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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford is battling lower back soreness that will force him to miss extended action.

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Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story added two more home runs to his impressive ledger during Friday's 13-6 loss to the San Diego Padres, thus becoming the first player in MLB history to hit six home runs through his team's first four games of a season, per Sportsnet Stats.

The St. Louis Cardinals set a new MLB record during Friday's 7-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, becoming the first team ever to hit three pinch-hit home runs in a single game, per MLB Stat of the Day on Twitter.

Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer doesn't want to be called a hero despite saving a teenage girl from possibly being trampled following a Justin Bieber concert this week.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling enjoyed a memorable MLB debut Friday against the San Francisco Giants, becoming the first pitcher in the modern era to toss more than five innings without allowing any hits in the first game of his career, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info).

Fact: Rockies' rookie Trevor Story became first major league player to have a HR in each of his first four games.

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The San Francisco Giants and first baseman Brandon Belt have agreed to a new five-year contract extension that will keep Belt in the Bay Area through the 2021 season. 

The blazing start to Trevor Story's major league career continued Friday.

The Colorado Rockies rookie shortstop hit his fifth and sixth home runs during his team's game against the San Diego Padres, becoming the first player in the last 100 years to hit six homers in his team's first four games of a season, per StatsCentre.

Just like that, the Chicago Cubs have gone from being the darlings of Major League Baseball back to being a team that must prove it's not eternally cursed.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber will miss the remainder of the 2016 season after suffering a torn ACL and LCL on Thursday, per Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com. Rogers reported Schwarber also suffered a severe ankle sprain.