Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals (74-72, third in the NL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (69-78, fifth in the AL East) Toronto; Friday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.39 ERA, 1.

Houston Astros (78-68, first in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (60-86, fifth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Yusei Kikuchi (8-9, 4.31 ERA, 1.

Cincinnati Reds (71-77, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (78-68, third in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Julian Aguiar (1-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Twins: Bailey Ober (12-6, 3.

Texas Rangers (71-76, third in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (74-73, second in the AL West) Seattle; Friday, 10:10 p.m.

SEATTLE (AP) — Kumar Rocker's debut in the majors finally arrived. It was a mixed bag for his highly anticipated first outing. Rocker threw four innings for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in their series opener against the Seattle Mariners.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jackson Chourio hit a two-run home run, Frankie Montas pitched six scoreless innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 on Thursday night to take another step toward winning the NL Central.

SEATTLE (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe drove in the go-ahead run for Texas with an infield single during a three-run eighth inning and hit a homer in the seventh, as the Rangers erased a three-run deficit for a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday ni

DETROIT (AP) — Jacob Stallings’ RBI double in the ninth inning helped the Colorado Rockies beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Thursday afternoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit a game-ending single leading off the 10th inning to lift the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 Thursday night as Aaron Judge’s homerless streak stretched to a career-high 16 games.

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge’s power outage set a personal record. Judge's homerless streak stretched to a career-high 16 games as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 in 10 innings on Thursday night.