Blue Jays right-hander Josh Johnson got the news he was looking for on Saturday afternoon, as the results from his recent MRI exam came back clean.

Six days after he was called up to replace an injured Chad Billingsley, righty Stephen Fife was placed on the 15-day DL on Saturday with right shoulder bursitis.

Though the Yankees sent two more players to the disabled list on Saturday, they managed to avoid sending a third there, as Kevin Youkilis returned to the starting lineup for the first time in a week.

Rick Porcello’s 6 1/3 quality innings and two-run home runs from Jhonny Peralta and Omar Infante led to a 7-4 win for the Tigers on Saturday, giving them a chance to sweep the Braves.

Dan Haren threw six strong innings and added an RBI single to help his own cause in the Nationals’ 6-3 win over the Reds on Saturday afternoon. Bryce Harper went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer.

Despite numerous injuries to star players, the Yankees have managed to more than hold their own thanks to a group of veteran fill-ins who simply know how to get the job done.

Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman and catcher Wilson Ramos hope to be activated by the Nationals sometime next week.

The Phillies will get Carlos Ruiz back on Sunday, when he is eligible to return from a 25-game suspension for testing positive for an amphetamine, and it will line up perfectly for the veteran backstop to catch Philadelphia’s three aces.

The good news for Ivan Nova is that the injury that forced him to leave Friday’s start early turned out not to be an elbow issue, as originally feared. The bad news is that he was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to inflammation in his right triceps.

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

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Adrian Gonzalez doubled twice and drove in three runs to lead the Dodgers past the Brewers, 7-5, on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. But Mark Ellis left the game after five innings with a strained right quad.

Spencer: Speed chills. It causes as much anxiety on a baseball field as rush-hour traffic or sirens. The game changes the instant a guy who can fly gets on base — and even before that.

Hank Conger and Mark Trumbo homered and Howie Kendrick carried the defense as the Angels beat the Mariners, 6-3, at Safeco Field on Friday night, but they had to sweat out every bit of it.

Michael Cuddyer singled in two first-inning runs and Troy Tulowitzki added a three-run double in the fifth as the Rockies maintained their National League West lead by beating the D-backs, 6-3, in the second game of a four-game set at Chase Field in front of 28,801.

Wei-Yin Chen yielded just two hits over eight scoreless innings and Steve Pearce hit a key RBI single in the seventh as the Orioles topped the A’s, 3-0, on Friday at the O.co Coliseum.

Not only did Anibal Sanchez beat the Braves for the first time in three years, he shut them out for eight innings while striking out a career-high 17 in Friday’s 10-0 victory. Sanchez topped the Tigers’ franchise record set by Mickey Lolich on May 23, 1969.