MLB to keep monitoring netting issue after child is hit  —  Like all major league stadiums, Minute Maid Park has netting to protect fans near the field from foul balls.  —  HOUSTON — Major League Baseball said Thursday it will keep examining its policy on protective netting at stadiums …

Giants avoid sweep by Marlins, beat Miami 3-1  —  Fish take 2 out of 3  —  MIAMI - Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning, and the San Francisco Giants broke a seven-game losing streak by rallying past the Miami Marlins 3-1 Thursday.

Red Sox Roster Moves: Hector Velazquez To IL; Mike Shawaryn Recalled From Minors  —  The Boston Red Sox roster shuffle continued Thursday ahead of a pivotal four-game series in the Bronx.  —  The Sox placed right-handed pitcher Hector Velazquez on the 10-day injured list with back tightness, the team announced.

Rays vs. Twins lineups for Thursday, with Rocco Baldelli back at the Trop  —  Longtime Rays player, exec and coach returns with majors-best Twins, and brings some other familiar faces.  —  The series between the surprising Twins, who have the majors best record at 37-17, and Rays …

Shildt shifts to Wong-DeJong-Goldschmidt at top of Cardinals batting order  —  PHILADELPHIA — Let there be change.  —  Again.  —  In a first that responds to the Cardinals' tumble toward last in the division, manager Mike Shildt has moved Paul Goldschmidt out of the No. 2 spot in the order …

Mock drafts expect the Cincinnati Reds to target pitching in the 2019 MLB Draft  —  With a few days remaining before the 2019 MLB Draft, which begins at 7 p.m. Monday, Reds scouting director Brad Meador and the organization's amateur scouting department are in meetings essentially all day to put …

Edwin Diaz, Mets better hope that's their most painful loss of the year  —  LOS ANGELES — Edwin Diaz, in 19 pitches, wiped out the Mets' big lead and allowed the Dodgers to walk off on what will go down as one of the ugliest blown saves of the closer's young career.

Even $1 million won't lure J.D. Martinez to Home Run Derby  —  NEW YORK — It was a nice try on behalf of Major League Baseball, but J.D. Martinez still isn't taking the bait.  —  The Red Sox slugger reaffirmed to WEEI.com Thursday at Yankee Stadium that despite MLB offering $1 million …

Could the Texas Rangers new ballpark someday be a place for betting on baseball?  —  Imagine you're at a Texas Rangers baseball game on a typical mid-summer weeknight and, during some down time in an early inning, an app on your phone opens and offers you 5-to-1 odds that Joey Gallo will hit a home run in his next at bat.

Johan Camargo's transition has been anything but smooth  —  Pin it on sporadic playing time, his decision not to play winter ball, the Josh Donaldson signing or whatever means of finger-pointing you so choose, but the numbers tell the story: Johan Camargo is off to a disappointing start in the role of Braves utility-man extraordinaire.