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NEW YORK (AP) — As Aaron Judge jumped above the wall and tumbled to the turf, Carlos Rodón worried. “I’m like, `Pplease don’t dive. Please stay on your feet,'” the New York Yankees pitcher said.

HOUSTON (AP) — It was a rough major league debut for Houston top prospect Brice Matthews on Friday night. But the Astros are confident that he'll learn from his first game to be better moving forward.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robbed an inning earlier, Cody Bellinger wasn't sure his first three-homer game had been swiped away again. “I didn't know at first,” he said. “For that third one to finally get over feels pretty good.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sean Murphy hit the two longest home runs at Busch Stadium this season and the Atlanta Braves held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Friday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman’s first game back with the Red Sox since late May had a dramatic flair to it.

HOUSTON (AP) — Wyatt Langford homered with a career-high tying four hits and Adolis García added a solo shot to lead the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. The Rangers jumped on Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4) early.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa had to be helped off the field after injuring his right ankle when Pittsburgh's Tommy Pham slid into him at second base.

DETROIT (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break, and the Seattle Mariners beat Detroit 12-3 on Friday night to end Tarik Skubal’s three-month unbeaten stre

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer, Joe Ryan outpitched Paul Skenes. and the Minnesota Twins beat Pittsburgh 2-1 on Friday night to hand the Pirates their seventh straight loss.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani splashed his 32nd home run of the season into San Francisco's McCovey Cove beyond the right-field wall Friday night.