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Things got a little stinky (had to do it) during the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers game on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. 

Four skunks were trapped inside the Cardinals dugout underneath a photographer stand before the game started. Stadium operations staff and animal control teamed up to attempt to remove the animals, but they had no luck.

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen is a big fan of the U.S. women’s national soccer team—big enough to have his own customized jersey.

On Friday, the All-Star posted a picture of himself wearing a personalized Team USA jersey in anticipation for the team's opening World Cup match on June 8.

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez continues inching his way up the MLB all-time list for runs batted in. With an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, A-Rod surpassed Barry Bonds for second with 1,997 career RBI, per the Yankees. Rodriguez now trails only Hank Aaron in career RBI.

There was a frightening incident Friday during the Oakland Athletics-Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, as a broken-bat shard struck a fan, later identified as Tonya Carpenter, in the stands.  

ESPN.com's Gordon Edes reported that Athletics third baseman Brett Lawrie's bat broke, sending a piece into the stands. That shard hit a fan who was sitting down the third-base line:

They say it’s a cardinal rule of baseball not to make the first or third out of an inning at third base.

Well, it’s a cardinal rule of common sense not to get picked off at first to lose a game.

With the Oakland Athletics owning the American League's worst record, they can start going into sell mode as trading season picks up. Utilityman Ben Zobrist is one of their best trade chips and is starting to attract attention around the league.   

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Veteran relief pitcher Rafael Soriano has been sitting on the sideline so far in 2015, waiting to find the right team and opportunity before he pitches in the big leagues. The 35-year-old appears to be narrowing his choices down.   

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The Oakland Athletics announced a call-up for relief pitcher Pat Venditte, a rare switch-pitcher capable of effectively using either arm to throw, to the big leagues Friday.