Kevin Towers and his first-place D-backs arrived in San Diego on Friday, but Arizona GM took the high road when asked about the club that dismissed him two years prior.

Eric Hosmer's RBI double in the ninth inning gave the Royals their sixth straight victory, 7-6, over the White Sox in front of 24,918 fans at Kauffman Stadium. It's their longest winning streak since May 2-7, 2009.

On this evening, no one in Minnesota seemed to mind that Jim Thome played a leading role in helping the Tribe to a 7-6 win over the Twins. Thome's 603rd homer proved to be the decisive blow.

Dan Haren went five-plus innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four, and the offense was held to nine hits and three runs.

Josh Beckett provided six strong innings for the Red Sox in his return from an ankle sprain as Boston beat the Rays, 4-3, on Friday to extend their AL Wild Card lead to four games.

The Giants won't let go of the thread. That's the grip manager Bruce Bochy said his team is clinging to as it makes a desperate push for a playoff spot, and San Francisco remains alive after a 9-1 win over the Rockies — the Giants' sixth straight — on Friday in front of 47,302 at Coors Field.

It was another homecoming of sorts for Jim Thome on Friday, as the slugger returned to Target Field for the first time since rejoining the Indians through a late-August waiver-wire trade.

Adron Chambers' first Major League hit sent the Cardinals to their eighth win in their last nine games with a 4-2 victory over the Phillies — and rescued a game they almost gave away. Coupled with Atlanta's loss, St. Louis moved to 3 1/2 games back in the Wild Card.

Derek Lowe experienced his shortest outing of the season and allowed the first of the two homers David Wright hit while helping the Mets hand the Braves an ugly 12-2 loss on an unseasonably chilly night at Turner Field.

A home run barrage by the Brewers backed a strong performance by starting pitcher Randy Wolf as they defeated the Reds, 6-3, in the opener of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park on Friday.

Jose Molina hit an RBI single to the gap in right-center field to give the Blue Jays a 5-4 walk-off victory over the Yankees on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

On Friday night, Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun became just the second player in franchise history to collect 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season, and he did so with a two-homer night in a 6-3 win over the Reds.

Javier Vazquez completed his first shutout since 2005 and the Marlins breezed to a 3-0 win over the Nationals on Friday night that helped Jack McKeon become the winningest manager in Marlins history.

In a heartfelt ceremony Friday afternoon, the Mariners unveiled a statue of the late broadcaster Dave Niehaus on the Main Concourse of Safeco Field in right-center field.

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa had a laugh before Friday's game about reports out of Chicago that he and Walt Jocketty would be reunited with the Cubs.

At this point in the season, every game is magnified, as is every quote. While the timing of the comments couldn't have been worse, the Brewers on Friday downplayed recent statements by Prince Fielder and Francisco Rodriguez

Starlin Castro scored from third on Marlon Byrd's walk-off infield single with one out in the 12th inning on Friday to lift the Cubs to a 4-3 victory over the Astros.