Nava's RBI, Drew's 2 HRs give Boston 3-2 win  —  BOSTON—A decisive bloop single meant more to rookie Daniel Nava than the grand slam he hit on the first pitch he faced in his major league career.  —  Nava sliced a popup down the right-field line as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning Friday night …

Niese wins 5th straight, has 1st RBI in Mets' win  —  WASHINGTON—Jonathon Niese pitched seven solid innings, striking out a career-high eight for his fifth straight win, and the New York Mets held off the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Friday night.  —  Washington rallied for two runs …

SCHERZER STRONG ON MOUND AS TIGERS TOPPLE MARINERS  —  The Sports Network  —  Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Johnny Damon hit a two-run home run and Max Scherzer worked eight innings to help the Detroit Tigers take a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game set.

Octavio Dotel Among Names in Early Trade Chatter  —  Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline falls four weeks from Saturday, and with one major deal already completed this week — Bengie Molina to the Rangers — chatter is picking up around the game.  —  The Marlins — who have used 18 relievers …

Deadline sellers and latest news on D-backs, Orioles and Marlins … Much of the attention this trading season, and rightfully so, will be on Mariners' left-handed starter Cliff Lee, and competing teams now say they believe trade talks involving the Seattle star are starting to heat up.

‘El Duque’ signs minor-league deal  —  The Nationals have signed veteran right-hander Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez to a minor-league contract, according to two club sources.  —  Hernandez, the 44-year-old half-brother of Nats starter Livan Hernandez, will report to the organization's spring complex …

Sources: Phillies interested in Lee  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Phillies' obsession with Cliff Lee continues.  —  The two-time defending National League champions again …

How Much Needs To Be Offered To Get Cliff Lee?  —  It's so rare that a pitcher of Cliff Lee's caliber is on the trade market, one might think a team needs to offer a prospect with Strasburgian promise to land him.  Here's some good news for the Yankees and Mets: It really doesn't.

Diamondbacks fire Josh Byrnes, A.J. Hinch  —  The major changes the Diamondbacks had been talking so much about went down Thursday.  —  With the club on its way to second consecutive disastrous season, General Manager Josh Byrnes and manager A.J. Hinch each paid the price with his job.

Minor League Transactions  —  The numbers in parentheses denote draft round, of course, and I encourage one and all to check out our Draft Database.  It's the easiest place on the Web to find out, 1) who drafted whom, and from which school and which state, and 2) which players have signed.

Whitecaps' Ranaudo at a crossroads … acomak@capecodonline.com  —  Dangling around Anthony Ranaudo's neck is a small cross, each arm of it wrapped in wire colored the trademark purple and yellow of Louisiana State University.  —  It's a small part of what the 6-foot-7 …