Right-hander Yordano Ventura threw six scoreless innings and struck out a career-high 11 batters while red-hot Mike Moustakas had three hits and two RBIs as the Royals topped the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, on Thursday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.

Rays first baseman James Loney dropped his appeal for the one-game suspension he received on Tuesday. Loney reached his decision prior to Thursday night’s game against the Twins.

Miami manager Dan Jennings is in favor of the Marlins Park fences being moved in, as well as lowered, in the offseason.

Madison Bumgarner fanned 12 Cubs over six innings and Marlon Byrd drilled a three-run homer to propel San Francisco to a 9-1 victory over Chicago on Thursday afternoon at AT&T Park.

Zack Greinke fired a four-hitter for seven scoreless innings to outduel Anthony DeSclafani as the Dodgers edged the Reds on Thursday afternoon, 1-0, for their first series sweep at Great American Ball Park since 2008.

Pitching in his hometown for the first time, with an assortment of friends and family in the stands, Matt Shoemaker dominated the Tigers at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon, throwing 7 1/3 innings of one-hit ball while leading the Angels to a 2-0 victory.

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig said he reinjured his right hamstring Thursday worse than the original injury suffered last week in Oakland. Puig left Thursday’s 1-0 victory against the Reds after pulling up in pain legging out an infield single in the ninth inning.

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said he was “100 percent” sure he would return to the lineup Friday night after leaving Thursday’s 1-0 win over the Reds in the fifth inning with a right knee bruise.

Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler said he may borrow catcher Miguel Montero’s gear to protect himself in his next at-bat. In three games over three days, Fowler has taken a foul ball off his right hand, his left elbow and his right shin, and he did not start Thursday in the Cubs’ 9-1 loss to the Giants.

Heading into Thursday’s series finale from Comerica Park, Mike Trout — the consensus best all-around player in the game — had come to bat with runners in scoring position only 102 times. One-hundred and thirty-one Major League hitters had more plate appearances in that situation.

With the calendar moving quickly to the end of August, that means the completion of Minor League seasons is quickly arriving. That also means September callups will be trickling in. Rosters expand as of September 1, and the floodgates might open once most Minor League regular seasons end. Until that time, here’s a selection of your questions to keep you entertained.

With active rosters set to expand from 25 to 40 on Sept. 1, more blue-chip prospects will come up for the season’s final month. Some already have appeared in the Majors earlier this year, while others will be making their debuts. Let’s examine the 10 of the best prospects we’re likely to see in September.

They say in sports that the home team has an advantage, and Red Land Little League has certainly made the most of that edge in its first three games at the 2015 Little League World Series.

Carlos Correa was 7 years old when the first live video stream of a Major League Baseball game was presented online to about 30,000 daytime viewers on Aug. 26, 2002. Today marks the 13th anniversary of that streaming service that became known to millions as MLB.TV.

When Starlin Castro hit a ball to right field in the eighth inning Tuesday night, he was thinking triple. That’s all that was missing after the Cubs shortstop had singled in the third, doubled in the fourth and homered in the sixth.

Robinson Cano became the first player in Major League history to open his career with 11 straight seasons with 30 doubles, and the Mariners came from behind to top the A’s, 6-5, on Tuesday at Safeco Field.

Buoyed by a four-run first inning, the Cardinals cruised to an 9-1 win over the D-backs on Tuesday night at Chase Field to further fortify their National League Central lead.