Terry Collins has had two tough decisions about ace Johan Santana to make in the last eight days, and he made the right call both times.

The Phillies returned to their roots in a 9-6 victory over the Orioles on Friday, snapping a six-game losing streak to remain six games behind the first-place Nationals in the National League East.

Backing Hiroki Kuroda's stellar one-hit effort over seven innings, Robinson Cano — who slugged two home runs — Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones belted three consecutive homers in the third as the Yankees defeated the Mets in the Subway Series opener, 9-1, on Friday night.

R.A. Dickey on Thursday became the first nine-game winner in the big leagues this season, and he has an early jump on becoming the sixth pitcher to lead his league in wins in his age-37 season.

John Smoltz, who was the only person to play for each of Atlanta's 14 consecutive division winners, will be inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame on Friday afternoon and have his number retired before the team's night game vs. Toronto.

It is baseball's version of the chicken and egg conundrum. Which comes first, positive clubhouse chemistry or winning?

Mike Owens is in charge of making sure specifications at all 30 Major League ballparks meet established requirements throughout the season. His job is to make sure everything is within no more than a quarter of an inch of where it should be.

When the Astros took Brian Bogusevic in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft in 2005, they did so with the hopes he would one day pitch in a Major League game. Seven years after starting his pro career, Bogusevic finally got the chance.

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

After being held hitless and striking out four times in the first two innings, the Cardinals' bats added three in the third to take a lead. They scored nine more in the next seven innings to grab a 14-2 victory in Thursday's series finale.

Orlando Hudson hit a walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning as the White Sox beat the Blue Jays, 4-3, on Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

When we last left Interleague Play, it resulted in the highest-attended pre-Memorial Day weekend in Major League Baseball's rich history. That was the May 18-20 first-weekend Interleague stretch, and from Friday through June 24 it is American League vs. National League and a wild ride right through the official start of summer.

After a couple of extra days of rest, it's finally time to see what Johan Santana delivers for an encore to the historic no-hitter. On Friday at Yankee Stadium, Santana and the Mets will oppose Hiroki Kuroda and the Yankees in Interleague Play.

After treading water for the past week, the Rays' 7-3 win over the Yankees felt like a gift from the baseball gods.

Clay Buchholz continued his string of solid starts with his best performance of the season as the Red Sox finally broke through against the Orioles at Fenway Park. The Sox got on the board early and Buchholz tossed his third-career shutout as Boston took the series finale, 7-0, on Thursday night.

After losing a one-run lead in the ninth inning, the Pirates became the first team this season to score on Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman, as Michael McKenry's 10th-inning double plated the winning run in a 5-4 decision to take a key NL Central series.

The Royals' Luke Hochevar would like to find some of the consistency Pirates lefty Eric Bedard has enjoyed most of the season when the two teams begin a three-game Interleague series Friday at PNC Park.