Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has been diagnosed with a fractured left wrist after he was hit by a pitch during Friday's game.

The Braves announced Markakis' injury Saturday while placing him on the 10-day IL.

Markakis was hit on the left wrist by a pitch from the Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Irvin in the sixth inning of Atlanta's 9-2 win over Philadelphia. Markakis wore a splint on his arm after the victory.

This is the veteran right fielder's first time on the injured list in his five seasons with the Braves. Markakis has played at least 155 games in 11 of his first 13 seasons in the majors. He is hitting .284 with nine home runs and 55 RBIs this season.

Markakis has been one of the most consistent hitters since entering the league in 2006. In the last 14 seasons, Markakis is the only player to have 100-plus hits in every season, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Infielder Dansby Swanson also was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday, with a right foot contusion. Swanson is hitting .265 with 17 home runs and 57 RBIs.

To fill the open roster spots, the Braves reinstated left-hander Max Fried from the injured list and recalled outfielder Adam Duvall from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Fried had been on the IL since July 16 with a blister on his left index finger. At the time, manager Brian Snitker said he didn't want Fried pitching through the injury.

Duvall has played in 33 games for the Braves this season, hitting .132 in 53 at-bats.

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was released from Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday, a source told ESPN's Enrique Rojas.

Ortiz had been in the Boston hospital since June 10, one day after he was shot in the Dominican Republic.

"David has been home since Friday," a family source told Rojas. "At home he will be assisted by full-time nurses and will be visited regularly by his personal physician. He will continue to undergo all the treatment and rehabilitation necessary to recuperate from his recent procedures."

Ortiz, 43, has undergone three surgeries related to the gunshot wound and ensuing complications. The most recent surgery was performed two weeks ago.

After Ortiz was shot June 9 in Santo Domingo, doctors in the Dominican Republic removed his gallbladder and part of his intestine before he was flown to Boston in an air ambulance sent by the Red Sox.

Police have arrested 14 people in the case and are searching for others. Last month, police said a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay $30,000 for the shooting of another man and that Ortiz had been an unintended target.

Information from ESPN's Marly Rivera and The Associated Press was used in this report.

BOSTON -- American League batting leader DJ LeMahieu is out of the New York Yankees' lineup for Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox.

Manager Aaron Boone says "he's got a little tightness in his groin," which the infielder felt during Friday's loss to the Red Sox.

The Yankees signed LeMahieu to a $24 million, two-year contract as a free agent during the offseason. He is batting .332 with 15 homers and 71 RBIs and has been a pleasant surprise to a team that's been besieged by injuries.

LeMahieu played the entire game Friday.

Boone said he had an MRI on Saturday and the club is awaiting the results before making any decision regarding a trip to the injured list.

LeMahieu, who turned 31 this month, spent the previous eight seasons with Colorado at hitter-friendly Coors Field and won the NL batting title in 2016 with a .348 average.

Last season, he hit .276 with 15 homers and 62 RBIs, winning his second straight Gold Glove at second base and third overall.

The Oakland Athletics acquired left-handed reliever Jake Diekman from the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, bolstering a bullpen already considered among the most talented in baseball.

The well-traveled Diekman, 32, joined the Royals as a free agent this winter and had been one of the most popular players on the trade market leading up to the July 31 deadline because of his coveted fastball-slider mix.

Oakland pounced and will send prospects Dairon Blanco, an outfielder, and right-handed pitcher Ismael Aquino to Kansas City.

Entering Saturday's games, Oakland (58-47) is eight games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West. The Athletics, however, are tied with the Boston Red Sox for third place in a heated wild-card chase -- just a half-game behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the final spot.

While Diekman's 4.75 ERA is below league average, his 13.6 strikeouts per nine rank 11th among relievers and he also ranks in the top 25 in lowest home run rate. Diekman's biggest bugaboo has been control, as he is walking nearly five batters per nine, in line with his career numbers.

With Diekman, Blake Treinen, Liam Hendriks and Lou Trivino, the A's are assembling one of the hardest-throwing bullpens in the major leagues, hoping to ride it to the postseason as they did last year.

Oakland's 3.94 bullpen ERA ranks seventh in the majors.

This is the second trade this month between Kansas City and Oakland. The A's acquired starter Homer Bailey for infielder Kevin Merrell on July 14.

Diekman signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract, which included a mutual option for 2020, with the Royals in the offseason. He has also pitched for the Phillies, Rangers and Diamondbacks and has a career 3.87 ERA.

Blanco, 26, who was signed as an international free agent in 2017, was batting .276 with 44 RBIs and 27 stolen bases for Double-A Midland this season. Aquino, 20, was 1-1 with a 4.58 ERA over 10 appearances in the Arizona League.

In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled right-hander Kyle Zimmer from Triple-A Omaha.

Organisers celebrate three-years-to-go milestone, with Alexander Stadium refurbishment said to be “progressing on budget and on schedule”

With three years to go until the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, organisers have unveiled the new brand and vision for the Games and held a free community festival of sport, culture and food in the West Midlands city.

Birmingham 2022 has announced its commitment to organising a ‘Games for Everyone’, that enables the city and the West Midlands to take advantage of the opportunity to showcase the region to a global audience.

It's three years to go!

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Saturday’s ‘Commonwealth Social’ community festival has been held to give residents the chance to come together with Team England athletes, local business and community leaders and Games representatives and celebrate the countdown to the event.

The event was also seen as an ideal opportunity to introduce the new Birmingham 2022 brand, which connects key West Midlands destinations – many of which will host events during the Games – and brings the locations together to create a ‘B’ shaped design.

Speaking on the three-years-to-go milestone, Cllr Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, explained how refurbishment of the Alexander Stadium, which will host the athletics plus the opening and closing ceremonies at the Games, is “progressing on budget and on schedule”.

READ MORE: Alexander Stadium redevelopment plans published

“With just three years to go, we are at the point when everything about the Commonwealth Games is becoming much more tangible,” he said.

“The council-led projects that are enabling the Games, including the development of the Commonwealth Games Village and refurbishment of the Alexander Stadium, are progressing on budget and on schedule, with activity set to significantly increase in the coming months.

“Enthusiasm and interest in Birmingham 2022 is bubbling and will continue to grow as we get even closer to the staging of the biggest event in the city’s history and the long-term benefits the city and its people will gain in the years to come.”

Commonwealth Games Federation president, Dame Louise Martin, said: “With three years to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the excitement is already palpable.

“Preparations are well under way for the delivery of a spectacular multi-sport event for the people of Birmingham, the West Midlands, England and the Commonwealth.

“Launching the new brand on this special day will also ensure the identity of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games lasts forever.”

Saturday’s Commonwealth Social event, held in Birmingham’s newly-redeveloped Centenary Square, includes a series of live performances from regional dance and musical groups and the chance to try Commonwealth cuisine.

Budding young sports stars have the opportunity to take part in demonstrations, receiving advice and encouragement from 15 Team England athletes including para athlete Katrina Hart.

In his latest BBC Sport column, Jamie Murray discusses his upcoming partnership with brother Andy in Washington, the hard-court season in the US and his recent holiday back home in Scotland.

My brother Andy and I will be teaming up in the doubles at the Citi Open in Washington next week and I am really looking forward to it.

I couldn't play in Washington with my partner Neal Skupski because he is playing the World Team Tennis season in the US, which is a three-week commitment after Wimbledon.

I was always looking for someone to play with in Washington so it's great that Andy is able to do it. I had asked Andy what his plans were for the summer while he was waiting to get some of the feedback from the physical testing he had been doing for his hip. Once he got the all clear, he was able to make a plan.

It's been a while since we last played together at the Davis Cup in 2016 and a lot of our tennis together around that time was in tournaments like the Davis Cup and the Olympics, so I can't remember the last time we played together in a normal tournament.

We practised together on Wednesday and we will do more when we get out to Washington - we'll have a few days in which we can prepare and get ready for the tournament.

During practice, we tend to go through a few strategies and positioning, mainly for Andy's benefit because he's not as used to playing doubles. Recently, he's obviously become more committed to it and he's a great player who reads the game so well, so I have to just let him be him and play the game that he knows best.

We complement each other well on the court. His return is amazing and that can give me a lot of action up at the net, and when I'm there I can also help him out on his serve.

We know each other's games and I guess, because we are brothers, we are able to communicate that bit better and have more honesty than other partnerships. At the end of the day, partners can fall out but the difference with us being brothers is that we will always make up, so it makes it a lot easier.

That's probably the reason the Bryan brothers, who have won 16 Grand Slam titles together, have been so successful over the years, because of that family bond and the natural communication they are able to have.

It's all fun, I'm really looking forward to it and hopefully we can have a good week there.

'Neal and I will be successful' - preparing for the US

I'm really looking forward to the hard-court season starting in the US. I always like this season and I feel like I've played good tennis in the last few years.

There are a lot of big tournaments; the Washington doubles field is probably the toughest of the whole year. It's like a mini ATP Finals in terms of the field because the best 8-10 teams compete plus a few others.

You've then got the two Masters tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati and then it's all preparation for the US Open, which starts at the end of August.

Once Neal and I hook up in Montreal, it will be full steam ahead for us. It has been a bit stop-start so far but I'm looking forward to getting back on court with him.

Wimbledon was obviously a big disappointment for us when we lost in the first round but I don't doubt that we will be a successful team, but whether that is in the immediate future or the long term, I'm not sure.

'It was nice to put the racquets away' - on taking a break

After Wimbledon, I went up to the west coast of Scotland for five days with my wife Alejandra. We flew to Glasgow and then hired a car to drive up to Oban, Glencoe, then up to Skye and the Outer Hebrides, which was amazing. The scenery was incredible and while there was a lot of driving, we crammed a lot in.

It was good to get away. It was disappointing how Wimbledon finished for me and the first half of the year has been pretty intense, so it was nice to put the racquets away for a while and get away from tennis, and just enjoy a bit of Scotland.

It was nice to spend some quality time with my wife because she works full-time in communications and marketing and so doesn't travel with me that much. She maybe comes to four or five tournaments a year. I always find that for players' partners, it's not that exciting because it's a lot of hanging around while we train and prepare.

We went back to Dunblane for about a day and a half so it was nice to see some of the family. It's always good to get home because I don't get much opportunity to do so during the year.

Jamie Murray was speaking to BBC Sport's Katie Falkingham

FAIRBURY, Ill. – The 30th annual Prairie Dirt Classic kicked off on Friday night with four Prairie Dirt Shootouts that set the first eight rows for Saturday’s main event at Fairbury Speedway.

Just a short time after setting quick time in qualifying, besting the other 71 drivers in the Fairbury pit area, Brandon Sheppard once again put Rocket1 Racing’s prowess on display for the thousands of Prairie Dirt Classic fans watching in the grandstands.

Leading all 25 laps and going virtually unchallenged throughout the entire night, Sheppard picked up $2,500 and the third Prairie Dirt Showdown win of his career. He has now won a Showdown in each year since the most recent event format change that introduced them in 2017.

With 15 laps in the books, it looked as though it may have been an all-Outlaw top-five, with four of the top five spots occupied by full-time World of Outlaws drivers. Sheppard had led since the green waved with Chase Junghans and rookie Cade Dillard following close behind, Darrell Lanigan riding back in fourth and Dennis Erb Jr. battling it out with Chris Simpson and Ricky Thornton Jr. for fifth.

Unfortunately for Dillard, he slowed on the backstretch and ended up pulling off the track in a puff of smoke on lap 16.

This opened the door for Boom Briggs, who seemingly came out of nowhere on the lap 16 restart. From his 11th-place starting spot, Briggs steadily worked his way to ninth before the yellow came out. When the field came back to green, Boom got the jump and went from ninth to fifth in less than one lap. He went on to pass two more cars to claim his starting spot in Saturday’s 100-lap finale.

An even better run came in the same race for the driver out of Carpentersville, Ill., Dennis Erb Jr. He came from the outside of Boom Briggs in row six and passed five cars in less than one lap on the restart to go from seventh to second and put himself in Saturday’s redraw.

In the second Showdown, Bobby Pierce rode the big Fairbury cushion on the topside of the quarter-mile like he’s done so many times before, allowing him to lead all 25 laps to score his first Prairie Dirt Showdown win.

“It went a lot smoother than about all of the other times I’ve been here for this race,” Pierce said.

That statement sheds a bit of light on last year’s Prairie Dirt Classic, when Pierce set fast time over 60 other drivers but failed to transfer (or finish) out of his Showdown. This set him up for one of the greatest charges to the front (and the win) ever seen at Fairbury in the Prairie Dirt Shootout, but with the Showdown win this year, Pierce is just glad he doesn’t have to deal with such a situation this time around.

“This race has become one of the toughest races to win, by far,” he said. “With the amount of cars here and the competition, if you can start up front, that’s 50 percent of the race, I think.”

“Last year’s [Prairie Dirt Shootout] was something else. That was cool, but I’d really rather not have to do that again. Fortunately, here we are.”

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SONOMA, Calif. – Defending Funny Car event winner Robert Hight kept his impressive pace going at Sonoma Raceway, powering to the No. 1 spot on Friday during the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.

Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Alex Laughlin (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories. The event is also the second of three races during the NHRA’s famed Western Swing.

Hight, the current points leader and two-time Sonoma winner, put down a 3.858 second run at 334.65 mph in his Auto Club Chevrolet Camaro SS. If it holds, Hight would rack up his eighth No. 1 qualifier of the year and 68th in his career.

Shawn Langdon drove to the second spot and Jack Beckman sits in third.

“You know you’re always in for a treat when you come to Sonoma with the Friday night run,” said Hight, who also set the national speed record at the track in 2017. “It’s not like any other track we go to where the atmospheric conditions change so drastically. You know it’s going to be great conditions and this is a great race track. You just have to hit it right. I’ve attended every national event ever held here, first as a fan coming to the races, just dreaming to get to work on one of these cars, then a crew member and now a driver. I love coming here and it’s very special to me.”

Top Fuel’s Millican put up a season-best blast of 3.698 seconds at 330.96 mph to go to No. 1 in his Parts Plus/Laris Motorsports dragster. It would be his third No. 1 qualifier of the year and 23rd in his career if it holds.

Points leader and defending world champ Steve Torrence, who has won eight of the past nine races, is second and his father, Billy, is a spot behind in third.

In Pro Stock, Alex Laughlin went 6.520 seconds at 210.80 mph in his Havoline Chevrolet Camaro to take the No. 1 spot on Friday. If it holds, it would give Laughlin, whose first race in Pro Stock came at Sonoma in 2015, his second No. 1 qualifier.

Deric Kramer is right behind in second, while defending event winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. sits third.

Defending Pro Stock Motorcycle world champ Matt Smith went to the top of the class on his Denso/Stockseth/MSR EBR thanks to his run of 6.779 seconds at a track record speed of 200.83 mph. Smith was the only rider to reach the 200 mph on Friday.

Jerry Savoie is currently second and Eddie Krawiec is third.