Weaknesses Finally Catching Up To Yanks  —  PHILADELPHIA — For five weeks the Yankees have hung in with their shell of a lineup, but the holes are beginning to show and the possibility of falling far behind looks more real than ever.  —  Playing in National League parks with no DH …

Snyder delivers a victory  —  Sox top Nationals behind spot starter  —  With surfer-boy looks and sunglasses perched on his head, Kyle Snyder looked, for a second, like a supersized Bronson Arroyo, come back to save a Red Sox pitching staff that recently has succumbed to the disabled list.

Barrett starts suspension  —  CLEVELAND — Michael Barrett's defense for punching White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was found lacking by Major League Baseball, which refused Monday to reduce his 10-game suspension.  —  Barrett began serving the suspension immediately, and will be eligible to return June 30 …

Notes: Tracy voices his concerns  —  Skipper wants to diffuse mentality of losing on club  —  PITTSBURGH — This much is certain 70 games through Jim Tracy's first season as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates: He's determined to do whatever he possibly can to change an atmosphere of losing …

Cubs feast on Tribe, wash away slide  —  Blanco homers, drives in four as Chicago halts six-game skid  —  CLEVELAND — In Greek mythology, Zeus was the Rain God, though he obviously performed many other functions.  Most well-known of those functions was King of the Gods.  He was the most powerful of the Olympians.

A visit from a National treasure  —  Sweating, ever-stoic, now 70 years old, Frank Robinson took a tour around Fenway Park at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  —  He first came here in 1961 as a member of the National League All-Star team, and in 1966 — his Triple Crown/MVP season with the Orioles …

Arroyo's complete game leads Reds to eighth straight road win  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  NEW YORK — Ken Griffey Jr. took another step toward the top 10.  —  Griffey tied Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt on the career home run chart and Bronson Arroyo pitched a complete game to lead …

Rookie starters help turn around Marlins' season  —  Off the field, they couldn't be more different.  —  Ricky Nolasco is a computer nerd who attends chapel every week, decorates his locker with rosaries and spends his off-seasons camping in the desert.  —  Scott Olsen is an extrovert …

Left in the dark  —  There is a hilarious commercial playing on the radio these days.  It is for Major League Baseball's online video-streaming service, and the announcer states with all the zeal of a snake-oil salesman: "Sign up for MLB.TV and never miss a game again!"  —  Bill Reed is the punch line.

Fans do love Gabe: Kapler in hero's return  —  Back in his Weekend Update days, Saturday Night Live's Norm MacDonald made a recurring observation: Germans love David Hasselhoff.  —  Were MacDonald still smirking his way through the segment today, he might draw a new conclusion: Red Sox fans love Gabe Kapler.

Beltre having hard time living up to lofty expectations  —  As the Dominican Republic advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals in March, one particularly potent batter stood out in a fearsome lineup that included Albert Pujols, David Ortiz and Miguel Tejada:  —  Third baseman Adrian Beltre.

No hugs for Piven at Wrigley  —  Chatting on the field before Sunday's Tigers-Cubs game, actor Jeremy Piven and Cubs marketing chief John McDonough discussed how Piven would incorporate his signature line into his singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."  —  They came up with: "Hug it out, Cubs fans."