There aren't many positives the Chicago Cubs will take away once this awful season reaches its conclusion, so they'll cling to this one. They're 7-3 under interim manager Mike Quade. It's small consolation, but it'll do for now. Alfonso Soriano and Blake DeWitt each hit three-run homers, and the Cubs beat the New York Mets 7-6 on Friday.

Playing without three of the first four hitters in their regular lineup, the New York Yankees put speed up top and scampered for extra bases on each ball in the gap. Curtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner sparked the offense from his leadoff spot and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Friday to match a season high with its seventh straight victory.

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot. A screw was inserted into the foot in Friday's operation. The 2008 AL MVP finished the season with 12 homers, 41 RBIs and a .288 batting average. Pedroia fouled a ball off his foot on June 25.

Oft-injured former All-Star Mark Prior has agreed to a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. The team says Prior will sign the contract Saturday and report to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Prior will turn 30 on Tuesday and hasn't pitched in a big league game since 2006. Shoulder problems caused him to miss all of 2007 and 2008 and he spent last year in the farm system of his hometown San Diego...

The game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Earl. The opener of the three-game series was rescheduled as the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday. The pitching rotation remains the same with Friday's scheduled pitchers, Chicago's John Danks (12-9) facing Clay Buchholz (15-5) in the first...

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry says he had lunch with Ryne Sandberg but did not formally interview the Hall of Famer for the manager's job. They dined together this week in Albuquerque, where the Triple-A Iowa affiliate was playing. Sandberg, the legendary Cubs second baseman, manages the club and is a candidate to take over in Chicago after the season.

The Minnesota Twins have picked rookie right-hander Matt Fox to pitch Friday's series opener against Texas. Fox's contract was selected from Triple-A Rochester before the game and he will start in place of Nick Blackburn. Right-handers Rob Delaney and Alex Burnett were also recalled from Rochester.

Alex Rodriguez and longtime agent Scott Boras have split. "I'm not going to get into the details, but I will tell you that Scott and I had a good run," the New York Yankees slugger said Friday. "Nothing drastic happened, it's just at this point in my career my goal is to finish as a New York Yankee and be a world champion again.

Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny will miss a start because of a bruised left hand. Interim manager Mike Quade says it's "not out of the question" that he'll miss more time, after Pittsburgh's Jose Tabata lined a shot off the pitcher's hand on Wednesday. Gorzelanny was scheduled to pitch Tuesday, but the rehabbing Carlos Silva or Casey Coleman will likely take his place.

The Seattle Mariners found out Shin-Soo Choo is one of those players who can do it all. Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Mariners. Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister (4-11) against the right-center-field wall in the Indians' four-run sixth to score all...

Six lead changes, five ties, four errors, two blown saves, 25 runners left on base and at least four botched double plays. The series finale between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins was about as ugly as it gets, until Gerald Laird and Jose Valverde finally put an end to a game that seemed like it was never going to finish.

The blurry-eyed Philadelphia Phillies didn't mind that they wouldn't get a lot of shuteye after making their one-night stopover in Denver so worthwhile. Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-11 in a makeup of a May rainout.

The Boston Red Sox put a satisfactory finish on a potentially disastrous road trip. Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Thursday night to win the three-game series. David Ortiz drove in two runs and J.D. Drew had three hits for the Red Sox, who moved within 6 1/2 games of idle Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card race.

David Wright knew the New York Mets couldn't afford to let Tim Hudson find his rhythm. "You have to get to that guy early if you're going to get to him at all," Wright said. "When he settles down, he gets stronger and stronger." Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and New York snapped the Atlanta Braves' five-game winning streak with a...

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera left Thursday night's game against Minnesota in the sixth inning with left biceps tendinitis. Cabrera went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in the game. After coming in from the field after the fifth inning, the first baseman walked with a team trainer from the dugout back into the clubhouse.

Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy has drawn his second ejection of the season. Tracy was tossed by home plate umpire Paul Emmel in the sixth inning of Thursday night's game against Philadelphia. Tracy argued vehemently after Emmel ruled that a pitch had struck Mike Sweeney on his right hand with the bases loaded, driving in a run.

Minnesota Twins starter Scott Baker left Thursday night's game against Detroit after two innings because of pain in his right elbow. Baker allowed two runs and three hits, including a homer by Don Kelly. He has had trouble keeping his arm loose in some starts this season, and there was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.

The Atlanta Braves activated Troy Glaus from the 15-day disabled list Thursday after the infielder missed 14 games with left knee inflammation. Glaus spent his rehab stint at Triple-A Gwinnett playing exclusively at third base, the position he played most of his first 11 years before the Braves signed him as their first baseman last winter.

The Colorado Rockies returned home Thursday to play a makeup game with the Philadelphia Phillies and pick up their newest teammate, Manny Delcarmen. The hard-throwing right-handed reliever met up with his bleary-eyed teammates at Coors Field two days after the Rockies acquired him from the Boston Red Sox for minor league pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller.

Florida Marlins catcher John Baker will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair an injury to his throwing elbow that sidelined him for most of this season, meaning he might not play again until 2012. Dr. James Andrews will perform the reconstructive surgery Friday, the Marlins said. Baker has been sidelined since May 12 and had hoped to return this year, but he endured repeated setbacks in...