Logan Morrison has tried to play through a nagging right knee injury all season, but the Marlins decided it was time to give him a break.

In 2012, things have certainly turned around for the Bucs and A's. Pittsburgh has already surpassed its homer total from 2011 and has the fifth-best record in the Majors. Meanwhile, the A's are three home runs shy of matching their output from last season, and thanks to an 18-3 record in July, now are tied for the seventh-best winning percentage in the Majors.

Matt Moore threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, including the key out of the game when he retired Albert Pujols with the bases loaded, as the Rays evened their series with the Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim.

A four-run fifth inning and five home runs — including two by Ryan Ludwick — gave the Reds just enough support in a 9-7 win Saturday night.

There's less than 72 hours until baseball's non-waiver Trade Deadline, and trade talk remains the one topic that dominates the game these days.

Each day, MLB.com selects one player from each game whose performance stands out.

The White Sox added an experienced left-hander to their starting rotation mix late Saturday night with the acquisition of Francisco Liriano from the Twins, who received infielder Eduardo Escobar and Minor League hurler Pedro Hernandez in return.

Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn each hit two-run homers and Paul Humber worked six-plus innings to give the White Sox a 5-2 victory, the club's fifth straight, over the Rangers in Arlington on Saturday night.

Ian Kennedy allowed three solo home runs to Ike Davis but nothing else, as the D-backs picked up their seventh victory in their last nine games on Saturday by defeating the Mets, 6-3, at Chase Field.

Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts began a rehab assignment for short-season Class A Aberdeen on Saturday night as he tries to avoid surgery to repair a labral tear in his right hip. The assignment — which is a maximum of 20 days for position players — could be as short as two days, according to manager Buck Showalter.

Zack Greinke gets the start for his Angels debut opposite the Rays' Jeremy Hellickson as the teams complete a series in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon.

Yoenis Cespedes and Chris Carter both slugged two-run homers and Bartolo Colon threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the A's to a 6-1 victory against the Orioles Saturday at Camden Yards.

Jordan Zimmermann held the Brewers to just one run over six innings as the Nationals rode three homers to a 4-1 win at Miller Park on Saturday.

Solo shots by Alex Presley and Neil Walker on Saturday night gave the Pirates homers in a club record 18 straight road games, and a National League-leading total of 71 road home runs, before Rod Barajas' RBI single with two outs in the eighth snapped a 3-3 tie and set up a 4-3 win over the Astros.

Mark Teixeira ripped a game-tying, two-run homer Saturday night at Yankee Stadium off Vicente Padilla, the Red Sox righty whom the Yankees first baseman has publicly labeled a headhunter.

The Twins climbed out of the cellar in the American League Central for the first time since April 25 with a 12-5 win over the Indians on Saturday at Target Field.

Adrian Gonzalez drove in four, and Pedro Ciriaco's triple in the ninth plated the go-ahead run as the Red Sox downed the Yankees on Saturday in the Bronx.