Yankees take on Red Sox, Chris Sale  —  NEW YORK — Greg Bird was rehabbing a right ankle injury for the first six meetings between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.  —  He carried a .191 average and several frustrating at-bats into Friday's series opener.

Detroit Tigers tried everything, but still lost as losing skid extends  —  TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers keep trying.  They also keep losing.  —  Their 4-3 loss on Saturday at Rogers Centre came on a walk-off home run by Justin Smoak in the ninth inning.  —  That extended the Tigers losing streak to a season-high 11 games.

Dodgers fanned by Rockies pitcher German Marquez in 3-1 loss  —  German Marquez pitched two-hit ball over eight innings and Ian Desmond homered as the Colorado Rockies beat the Dodgers 3-1 on Saturday.  —  Marquez (6-8) retired his first 15 batters before Enrique Hernandez connected …

Excessive heat at Wrigley Field forces Twins' Eddie Rosario from game  —  CHICAGO — Minnesota Twins left fielder Eddie Rosario has left a game because of heat illness on a scorching afternoon at Wrigley Field.  —  The Chicago Cubs said it was 96 degrees at the time Rosario exited during the bottom of the fifth inning Saturday.

San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks … The scoreless-innings streak Yoshihisa Hirano took into Saturday night's game was nothing on the order of Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game hitting streak of 77 years ago.  Then again, the Diamondbacks' relief pitcher has never even heard of “Joltin'” Joe DiMaggio.

Frustration builds for Jacob deGrom, NL-worst Mets: 'I'm tired of losing'  —  MIAMI — The visitors' clubhouse at Marlins Park was quiet Saturday evening.  No yelling or screaming.  There were no tables overturned or even chairs displaced from in front of the lockers.

Jared Hughes is piling up innings for the Cincinnati Reds — and he's happy about it  —  Cincinnati Reds right-hander Jared Hughes is on pace for 85 innings or so.  —  That would be a career-high by nearly 10 innings and 25 innings more than he threw each of the last two years.

Video: Vince Velasquez suffers bruised right forearm, throws out Nationals runner left handed  —  One night after manager Gabe Kapler boasted that the Phillies “have all the talent we need in our rotation right now,” they might need to add some more.  —  Vince Velasquez took a line drive off …

Pujols, Fletcher key 8th-inning rally as Angels top O's, 6-2  —  Albert Pujols and David Fletcher came up with key hits as the Los Angeles Angels scored five runs in the eighth inning to defeat the  —  Baltimore Orioles 6-2 Saturday afternoon at Camden Yards.  —  The Orioles held a 2-1 lead before Pujols tied it off

Warner gets a shot in Cardinals' system after bouncing around in college  —  After his freshman year at Johnson County (Kan.) Community College in 2015, Andrew Warner thought his baseball career was finished.  —  Sure, he had hit .383 with 11 home runs.  Sure, he was playing for a nationally-ranked junior college program.

Braves get big offense in routing Cardinals  —  Nick Markakis highlighted a six-run fifth-inning rally and the  —  Atlanta Braves coasted to an 11-4 win over the  —  St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Busch Stadium.  —  Markakis went 2-for-3, scored twice and drove in five runs …

Max Muncy wouldn't mind having his plans for the All-Star break disrupted  —  Max Muncy has plans for the All-Star break.  His family owns a lake house in upstate New York.  His mother grew up in the area, he has vacationed there since he was a kid, and he is looking forward to catching …

Angels LHP Lamb latest on team sidelined by Tommy John surgery  —  Los Angeles Angels lefthander John Lamb will have Tommy John surgery, the team announced Saturday.  —  Lamb becomes the fourth pitcher on the squad this season to have the season-ending surgery for a torn ulnar collateral ligament.