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Cardinals right fielder Dexter Fowler left Saturday’s game against the Pirates in the fourth inning after being struck by a pitch near his right knee.

Fowler hit the ground in pain after being struck by a 91 mph fastball from Bucs’ starter Trevor Williams.

After being tended to on the field, Fowler had to be helped to the locker room, noticeably limping.

Mariners: Activated RHP Vincent (strained right groin) from the 10-day DL and optioned RHP Ryan Cook to Triple-A Tacoma.

Red Sox: Benintendi needed a minute to collect himself after running hard into the Green Monster on a double by Denard Span.

Mariners: RHP Mike Leake (7-4, 4.47 ERA) gets his second straight start against the Red Sox after taking the loss Sunday in Seattle, allowing five runs on eighth hits in six innings.

Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (9-1, 3.59) has won a career-high six straight starts, including Boston’s 9-3 victory over the Mariners in Seattle on Sunday.

Facing the Miami Marlins on both occasions, Suarez was pulled in the sixth and seventh innings of his last two starts, both times having held the opponent to two runs and both times exiting with a lead.

But the Marlins rallied against the Giants’ bullpen each time, pulling out a 5-4 win in both games.

The rookie has allowed three earned runs or fewer six times this season, yet has only two wins to show for it.

One of those six games occurred the only time he faced the Padres.

Lo and behold, he pitched seven innings in that May 1 game, allowing two runs, and left a 2-2 tie. The Giants went on to lose 3-2.

He’s 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA against the Padres.

Suarez can expect to see a bit of a different look from San Diego on Saturday, as Padres manager Andy Green indicated Friday that he’s strongly considering moving Manuel Margot back to the leadoff spot against the left-hander.

Green put Wil Myers atop his lineup card Thursday night against another lefty, Giants ace Madison Bumgarner, and it did not go well. Myers went hitless and the Padres got shut out 3-0.

Why Terrell Owens doesn’t have to show up for his own party. Why teammates are right to believe in Dak Prescott. Why Falcons fans shouldn’t be too concerned about Julio Jones…yet. All that and more in this week’s 10-Point Stance.

Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported this week that Patriots receiver Julian Edelman’s failed performance-enhancing drug test was triggered by a substance that wasn’t immediately recognizable, and there are scientists analyzing it. 

If that’s accurate—if the NFL found something in Edelman’s system it hasn’t been able to identify—it would not be unusual in the battle against PEDs. Testers frequently find new substances.

This isn’t to say Edelman definitely cheated, but there’s one thing to remember about PEDs: The developers of these drugs are always inventing new ones, and the testers are often a step behind.

A scientist who developed PEDs told me some years ago that there are labs all over the world (particularly in China) inventing new substances to beat tests. Then the testers catch up, and the game is afoot.

To be clear, I’m not saying Edelman did that. It is, however, far from unusual for a league to find a previously unknown substance and then later identify it as a PED.

The naked pictures showed up on his Twitter timeline Monday afternoon, shortly after the Giants finished practice (proving once and for all that you can’t spell erotica without OTA).

The Giants drafted Moss in the fifth round last year, and he played in 14 games as a rookie.

In an unfortunate coincidence, he was dismissed from the football team at Nebraska after being charged with indecent exposure. He pleaded no contest but was banned from campus for four years, and he transferred to Youngstown State.

Cousins fits in effortlessly, and the locker room gravitates to him, as Rudolph described it, because he hasn’t tried to force his way into a leading role.

It’s just self-awareness, the quarterback explains. Just being aware enough to know where you fit but also understand that they know how to win and have won for several years now, and I don’t have to speak my mind or lead unnecessarily because they already have a good group doing that. Coach Zimmer has done a very good job of leading, so I look to him first and foremost. I’m just excited to contribute what I can and do my part.

The NFL’s players had a long weekend for digesting last Wednesday’s changes to the anthem policy. And some of them are now sharing their thoughts about the situation. Panthers receiver Torrey Smith explained his own views on Tuesday.

The Dolphins parted ways with longtime starting center Mike Pouncey this offseason and acquired Daniel Kilgore in a trade with the 49ers as a replacement. Jake Brendel, who saw action in every game as a reserve last season, is also on hand.

That was not a problem for Luis Perez at first.

I was getting my butt kicked every single day by coach Carthel, Perez said. He would kick my butt every single day and I was tired of it, and I hated losing.

So, Perez went to YouTube and started researching. He figured out how to hold the pool cue a little better. He started learning to put spin on the ball. He occasionally ducked into the facility between classes and practiced. He started winning, sometimes in spectacular fashion.

Nearly every team to win a national title in recent memory, it turned out, did so using a Wilson 1005 ball. And so after his redshirt junior year, the first in which he started, Perez asked Carthel to switch over from the more cost-effective Wilson GSTs. Despite some apprehension on Carthel’s part, he texted Perez a week later: Hey, we’re ordering your footballs.

The actual motive was more simple: Perez liked the balls he had played with in junior college and needed a way to persuade Carthel to buy them. Once the Lions made the semifinals, they were the only team left that played with Wilson 1005s. So how could they lose?