MLB suspends, fines Matt Kemp, Robinson Chirinos  —  Major League Baseball has suspended Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp and Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos each one game for their on-field altercation Wednesday night.  —  Each players also was fined.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS

Yanks' Brian Cashman: Gleyber Torres untouchable in any trade  —  NEW YORK — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has reached out to about 20 teams since the end of last week's Major League Baseball draft to see just what it will take for his club to land a new starting pitcher ahead of next month's trade deadline.

Andy Green gets in parting shot on umpire Joe West after ejection  —  San Diego Padres manager Andy Green was ejected from Friday night's 9-3 win in Atlanta after arguing umpire Joe West's changed call on an apparent strikeout by Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies.

Next Slide  —  Detroit Tigers first baseman John Hicks accomplished a career first on Thursday: a major-league triple.  —  Leading off the bottom of the seventh inning of Detroit's game against the Minnesota Twins, Hicks drove a 2-1 pitch into Comerica Park's cavernous gap in right-center field.

Cubs top pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay out for season with lat strain  —  Cubs manager Joe Maddon on the important of resting his players, especially with temperatures rising.  (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  If the Cubs add pitching depth this season …

Span has key pinch hit as Mariners rally past Red Sox, 7-6  —  SEATTLE (AP) Denard Span's pinch-hit double in the eighth inning scored two runs, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 7-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  —  Span, hitting for Guillermo Heredia with one out …

Brandon McCarthy not thinking of upcoming rotation crunch  —  Brandon McCarthy might be fighting for his spot in the Braves' rotation.  —  McCarthy persisted through 5-2/3 innings Friday, allowing two runs in a 9-3 loss to the Padres.  But box score notwithstanding, the evening was a struggling, yet gutsy, outing for McCarthy

MLB: Richard Bleier could be out for season  —  Baltimore Orioles reliever Richard Bleier is likely lost for the year with a shoulder injury, yet another setback for the team with the worst record in the major leagues.  —  Bleier (3-, 1.93 ERA) was the most effective pitcher in a bullpen …

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Mets … Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray made his first rehab start on Thursday with Class-A Visalia and allowed five runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three and walking one.  —  Both earned runs were solo homers surrendered by Ray …

Olney: Billy Hamilton could be a real weapon on the right team  —  Just off the hallway that leads from the home clubhouse to the dugout in Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, there is a batting cage to the right, enveloped by netting, and right next to that is a mini-track.

Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala features star-studded lineup  —  The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame is expecting a star-studded lineup for its induction gala on July 22 - including six of the Big Red Machine's “Great Eight” and several of its pitchers as well as National Baseball Hall of Famers Ken Griffey …

Phillies learning how to navigate through turbulent times |  Bob Brookover  —  The Phillies arrived in Milwaukee on Thursday night as a team in contention.  They were four games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves and 2 ½ games behind the Washington Nationals for the second wild-card spot.

‘Back to the drawing board’ after White Sox prospect Michael Kopech's rocky outing  —  Photos of the White Sox pitcher and the No. 10-ranked prospect by Baseball America.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Triple-A Charlotte pitcher Michael Kopech hit a big bump in the road in his start …

Ed Roebuck, pitcher on the Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 championship team, dies at 86  —  Ed Roebuck, who pitched for the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win a World Series championship and the first Dodgers team in Los Angeles, died Thursday.  He was 86.  —  He was found unresponsive in his Lakewood home, according to his son Ron.

Homer Bailey (knee) not healthy enough to pitch, halts rehab  —  PITTSBURGH — Struggling Cincinnati Reds right-hander Homer Bailey has halted his injury rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Louisville.  —  Bailey made one start for Louisville and allowed five runs in three innings Monday.

Angels place 4 more on disabled list, bringing total to club-record 15  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels lost four more players to the disabled list Friday, putting the club's total at a franchise-record 15 players on the DL at one time.  —  Infielder Zack Cozart went on the DL …

Hernandez, Kemp homer in Dodgers' 3-2 win over Giants  —  Ross Stripling pitched four-hit ball over 6 1/3 innings, Enrique Hernandez and  —  Dodgers a major league-leading 32 homers this month, and Los Angeles beat the rival  —  San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night in their series opener.