Billy Bean, Major League Baseball’s new ambassador for inclusion, partnered with the Yankees for an event on Thursday at the nation’s oldest agency for helping at-risk LGBTQ youth, with New York general manager Brian Cashman also attending.

Rob Manfred grew up near Cooperstown, but he took a winding route to being elected as Major League Baseball’s 10th Commissioner.

Rob Manfred was elected in a 30-0 vote Thursday to succeed Commissioner Bud Selig in January, becoming the 10th person to hold the industry’s highest office.

Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish, who underwent an MRI exam on Thursday, has been diagnosed with mild inflammation in his right elbow. The examination showed no indications of a long-term problem.

Reds pitcher Homer Bailey will not make his next scheduled start on Saturday and is headed for the disabled list with a strained right flexor mass tendon near his forearm.

Wil Myers, who has been on the disabled list since June 1 with a right wrist fracture, has appeared in three games for Triple-A Durham on his rehab assignment. He is 4-for-9 with a grand slam, three walks and three stolen bases.

For a pitcher to accumulate a high number of strikeouts, a lot of things have to go right. Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy knew early on Thursday that the conditions were there for Mike Fiers to have a big day against the Cubs.

Matt Harvey and Terry Collins seem to be on the same page, for now. The Mets’ injured ace and manager chatted Thursday to go over the last couple of days, as well as the organization’s recently re-emphasized desire for Harvey to tone down the pace and aggressiveness of his Tommy John rehabilitation.

The seventh edition of the Breakthrough Series will be one to build upon. The ground-breaking event, hosted by MLB and USA Baseball, expanded to four cities and greatly increased the amount of players it can impact this year. But perhaps most importantly, it featured several former Major League players serving as coaches and role models.

A series loss to the last-place Cubs would have burned, but strikeout machine Mike Fiers and the Brewers could stomach a four-game split. Fiers did not allow a run while logging a stunning 14 strikeouts in six innings, helping to ease concerns about injuries to two other Brewers starters while sending Milwaukee to a 6-2 win at Wrigley Field on Thursday.

Max Scherzer struck out 14 batters over eight scoreless innings for his AL-leading 14th win, and J.D. Martinez chipped in a homer and two RBIs in the Tigers’ 5-2 victory over the Pirates on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

Braves outfielder Justin Upton exited Thursday afternoon’s game against the Dodgers with a left hamstring strain. His status is day to day.

Freddie Freeman led off the bottom of the sixth on Thursday afternoon by hitting a rocket to deep center field. Extra bases appeared to be in Freeman’s future as Puig got a late jump on the drive. However, Puig managed to track the ball in the sunny sky before jumping into the center-field wall.

On Thursday, 34 days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb, Yadier Molina crouched down to catch his first bullpen session since the injury.

Dee Gordon scored four runs and swiped two bags to up his Major League-leading total to 54 in a 6-4 Dodgers victory against the Braves on Thursday at Turner Field. Kenley Jansen notched a four-out save.

John Axford settled in as a solid option as a middle reliever for the Tribe, but it became increasingly clear that he was not part of the team’s long-term plans. On Thursday, Cleveland made that crystal clear by allowing Axford to be claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh.

The A’s will push through the rest of August without shortstop Jed Lowrie, who is headed to the disabled list with a hairline fracture in his right index finger.