Baltimore Sun

AROUND THE HORN

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Giants: 3B Evan Longoria broke his left hand n Thursday when he was struck by a pitch from Marlins RHP Dan Straily. Longoria will decide in the next few days whether to have surgery, and no timetable was given for his return. He was injured in the fourth inning of the Giants’ 6-3, 16-inning victory.

Phillies: RHP Vince Velasquez struck out six and threw a no- hitter for 62⁄ innings, OFs Rhys Hoskins and Nick Williams hit solo homers, and the Phillies downed the Rockies 9-3. Velasquez, had his no-hitter broken up by SS Trevor Story, who hit a run-scoring double on Velasquez’s 105th pitch.

Cardinals: 1B Jose Martinez will miss this weekend’s series with the Cubs because of paternity leave. He will travel to Venezuela for the birth of his daughter and rejoin the Cardinals on Monday in Philadelph­ia.

Nationals: Mark Lerner replaced his 92-year-old father, Ted Lerner, as managing principal owner of the Nationals. Major League Baseball approved the move at its quarterly meeting in New York. Ted Lerner has controlled the Nationals since his family bought the team from MLB in 2006, the year after the franchise moved from Montreal.

Tigers: OF JaCoby Jones’ tworun homer capped a three-run seventh inning as the Tigers came from behind to beat the Twins 3-1. Jones was hitting .135 in his last 10 games and had struck out in his first two at-bats before hitting RHP Lance Lynn’s 3-1 fastball for his fifth home run. RHP Michael Fulmer improved to 5-0 in five career starts against the Twins by scattering five hits over seven innings.

Indians: SS Francisco Lindor and 3B Jose Ramirez homered, RHP Mike Clevinger struck out 11 in seven innings and the Indians beat the White Sox 5-2 to salvage a four-game split. ... The Indians activated OF Brandon Guyer (strained neck) from the 10-day disabled list and designated OF Melky Cabrera for assignment. Guyer played for the first time since May 19.

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