Down to his final strike, Indians No. 4 prospect Francisco Mejia doubled in his fifth and final at-bat for Class A Advanced Lynchburg on Thursday, stretching his historic hitting streak to 46 consecutive games, the longest in the Minors in 62 years.

Andres Reiner, the legendary scout who helped the Astros blaze a trail into Venezuela in the 1980s, passed away Wednesday night, the team said in a statement Thursday. He was 80 years old.

Hanley Ramirez no longer had a bandage on his ailing left wrist on Thursday, and the Red Sox are hopeful he can return to the lineup for the start of a three-game series against the Dodgers on Friday.

Here’s a look at top prospects to watch on Friday in Minor League action.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has consistently said that he envisions young right-hander Luis Severino as a starter. Come Tuesday, Girardi and the Yankees won’t have to do any more envisioning. After a quality relief outing Wednesday night where he allowed just one hit and an unearned run in 4 1/3 innings, Severino is set to return to the Yankees’ starting rotation.

Denard Span, one of the few Giants unaffected by the team’s ongoing slump, christened Thursday’s 10th inning with a leadoff homer that lifted the Giants over the Phillies, 3-2, at Citizen’s Bank Park.

When the Braves drafted a bunch of pitchers in June and then said, “You can never have enough pitching,” they certainly didn’t believe they’d be in their current position, where they essentially don’t have enough pitching to construct a big league rotation in comfortable fashion.

One day after J.D. Martinez returned from the disabled list with a go-ahead home run, Jordan Zimmermann didn’t have nearly the same impact for the Tigers in his comeback. The White Sox pounced on the veteran right-hander for six runs over 1 2/3 innings and ended Detroit’s eight-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

Forget everything you’ve heard about Aaron Sanchez. The American League ERA leader is staying in the Blue Jays’ starting rotation after all.

A day after Yoenis Cespedes aggravated his right quadriceps injury a second time, landing on the disabled list, the firestorm surrounding his golf game only intensified. When a reporter brought up the fact that Cespedes played golf Wednesday morning, mere hours before hurting himself, Mets manager Terry Collins cut him off.

Though the Yankees have decided to offer opportunities to other players, general manager Brian Cashman said on Wednesday that there are “no plans” to release Alex Rodriguez, who is owed approximately $27 million through the 2017 season.

The Tigers held off at Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline because they anticipated getting an impact from injured players coming back. They experienced the yin and yang of those returns in a 24-hour span.

Coupled with a quartet of homers, Mike Clevinger did just enough to snap the Indians’ starting pitching slump as Cleveland beat the Twins, 9-2, in the finale on Thursday at Progressive Field.

Yasiel Puig could soon be put on waivers by the Dodgers, who seem noncommittal about continuing the relationship. He seems unlikely to sail through waivers, as his contract calls for only $14 million over the next two seasons — a relative bargain for a player who has demonstrated his kind of upside.

In the 13 months since the Brewers dove into rebuilding mode, they have vastly improved their Minor League system. How improved? Well, that is where the interpretation begins. By one view unveiled Wednesday by MLBPipeine.com, it’s the No. 1 collection of talent in baseball.

Ichiro Suzuki’s quest to collect the two hits he needs to become the 30th player in Major League history to reach the 3,000-hit plateau continues at Coors Field on Friday night, with Suzuki eight days removed from collecting his 2,998th and most recent knock, and a week since he even drew a start.

Matt Carpenter wrapped up a four-game rehab assignment with Double-A Springfield on Wednesday and will meet the Cardinals back in St. Louis for Friday’s series opener against the Braves.