A look at whats happening all around the majors Thursday:---BEST OF THE BESTBaltimore goes for a three-game sweep of visiting Texas in a series between first-place teams. The AL East-leading Orioles are 39-16 at home, the top mark in the majors. Left-hander Wade Miley (7-8, 4.98 ERA) makes his Baltimore debut after he was obtained Sunday in a trade with Seattle. A.J. Griffin (4-1, 3.99) faces the Orioles for the first time since 2013. AL West-leading Texas is 9-4 in his 13 starts.GETTING HEALTHYJordan Zimmermann (9-4) comes off the disabled list from a neck injury to pitch against the White Sox as host Detroit seeks its ninth straight victory. And teammate J.D. Martinez is expected to make his first start since missing seven weeks with a broken elbow. Martinez returned with a bang Wednesday night in a 2-1 win, breaking an eighth-inning tie with a pinch-hit homer off Chris Sale on the first pitch the slugger had faced since mid-June. Martinezs timely drive helped the streaking Tigers move within two games of first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.HELP WANTEDMike Napoli has homered in five straight games for Cleveland, matching Chris Davis and Jay Bruce for the longest streak in the majors this season. But the Indians have been wasting Napolis power surge lately, losing three consecutive home games to Minnesota while getting outscored 35-16. The last-place Twins are 8-4 against the AL Central leaders this year and will go for a four-game sweep when left-hander Hector Santiago, acquired from the Angels at the trade deadline, makes his Minnesota debut in the series finale. Mike Clevinger will be called up from Triple-A Columbus to start for Cleveland.NEW GIANTLeft-hander Matt Moore makes his first start for the San Francisco Giants in Philadelphia. The skidding NL West leaders acquired Moore from Tampa Bay for infielder Matt Duffy and two minor leaguers to help get back on track. Moores arrival has bumped veteran right-hander Jake Peavy to the bullpen.NOTHING FREECardinals pitcher Mike Leake (8-8) has a streak on the line when he faces his former Reds team for the second time. Leake hasnt walked a batter in his last 30 innings spanning five starts, a career best. Its the longest active streak in the majors and the second-longest this season behind Matt Shoemakers 30 1/3 innings without a walk for the Angels.ICHIRO UPDATEIchiro Suzuki lined out softly to shortstop as a pinch-hitter Wednesday during Miamis loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He remained two hits shy of 3,000. Suzuki and the Marlins are off Thursday before opening a three-game series at Colorado on Friday night. Demarcus Lawrence Jersey . LOUIS -- St. Michael Gallup Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. http://www.shoptheofficialcowboys.com/Elite-Randall-Cobb-Cowboys-Jersey/ . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. Roger Staubach Cowboys Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Amari Cooper Youth Jersey . Despite the cost, effort and an improved steroid test, its possible that very few -- if any -- positives will be detected, Dr. Richard Budgett told The Associated Press in an interview. "We just dont know what the results from Torino will be," Budgett said. OMAHA, Neb. -- Longtime Omaha World-Herald sports writer Steve Pivovar has died. He was 63.Sue Pivovar said her husband died at a hospital Wednesday. He had battled kidney cancer for nine months and, more recently, pneumonia.Steve Pivovar worked more than 40 years for the World-Herald . The Omaha native covered a wide range of beats, most recently Creighton University sports, and was considered an authority on the history of the College World Series.Pivovar covered the CWS for four decades and wrote a book about Rosenblattt Stadium, where the CWS was played until 2010.ddddddddddddThe NCAA paid tribute to Pivovar on June 20 during what would have been the 500th consecutive CWS game staffed by Pivovar. PIV, as he was known, was etched behind home plate and along the foul lines. A press box seat was left empty in his honor throughout the tournament.---This version corrects Pivovars age to 63 in the first paragraph. ' ' '