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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Pirates top Padres, Lauer, 6-3  —  SAN DIEGO-Eric Lauer was battling on Friday.  —  Himself.  The Pittsburgh Pirates.  His San Diego Padres' teammates.  —  The Pirates ended up winning 6-3.  —  Lauer had by far his worst start of the six he has made in what had been a strong month.

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 …

No reason Brian Cashman should stop pushing for Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard in deal with Mets  —  Brian Cashman understandably has been talking nonstop over the past few days about one of his team's biggest rivals.  —  Even with the Red Sox arriving in the Boogie Down for a first-place …

Royals scouts watching Phillies' minor-league system in prep for possible Mike Moustakas trade  —  It's no secret that the Phillies are considering an upgrade at third base — both for the long and short term.  —  They have long had their sights on Baltimore's Manny Machado.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …