Colby Rasmus was forced to depart Friday night's game against the Yankees after the eighth inning because of tightness in his right groin.

The Padres stretched their winning streak at PNC Park to 10 games, with Chase Headley hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning and lifting the Padres to a wild 9-8 win over the Pirates on Friday night. Starter Edinson Volquez was not involved in the decision.

Freddy Garcia turned in another strong performance and was backed by a collective effort by his offense — including five RBIs from Ichiro Suzuki — that helped guide the Yankees to a 10-4 win over the Blue Jays in the first of a three-game set at Rogers Centre on Friday.

In his Florida return, Hanley Ramirez had three hits and two RBIs against his former team, while Juan Rivera homered as the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beat the Marlins on Friday night, 5-2.

Roy Halladay allowed just two hits over eight innings in a 3-1 Phillies win on Friday night. He struck out eight, walked none and retired the last 12 and 16 of the final 17 batters he faced.

White Sox Charities Week, marking its fourth annual week of charitable activities, continues to enhance local communities through donations of time and money.

As part of his comeback from left groin surgery in June, Troy Tulowitzki went through his toughest day yet, with a grueling set of movement exercises — running and lateral movement, among others — administered by head athletic trainer Keith Dugger at AT&T Park.

Clay Buchholz allowed just one earned run in a complete-game effort and Cody Ross hit a two-run homer as the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with a much-needed 3-2 win over the Indians in the second game of a four-game series Friday night at Progressive Field.

Braves left-hander Paul Maholm was in total control as he constructed his fourth career shutout and led the Braves to a 4-0 win over the Mets on Friday with help from the two-run home runs hit by Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla.

Manny Machado hit his first two career Major League home runs, driving in four runs, and right-hander Miguel Gonzalez delivered a gem on the mound to lead the Orioles to a 7-1 win against the Royals Friday night at Camden Yards.

Pablo Sandoval was slated to begin his rehab assignment with Class A San Jose on Friday night, and manager Bruce Bochy said that if all goes as planned, the All-Star third baseman could rejoin the team Monday to begin the three-game series against the Nationals.

Mike Lieberthal, the former Philadelphia catcher, became the 34th member of the Phillies Wall of Fame on Friday night.

Scott Downs' strained left shoulder still hasn't recovered enough for him to get back on a mound, and he'd rather take the safe route than risk a setback.

Chipper Jones used Twitter on Thursday to make it known that he was not pleased with his room at New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel. When the Braves third baseman awoke with back discomfort that prevented him from being in Friday night's lineup against the Mets, he said he might need to stay somewhere other than the team hotel.

Following another report Friday about Stephen Strasburg's impending innings limit, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo reiterated at Chase Field that there is no specific number, and nothing has changed regarding the club's plan to shut down the young ace.

The loudest cheers Friday night came prior to the game when Astros legend Jeff Bagwell threw out the ceremonial first pitch during “Flashback Friday.” In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the Astros have a different former player throw out the first pitch prior to each Friday home game.

Ryan Ludwick scored four runs, Todd Frazier drove in four runs and the Reds made the Cubs pay for five errors in a 10-8 win on Friday at Wrigley Field.