NY Mets complete 4-game sweep of Marlins, prepare for what's next  —  NEW YORK — The preliminaries are over for the Mets.  Now come the main events.  —  The Mets completed their 13-1 feast of the worst teams on their schedule (they don't play the Orioles) on Wednesday with their sixth straight victory …

Davis removed after dugout altercation with Hyde (O's lose 14-2)  —  The first public blowup of the Orioles 2019 season played out in the dugout tonight after the top of the fifth inning.  —  A MASN camera caught hitting coach Don Long and injured outfielder Mark Trumbo restraining Chris Davis from going after manager Brandon Hyde.

Corey Kluber Begins Rehab Assignment  —  Two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber set out on a minor league rehab assignment Thursday, tossing three innings for the Indians' Triple-A affiliate in Columbus.  —  Kluber made 41 pitches across three innings, allowing a pair of runs on two hits …

Mercer's game-ending homer gives Tigers 10-8 win  —  Jordy Mercer's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the  —  Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.  —  Travis Demeritte led off the ninth with his third walk of the game and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Rogers.

Red Sox Place David Price On 10-Day Injured List  —  The Red Sox announced that left-hander David Price has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a left wrist injury.  The placement is retroactive to August 5.  Price received a cortisone shot after an MRI revealed a TFCC cyst within his wrist.

Were We Wrong About the Mets?  —  The Mets were alive, then they were dead.  Now they're thriving.  What's going on?  —  Welcome to the latest installment of 3 Up, 3 Down, our weekly stock watch of who's streaking and who's slumping throughout Major League Baseball.

Diamondbacks' Luke Weaver could return as a reliever when healthy  —  With the calendar working against him, injured right-hander Luke Weaver could return as a relief pitcher to help the Diamondbacks if they remain in the thick of the National League wild-card race in the final month of the season.

Rangers offer tickets to family citing harassment  —  The Texas Rangers have offered tickets to a family that says it was subject to harassment at a game Saturday.  —  Jessica Romero posted to Facebook that a man made racist comments about Hispanics and intentionally made derogatory gestures behind …

Mud Maker: The Man Behind MLB's Essential Secret Sauce  —  A multibillion-dollar business that embraces advanced technology and cherishes precision, Major League Baseball would prefer not to need an oozy substance harvested by one family in a secret location along the Delaware River.

Will the Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler if they don't make the playoffs?  —  PHOENIX — Gabe Kapler, wearing a black Adidas cap, a black T-shirt with cut-off sleeves, the veins bulging in his biceps after the early afternoon workout, sits behind the desk in the visiting manager's office, oozing of calmness and serenity.