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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

#1 San Francisco Giants starter Dereck Rodriguez went 6.1 innings Friday night against the Oakland A’s and held the A’s to just one run in the Giants’ 5-1 win at AT&T Park.

#2 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has talked about the universal designated hitter, while there are a good number of players in the National League who do not like the DH Manfred said momentum is gaining that the DH will be enacted sooner than later.

#3 The Boston Red Sox got a 1-0 shutout over the Detroit Tigers on Friday. The Red Sox Steve Pearce hit an RBI double and David Price pitched a four hitter past the Bengals.

#4 The Seattle Mariners gained a full game on the Oakland A’s with a 3-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Mariners starter Wade LeBlanc and two relievers helped stop the Sox for five hits in the win.

#5 Cleveland keeps rolling now–8.5 on top of the Minnesota Twins. The Twins who were defeated by Cleveland on Friday night 6-5 need these games to knock down some of  Cleveland’s lead.

Matt Harrington does the MLB podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com