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Kansas City and St. Louis — leading the American League Central and National League Central, respecitvely — will meet for the beginning of an exciting three-game Interleague series on Friday night. The Royals won the AL pennant in 2014, a year after the Cards won the NL pennant, and both clubs are among the early favorites in 2015 to return to the Fall Classic.

R.A. Dickey picked up his first complete game of the year while Edwin Encarnacion and Danny Valencia each homered in the Blue Jays’ 8-4 victory over the Angels on Thursday night at Rogers Centre.

Athletics right-hander Edward Mujica suffered a laceration and “a minor fracture” of his right thumb Thursday night. He received stitches after an X-ray revealed the fracture, and left Tropicana Field with the thumb wrapped in a bandage.

Bruce Rondon hit 99 mph on the radar gun at Fifth Third Field on Thursday in the first outing of his rehab assignment for Triple-A Toledo. That in itself was a good sign, though the command has a little ways to catch up.

Madison Bumgarner’s home run off of Clayton Kershaw was the first homer Kershaw had ever allowed to an opposing pitcher. How did that happen? A fatal combination of a poor pitch in a bad spot at the worst possible time.

Madison Bumgarner gained the distinction of being the first pitcher to hit a home run off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. San Francisco’s Paul Bunyanesque left-hander, who bats right-handed, added to his resume of prodigious feats (see: 2014 postseason) by yanking the first pitch he saw deep into the left-field seats.

Madison Bumgarner supported himself with a home run and distinguished himself with a 6 1/3-innings effort Thursday as the San Francisco Giants completed their three-game shutout sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 4-0 victory.

The Red Sox welcome the Angels to Fenway Park on Friday night in an MLB Network Showcase game, which features the revolutionary tracking technology of Statcast™, marking the first meeting of the season between these teams.

Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka successfully began his Minor League rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday night with three scoreless innings, throwing 25 of his 41 pitches for strikes. Tanaka threw 29 pitches in a bullpen session on Monday at Nationals Park and reported no issues. He has been on the disabled list since April 29 with right wrist tendinitis and a right forearm strain.

Left-hander David Price struck out a season-high 12 Astros over 6 2/3 innings, but the Tigers needed James McCann’s 11th-inning home run to pull out a 6-5 victory in the series opener at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon. Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,400th RBI.

Minor League infielder Erisbel Arruebarrena has been suspended for the rest of the season due to repeated failures to comply with his contract, the club announced on Thursday.

Jacob deGrom’s early-season rough patch has officially come to an end. deGrom’s eight shutout innings led the Mets to a 5-0 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon, giving the clubs a four-game series split and boosting the Mets to their fourth win in six games.

One of A.J. Pollock’s three steals vs. the Marlins on Wednesday was of home, activating the Quicken Loans “Steal A Home,” which gives fans a chance to win a free mortgage payment of up to $1,500.

Traded in the offseason from the Dodgers to the Marlins, Dee Gordon finds himself very much in the conversation for the starting second base spot on the National League team in the All-Star Game. The choice seemingly could come down to the flash vs. dash of Gordon and the power potential of Cardinals’ second baseman Kolten Wong.

The D-backs have actively scouted mid-first-round talents who would take deep discounts, though that might just be some misdirection to try to create extra leverage with the guy they really want. That appears to be a position player rather than a pitcher, and Arizona clearly likes shortstop Dansby Swanson more than the top-rated prospect, Brendan Rodgers.

Williams Perez struck out seven over five innings in his first MLB start, and the Braves’ bullpen held on to a late lead in a 2-1 win over the Rays on Wednesday.