Jose in fourth gear for Mets  —  Reyes' HR, 3 singles clip Jays  —  TORONTO - Who cares how many walks Jose Reyes gets?  His on-base percentage will be just fine if he keeps producing four-hit games.  —  Reyes opened the Mets' first inning with a homer for the third time this season …

Add on Cano to Yank woe  —  Hurt as Fish earn a split  —  A day that started with a great win ended badly at night for the Yankees.  Robinson Cano strained his left hamstring running out his sixth-inning double and had to come out of the nightcap of yesterday's split doubleheader against the Marlins at the Stadium.

McClatchy 'extremely disappointed' in Pirates' play  —  But expresses confidence in Littlefield, Tracy  —  LOS ANGELES — The Pirates' frustration is boiling to the top.  —  "I'm extremely disappointed," owner Kevin McClatchy said shortly after the team's 11th loss in a row, 7-4, to Los Angeles yesterday at Dodger Stadium.

Nationals cruise to victory in finale  —  Clayton breaks game open with three-run double  —  BALTIMORE — The Nationals finally received some timely hitting and solid pitching at the same time as they pounded the Orioles, 9-5, in front of 27,680 fans at Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon.

Minor league manager loses his cool — and then some  —  Minor league manager Joe Mikulik had a major league meltdown.  —  To say Mikulik — skipper for the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists — lost his cool Sunday in a Class A South Atlantic League baseball game against the Lexington (Ky.) Legends would be a gross understatement.

The mystery man  —  Texas can't solve Kim, who delivers second straight dominant outing  —  Not so long ago, Byung-Hyun Kim was something of a mystery to his own team.  —  Now, comfortable and happy in a Rockies uniform, he's evolving into a central character in a solid starting rotation.

Barely 20 Years Old, but Coming of Age Fast  —  Phil Hughes had no big plans to celebrate the end of his teenage years Friday.  He had finished a workday at Waterfront Park in Trenton, and the next day he would be 20 years old.  Twenty years old and still a Yankee.

Lowly Cubs need to make sweeping changes  —  Of late, times have been tough for the Chicago Cubs.  —  Right now, only the lowly Royals and Pirates have worse records, and the Cubs also have the worst run differential in the National League.  They recently stumbled through an 0-6 homestand …

Royals 6, Brewers 0  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mark Redman has turned his season around.  —  The left-hander pitched seven sharp innings to win his fifth straight start and the Kansas City Royals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 Sunday for their sixth victory in seven games.

Uggla's return date in doubt  —  NEW YORK — Rookie second baseman Dan Uggla remains hopeful that he'll return this week, but there's a chance he might not play until after the All-Star break.  —  Uggla, who leads the Marlins with 13 home runs, hasn't been able to run without pain since …

War Stories  —  On any given day now, you can walk into the Mets' clubhouse and find a friendly player ready to talk baseball with you.  It might not be like the good old days of the Eighties, when Kevin Elster would graphically discuss the previous night's sexual conquests, but in this PC-era …

A victory can solve a lot of problems  —  A's take series from Giants to ease rash of injuries, clubhouse tension  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Just a typical day in the maddening season of A's manager Ken Macha.  —  Before Sunday's game against the Giants, Macha was missing his Gold Glove third baseman Eric Chavez …