Mark Reynolds is likely headed to the 15-day disabled list with an injury to the hamate bone in his left hand.

Dog days of August? Not for the Cubs, who have yet to lose in 10 games this month. Chicago jumped on St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright for seven runs in the first two innings en route to its 11th straight win, a 13-2 victory on Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Mark Trumbo hit his first grand slam of the year as part of a five-RBI day, and Chris Tillman won for the 15th time, as the Orioles held off a late A’s surge and avoided a sweep at the Coliseum on Thursday with a 9-6 win.

Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi will seek a second opinion on his right elbow after he was seen Thursday by team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad.

The Rockies had been victimized by late-inning comebacks through the first three games of their four-game home-and-home series with the Rangers. But they found themselves on the right side of a comeback victory Thursday afternoon at Globe Life Park. Carlos Gonzalez came off the bench and erased some of the Rockies’ frustrations with a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth that led them to a 12-9 victory over Texas.

Indians No. 1 prospect Bradley Zimmer is expected to be fine, following a hit-by-pitch scare that forced him to exit Wednesday’s game with Triple-A Columbus.

The Yankees promoted right-handers Luis Cessa and Ben Heller to the Majors on Thursday and optioned utilityman Rob Refsnyder and righty Nick Goody to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The second half of the season has not been a positive experience for White Sox closer David Robertson.

Perfect games are an incredibly rare feat in baseball, but a team scoring in every inning is an even more infrequent occasion.

With none out and Jarrod Dyson, one of the game’s fastest runners, on third base in the 13th inning of a tie game on Wednesday night, White Sox reliever Dan Jennings had one thought run through his mind on the Kauffman Stadium mound.

Danny Salazar appears to have been given the peace of mind he sought after discomfort in his right elbow flared earlier this month. The Indians right-hander resumed throwing off a mound Wednesday and appears on target to come off the disabled list when eligible.

Jarrett Grube’s stay with the Mariners proved to be short, as general manager Jerry Dipoto optioned the right-hander back to Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday after one day with the big league club. Grube has spent 13 years in the Minors.

Royals designated hitter Kendrys Morales dropped the appeal of his one-game suspension, which was handed down by Major League Baseball last week, and served it during Thursday night’s contest against the White Sox.

Rockies All-Star Carlos Gonzalez needed to heal. He didn’t need batting practice. Gonzalez suffered a left ankle sprain on Aug. 3, and since inflammation forced him to be removed from a game Monday he hadn’t done anything but hit off a tee. But on his first swing Thursday afternoon, on a 97-mph fastball from Rangers reliever Matt Bush, Gonzalez delivered a pinch-hit three-run double in the eighth inning to give the Rockies a 12-9 victory.

While still optimistic that he’ll pitch again this season, Cardinals reliever Trevor Rosenthal isn’t expected to begin a throwing program for another two weeks.

And so it has come down to this: Friday night at Yankee Stadium against the Rays is the last game of Alex Rodriguez’s baseball career.

After right-hander Dillon Gee posted his first quality start of the season, it seemed as though the Royals might finally have some consistency at the No. 5 spot in the rotation. Instead, Gee was called on to pitch the final two innings of Wednesday night’s 3-2 walk-off win in 14 innings against the White Sox, which put his scheduled start on Saturday in jeopardy.