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.

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 …

Wainwright Sharp, Cardinals Beat Braves 3-1  —  ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright earned his NL-leading 15th win with his fifth complete game and had a key sacrifice fly to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.  —  Matt Holliday's 432-foot home …

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.

Final Score: Tigers 6 Mets 1  —  Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed five runs in five innings, four of which came in the second inning thanks in part to a three-run home run by Miguel Cabrera, a home run by Torii Hunter.  —  Carlos Torres allowed a solo home run to Austin Jackson in two innings of relief.

Kurt Suzuki rejoining A's; his comments plus trade details  —  Kurt Suzuki will be tagging out players at home plate for the A's for the rest of the season.  He was traded back from the Nationals Friday morning.  (Greg Fiume / Getty Images)  —  From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser

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 …

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 …

Cubs Acquire Neil Ramirez To Complete Garza Deal  —  The Rangers announced that they have sent right-handed pitcher Neil Ramirez to the Cubs, completing the July 22nd trade that sent Matt Garza to Chicago.  —  The Garza deal called for a player to be named later to be sent to Chicago, but with one interesting wrinkle.

SF GIANTS UPDATE: More on Cain's DL trip, plus plans for Scutaro, Pagan  —  UPDATE, 5:40 p.m.: Mark Buehrle and Bronson Arroyo: There you have entire list of active pitchers who have made more starts than Matt Cain without going on the disabled list., 422 for Buehrle and 348 for Arroyo.

Zack Wheeler understands innings limits  —  Zack Wheeler is nearing uncharted territory.  —  For the first time in his career, he will be expected to pitch through the month of September.  He already has logged 138 1/3 innings and is on pace to blow by his previous high of 149 innings last season.