Anderson pitches 8 scoreless, Rockies beat Dodgers 3-1  —  Tyler Anderson got in a groove from the first inning and kept on going.  —  Anderson tossed a career-high eight scoreless innings, Pat Valaika,  —  Chris Iannetta homered, and the  —  Colorado Rockies beat the  —  Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Friday night.

Rookies Suarez, Slater lead Giants past Diamondbacks 2-1  —  PHOENIX — A pair of rookies helped the Giants get their weekend in Arizona off to a winning start.  —  Andrew Suarez pitched six strong innings, Austin Slater had a pair of RBI doubles and San Francisco beat the Diamondbacks 2-1 on Friday night.

Tigers still seeking end of skid at Blue Jays  —  TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers will start a former Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Saturday afternoon for the second game in a row in another attempt to end a losing streak that has reached 10 games.  —  Former Blue Jays left-hander Francisco Liriano …

Musgrove pitches 7 strong innings to beat hometown Padres  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) Joe Musgrove had quite the homecoming at Petco Park.  —  Pitching in front of at least 75 friends and family members, the right-hander tossed seven shutout innings against his hometown team and Jody Mercer homered …

Mets' Jacob deGrom gets nod for game against Marlins  —  No matter how well he pitches, the New York Mets do not win very often when Jacob deGrom is on the mound.  —  The Mets do not win very often regardless of the starting pitcher, which is why the phrase “deGrom trade” is an easy search engine term.

CC Sabathia proves old is new again in Yankees' rout of Red Sox  —  Mookie Betts hacked feebly at CC Sabathia's 97th and final pitch, and the Red Sox right fielder was only able to send a dribbler 55 feet to the right of the mound.  —  But the 37-year-old Sabathia, all 300 pounds of him …

Surging Mariners take on frustrated Royals  —  Robinson, who?  —  At least that's what some in Seattle are asking as the Mariners return to Safeco Field on Friday night to face the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a nine-game homestand.  —  The Mariners have gone a surprising 29-14 …

Back in the saddle?  Rougned Odor may be rescuing his career with overall improvement in June  —  ARLINGTON — The Rangers will finish out June on Saturday with the most timely and appropriate promotion of the season.  —  They will give out bobbleheads featuring Rougned Odor on top of Smokey …

Dodgers send rookie Walker Buehler to Class-A Rancho Cucamonga  —  LOS ANGELES — Rookie Walker Buehler, the Dodgers' top prospect, has been optioned to the minor leagues after struggling in a relief appearance.  —  The team says Buehler was sent to Class-A Rancho Cucamonga before Friday night's game against Colorado.

MLB: Yu Darvish heads to Texas for opinion on sore triceps muscle  —  Yu Darvish went to Texas to get another opinion on the sore triceps muscle that flared up again in a bullpen session on Thursday.  —  The setback ended plans for the right-hander's return to the Chicago Cubs rotation this weekend.

Teheran pitches 6 shutout innings, Braves beat Cardinals 5-1  —  ST. LOUIS — Julio Teheran was confident he could shake off his slow start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.  Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was not so sure.  —  Teheran walked the first two batters …

Scrappy Rays face challenge of Justin Verlander, Astros  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays continue to win games they perhaps shouldn't, and they'll have an opportunity for more of that Saturday against Houston's Justin Verlander.  —  The Rays (40-41) hit the midway point …

Willson Contreras back behind the plate vs. Twins with heat again expected in mid-90s  —  Addison Russell says he is 'happy that it's summertime' after his grand slam against the Twins (Paul Sullivan/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Willson Contreras is behind the plate …

Trout HR helps Angels beat Orioles 7-1, ending 6-game skid  —  Mike Trout celebrated his return to center field with a solo home run and an impressive catch, and the Los Angeles  —  Angels snapped a six-game skid by beating the floundering  —  Baltimore Orioles 7-1 on Friday night.

A's Paul Blackburn hits his stride in win over Indians  —  Marcus Semien, Khris Davis and Josh Lowrie deliver key hits as homestand opens with a victory  —  OAKLAND — The A's returned from a triumphant road trip showing they hadn't lost their touch, getting a strong performance …

Giants' Madison Bumgarner likes strategy having no DH creates in National League  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Madison Bumgarner is one of the few players with enough courage to take Major League Baseball to task for implementing too many rules changes over the last few years.

Three up, three down: What's trending in MLB  —  Three up  —  Good will hunting: Wesley Sykes wasn't the first sportswriter to tweet a picture of Fenway Park from the press box.  He's probably the first to post one with this caption: “Twelve years ago I was cleaning the bathrooms …

Nationals look for consecutive wins against Phillies  —  The Washington Nationals' bats finally came alive Friday night.  They hope that offense shows up again Saturday as the Nationals attempt to win two straight games for the first time in more than three weeks.

Daily Dose: National Treasure  —  National Treasure  —  The Nationals entered play on Friday losers of each of their last three games, having been outscored 16-3 in those contests.  They had slugged an MLB-worst 12 home runs as a team during the month of June.