There was a slight delay in the fifth inning of Thursday’s White Sox-Twins game at Target Field when home-plate umpire Mike Muchlinski left the contest.

The recent resurgence of Derek Jeter proves once again that no one should ever count out the nearly 40-year-old Yankees captain, writes columnist Barry M. Bloom.

Gavin Floyd was in the midst of completing a gem before suffering what appears to be a season-ending right elbow injury during the seventh inning of Thursday night’s 3-0 win over the Nationals.

One of the little-known tricks that few novice daily fantasy players use is DraftKings’ “late swap” feature. The feature allows you to add and remove players on your Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com lineup, even after a date’s games have started.

The Blue Jays have decided to shuffle their rotation and will promote right-hander Liam Hendriks from Triple-A Buffalo to make Friday night’s start in Cincinnati. The start originally belonged to R.A. Dickey, but the veteran knuckleballer has been pushed back two days.

Andrew Heaney worked six innings of one-run ball in his first big league start Thursday night, allowing a home run to David Wright in the first frame that proved to be the difference in Miami’s 1-0 loss to New York. Still, the lefty become the sixth pitcher in Marlins history to throw six or more innings while allowing one or no runs in his MLB debut.

Unearned runs count like the earned ones, and the pair the Rays tallied Thursday night were never sweeter in a 5-0 win over the Astros in the series opener.

Ryan Howard’s big night and the best outing of rookie starter David Buchanan’s young career gave the Phillies a 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Thursday at Busch Stadium.

The Padres took advantage of the Mariners’ shaky bullpen for the second straight game, coming back to win, 4-1, at Petco Park on Thursday to take both games of the two-game home segment of their four-game set against Seattle.

James Davison, a recent graduate from Morgan Park High School, has turned down a chance to sign with the White Sox to attend Howard College in Big Spring, Texas. And nobody is happier than the White Sox, writes columnist Phil Rogers.

Carlos Gomez struck out three times Thursday before he blooped an eighth-inning single, extending his hitting streak to a career-best 15 games and his streak of reaching base to 32 games. The latter is the longest current streak in the Major Leagues, and tied Gomez with Robin Yount’s 1989 run for the sixth-best in Brewers history.

The Cardinals entered this season planning to once again closely monitor Michael Wacha’s workload so as not to push the young starter too far in his budding Major League career.

Yovani Gallardo kept rolling and so did the Brewers, who rode the right-hander’s third straight seven-inning start to a 4-1 win over the D-backs on Thursday. Milwaukee took the series, three games to one, before moving on to Colorado with a 44-30 record.

Nick Swisher has struggled this season, but adding his first career walk-off grand slam to Indians lore might be the jolt he needs.

Three innings after Jason Grilli surrendered a game-tying ninth-inning homer, Russell Martin walked with two outs and the bases loaded to give the Bucs a 4-3 win over the Reds on Thursday afternoon at PNC Park.

Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper put on an awe-inspiring display early Thursday when he took live batting practice on the field for the first time since tearing a ligament in his left thumb in April.

Nick Swisher received his shot at redemption and took full advantage. In the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday, Swisher launched a walk-off grand slam against Angels closer Ernesto Frieri, sending the Indians to a 5-3 victory at Progressive Field.