Rios, White Sox Batter Maholm, Braves in 10-6 Win  —  CHICAGO — Alex Rios hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, and Jake Peavy pitched six solid innings in his return from the disabled list to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 10-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.

Giants Beat D-Backs for 2nd Straight Day, 4-3  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey hit a two-run homer and Matt Cain bounced back from two rough starts to earn his first win in more than a month as the San Francisco Giants beat the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks for a second straight night, winning 4-3 on Saturday.

Rangers now just one of many in Garza mix after snag sets sides back  —  The Rangers and Cubs were set back on the Matt Garza talks to the point where the Rangers are now viewed as only one of many teams now in the mix for the star righthander.  —  The impressions left now is Texas and Chicago …

Padres relievers close door in win over Cardinals  —  ST. LOUIS — Edinson Volquez was bailed out by his bullpen and earned the victory in San Diego's 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.  —  Nick Vincent, Dale Thayer, Luke Gregorson and Huston Street worked an inning apiece after Volquez …

Ike Davis, Josh Satin appear to be in platoon at first base  —  Terry Collins steered clear of using the word, just as he's done since Ike Davis rejoined the Mets.  But the team has gone to a platoon at first base, where it's clear that Davis must earn his chances to face lefthanded pitching.

Expos fans flood Toronto, hope for new team  —  MONTREAL — A crew of Montreal Expos fans, willing to do just about anything to get its team back, has driven to Toronto to watch the Blue Jays.  —  Organizers say about 1,000 Expos supporters, hoping to attract the attention of baseball's movers and shakers …

Sox bats quiet against Yankees in loss  —  BOSTON (AP) — John Lackey has hardly had any offensive support this season.  It wasn't any different on Saturday.  —  Brett Gardner and Lyle Overbay each had three hits and drove in a run to back Hiroki Kuroda's seven strong innings …

Rafael Betancourt goes on disabled list with appendicitis; Mitchell Boggs promoted  —  Rockies pitcher Rafael Betancourt was placed on the disabled list Saturday with an appendicitis.  (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)  —  The Rockies received an unexpected bit of bad news Saturday …

Dodgers' Yasiel Puig faces $12-million lawsuit filed by man in Cuba  —  Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig is being sued by a man who alleges the outfielder made false accusations against him.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / July 14, 2013)  —  WASHINGTON - Yasiel Puig is being sued …

Yankees' Alex Rodriguez could end up pariah in baseball like Lance Armstrong in cycling  —  The Daily News reported Sunday that Rodriguez and his lawyers have had internal discussions about pursuing a plea deal to reduce the looming suspension, possibly hoping to save Rodriguez from Armstrong's fate.

Miller hits first two career homers as Mariners top Astros  —  HOUSTON — Rookie Brad Miller hit his first two major league homers and drove in five runs, and the Seattle Mariners overcame rookie Brandon Barnes' cycle for the Astros in a 10-7 win over Houston on Friday night.

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight Blog Is to Join ESPN Staff  —  Nate Silver, the statistician who attained national fame for his accurate projections about the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, is parting ways with The New York Times and moving his FiveThirtyEight franchise to ESPN …