The Twins reinstated Miguel Sano from the 15-day disabled list and optioned struggling designated hitter Byung Ho Park to Triple-A Rochester before Friday’s game against the Rangers.

David Ortiz’s 2,000th hit for the Red Sox was also a milestone homer — No. 522 — in which he passed Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Willie McCovey and Frank Thomas for 19th on the all-time list.

The outfield walls at Target Field have gotten pummeled on quite a few occasions by Twins center fielder Byron Buxton during his short tenure with Minnesota over the course of several highlight-reel leaping, wall-smashing catches. Those poor walls got another faceful of Buxton in the 10th inning of Minnesota’s 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Friday evening.

Yankees rookie right-hander Conor Mullee exited his relief appearance on Friday night with an apparent injury following a sixth-inning walk to the Padres’ Ryan Schimpf.

It was a good thing for the Marlins that Jose Fernandez decided to hang around Friday night because his bat — not his throwing arm — was needed when the game dragged into the 12th inning.

Trailing 3-0 after two innings, the Pirates buckled down, as pitcher Jeff Locke retired the last nine batters he faced and Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison each knocked in two runs in the victory.

Carlos Gomez is looking like his old self again. Gomez swung the bat well Friday night, hitting a two-run home run in the Astros’ 5-0 shutout win over the White Sox.

Odubel Herrera hit a solo homer and drove in two as the rebuilding Phillies beat the world champion Royals, 4-3, in the series opener at Citizens Bank Park on Friday night.

The D-backs are supposed to have a home-field advantage at Chase Field, but it’s the Giants who continue to make themselves right at home in the desert as they won for the fifth time in as many tries at Chase Field, this one by a 6-4 margin Friday night.

Yasiel Puig exited Friday’s game against the Rockies after apparently injuring his left shoulder on a slide at home during the seventh inning of the Dodgers’ 5-0 win.

Victor Martinez shook his head after he hit the catwalk at the back of Tropicana Field in his third at-bat of Friday’s 10-2 Tigers win over the Rays. He got too far in front of ex-teammate Drew Smyly’s offering, and he ended up striking out on the cutter. An inning later, he switched sides of the plate against Danny Farquhar and knew he got all of a pitch. But he couldn’t figure out why he didn’t see the ball go out.

Having limped into July on the heels of their worst month in four years, the error-prone Cardinals took advantage of another club’s miscue and Jaime Garcia’s eight-inning effort to halt a seven-game home losing streak with a 7-1 win over the Brewers.

Brandon Nimmo is starting to make a name for himself at Citi Field.

For now, the arrow is on standby. But if down the line a save chance arises, Fernando Rodney will be ready to let it fly.

The Rays’ bullpen was run dry, and facing a 10-run deficit, it wasn’t worth burning another arm. Out from the dugout trotted utility infielder/outfielder Taylor Motter, who had already played six positions this season. He was going to play one more.

The Indians’ 14-game winning streak is alive and well. All it took was 19 innings and more than six hours to get there.

Six weeks after Michael Fulmer jumped the learning curve with seven dominant innings against the Rays, the Tigers’ rookie right-hander did it again at Tropicana Field. His seven shutout innings on two hits with 10 strikeouts, along with Victor Martinez’s second two-homer game this week, powered Detroit to its fourth straight victory in a 10-2 runaway over the Rays on Friday night.