Eric Wedge back following stroke  —  SEATTLE — After a month away, manager Eric Wedge has rejoined the Seattle Mariners following a mild stroke suffered before a game in late July.  —  Clean shaven, looking thinner and energized, Wedge was back behind his office desk Friday afternoon …

Rays' Archer Beats Yankees for the Third Time  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Chris Archer beat the New York Yankees for the third time, Evan Longoria hit one of four homers off Hiroki Kuroda and the Tampa Bay Rays topped their AL East rivals 7-2 on Friday night.

Phillies down D-backs on bases-loaded walk  —  PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.  —  Cody Asche led off the ninth with a single and went to third on Jimmy Rollins' single.

O's fight off A's with help from Roberts' slam  —  Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland  —  Recap  —  Box Score  —  Play-By-Play  —  Photos  —  Conversation  —  Orioles rally twice, get grand slam for Brian Roberts to drop A's  —  BALTIMORE — Brian Roberts hit a grand slam …

Stuck ball leads to inside-the-park HR, Ventura ejection  —  CHICAGO — Robin Ventura was ejected by third-base umpire Greg Gibson during the third inning of Friday night's series opener between the Rangers and White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.  Ventura was thrown out for the second …

CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES: WHERE WOULD RED SOX BE WITHOUT GOLDEN WRECKING BALL OFFERED BY DODGERS?  —  It is difficult to exaggerate the franchise-altering significance of the Red Sox-Dodgers trade that took place one year ago Sunday.  For the Red Sox, the deal represented a crumpling of one blueprint …

Angels' tense times nearly included Pujols, Hunter fight in 2012  —  The two-year downhill toboggan run of owner Arte Moreno's broken franchise has created a suffocatingly tense atmosphere throughout the organization best illustrated by a team meeting last August, in which All-Star Torii Hunter …

Wheeler's RBI Double in Eighth Lifts Rockies  —  MIAMI — Ryan Wheeler hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth to help give the Colorado Rockies a 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  —  Jhoulys Chacin (12-7) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings for the Rockies.

Twins Trip Indians 5-1  —  CLEVELAND — Samuel Deduno pitched six solid innings and Josh Willingham busted out of a slump with a two-run double in the seventh, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 5-1 win over Cleveland on Friday night, slowing the Indians' climb toward a wild-card spot.

Barmes hits big homer in seventh as Pirates defeat Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Clint Barmes hit a three-run home run, Charlie Morton pitched eight strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night.  —  Andrew McCutchen and Josh Harrison each …

Venable helps Padres rally for win over Cubs  —  SAN DIEGO — Will Venable had three hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and the San Diego Padres rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Friday night.  —  Jedd Gyorko homered twice and drove …