Giants lose; Holland chides front office after being moved to bullpen  —  When a season is going bad, changes occur, more so under new management.  The players are hired help.  If they have any complaints, they usually keep them in house.  —  That changed after the Giants lost …

Tigers-Twins Preview  —  After getting shut out in back-to-back games, the  —  Detroit Tigers broke loose for five home runs while splitting Saturday's doubleheader with the  —  Minnesota Twins.  —  Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire is hoping that offense will carry over into Sunday's finale …

Rays' Cash on Yankees' plunking outrage: Chirinos ‘obviously’ wasn't trying to hit Voit in tied game Saturday.  —  Yonny Chirinos hit Luke Voit two pitches after allowing a game-tying homer to D.J. LeMaheui.  —  TAMPA — When Yonny Chirinos plunked Yankees first baseman Luke Voit …

It's Parra for the course, as Dodgers' nemesis leads Nats to win  —  LOS ANGELES-Gerardo Parra was wearing a different uniform with a weird number at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.  He wasn't No. 8 in the rival San Francisco Giants' black and orange anymore.  He was No. 88 in red and navy …

Day after rocking by Red Sox, King Felix to IL  —  The Seattle Mariners have placed right-hander Felix Hernandez on the injured list with a strained right shoulder, a day after he became the 36th pitcher in major league history to reach 2,500 strikeouts.  —  The 33-year-old Hernandez (1-4 …

Contreras homers in 15th, Cubs beat Brewers 2-1  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras homered in the 15th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.  —  Contreras turned on a 1-2 pitch from Burch Smith (0-1), sending a long shot to left field that gave Chicago its 11th win in 13 games.

‘You owe it to the game’: Yelich driven to show last year was anything but luck  —  CHICAGO — By winning the National League MVP Award last season, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich set expectations for what's next for him on their collective head.

Revamped lineup makes for group effort in Braves' win over D-Backs  —  The Braves rewrote their lineup Friday, hoping it'd light a fire; it did just enough to win a 2-1 barnburner.  On Saturday, the offense started rediscovering its stroke.  —  For the second consecutive night, the Braves topped the Diamondbacks in Phoenix.

Lifeless bats doom Cardinals in another loss to Pirates  —  The good news, after Saturday's repeat 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium, was that the Cardinals somehow still were leading the National League in team batting average,

Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera ejected in first inning vs. Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Miguel Cabrera earned himself a half day on Saturday.  —  After playing the first game of a split doubleheader against the Twins, Cabrera was ejected early in the nightcap.

Yankees demote pitcher |  Chad Green called up (UPDATED)  —  The Yankees said they called up righty Chad Green.  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lefty pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. finally made his Yankees debut — and he was immediately used as a sacrificial lamb and tossed back to the minors after a 7-2 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.

Rangers hoping a day off helps Rougned Odor snap out of slump  —  Rougned Odor will get a day off.  —  The Texas Ranger second baseman who has struggled mightily at the plate this season, will be out of the lineup Sunday afternoon in the series finale against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.