians' American League-record winning streak to 22 games.

Drew Pomeranz, Boston Red Sox baffle Oakland Athletics  —  BOSTON — Drew Pomeranz pitched six solid innings for his 16th win and Andrew Benintendi had three hits and three RBIs, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a three-game series on Thursday.

Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez hit back-to-back milestone home runs in Yankees' win  —  Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez went deep in consecutive at-bats in Thursday's 13-5 win over Baltimore, and the back-to-back homers turned out to be milestone blasts, respectively, for the Yankees' homegrown young sluggers.

Rangers Reaction: After that homestand, 'It doesn't look good'  —  ARLINGTON  —  The homestand was setting up nicely for the Texas Rangers, who had two wild-card contenders coming to town and a chance to assert themselves in the playoff standings.  —  Or they could lay an egg and start the slow journey to the off-season.

Series preview: Cardinals at Cubs  —  SCOUTING REPORT  • The Cardinals beat the Cubs in St. Louis on opening night but the Cubs have won eight of the next 11 meetings, including five of six at Wrigley Field.  Carlos Martinez, who will pitch Friday, has one of the four wins and also blanked …

Hit parade: White Sox pound out 25, rout Tigers 17-7 … DETROIT (AP) — Avisail Garcia went 5 for 5 and drove in a career-high seven runs, Yoan Moncada scored five times and the  —  Chicago White Sox pounded out 25 hits Thursday while routing the  —  Detroit Tigers 17-7.

Weaver wins again as Cardinals beat Reds 5-2  —  Luke Weaver continued his late-season surge Thursday at Busch Stadium, pitching six strong innings in the Cardinals 5-2 win over Cincinnati.  —  Weaver won his fifth consecutive start since returning from the minors with six innings of work.

Game Day: Diamondbacks jump out to 5-0 lead … CONNECT  —  Follow our updates from Chase Field as the Diamondbacks close out a 4-game series with the Rockies.  —  High Five  —  The Diamondbacks scored five runs to take a 5-0 lead and in the process knocked Colorado starter Chad Bettis out of the game after just 1/3 of an inning.

Astros OF Jake Marisnick out 6-8 weeks after breaking thumb  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick could be out for the season after breaking his right thumb while sliding headfirst into second base.  —  Marisnick will need surgery and will be out six to eight weeks, the Astros announced Thursday.

Rob Manfred says MLB willing to wait 2 years for Shohei Otani  —  In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, Japan starter Shohei Otani pitches against South Korea during the first inning of their semifinal game at the Premier12 world baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.

Buxton's 10th-inning blast gives Twins 3-2 win over Jays … Byron Buxton's 10th-inning homer gave the Minnesota Twins their second straight walk-off victory, a 3-2 win over the  —  Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night.  —  A night after  —  Eddie Rosario beat the

Amed Rosario, Travis d'Arnaud both leave Mets game due to injury  —  CHICAGO — Amed Rosario and Travis d'Arnaud were taken out of the Mets game in the middle of the fifth inning Thursday night.  The shortstop seemed to pull up lame coming out of the box after a ground ball to short to end the top of the fifth.

Cubs closer Wade Davis could go more than one inning to preserve setup men  —  Cubs closer Wade Davis discusses his first season with the team prior to a game against the Braves on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.  (Paul Sullivan/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune