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Texas Rangers (15-11, first in the AL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (17-10, second in the NL West) San Francisco; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Tyler Mahle (3-0, 0.67 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, 25 strikeouts); Giants: Robbie Ray (3-0, 4.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Skenes and his parents got a suite at Dodger Stadium on Friday night and handed out tickets for about 35 aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. “I was playing for free tonight,” he joked.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ had two doubles and an RBI, Seiya Suzuki also doubled twice and the Chicago Cubs blanked the slumping Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Friday.

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi and three relievers combined on an a four-hitter in the Texas Rangers' 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale won for the first time this season and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Friday night. Austin Riley and Eli White each drove in two runs for the Braves, who have won six of their last seven.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball with a season-high nine strikeouts, winning his duel with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday nig

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle starter Logan Gilbert left with right forearm tightness after throwing three perfect innings, and second baseman Dylan Moore made a two-out error that led to six unearned runs as the Miami Marlins beat the Mariners 8-4 Friday n

DENVER (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds' fourth lead of the night held up for 8-7 victory over Colorado on Friday night as a historically bad start continues for the Rockies.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shane Baz pitched seven strong innings and Yandy Díaz hit a sacrifice fly for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat San Diego 1-0 on Friday night to hand the Padres their fifth loss in seven games.