The Phillies, next to last in the National League in home runs, used blasts from catcher Cameron Rupp and infielder Andres Blanco to break a seven-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Brewers on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park.

Rangers starter Yu Darvish did not want to come out of the game. He needed one more out to finish the sixth inning and the Mariners’ Dae-Ho Lee was up next. He tried to make that clear to manager Jeff Banister as he walked to the mound to get his pitcher.

Two of the better middle-infield prospects in the Minor Leagues were at the center of a slugfest on Friday in Class A Advanced Salem’s 11-10 win over Myrtle Beach.

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira left Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Orioles in the third inning with discomfort in his right knee. Teixeira was examined by an Orioles team physician and left Camden Yards for an MRI. Results of the MRI were not immediately known.

Miguel Cabrera’s left Friday’s 10-3 Tigers win over the White Sox in the seventh inning with lower back tightness, but the reigning American League batting champion appears likely to be back in the lineup for Saturday’s showdown with Chris Sale.

The Indians used a solid performance from right-hander Danny Salazar, plus a pair of home runs, to pick up a 6-1 victory over the Royals on Friday night at Progressive Field.

A pair of aces will try to become the first 10-game winners in baseball this season as Chris Sale and Stephen Strasburg toe the rubber for the White Sox and Nationals today.

The Reds spent the night traveling home from Colorado and didn’t take batting practice on Friday afternoon. The Nationals were well-rested from an off-day on Thursday. But it was the Reds that perked to life for a 7-2 victory over Washington at Great American Ball Park in manager Dusty Baker’s return to Cincinnati.

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The Reds’ inaugural Play Ball game with plastic bats may not have been a game that counted in any standings, but that didn’t stop it from erupting into faux controversy on the first play.

On Friday morning, on the fresh-cut field in Burnet Park, where Major League Baseball kicked off its “Play Ball Summer” event, the city of Syracuse — along with the local Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program — ceremonially reacquainted itself with the game.

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Fresh off a mission trip to Haiti, former Astros slugger Lance Berkman was honored at Minute Maid Park on Friday night along with the Second Baptist High School team he led to the TAPPS Class 4A state championship last month.

After struggling through his first two Major League appearances, whether Julio Urias makes a third start remains an ongoing discussion in the Dodgers’ front office.

Giants right fielder Hunter Pence is expected to undergo surgery to remove a torn right hamstring tendon, which could sideline one of San Francisco’s top run producers for approximately eight weeks.

Cubs starter John Lackey combined with three relievers to stymie the D-backs, 6-0, on a beautiful Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The victory was the third in a row for the Cubs, who have won nine of their last 10.

A’s left-hander Rich Hill has been scratched from his scheduled start Saturday, after experiencing groin discomfort while throwing from flat ground Friday.