Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham paced Minnesota's each hit three-run homers, supporting Scott Diamond's shutout and leading to an 11-0 Twins win over Cleveland.

Jordan Zimmermann, who leads the league with 18 quality starts, heads to the mound as the Nationals take on Randy Wolf and the Brewers on Saturday at Miller Park.

The Marlins hope to get some early returns on the Hanley Ramirez trade when righty Nathan Eovaldi makes his first start for Miami on Saturday.

Ichiro Suzuki donned the home pinstripes at Yankee Stadium for the first time Friday night in the Yanks' 10-3 win over the Red Sox. Scurrying around his new locker, he was asked if he felt any better. “Much better,” Ichiro said with a smile.

A pair of former University of Miami stars made Marlins Park their home Friday night. Yasmani Grandal hit a go-ahead three-run triple and Yonder Alonso drove in two runs of his own as the Padres won their second straight game, downing the Marlins, 7-2, in the first of three games in South Florida.

Jeff Mathis hit a key three-run double in the fourth inning to propel the Blue Jays to an 8-3 victory over the Tigers on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Carlos Villanueva picked up the win, going five innings to improve to 6-0.

Are you surprised? You can't be, can you? You just had a feeling the Angels weren't done. They've been all for 2012. Nothing else has mattered. So from the moment the Brewers made Zack Greinke available last weekend, the Angels pursued him more aggressively than any other team.

After acquiring Hanley Ramirez, Randy Choate and nearly $40 million in salary commitment Tuesday, new Dodgers chairman Mark Walter said his team wasn't done. That means general manager Ned Colletti pretty much has the green light to do whatever it takes to win it all this year.

If the Red Sox want to be serious contenders for the postseason, they will need better starting pitching, particularly from Jon Lester. The Yankees, meanwhile, will send CC Sabathia to the mound as they look to continue their recent dominance over the Sox. New York is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings and 11-5 against Boston since Aug. 5, 2011.

James Shields has been the Rays player most mentioned in trade rumors as this season's Trade Deadline approaches. But the Rays right-hander does not seem rattled in the least about being in the conversations for prospective deals that might be made.

The Brewers traded Zack Greinke to the Angels on Friday for a trio of prospects: shortstop Jean Segura and Double-A right-handers Ariel Pena and John Hellweg.

Acquired earlier this week along with Omar Infante, right-hander Anibal Sanchez makes his Tigers debut on Saturday afternoon against Henderson Alvarez and the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

Pablo Sandoval's strained left hamstring has improved enough for the Giants to hold off on having to place him on the disabled list, manager Bruce Bochy said before Friday's game against the Dodgers.

Andrew Friedman still can't say definitively if the Rays are going to be buyers, sellers, or remain pat as Tuesday's trade deadline approaches.

General manager Ben Cherington's ideal swap won't be for a rental. That doesn't mean Cherington, whose last-place Red Sox started what should be a telling three-game series with the first-place Yankees on Friday, thinks Boston is out of playoff contention this year.

R.A. Dickey (1996, Atlanta) is one of four Mets with Olympic ties, joining pitcher Jon Rauch (Sydney, 2000), first-base coach Tom Goodwin (Seoul, 1988) and GM Sandy Alderson, who helped assemble the 2000 United States baseball team.

The Rangers wanted Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke, but they weren't willing to give up infielder Mike Olt. So the Brewers traded Greinke to the Angels for infield prospect Jean Segura and two pitching prospects on Friday.