White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar passes out in dugout, taken to hospital  —  CHICAGO — For a moment, the Chicago White Sox didn't care very much about losing to the Houston Astros.  They were more concerned about an ailing teammate.  —  Reliever Danny Farquhar was taken to a hospital …

Justin Verlander got offended by Tim Anderson in the latest unwritten rules spat  —  Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander said he “took offense” to the “over-aggressive” play of Chicago White Sox infielder Tim Anderson in the Astros' 10-0 win on Friday night.

Nats beat Dodgers 5-2 in uneven matchup of Scherzer, Kershaw  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) The Dodgers didn't make it easy on Max Scherzer.  In the end, though, he was just better than Clayton Kershaw.  —  Scherzer allowed one run over six innings in the 13th all-time meeting of three …

Aaron Judge's monster homer leads Yankees to 9-1 romp over the Blue Jays  —  The bottom of the sixth inning Saturday afternoon at the Stadium lasted nearly 40 minutes.  The Yankees saw 55 pitches, with 12 batters coming to plate in unrelenting at-bat after unrelenting at-bat.

Chicago embarrasses Colorado Rockies at Coors  —  DENVER — Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber each had a homer and four RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs rode a seven-run sixth inning to a 16-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.  —  Baez had four hits, finishing a triple shy of the cycle.

Fowler sits as Pham bats leadoff  —  Dexter Fowler wasn't in Friday night's Cardinals lineup, which meant he wasn't leading off, which meant that Tommy Pham was.  —  The switch-hitting Fowler, just one for 17 (.059) against lefthanded pitching, didn't start against Cincinnati lefthander Brandon Finnegan last Saturday, either.

Mets sending Matt Harvey to the bullpen, Mickey Callaway announces  —  ATLANTA - Matt Harvey is not a starting pitcher anymore.  —  The struggling one-time ace has been moved to the bullpen, Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced.  —  Harvey said he was pissed at both himself and the situation.

Next Slide  —  The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals, 12-4, on Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park.  The Tigers beat up on Royals starter Danny Duffy and their beleaguered bullpen, to the tune of 16 hits.  Nicholas Castellanos hit his first home run of the season, falling a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

Cespedes' clutch hit, Gsellman's heroics propel Mets to win in 12  —  ATLANTA — Robert Gsellman's rubber arm and baggy shirt were a perfect combination for the Mets in extra innings Friday night.  —  After pitching the 10th and 11th, the right-hander remained in the game to bat …

Yankees' Greg Bird heading to Tampa soon, Brandon Drury closer to rehab assignment  —  NEW YORK - Greg Bird continues to feel “happy with where I'm at” in his rehab from right ankle surgery, pointing to a return to the Yankees lineup “sometime in May.”  —  The lefty-hitting first baseman …

Rays Tales: How low can this team go compared to those Devil Rays days?  —  When the Rays, in the opening weekend of their 20th anniversary celebration season, brought back and honored the inaugural 1998 Devil Rays squad, it got us thinking unexpected thoughts, such as which was a better team:

Red Sox GM's winter patience with J.D. Martinez is paying off big time  —  For months during the winter my friend Tony Massarotti whiled away the hours on his afternoon-drive radio show in Boston by crushing GM Dave Dombrowski and the Red Sox for not doing enough to keep up with the Yankees.

Here's Shohei Ohtani!  Yankees to get first look at 2-way stud who has Angels abuzz  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Three minutes have elapsed since the Angels' clubhouse has opened to the media, and 15 reporters have already staked out real estate on opposite ends of the room.

Three up, three down: Bartolo Colon is back, Bryan Price paid the price for Reds' failures  —  THREE UP  —  Bart Man: The roly-poly Bartolo Colon might be baseball's most joyful sight, guiding 88-mph fastballs to the corners of the strike zone and frustrating opposing batters.

Brewers players have found their rhythm - with percussion instruments in the dugout  —  Friday marked the Milwaukee Brewers' fourth straight victory, and it's pretty clear the Brewers are in a rhythm, both on the field and - while this is debatable depending on what your ears tell you - in the dugout as well.

Cubs' Albert Almora Jr. making most of leadoff time  —  Albert Almora Jr. on the current state of the Cubs: 'We're having so much fun.' (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Cubs manager Joe Maddon had some discouraging words for those clamoring to keep Albert Almora Jr. at the leadoff spot on a permanent basis.

Jackson's homer leads Trenton to 3-1 win over Portland  —  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Jhalan Jackson hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, leading the Trenton Thunder to a 3-1 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Saturday.  —  The home run by Jackson, part of a three-run inning …