John Franco, Mookie Wilson and Edgardo Alfonzo were among those involved in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the start of FanFest.

Ron Gardenhire addressed his job security on Friday, saying he has no plans to walk away from the Twins despite their struggles. Gardenhire’s comments came a day after Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse wrote that it was time for him to part ways with the club.

Derek Jeter is in the Yankees’ lineup for the first time this season, having been reinstated from the 60-day disabled list for Thursday afternoon’s series finale against the Royals at Yankee Stadium. He is batting second and serving as the designated hitter.

Seeking to fortify their bullpen, the Cardinals promoted top pitching prospect Carlos Martinez from Triple-A on Thursday. Although Martinez has been a starter in the Minors, he’ll pitch in relief with the Cards.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

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It took back-to-back homers by Hanley Ramirez and A.J. Ellis in the 14th inning and nine scoreless innings from the bullpen to pull it off, but the surging Dodgers pulled out a 7-5 win over Arizona Wednesday night and climbed back to .500 for the first time since April 30.

The Rockies hustled for a lead and bit their nails until finally escaping San Diego with a 5-4 victory Wednesday night, but they’re about to enter a period when maybe they won’t have to be so scrappy.

Felix Doubront allowed just one run on five hits while striking out six batters over seven strong frames and David Ortiz set a new all-time mark for hits by a designated hitter in the Red Sox’s 11-4 romp over the Mariners on Wednesday night at Safeco Field.

David Ortiz was only tied with Harold Baines for the most hits by a designated hitter for as long as it took him to get another at-bat.

Francisco Liriano hurled four-hit ball for seven innings after a rain delay of nearly three hours as the Pirates downed Oakland, 5-0, to salvage the finale of the three-game series with the leaders of the American League West.

With a two-run homer in the seventh, Matt Carpenter capped the Cardinals’ come-from-behind, 5-4, win against the Astros and extended St. Louis’ winning streak to five Wednesday. All of those victories came during this homestand, which featured sellout crowds at each.

Ben Zobrist’s single in the bottom of the 13th inning pushed the Rays to a 4-3 win over the Twins on Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay has now won seven straight games.

Albert Pujols’ fifth-inning homer on Wednesday — his second in as many days and his 15th of the year — put him 10 away from becoming the 26th member of the still-hallowed 500 home run club.

Josh Hamilton has his first multi-homer game for the Angels and went back-to-back with Albert Pujols for the first time, leading an offensive onslaught that saw the Angels put up crooked numbers in the first and fifth innings en route to an 13-2 thrashing of the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night.

Righty Esmil Rogers logged seven strikeouts in six solid frames, but it was Munenori Kawasaki’s bases-clearing single in the ninth that gave the Blue Jays a 5-4 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night at Progressive Field.

One night after getting routed by the White Sox, the Tigers turned the tables on their division rivals with an 8-5 win at Comerica Park. Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder (homer, three RBIs) and Victor Martinez each had three hits to lead the onslaught.