Notebook: Yankees’ Tanaka has forearm strain, will miss his next start

New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka will miss his scheduled start Monday at Toronto because of what manager Joe Girardi called a slight lower right forearm strain.

Girardi announced Tanaka’s injury, saying that Tanaka won’t throw for five days but could start again before the regular season is scheduled to end Oct. 2.

TV announcer retiring

Longtime Houston Astros TV play-by-play announcer Bill Brown will retire this month.

The 69-year-old Brown announced he’s retiring nearly 30 years after joining the Astros. Brown called his first Houston game on April 6, 1987.

Mets’ Matz scratched

Mets left-hander Steven Matz was scratched from his scheduled start Friday because of shoulder soreness.

Matz, 9-8 with a 3.40 ERA, hasn’t pitched since Aug. 14 because of tightness in his left shoulder but threw a bullpen session Wednesday and was set to return.

Otiz gets surprise gift

David Ortiz received a surprising gift from the Orioles before his final regular season game at Camden Yards.

In a ceremony before the game, Ortiz was given the phone box he destroyed inside the visitor’s dugout during a tirade in 2013. The shattered phone box was mounted to a wooden case.