The Giants have decided that Melky Cabrera will not be rejoining the club in the postseason when he is eligible to return from his suspension, manager Bruce Bochy said Thursday.

Evan Longoria’s ninth-inning home run broke a tie to lead Tampa Bay to a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

The White Sox lost for the eighth time in nine games and fell two games behind the first-place Tigers with a 3-2 loss to the Rays on Thursday night.

Tigers right-hander Doug Fister set an American League record with nine consecutive strikeouts, fanning the entire Royals lineup in order from the fourth inning into the seventh Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

The Rockies wrapped their home season on a positive note Thursday, winning their fourth consecutive game, 7-5, to sweep the series against the Cubs and give their fans a taste of why it’s worth waiting ’til next year.

Down to their final out, the Reds got a game-tying home run from Todd Frazier and a walk-off hit from Dioner Navarro to stun the Brewers, 2-1, in Thursday’s regular-season finale at Great American Ball Park.

With three batting titles to his name, Joe Mauer knows exactly what being in the batting race is like the last week of the season.

Michael Morse hit two homers and Gio Gonzalez pitched six innings as the Nationals inched a step closer to winning the National League East title, defeating the Phillies, 7-3, at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday night.

Through their struggle-filled first half, the Phillies inexplicably and uncharacteristically struggled at home more than on the road. This was the same club that went 246-162 in regular-season home games from 2007-2011.

The Cleveland Indians announced Thursday that Manny Acta will not return as manager. Sandy Alomar Jr. was named interim manager.

The deltoid soreness that knocked Tigers starter Max Scherzer out of a start last week has now put his stretch run and potential postseason in question.

Bo Porter has prepared for this moment from the moment he played his last game in 2003. When he realized one goal wouldn’t be realized, he focused on another and has been fortunate enough to be around some of the best in the business.

On the first day in two months with the American League Central race in their control, the Tigers took care of business with a 5-4 walk-off win to sweep the Royals out of town and move two games ahead of the White Sox.

R.A. Dickey became the league’s second 20-game winner amidst the type of jubilant atmosphere that so rarely surfaces at Citi Field. The Mets beat the Pirates, 6-5, on the strength of their knuckleballer’s pitching and David Wright’s tie-breaking three-run homer.

A dream to get “one at-bat” is about to come true for Adam Greenberg. On NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday, Marlins president David Samson announced to Greenberg that Miami planned to sign him to a one-day big league contract to play on Tuesday at Marlins Park against the Mets.

A six-run second inning, fueled by two-run homers from Hunter Pence and Marco Scutaro, was enough to lead Barry Zito and the Giants to a 7-3 triumph Thursday over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

With the Astros about to embark on a new era that will include a move to the American League, a new color scheme and new uniforms next season, the team on Thursday revealed the man they want to lead the players into the new frontier. Nationals third-base coach Bo Porter will be their 17th manager.