Pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo singled home pinch-runner Peter Bourjos with two outs in the ninth, lifting the Angels to their ninth win in 10 games, 3-2, over the Tigers on Friday night.

Chase Headley hit two home runs Friday, one in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a tie, as the Padres defeated the D-backs, 6-5.

It will be up to Matt Cain to keep the Giants' winning streak vs. the Dodgers alive Saturday when he opposes Chris Capuano.

Saturday's originally scheduled starter, J.A. Happ, was scratched with a fractured right foot. Happ will be replaced by Aaron Laffey. Daisuke Matsuzaka starts for Boston.

The Athletics and Mariners resume a three-game series Saturday by sending two red-hot pitchers to the mound in Oakland's Brett Anderson and Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma.

Justin Verlander starts for the Tigers opposite C.J. Wilson of the Angels as the teams continue a series with playoff implications on Saturday night in Anaheim.

The Blue Jays' lineup was infused with a pair of regulars on Friday night, when J.P. Arencibia and Brett Lawrie returned from injury. They were a help and a welcome presence, but Henderson Alvarez was the guiding force in a 7-5 win over the Red Sox.

The September night opened with Julianna Zobrist singing the national anthem and ended with Ben Zobrist blasting a two-run homer in the 11th inning that propelled the Tampa Bay Rays to a stirring 3-1 victory over their nemesis, the Texas Rangers.

The White Sox send ace Chris Sale to the hill on Saturday as they try to find a way to end Kansas City's recent dominance in the season series. Bruce Chen takes the ball for the Royals, who have won six straight over Chicago.

In the shadow of Stephen Strasburg's presumed last home start of 2012, rookie Jacob Turner turned in perhaps his finest effort of the season on Friday night. But after the Marlins' bullpen couldn't preserve a four-run lead, Miami was forced to salvage the 9-7 win in 10 innings.

With a sellout crowd, including country music superstar Toby Keith, and a national television audience soaking in every pitch, seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens fulfilled a dream Friday night by pitching to his oldest son, Koby, in a professional game.

Lorenzo Cain hit a solo homer in the fifth and then hit a go-ahead two-run shot in the ninth to lift the Royals to their sixth straight victory, 7-5, over the White Sox on Friday night in Chicago.

Cleveland didn't get a good outing from starter Jeanmar Gomez on Friday against the Twins. But the Tribe strung together plenty of hits and its bullpen locked down Minnesota on the way to a 7-6 series-opening victory at Target Field.

Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson went six quality innings, but the Rays needed extra frames as Ben Zobrist's two-run blast gave Tampa Bay a 3-1 walk-off win in 11 against Texas on Friday night.

When the Indians and Twins reconvene at Target Field on Saturday, a pair of rookie hurlers –Cleveland's Zach McAllister and Minnesota's Cole De Vries — will take the hill.

Matt Dominguez blasted a three-run homer, after Justin Maxwell powered an early two-run homer, and Lucas Harrell went six innings, allowing three runs.

The third biennial Stand Up To Cancer telethon returned Friday with a star-studded cast appealing for support and donations for cancer research. Baseball luminaries were joined by Olympic medalists, entertainers and more.