Swanson homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals 5-2  —  ST. LOUIS — A little lineup tweak is working out quite well for Dansby Swanson and the Atlanta Braves.  —  Swanson homered twice and Freddie Freeman also connected, helping Mike Foltynewicz and Atlanta beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Friday night.

5 Home Runs Aren't Enough for the Mets Against the Tigers  —  JaCoby Jones homered and drove in four runs, including a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera also connected as the visiting Detroit Tigers halted their nine-game losing streak on Friday night with a wild 9-8 victory over the Mets.

Here's what Miami Marlins' Brian Anderson fixed at plate to trigger recent hot streak  —  Brian Anderson did everything he needed to do in his first at-bat of the Miami Marlins' 12-10 loss to the Washington Nationals on Friday.  The slugging third baseman sat back and waited on Kyle McGowin to deliver him the pitch he wanted.

Freese's grand slam powers Dodgers by Pirates 10-2  —  David Freese hit a grand slam off opener Michael Feliz and Cody Bellinger added his 18th homer, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2 on Friday night.  —  The Pirates gave Feliz his first major league start …

Cleveland Indians Scribbles: 2019 season has been a worst-case scenario  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Scribbles in my Cleveland Indians notebook as they wrestle with so many different problems:  —  1. In spring training, the Indians' battle plan to win the Central Division was to rely …

Paxton still has knee issue; Gregorius to start 20-day clock  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The only New York Yankees in action Friday were those on the injured list.  —  While the big league club was rained out in Kansas City, Yankees pitcher James Paxton and shortstop Didi Gregorius continued testing …

A's DFA Fernando Rodney, Select Wei-Chung Wang  —  The Oakland Athletics have designated veteran reliever Fernando Rodney for assignment, their PR department announced.  Wei-Chung Wang's contract has been selected from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move.

Diamondbacks break out of slump with 18-2 win over Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ildemaro Vargas had five hits and a home run,  —  Adam Jones added four hits and a homer, and the  —  Arizona Diamondbacks broke out of a slump in a big way, beating the  —  San Francisco Giants 18-2 on Friday night.

Cincinnati Reds will go with Castillo and Gray in the doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates  —  CHICAGO — The Reds shifted the TBA from Monday to Tuesday.  —  Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray will start the two games of the Monday's doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Braves option reliever Sobotka to Gwinnett  —  The Braves reinstated relief pitcher Chad Sobotka from the injured list Saturday and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett.  He had been on the IL since April 29 with a left abdominal strain.  —  Sobotka, 25, was an effective member …

Mariners Activate Kyle Seager  —  The Mariners have activated 3B Kyle Seager from the 60-Day IL, per a team release.  The 31-year-old had been rehabbing from a torn tendon in his left (non-throwing) hand after a dive-gone-awry early in Spring Training.  —  Seager will hope to inject …

Phillies to place Pat Neshek on the injured list with shoulder injury  —  MILWAUKEE - Pat Neshek's challenging week will end Saturday with him being placed on the injured list after he felt pain in his shoulder while playing catch on Friday afternoon at Miller Park.

MLB draft: The best player ever picked at every spot from 1-30  —  Top picks in the Major League Baseball turn out to be busts at a fairly high rate, but that's not to say that some of the greatest players in history have been selected early in baseball's draft through the years.