Yanks' Rivera says he will pitch in 2013  —  KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP)  —  New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he will return to the mound by 2013, vowing to overcome a knee injury that figures to end his season.  —  Rivera had hinted at the start of spring training that he would retire …

NCAA, MLB In Serious Discussions To Fund Additional Scholarships  —  For years, the prospect of increasing college baseball's 11.7 scholarship limit has seemed like a pipe dream.  Certainly, colleges and universities aren't going to start funding extra baseball scholarships anytime soon …

Carlos Marmol out as Cubs closer; now it's by closer by committee  —  The Cubs will use a “closer by committee” formula to replace struggling closer Carlos Marmol, who was told Friday morning he had lost the role.  —  Lefty James Russell, the only lefthander in manager Dale Sveum's bullpen …

Cueto Throws Complete Game, Reds Beat Pirates 6-1  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johnny Cueto remained unbeaten, giving up seven hits in his first complete game of the season as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Friday night.  —  The right-hander struck out three without a walk to improve to 4-0 and lower his ERA to 1.32.

Peralta Homers in 9th to Lift Tigers Over ChiSox  —  DETROIT (AP) — Jhonny Peralta's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.  —  Chicago led 4-2 after Gordon Beckham's tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh …

PADRES: Trade of Frieri to Angels could affect middle infield  —  Second baseman Orlando Hudson and shortstop Jason Bartlett aren't yet done with the Padres.  —  But the team's trade Thursday —  sending reliever Ernesto Frieri to the Los Angeles Angels for two minor-leaguers, including middle infielder Alexi Amarista —

Price fans 12 to help Rays win sixth straight … ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Price struck out 12 over eight strong innings and Jose Molina hit his first homer of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to their sixth straight win, 7-2 over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Final Score: Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4  —  The Diamondbacks (14-13) defeated the Mets (13-13) by the score of 5-4 tonight at Citi Field.  —  The Mets have lost four in a row and fell to .500 for the season.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV.  —  The Least You Should Know:

Damon's triple helps Indians beat Rangers 6-3  —  CLEVELAND—Johnny Damon hit a two-run triple and Jeanmar Gomez pitched seven strong innings to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Friday night.  —  Gomez (2-1) gave up seven hits and three runs as Cleveland won for the fourth time in five games.

WAR 2.0: WAR Upgraded on Baseball-Reference.com  —  Baseball-Reference.com WAR Explained - Baseball-Reference.com  —  As many have noticed, we have not been updating the 2012 WAR data in-season.  The reason for this is that we have been working on a major upgrade to our WAR framework.

Ryan Braun out of lineup vs. Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Braun was held out of the Milwaukee Brewers starting lineup for Friday night's series opener with San Francisco, two days after the reigning NL MVP left the game at San Diego in the sixth inning with a sore right Achilles tendon.

Elbow tenderness sends Sox's Sale from starter to closer  —  DETROIT — Despite a strong plea to stay in the rotation after a 3-1 record and 2.81 ERA, prized left-hander Chris Sale will move into the White Sox's closer role because of elbow tenderness.  —  Sale, 23, was disappointed …

Pujols' homer drought akin to Winfield's in N.Y.  —  A 2012 baseball question: When will Albert Pujols get “there”?  The old, cramped visiting clubhouse in Tiger Stadium allowed for little privacy, not that Bob Watson had any intention of being discrete that night in April 1981 …

Moving big-dollar deals  —  If, say, Pujols, Crawford or Werth were on waivers, would there be any takers?  —  Hey there.  Any chance you've got $50 million or so lying around on your kitchen table?  If so, we're guessing that Alfonso Soriano could be all yours if you'd like to pay him.

NY Mets GM Sandy Alderson says team won't rush Matt Harvey into pitching rotation  —  Even with need in rotation, GM Sandy Alderson wants prized prospect to develop more in minors  —  Touted pitching prospect Matt Harvey won't be arriving at Citi Field anytime soon, even with Mets seemingly having need for rotation help.