Kershaw set to start tonight vs. Mets

Clayton Kershaw is set to make a surprise return from the disabled list tonight, starting for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a marquee matchup against New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom.

Kershaw has been sidelined since June 1 with a lower back strain.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2014 NL MVP originally was scheduled to make a rehab start today with Triple-A Oklahoma City at Omaha, but heavy rain in the forecast caused the Dodgers to change plans.

Blue Jays: Closer Roberto Osuna has agreed to a suspension through Aug. 4 under baseball’s domestic violence policy, discipline that will cause him to miss about half of the season. Osuna has not pitched since May 6, two days before he was put on administrative leave when he was charged with one count of assault in Toronto. MLB said the suspension is retroactive to May 8 and covers 75 games. Osuna will wind up missing 89 days, which would cost him about $2.54 million of his $5.3 million salary.

Yankees: Left fielder and leadoff man Brett Gardner returned to the lineup Friday night at Tampa Bay after missing five games because of soreness in his right knee.

White Sox: Right fielder Avisail Garcia was activated from the 10-day disabled list after missing two months because of a strained right hamstring and was in the lineup against Oakland.

Pirates: Veteran catcher Francisco Cervelli was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Cervelli left the June 9 game against the Cubs at Chicago in the fourth inning after being struck on the helmet and left side of his jaw by a foul tip.