DeJong ends drought with game-winning homer for Cardinals  —  Paul DeJong's two-run homer with one out in the seventh inning helped the Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 before a crowd of 44,654 Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium.  —  Yairo Munoz led off the inning with a two-strike single to left.

Mets' Cano out of lineup day after tweaking quad  —  NEW YORK — Robinson Cano is out of the New York Mets' lineup against San Francisco, a day after tweaking his left quadriceps.  —  Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Cano was being evaluated and the team hoped he would be available off the bench Thursday afternoon to face the Giants.

How Detroit Tigers believe they can keep Miguel Cabrera healthy at DH  —  While this week's MLB Draft was the foremost focus of Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila, on Thursday morning there was another big topic to talk about.  —  The present and future health of first baseman Miguel Cabrera …

Cubs To Sign Craig Kimbrel  —  9:06PM: The deal pays Kimbrel $10MM this season, and $16MM in both 2020 and 2021, ESPN.com's Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link).  There is a vesting option for 2022 that pays Kimbrel $16MM if it vests, Heyman reports (via Twitter), while it becomes a club option if it doesn't vest.

Solid outing will keep Minor in rumor mill.  Here are his thoughts on a possible trade  —  Mike Minor knows he hasn't been as good of late as he was earlier this season for the Texas Rangers, but the stuff has still been there and opposing teams haven't been making much hard contact against him.

Mariners bats erupt, Leake shuts down Astros in 14-1 romp  —  Mike Leake sauntered toward catcher Tom Murphy to shake his hand as those remaining in the announced crowd of 13,652 stood on their feet cheering to reward his work.  His face showed no emotion - no anger, no happiness …

Draft heist of the century?  How Mike Trout fell to the Angels  —  Mike Trout might be the best player in MLB history, but he wasn't even seen as the best player in his own draft class, or close to it.  Ten years ago, he lasted until the Los Angeles Angels' back-to-back picks at Nos. 24 and 25 …

Weekend plans?  The Rays will spend theirs playing four games in 45 hours.  In Boston.  —  DETROIT — Think of what you do over a normal 48 hours.  —  A couple shifts at work, two good night's sleep, some decent food hopefully, maybe a workout, a few hours on the couch watching TV or scrolling Facebook.

Cincinnati Reds' Dietrich says playing in hometown All-Star Game would be ‘perfect script’  —  ST. LOUIS - When Derek Dietrich was asked whether it entered his mind that he could play in the MLB All-Star Game next month, there was no hesitation in his response.  Of course he's thought about it.

Carroll grad Cliff Pennington released by Yankees organization  —  Yankees manager Aaron Boone on Clint Frazier  —  The New York Yankees released Carroll graduate Cliff Pennington on Tuesday.  —  Pennington, an 11-year major league veteran, had played in Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders …

Giants' chance to achieve rare road feat ruined by bullpen struggles  —  NEW YORK — The Giants already celebrated one milestone victory on their three-city trip to the East Coast, but on their final game of their travels, they had a chance to secure one more meaningful win.

Aaron Judge's absence looms large — in the clubhouse  —  TORONTO — Inside the New York Yankees' home clubhouse, along a wall near the main entrance, are a pair of neighboring lockers.  One belongs to Aaron Judge, the other to Clint Frazier.  —  When the Yankees are on the road …

Garneau's double in 9th gives Angels 10-9 win over A's  —  Dustin Garneau's ground-rule double with two outs in the ninth inning scored  —  Brian Goodwin with the game-winning run and gave the Los Angeles  —  Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.  —  Oakland left fielder

Bote's career-high 7 RBIs lead Cubs over Rockies 9-8  —  David Bote drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-8 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.  —  Bote had four hits, including a three-run homer and bases-clearing double to hand the Rockies …

Toronto Blue Jays draft Roy Halladay's son in tribute to late pitcher  —  The Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday selected the son of the late pitcher Roy Halladay in the 32nd round of the MLB Draft - the round matching his father's number.  —  Braden Halladay, a Florida high school pitcher …