Dwight Gooden Arrested on Drug Charges in New Jersey  —  Dwight Gooden, the former standout pitcher for the Mets and Yankees, was arrested last month in New Jersey and charged with cocaine possession and driving under the influence.  —  The police in Holmdel, a township in Monmouth County …

Pham, Lowe HRs help Rays and Chirinos beat Orioles 16-4  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Tampa Bay emerged from the All-Star break by scoring seven runs in the first inning, and the Rays got homers from  —  Tommy Pham and Nate Lowe in a 16-4 rout of the error-prone  —  Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

Encarnacion praises Vladdy Jr. then shows him how it's done  —  NEW YORK — Edwin Encarnacion is often a man of few words but he needed just one to describe what it was for him to watch Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the Home Run Derby on Tuesday night in Cleveland.  —  And then he couldn't help himself.

Indians Acquire Phil Maton From Padres  —  The Indians have acquired righty Phil Maton from the Padres, per a club announcement.  International bonus poll space is headed to San Diego in the deal.  —  In other moves, the Friars announced that that they have selected the contract of righty Andres Munoz.

Mitch Moreland injury: Boston Red Sox first baseman starts rehab assignment  —  Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday night, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout as the designated hitter.  —  Moreland hadn't seen game action since June 7 …

Cubs edge Pirates 4-3 on Heyward's hit, Bryant's baserunning  —  Jason Heyward hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two out in the eighth inning, and the  —  Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Friday in their first game after the All-Star break.  —  Kris Bryant set up Heyward's winning hit with a one-out walk off Jason Crick (3-5).

Mets Designate Wilmer Font  —  The Mets have designated right-hander Wilmer Font for assignment, Tim Healey of Newsday reports (Twitter link).  He'll be replaced on the active roster by fellow hurler Chris Mazza.  —  Font was utilized initially as a starter and then in a multi-inning capacity …

Zack Cozart To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery  —  6:05pm: GM Billy Eppler says that Cozart will not return to action this year, as J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group was among those to tweet.  The club is reinstating backstop Kevan Smith from the IL to take the place of injured catcher Jonathan Lucroy.

Dodgers get even stronger as Seager returns  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers, with the best record in baseball at 60-32, will be getting even stronger when the second half of the season begins.  —  They activated shortstop Corey Seager, out since June 12 with a hamstring strain …

White Sox prospect Luis Robert has a grand Triple-A debut with Charlotte Knights  —  They say you only have one chance to make a good first impression.  —  It's safe to say that Luis Robert made more than a good impression with the  —  Charlotte Knights.  In his Triple-A debut on Thursday,

40 years ago, Disco Demolition Night stirred culture war still being fought  —  Forty years ago today, when Dan Petry was a rookie pitcher for the DetroitTigers, his second road trip took him to Chicago's Comiskey Park for a scheduled twi-night doubleheader against the White Sox on Disco Demolition Night.

Jim Bouton Opened Up the Major Leagues to Everyone  —  Through both his everyman path to professional baseball and his revealing memoir “Ball Four,” Bouton, who died on Wednesday, made a gilded world seem attainable.  —  In high school they called him Warm-Up, because he only ever pitched in the bullpen.