The Phillies got a little nostalgic Friday night.

The biggest hit of the night barely made it to the outfield grass.

In the context of a 17-game hit streak to begin his career, Rockies outfielder David Dahl had his first bad night on Friday.

The Cubs are the hottest team in baseball as they enter today’s game against the rival Cardinals riding an 11-game win streak. The Cubs have not lost a game this month and the last time they won 12 games in a row was back in 2001.

Jake Thompson in his second Major League start accomplished something many big leaguers don’t in an entire career: He punched out four Rockies in the top of the second of Friday’s game.

Teoscar Hernandez’s whirlwind day ended with a big smile, as the 23-year-old outfielder had a Major League debut to remember.

Starlin Castro drove in four of the Yankees’ six runs in Friday night’s 6-3 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium, but it was New York’s first run of the night that fans will remember best. Before what’s widely expected to be the last game of his 22-year career, Alex Rodriguez had time to reflect on what made him a three-time American League MVP and a 14-time All-Star. Rodriguez didn’t disappoint when he stepped to the plate in the first inning, lining a double into right-center field at a Statcast-estimated 103 mph to plate Brett Gardner from first base and knot the score at 1.

The way Travis Roy sees it, it’s hard to put into words, even after all these years of trying. Half of the reason is because there were days he never thought he’d hear cheers again, and hear all these people cheering. The other half is because of where they are, all standing in front of him in this mini baseball wonderland, and how far he came to get here.

For Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., Friday night’s 9-4 victory over the D-backs started with a somewhat embarrassing fall. Jean Segura hit the first pitch of the game in the air to right-center. Bradley slipped to the ground before he could make what would have been a routine catch.

Playing in their first game ever at Marlins Park, the White Sox came out swinging on Friday night. Adam Eaton, who had a career-high four hits, set the tone with a leadoff single in a two-run first, and Chicago went on to a 4-2 win over the Marlins in the first of three games in the Interleague series.

Milestones seem to engulf slugger David Ortiz in his swan song season, and during the Red Sox’s 9-4 win over the D-backs on Friday night at Fenway Park, he added one more.

With a seventh-inning RBI double off Braves reliever Jose Ramirez, Jayson Werth extended his on-base streak to 41 games in the Nationals’ 8-5 loss on Friday.

Ryan Schimpf got the Padres on the board in grand fashion during the first inning of Friday’s 8-6 win over the Mets at Citi Field, as he continued his remarkable power display.

That’s the Ryan Howard we know and love.

For two decades, Alex Rodriguez played great baseball and provided endless entertainment.

Hanley Ramirez already had a monster night by the second inning, smashing a pair of three-run homers that helped David Price and the Red Sox roll to a 9-4 victory over the D-backs in Friday night’s opener of a three-game series.

This is really getting out of your own way.