Toronto Blue Jays prospects draw interest as trade deadline nears  —  FOX Sports  —  Two of the Blue Jays' best pitching prospects started in the minors on Tuesday — and the scouting presence at both games strongly indicated that rival clubs expect the Jays to be serious buyers.

Royals could lose Alex Gordon for months after left fielder strains groin  —  Royals left fielder Alex Gordon (4) was taken off the field on a cart after being injured chasing a fly ball by Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Logan Forsythe in the fourth inning Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Trout Hits 2 HRs, Giavotella Lifts Angels Over Rockies 3-2  —  DENVER — Mike Trout homered twice and Johnny Giavotella singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.

Kershaw Strikes Out 13 in Shutout, Dodgers Beat Phillies 5-0  —  LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw struck out 13 in an eight-hit shutout that snapped a five-start winless streak, and Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run homer against his former team to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 Wednesday night.

Fosse Still Feels Effects From 1970 All-Star Game Collision  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Ray Fosse's body still aches, 45 years later.  —  He never did fully recover physically from one of the most infamous plays in All-Star Game history, when Pete Rose bulled him over in 1970 to score the winning run …

Peralta Hits 2-Out, 2-Run HR in 9th, Cardinals Jolt Cubs 6-5  —  CHICAGO — Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals jolted the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Wednesday night.  —  The Cardinals trailed 5-4 and Cubs reliever Pedro Strop (1-4) quickly retired the first two batters in the ninth.

Defying Time and Space … He looks out of place, at least at first.  Wearing a Mets uniform that grants no slimming effect to his block of a body, he could easily be mistaken for an overinvested fan who has wandered past assorted “Authorized Personnel Only” signs at Citi Field, onto the outfield grass.

DeGrom dominates as Mets top Giants, 4-1  —  Jacob deGrom tossed eight shutout innings and the Mets got a solid offensive output as they beat the Giants, 4-1, on Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco.  —  The Mets opened the scoring in the sixth when a Brandon Crawford throwing error allowed Ruben Tejada to score from first base.

Teixeira Homers Twice to Help Sabathia, Yankees Beat A's 5-4  —  NEW YORK — All-Star slugger Mark Teixeira homered twice after Scott Kazmir left his start with triceps tightness, and CC Sabathia won for the first time in a month when the New York Yankees held off the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night.

Porcello Ends 7-Game Skid; Red Sox Beat Marlins 6-3  —  BOSTON — Rick Porcello held Miami to two runs in six innings to snap a career-worst, seven-game losing streak, David Ortiz hit a two-run homer and the surging Boston Red Sox won their season-high fourth straight, 6-3 over the Marlins on Wednesday night.

Tigers should accept reality and become trade deadline sellers  —  The Outside Corner  —  Yardbarker  —  Manager Brad Ausmus of the Detroit Tigers removes starting pitcher David Price during a June 2015 game.  Price is not expected to return to the club in 2016.