DETROIT -- Kansas City Royals pitcher Lucas Erceg was helped off the field after getting hit on the left foot with a hard grounder in Friday night's game against the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit's Riley Greene smoked a 109.1 mph grounder in the seventh inning that caromed off Erceg's foot toward Kansas City first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Greene beat Pasquantino to the bag for a single.

X-rays were negative and Erceg has a left foot contusion, the team said.

The 29-year-old Erceg stayed on the ground for a few minutes and then limped off the field with the help of an athletic trainer and manager Matt Quatraro.

Erceg had thrown 6 scoreless innings over eight outings this season before Friday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will play in Friday night's Western Conference elimination game against the Dallas Mavericks.

Morant is in the Grizzlies' starting lineup, which the team announced 30 minutes before opening tip as he finished his individual warmup.

The sprained right ankle he suffered against the Golden State Warriors in a play-in game loss earlier this week typically would sideline him during the regular season, sources told ESPN.

He underwent an MRI on Thursday to determine the severity of the sprain and received an injection to attempt to alleviate the pain, sources said. Morant received another pain-killing injection Friday.

"I know he's doing everything possible to be able to play," Grizzlies interim coach Tuomas Iisalo said pregame Friday.

However, sources said Morant continues to experience significant soreness and swelling in the ankle.

He did not wear a brace on the ankle during his pregame warmups, which started about five minutes later than usual. He had a slight limp at times during the session.

"We're prepared to see Ja," Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. "He's a gamer. He's a tough individual. ... We believe that he's going to go."

Morant injured the ankle when he stepped on Buddy Hield's foot and was fouled by the Warriors' Quinten Post with 4:25 left in the third quarter Tuesday. He limped off but got up and finished a three-point play. Morant then went to the bench nursing the ankle before returning early in the fourth quarter. He finished with 22 points.

And a minute after the restart Lukhanyo Am made a break and put in Aphelele Fassi to give the Sharks the lead and remind everyone of their star quality.

However, a kick through minutes later resulted in Am going to the sin-bin for cynical play. And when he was joined by Springbok team-mate Eben Etzebeth and Edinburgh's Sam Skinner following an almighty scrap, Edinburgh smelled blood.

Hooker Ewan Ashman crashed over a few phases after a tap penalty in front of the posts, and Ross Thompson converted to restore Edinburgh's four-point lead.

Thirty intense, but scoreless, minutes followed and included Edinburgh being held up over the try line, before Sharks won a critical scrum penalty which gave them field position in the dying moments.

They took advantage ruthlessly. The forwards softened up the Edinburgh defence before Siya Musuku spun a perfect pass out to Mapimpi to fall over the line.

Another scrap ensued as tension boiled over, but it was Sharks who were left grinning as they stay in fourth place, now one point behind Bulls.

Lionel Messi has played in his share of unique environments as one of the top soccer players in the world.

He adds another on Saturday when the Argentine superstar visits the Dawg Pound.

Instead of Cleveland Browns fans barking at opponents from the bleachers in the East end zone, Columbus Crew supporters will take over the space on Saturday when Columbus hosts Inter Miami.

The Crew has had the option of holding a match in Cleveland since the Haslam Sports Group took over the franchise in 2019. The Haslams also own the Browns.

"This is a unique moment in time with Messi where we can fill the building and ensure that the first experience that Northeast Ohio has with the Columbus Crew is in a packed house," said Josh Glessing, the Haslam Sports Group's chief of strategy development who is also the Crew's president of business operations.

It will be the 11th match in MLS that Messi has played in an NFL stadium since he arrived in Miami in 2023 after captaining Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title. It is the second time that a club has moved it to a larger facility. The previous matches - nine regular season and one playoff -- averaged 61,507 fans.

Last year, Sporting Kansas City drew 72,610 when they played Inter Miami at Arrowhead Stadium instead of their home field, which has a capacity of 18,467.

Atlanta United, Charlotte FC, the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution play in NFL facilities. Last Sunday's scoreless draw at Chicago's Soldier Field had a crowd of 62,358, a single-game record for the Fire.

The Crew expect to set a single-game record, surpassing the 31,550 it drew for a 1996 match at Ohio Stadium against the New York-New Jersey MetroStars.

"For Inter Miami to travel around Major League Soccer and for us to be able to take that game into big stadiums and sell them out speaks to the impact he has on Major League Soccer and on the sport. But there's also an exciting legacy impact that I don't think a lot of people have realized yet," MLS executive vice president Camilo Durana said.

Not everyone is happy with the move, however. Crew supporters' group, the Nordecke, announced Thursday that it would not be providing equipment or its traditional chant-leading capos for the game, having initially voiced their disappointment with the decision to play in Cleveland when it was announced in December.

Cleveland and Northeast Ohio do have a soccer history of their own. The Force of the defunct Major Indoor Soccer League was one of the top-drawing teams during the league's heyday in the 1980s.

Recently, the region has been fertile ground for youth and club teams. The University of Akron won the Division I NCAA men's soccer title in 2010, was a finalist in 2018, and has reached the College Cup final four six times.

The Zips have sent many players to MLS, including Crew midfielder Darlington Nagbe.

Cleveland was in the running for an NWSL expansion team. After those efforts fell short, a local group this week announced its plans to field a club in WPSL Pro, a Division II and feeder league for NWSL.

Huntington Bank Field has hosted U.S. men's and women's national team matches, including two Concacaf Gold Cup doubleheaders.

Columbus is one of the original members of Major League Soccer but has found itself in competition with fans in Ohio since FC Cincinnati began play in 2016 and joined MLS three years later.

"We think it's got a real half-life with the Crew in Columbus. If we can do this right, we can create new fans in Cleveland," Glessing said. "We hope that these people are going to travel to Columbus in the future to engage with the Crew there because they've been exposed to something new for the first time."

Besides Messi's fanfare, it is a matchup between MLS's only two unbeaten teams. The Crew (5-0-3) lead the Eastern Conference with 18 points while Inter Miami (4-0-3) has played one fewer match and sits in fourth place with 15 points.

Messi has three goals and two assists in four MLS matches this season. Crew midfielder Sean Zawadzki, who grew up in Olmsted Falls, is excited for the opportunity to play in front of hometown fans.

"To me, it means a lot," Zawadzki said. "It's a place I've grown up going to, supporting the Browns and other teams in Cleveland. So to be there, closer to family and friends, obviously is a big part for me. So I'm just really looking forward to the game."

Information from The Associated Press and ESPN's Lizzy Becherano was used in this report.

Luka Doncic says he still hasn't spoken to Dallas Mavericks president of basketball operations and general manager Nico Harrison since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

But Doncic has heard what Harrison has said in justifying his reasoning for the deal, and it has disappointed the 26-year-old superstar after spending the first 6 seasons of his career in Dallas.

"It's just sad the way he's talking right now," Doncic said of Harrison during a sit-down interview with ESPN's Malika Andrews that aired Friday. "I never say anything bad about him, and I just want to move on. The fans, my ex-teammates, I'll always keep at heart. It's time for me to move on from there."

Earlier this week, Harrison and new Mavs CEO Rick Welts invited a select group of Dallas-based reporters for an hour-long media session to revisit the trade that sent Doncic to L.A. as part of a three-team trade that landed Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a future first-round pick for Dallas.

Harrison said he had "no regrets" about the deal and repeatedly said the motivation for the trade was believing that "defense wins championships" -- insinuating Doncic struggled on that end of the court.

Shortly after the trade, ESPN's Tim MacMahon reported the Mavs had "constant conditioning concerns" about Doncic, according to sources, and that his "lack of discipline regarding his diet" had contributed to his injury issues.

Doncic told ESPN he was aware of the criticism but has kept his focus forward.

"I mean it's painful, depending on how you take it," Doncic said. "It mostly came from Dallas, so I didn't want to talk back. But I don't really read that much stuff. I'm just trying to focus on my journey."

During the interview, Doncic showed Andrews his cell phone that is still damaged from him throwing it across the room when he first heard of the trade.

"I was actually in the bed," Doncic said when he first heard the news. "My TV wasn't working so I was on my iPad watching a movie about to go to sleep. First thing I said, probably three times, was, 'Is this [an] April 1st [joke]?'"

And his initial feelings?

"Sadness, mostly," Doncic said. "I was still in shock. Like, crazy shock. I felt like my heart was broken, honestly."

With more than two months passed since joining the Lakers, Doncic admitted he is "getting used to it."

When asked if he intended to play his entire career with the Mavs, Doncic told ESPN, "Of course. That's an easy question."

But now that he is in L.A., on the eve of the Lakers opening their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), he said he is finding a new home with the team.

Doncic, who is owed $46 million next season and has a player option worth $48.9 million for 2026-27, will be eligible to sign a long-term contract extension with the Lakers this summer. As of Aug. 2, L.A. can offer Doncic up to a four-year, $229 million contract, according to ESPN NBA front office insider Bobby Marks.

When asked by ESPN if staying in L.A. is what Doncic wants to do, his answer was succinct and direct.

"Yes," Doncic said.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Shohei Ohtani is away from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the birth of the two-way superstar's first child.

Manager Dave Roberts said before the Dodgers' series opener Friday night against the Rangers that Ohtani was with his wife and going on MLB's paternity list.

"He and Mamiko are expecting at some point. That's all I know," Roberts said. "I don't know when he's going to come back and I don't know when they're going to have the baby, but obviously they're together in anticipation."

The 30-year-old Ohtani posted on his Instagram account in late December that he and his 28-year-old wife, a former professional basketball player from his native Japan, were expecting a baby in 2025.

"Can't wait for the little rookie to join our family soon!" said the Dec. 28 post that included a photo showing the couple's beloved dog, Decoy, as well as a pink ruffled onesie along with baby shoes and a sonogram that was covered by a baby emoji.

Ohtani can miss up to three games while on paternity leave. The Dodgers have a three-game series in Texas before an off day Monday, then play the Cubs in Chicago on Tuesday.

Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount, the result of his actions during Thursday night's win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Chisholm was ejected in the seventh inning by plate umpire John Bacon for arguing after a called third strike on a full-count pitch from Mason Montgomery that appeared low.

Minutes later, he posted on his X account, "Not even f---ing close!!!!!" then deleted the post.

"I didn't think before I had anything that I said was ejectable but after probably," Chisholm said after the game. "I'm a competitor, so when I go out there and I feel like I'm right and you're saying something to me that I think doesn't make sense, I'm going to get fired up and be upset.

"I lost my emotions. I lost my cool. I got to be better than that. ... I'm definitely mad at myself for losing my cool."

Michael Hill, the league's senior vice president for on-field operations, said Friday's discipline was for Chisholm's "conduct, including his violation of Major League Baseball's Social Media Policy for Major League Players."

MLB regulations ban the use of electronic devices during games. The social media policy prohibits "displaying or transmitting content that questions the impartiality of or otherwise denigrates a major league umpire."

Chisholm will appeal, according to manager Aaron Boone, and he was in the lineup Friday, batting fifth and playing second base against the Rays at Steinbrenner Field.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

CHICAGO -- Carson Kelly homered twice, Kyle Tucker hit a go-ahead two-run homer in a six-run eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs outslugged the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-11 on Friday.

Ian Happ hit a grand slam. Seiya Suzuki went deep and the Cubs pulled out a wild win in which the two teams combined for 21 runs in the seventh and eighth innings. The Cubs scored 11 runs in that stretch, while the D-backs scored 10.

It was the first nine-inning game in MLB history in which both teams scored 10 or more runs from the seventh inning on, and the third game overall, according to ESPN Research.

"If you've seen that one, you've been around for a while," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said with a laugh. "It was crazy. You know, we gave up 10 runs in an inning and we won. So it was a wild game, but we kept going, and, you know, there's 27 outs in a game and this kind of proves it, and you're just happy to get out with a win."

Chicago was sailing along with a 7-1 lead thanks to Kelly's two-run drive against Diamondbacks starter Corbin Burnes in the second and Happ's grand slam off Ryne Nelson in a five-run seventh. But just when it looked as if the Cubs were on their way to a lopsided win, things took a wild turn.

Eugenio Suárez cut it to 7-5 in the eighth with a grand slam against Porter Hodge. Randal Grichuk gave Arizona an 8-7 lead when his chopper scooted under third baseman Gage Workman's glove for a two-run double. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added a three-run drive, making it 11-7, but the Cubs answered in a big way in the bottom half.

Bryce Jarvis hit Nico Hoerner leading off and walked Pete Crow-Armstrong before Kelly drove a three-run homer to center. After Happ singled with one out, Tucker and Suzuki hit back-to-back drives against Joe Mantiply to give the Cubs a 13-11 lead.

"We didn't pitch well in the eighth, we didn't play good defense in the eighth. I can't blame the weather, frankly," Counsell said. "It was a lot of hard-hit baseballs, and they did a nice job and we couldn't stop the damage. But we come out and we get our leadoff hitter on, and their bullpen was a little bit tacked from the last couple of days in Florida, too, and we ended up putting together an unbelievable inning."

Ryan Pressly (2-1) recorded the final three outs, and the Cubs opened the weekend series on a winning note. Arizona, which had won five straight, became just the third team over the past 50 seasons to lose a game in which it had a 10-run inning at any point, according to ESPN Research.

Chicago's Colin Rea went a season-high 4 innings, allowing one run and five hits. The 34-year-year-old right-hander struck out five and walked none in his second start and fifth appearance. The Cubs moved him to the rotation following ace Justin Steele's season-ending elbow injury.

Burnes allowed two runs and six hits over six innings. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out three and did not walk a batter.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.