Happ strikes out 10, Blue Jays top White Sox 5-1  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Pitching in his home state for the first time since 2013, J.A. Happ looked more like the 20-game winner from a year ago than he has lately.  —  The left-hander had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings …

Mets rally from five runs down to snap skid and beat Rockies, 10-5  —  DENVER — Mets GM Sandy Alderson signaled the 2017 season as a writeoff on Monday.  The team had sold off Lucas Duda and Addison Reed, the only veterans that they could, and brought up top prospect Amed Rosario …

Two frustrating rain delays lead to a frustrating Yankees loss in soggy Bronx  —  If the start of the Yankees-Tigers game Wednesday afternoon hadn't been delayed for an hour and 26 minutes when it was barely raining and the conditions were very playable, there most likely …

Diamondbacks, Cubs scoreless after 3  —  Photos from the Cubs-Diamondbacks game on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at Wrigley Field.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Cubs 0, Diamondbacks 0 (fourth inning)  —  The Cubs, trying to win their fourth consecutive game, are locked in a scoreless tie …

Worley pitches 7 innings to help Marlins beat Nationals 7-0 (Aug 02, 2017)  —  MIAMI (AP) Vance Worley pitched seven innings and faced the minimum number of batters to earn his first victory since May 2016, helping the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday.

Braves Place Jim Johnson, R.A. Dickey On Revocable Waivers  —  The Braves have placed righties Jim Johnson and R.A. Dickey on revocable waivers, according to Peter Gammons of GammonsDaily.com (via Twitter).  —  These two veterans become the first to be reported of the many players who'll hit the waiver wire this month.

Red Sox shoot for sweep of Indians (Aug 02, 2017)  —  BOSTON — Rick Porcello has been very good against the Cleveland Indians, and Trevor Bauer has struggled mightily against the Boston Red Sox.  —  However, the roles were reversed when the two last met head-to-head in Game 1 …

Molina, Weaver lead Cardinals to 5-4 win over Brewers … Kolten Wong added a two-run double, Luke Weaver pitched into the seventh inning and the  —  St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 5-4 victory over the  —  Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.  —  Weaver (1-1) made one mistake in the first and

Max Scherzer undecided if he'll make next start for Nationals  —  Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer said Wednesday that he plans to visit a chiropractor within the next day before determining whether he'll take his next turn in the rotation.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS

Yu Darvish hoping to make good impression as newest Dodger  —  ATLANTA — Yu Darvish is eager to avoid making a bad first impression with his new Los Angeles Dodgers teammates.  —  Darvish, a four-time All-Star right-hander who was traded from Texas to Los Angeles for three prospects on Monday, joined the Dodgers on Wednesday.

After doing 180 in 2 years, Detroit Tigers fans right to doubt Avila  —  Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the “Jamie and Stoney Show” weekdays from 6-10 a.m. on WXYT-FM (97.1), blogs for freep.com.  He also appears regularly on Fox 2.  His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Rookie Austin Pruitt delivers win to Rays in hometown Houston  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Austin Pruitt and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and the Tampa Bay Rays handed Dallas Keuchel his first loss of the season, beating the Houston Astros 3-0 on Wednesday night.  —  Logan Morrison hit a two-run homer.

Royals' Lorenzo Cain nursing hamstring, receives a day off in Baltimore  —  Nursing a right hamstring issue, center fielder Lorenzo Cain was out of the lineup on Wednesday as the Royals concluded a nine-game road trip at Camden Yards.  —  “His legs are a little beat-up,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Flowers' 2-run HR lifts Braves past Dodgers, 5-3 (Aug 02, 2017)  —  ATLANTA (AP) Tyler Flowers had a tiebreaking pinch-hit, two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 win over Los Angeles on Wednesday night, ending the Dodgers' nine-game winning streak.

Indians place All-Star Andrew Miller on disabled list  —  BOSTON (AP) — The Cleveland Indians' pitching staff has taken two big hits: All-Star Andrew Miller is on the disabled list, and starter Josh Tomlin is out six weeks.  —  Miller was placed on the DL on Wednesday with right knee tendinitis …

Santana throws 4-hitter, drives in 2 runs in Twins' 5-2 win (Aug 02, 2017)  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) Ervin Santana threw a four-hitter for his major league-best fifth complete game and hit a two-run single to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.

Winker hits go-ahead HR off Benoit, Reds beat Pirates 5-2 … PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Jesse Winker homered for the second straight game, hitting a tiebreaking drive in the seventh inning off newly acquired Pittsburgh reliever Joaquin Benoit that sent the  —  Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Texas Rangers give losing homestand a winning end  —  The Texas Rangers returned to Globe Life Park last week after sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays, one of the better teams in the American League.  —  With a nine-game homestand in front of them, the Rangers' thoughts of claiming a postseason spot still seemed highly doable.

LEADING OFF: Gray debuts for Yankees, Winker powering Reds  —  A look at what's happening all around the majors Thursday:  —  ___  —  A NEW SHADE OF GRAY  —  Sonny Gray makes his debut for the New York Yankees, starting at Cleveland against Corey Kluber and the AL Central-leading Indians.