O's lose Means, Wells to season-ending UCL surgeries  —  BALTIMORE — Over the past few weeks, the Orioles' starting pitching landscape was seemingly getting a bit crowded.  They were finally close to full strength, sparking internal conversations about shifting to a six-man rotation at some point in June.

Six takeaways from an extended chat with Brewers owner Mark Attanasio  —  Prior to taking in Friday night's game at American Family Field, Milwaukee Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio held an extended roundtable interview session with members of the local media.

Triple-A catcher Payton Henry hit by backswing, hospitalized  —  SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck by a batter's backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher.  —  Henry was hit in the back of the head …

Tigers' Maeda takes loss, Red Sox even series with 7-3 win  —  Boston — He showed what it can look like when he's right.  But it's not been right often enough this season and certainly not Friday night.  —  The Boston Red Sox KO'd right-hander Kenta Maeda in the fifth inning and evened …

Sources: Mets sending Christian Scott, Brett Baty to Triple-A  —  The reeling New York Mets are sending right-handed starter Christian Scott and third baseman Brett Baty to Triple-A, sources told ESPN on Friday, further changing their roster a day after designating reliever Jorge Lopez …

Reliever Jorge López embarrassed Mets and himself, but his situation deserves empathy, not scorn  —  The empty hurt clearly lingered in Jorge López's eyes.  —  The 31-year-old pitcher stood to address the media fresh off the most embarrassing experience of his MLB career: An unhinged, glove-throwing tantrum on the field.

Gary Sánchez hits tiebreaking 2-run homer in 8th inning as Brewers defeat the Cubs 6-4  —  MILWAUKEE — Gary Sánchez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Thursday.

How MLB has changed Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto  —  Perhaps nobody in the Los Angeles Dodgers' front office watched Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch in Japan more often than Galen Carr, the longtime scout who now serves as vice president of player personnel.  —  Last summer, at an Orix Buffaloes …