Arizona's Zack Greinke to replace Cubs' Jon Lester on All-Star roster  —  Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Zack Greinke will replace left-hander Jon Lester on the National League All-Star roster.  —  Lester is due to start for the Chicago Cubs against San Diego on Sunday and would be unavailable …

Mets brace for Scherzer, Nationals  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway said he thinks his ace pitcher, Jacob deGrom, should start for the National League in next week's All-Star Game.  —  But Callaway and the Mets are almost surely going to see the NL's starter Thursday night …

Rays get blame in Willy Adames demotion  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Rays said what you would expect about sending top prospect Willy Adames back to Triple-A Durham after an unimpressive monthlong stint with them, that it will do him good to go back to playing, and playing shortstop, every day.

Minor-league extra-innings rule has helped shorten games  —  On the second day of the Major League Baseball season, the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 in 17 innings.  The teams combined to use 14 pitchers, and the game took 5 hours, 18 minutes to complete.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS

Last Slide  —  DENVER - The Diamondbacks' season so far has been filled with peaks and valleys and little in between - unless this past week or so qualifies as something else, something weirder.  They scored 20, gave up 19 and played a 16-inning affair in a four-day span.

DL Placements: Logan Morrison, Rafael Devers, Shelby Miller  —  With the All-Star break at hand, we may well continue to see more disabled list placements than usual as teams attempt to get players extended rest, with a minimal number of actual games missed, to address minor ailments.

Yankees score twice in 8th off Kluber, top Indians 7-4  —  CLEVELAND (AP) - Aaron Hicks drove home Didi Gregorius from first base with a one-out double in the eighth inning off Cleveland ace Corey Kluber, sending the New York Yankees to a 7-4 win over the Indians on Thursday night.

Angels' Garrett Richards to have Tommy John surgery  —  MLB, Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels right-hander Garrett Richards has opted to have season-ending Tommy John surgery to repair ulnar collateral ligament damage in his right elbow.

Mariners vs. Angels: Live updates as Paxton, Skaggs duel in series finale in Anaheim  —  Each team has their ace going for Thursday night's series finale between the Mariners and Angels.  It's a couple of lefties, James Paxton vs. Tyler Skaggs, in the rubber match.  Follow here for live updates, analysis and more.

Pearce calls his time with the Blue Jays bittersweet  —  BOSTON - Steve Pearce describes his time in Toronto as bittersweet.  —  He enjoyed playing for the Blue Jays, but at the same time there was a real sense of frustration.  Injuries kept the hard-hitting utility man from really showing Toronto fans …

Blue Jays' Estrada won't be back until after all-star break  —  BOSTON - Right-handed starter Marco Estrada will not rejoin the rotation until after next week's all-star break.  Estrada suffered a glute injury on July 3.  —  The finesse pitcher did a bullpen session on Wednesday and felt better …

Jim Riggleman shows his own style of managing in interim role with Cincinnati Reds  —  CLEVELAND - When Jim Riggleman was named the Reds' interim manager in April, he told players during his first team meeting that he wasn't planning on making many changes.  —  He introduced some extra early work before games.

Canha's two-run single helps A's rally past Astros 6-4  —  Mark Canha's two-RBI single in Oakland's three-run eighth inning lifted the  —  Houston Astros on Thursday.  —  The Athletics fell behind early but cut the lead to one with a three-run fifth.  An RBI double by

Derek Jeter's Marlins cut ties with Papa John's as MLB distances itself from disgraced founder John Schnatter  —  Major League Baseball is doing its best to cut all ties with Papa John's and its racist founder, with Derek Jeter and the Miami Marlins leading the charge.

Marc Topkin's takeaways from Thursday's Rays-Twins game  —  Sitting around for two hours waiting through a couple of false alerts is going to be a bit frustrating, and it showed in LHP Blake Snell's shaky first inning.  After an infield single he loaded the ba