Carlos Ruiz, who was forced to leave Friday's series opener against the Blue Jays with an oblique strain, was not in Saturday's lineup and is likely to sit out Sunday's series finale, too.

Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner is feeling good and doing everything in his power to return to the lineup as quickly as possible.

In the last few months of his reign as the 2011-12 Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year, Nick Foley paid a visit to the MLB Fan Cave on Friday.

Major League Baseball on Friday upheld an official scorer's decision on a ball that resulted in the lone hit Wednesday by the Rays against the Mets' R.A. Dickey.

Ryan Dempster threw seven strong innings and had two hits, including his second career triple, to lead the Cubs to a 3-0 Interleague victory over the Red Sox on Friday in front of 40,073 at Wrigley Field.

The Brewers remain open to a change of heart by outfield prospect D'Vontrey Richardson, a top 20 prospect who told club officials this spring that he was giving up baseball.

Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was hospitalized on Friday with what the team said was an intestinal virus. Hamilton started feeling symptoms on Friday morning and is expected to be hospitalized 12-24 hours.

Red Sox outfielder Cody Ross, who has been sidelined since May 19 with a fractured navicular bone in his left foot, will start a rehab assignment for Triple-A Pawtucket in Buffalo on Sunday. Ross will then travel to Syracuse with the PawSox for Monday and Tuesday's games.

On Friday afternoon, outfielder Daniel Nava was out of Boston's starting lineup for a fifth straight game as he recovers from soreness in his left hand. However, the good news is that Kevin Youkilis was back in action after being plunked under the left ribs by a pitch on Tuesday night against the Marlins.

Theo Epstein exchanged pleasantries on Friday with David Ortiz, Adrian Gonzalez, Jon Lester and several others with whom he formed relationships during his 10 years with the Red Sox.

The Blue Jays on Friday placed starter Kyle Drabek on the 15-day DL with a right elbow sprain. Brett Cecil was recalled from Triple-A and will start Sunday vs. the Phillies.

Geovany Soto was making progress in his rehab at Triple-A Iowa and could join the Cubs as early as Monday. Manager Dale Sveum said the club has talked about keeping three catchers on the roster in Soto, Steve Clevenger and Welington Castillo.

Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein took time to say hello to some of his former Red Sox players and staff, but the focus is on his current team, and despite its 21-42 record entering play on Friday, he likes what he sees developing in the clubhouse and on the field.

A day after placing DH Luke Scott on the DL, the Rays on Friday filled the roster opening by recalling relief pitcher Brandon Gomes from Triple-A.

With 81 hits through the Astros' first 63 games, second baseman Jose Altuve is ahead of the pace Craig Biggio set when he established a franchise record of 210 hits in 1998.

Just like former U.S. presidents and old astronauts, knuckleball pitchers are a small clique, and it's a tight one. So it wasn't surprising to hear Phil Niekro say with enthusiasm regarding R. A. Dickey, “Well, he's like part of the family, really.”

It was the big question mark, the great mystery facing the 2012 First-Year Player Draft: How would the new system work?