Lopez, Palka help White Sox beat Red Sox 5-2  —  BOSTON (AP) - The Chicago White Sox had a tough time scoring runs during their weekend in Boston.  However, the pitching staff came through to deliver a big series victory over the Red Sox.  —  Reynaldo Lopez pitched into the seventh inning …

Yoenis Cespedes suffers setback while rehabbing that will delay return to Mets  —  NEW YORK — At this rate, there may not be much of a season to save by the time Yoenis Cespedes actually returns to the Mets.  —  Cespedes yet again suffered a setback during his rehab process …

Mariners throw out runner at plate to end it, beat Rays 5-4  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Right fielder Mitch Haniger threw out Johnny Field at the plate to end the game, and the Seattle Mariners held off the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 Sunday for their 17th win in 22 games.

Zach Eflin strikes out nine as Phillies avoid sweep by Brewers  —  Zach Eflin's afternoon could have ended after he managed to record the third out in the top of fifth inning of the 4-3 win over Milwaukee.  He allowed two runs in the inning, hit two batters and took a 102 mph line-drive off his throwing hand.

Rays Trade Brad Miller To Brewers For Ji-Man Choi  —  The Rays have dealt infielder Brad Miller to the Brewers for first baseman Ji-Man Choi, as announced by both teams on Twitter.  Tampa will also send some cash to Milwaukee as part of the deal, and Choi will be optioned to the Rays' Triple-A affiliate.

Five things about Braves' West Coast trip  —  Five things to know about the Braves after their 7-2 loss Sunday at Dodger Stadium, which completed a 2-4 trip through San Diego and Los Angeles.  —  1. After losing two of three games in each series on the trip against the Dodgers and Padres …

Billy Hamilton's defense, 11 walks lift Cincinnati Reds to first win over Cardinals  —  After nine losses to the St. Louis Cardinals in nine games this season, the curse was finally lifted.  —  The Reds had their share of base-running mistakes in Sunday's series finale at Great American Ball Park …

Giants' Brandon Crawford handed Nationals' Max Scherzer his first loss in over 2 months  —  WASHINGTON — For more than two months, Max Scherzer could not be beat, mowing through opponents and racking up National League Pitcher of the Month honors for April and May, an indomitable ace sure …

Ross Stripling, Max Muncy, Matt Kemp give Dodgers unexpected lift  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Sunday and these three all contributed to the win:  —  • Ross Stripling allowed two runs over 6 innings, striking out six with no walks, improving to 5-1 with a 1.65 ERA.

Goldschmidt stays hot as Diamondbacks beat Rockies 8-3  —  DENVER (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt doubled and tripled and had two RBIs to finish off a dominating series and the Arizona Diamondbacks earned an 8-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.  —  Goldschmidt homered twice in each of the first two games against the Rockies.

Pillar pushing his outfield mate Hernandez to get better every day  —  In Boston at the end of May, Red Sox infielder Mitch Moreland hit a shot to right that should have been caught by Toronto right fielder Teoscar Hernandez.  —  Hernandez sluggishly took a poor route to the ball …

Greg Auman's takeaways from Sunday's Rays-Mariners game  —  Props to Rays third-base coach Matt Quatraro, who met with reporters to answer questions and took full ownership of the decision to send Johnny Field home on the game's final play.  Accountability is

Olney: Could the Mets really deal Jacob deGrom to the Yankees?  —  Jacob deGrom has faced 12 batters with the bases loaded this year, and of those, nine have struck out and zero have gotten hits.  There have been times when pitching coach Dave Eiland has visited the mound and deGrom …