Managers separated during Yanks-Indians melee  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Cleveland counterpart Manny Acta got into a face-to-face screaming match when both benches and bullpens emptied after Mark Teixeira was hit by a fastball from Indians starter Fausto Carmona.

Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury lead Red Sox over Blue Jays  —  TORONTO - Clay Buchholz allowed three hits over seven innings, Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Friday night, the Red Sox [team stats]'s seventh straight win to match their season high.

Mattheus promoted as Kimball lands on DL  —  SAN DIEGO — The Nationals selected the contract of right-hander Ryan Mattheus from Triple-A Syracuse and placed right-hander Cole Kimball on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.  —  Mattheus posted two saves …

Sizemore Has Three-Run Double in Ninth for A's  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Sizemore hit a go-ahead three-run double in the ninth inning to rally the Oakland Athletics past the Chicago White Sox 7-5 Friday night, ending a 10-game losing streak.  —  The A's won their first game under Bob Melvin.

Will Beane stick with struggling A's?  —  I'm not all that curious about whether Bob Melvin will be the Athletics' interim or permanent manager.  —  But I sure would like to know if Billy Beane is sick of being the team's GM.  —  Beane fired his manager and close friend, Bob Geren …

Jake Arrieta, Nick Markakis carry Orioles past Rays 7-0  —  BALTIMORE - Nick Markakis broke a prolonged power slump with a grand slam and a two-run double, Jake Arrieta took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the surging Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0 Friday night.

Wedge gives slumping Ichiro a rare day off  —  Eric Wedge hasn't hesitated to give players days off when they've struggled this season and that trend continued Friday when the Mariners skipper sat down Ichiro Suzuki, who has been fighting a lengthy batting slump.

It's Time for the Sportswriters to Go  —  U.S. Media Sees Locker-Room Access as a Birthright, but It's Getting Harder to See the Point  —  The wait before a Knicks game earlier this season at Madison Square Garden began with me and five other reporters standing in a rough circle in the middle …

Minor League Transactions: June 1-7  —  Players listed with an asterisk (*) signed minor league contracts, replacing major league pacts with the same organization.  —  A number of top prospects made their big league debuts in the past week, a list that includes Charlie Blackmon, Dee Gordon and Jemile Weeks.

Martin Prado diagnosed with staph infection, placed on DL  —  Martin Prado has been out of the Braves' lineup since being struck on the left knee by a throw while trying to steal second base Tuesday and today the Braves placed him on the disabled list ... with a staph infection ... in his other leg.

Their ‘Free Agent Meter’ is running  —  Are five players who are franchise icons either helping or hurting their offseason value?  —  ESPN.com  —  Free agency may be five months away on a calendar near you.  But thanks to warped perspectives that even modern medicine apparently can't cure, it's never far from our brains.

Tony La Russa manages 5,000th game  —  MILWAUKEE — Tony La Russa said reaching 5,000 games as a manager is something that's a credit to everyone he's worked with in three different organizations.  —  La Russa became the second man to that milestone on Friday night when the St. Louis Cardinals started …