On Friday, in what might be a good omen for June, the Nats got some relatively good news on Stephen Strasburg, who exited after two innings with what turned out to be a strained right oblique, not an elbow-related ailment. Then came more good news when the Nats held on to beat the Braves, 3-2.

Bartolo Colon pitched a five-hit shutout and Josh Reddick, playing for the first time since May 6, delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the eighth inning as the A’s defeated the visiting White Sox, 3-0, on Friday night at O.co Coliseum.

After Brandon League allowed a two-run pinch-hit homer to Todd Helton to tie the game with one out in the bottom of the ninth, wasting seven-plus solid innings from Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers rebounded with two runs in the 10th, and Ronald Belisario made it stand for his fourth career save and a 7-5 win against the Rockies.

Stephen Strasburg felt pain from his first pitch through his 37th as he faced the Braves on Friday, but he didn’t think it was anything out of the ordinary. As it turns out, it’s quite out of the ordinary. Strasburg has a strained right oblique and will fly back to Washington to have it examined by the team’s medical director.

Hisashi Iwakuma ended the month of May with another terrific outing, striking out five over 7 2/3 innings in the Mariners’ 3-0 win over the Twins on Friday. Kendrys Morales’ supplied most of the offense with a two-run homer.

CC Sabathia may have found the answers to his lingering problems in a sharp 10-strikeout performance, winning for the first time in more than a month as the Yankees snapped their five-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Friday.

The Brewers bounced, blooped and broken-batted Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels into submission during a four-run third inning that gave the Brewers their first lead in 62 innings, and led to a 8-5 victory at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.

If there was a change in feeling and texture to the Yankees on Friday night with the return of Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, it should come as no surprise.

Right-hander Mike Leake fired six scoreless innings with five strikeouts, while Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto provided RBI singles for the Reds in a 2-0 win over the Pirates on Saturday at PNC Park.

The Orioles won, 7-5, in walk-off fashion Friday, on a night Tigers starter Max Scherzer stymied Baltimore’s bats for much of the game. But the Orioles’ offense broke out in a big way in the ninth inning, capped by Chris Dickerson’s three-run home run to win it.

Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown crushed two home runs Friday night to make him the National League leader with 15, and also put an exclamation point on what was a preposterously productive month.

Johnny Cueto cruised for eight scoreless innings and was backed by solo home runs by Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips during a smooth 6-0 win for the Reds over the Pirates on Friday.

Jacob Turner’s return to the Majors was the spark the Marlins needed, and 31-year-old rookie Ed Lucas chipped in his first career hit in a 5-1 victory over the Mets on Friday night.

Inclement weather continued to plague the Cardinals this week, as Friday night’s series opener with the Giants was postponed.

With the opportunity to look at a replay from the comfort of the air-conditioned clubhouse, Joe Girardi admitted he was incorrect in his challenge of second-base umpire Vic Carapazza on Friday, questioning a fifth-inning force play that led to the Yankees manager’s ejection.

Center fielder Matt Kemp, sent to rehab his strained right hamstring in Arizona, is not expected to require more than the minimum 15 days on the disabled list, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Friday.

Attendance at Major League games has been resilient despite unseasonable cold, rain and snow throughout the first month of the season, especially in the Midwest.