Ohka ready for rematch with Red Sox  —  Toronto (8-10) at Boston (12-5), 7:05 p.m. ET  —  The Blue Jays take a season-high five-game losing streak to Fenway Park, where they'll play the Red Sox on Monday.  Boston is the second stop of a three-city, seven-game road swing …

Indians 7, Twins 3  —  Note: I'm still recovering from a busy weekend that included riding in a 15-person stretch limousine and eating a $125 "silver butter knife steak" at Murray's in downtown Minneapolis—trust me, the whole thing sounds more intriguing if I leave out some details …

Author Halberstam dies in car crash  —  Pulitzer Prize winner wrote many famed baseball books  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the Washington press corps, the Vietnam War generation and baseball, was killed in a car crash early Monday, a coroner said.

Furious Halsey rips A's  —  Pitcher says team worried only about money, not players  —  (04-23) 04:00 PDT Arlington, Texas — Brad Halsey figured when he was held out of his start at Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday that he was coming up to start for Rich Harden on Tuesday.

Under The Knife: No Excuses by Will Carroll  —  No Excuses  —  Injuries are never an excuse.  Yes, they're often used that way, whether it's a GM shrugging his shoulders and saying it's a "part of the game," or if it's the guy in your fantasy league saying he would have won …

Cubs' Prior to undergo shoulder surgery (AP)  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Prior's right shoulder still hurts, and the oft-injured Chicago Cubs pitcher will have surgery Tuesday.  —  Prior will have an exploratory arthroscopic procedure in Birmingham, Ala., Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said Monday.

Night of blowups at Wrigley  —  Cubs fail to hold 4-run lead, hitting coach shouts at umpires  —  Manager Lou Piniella was speechless Monday night after the Cubs blew a four-run lead in a 5-4, 12-inning loss to Milwaukee at Wrigley Field.  —  Piniella blew off his postgame interview session …

Wright's Swing Adding to Power Shortage  —  Through the first two full seasons of David Wright's career, he was a complete hitter.  In the second half of last season, he became a singles hitter, and now even the base hits seem to be disappearing.  —  This season, Wright has a modest average …

Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3, 12 innings  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cleveland's bullpen was a major problem last season, but the Indians now have some relievers they can rely on.  —  Ryan Garko drove in the go-ahead run for the second straight game, blooping a soft single in the 12th inning that sent …

Buehrle tabbed AL's best of week  —  White Sox hurler chosen over Thome, Hafner, Rodriguez  —  Mark Buehrle is not the guy most people would have picked to throw the season's first no-hitter, but the Chicago White Sox pitcher did just that Wednesday, erasing memories of not-so-stellar 2006 campaign.

Fenway's home run derby: Property owners swing for fences  —  How much is a tiny gas station next door to Fenway Park [map] worth?  —  According to one of its owners, Charlie Giannakopoulos, its true value is more than $10 million.  —  The Shell station at the corner of Boylston …

A's place Harden, Bradley on 15-day disabled list  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Just when Rich Harden was hoping for a healthy, full season, he got hurt again.  —  The Oakland Athletics placed their ace right-hander on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a strained right shoulder and also put center fielder Milton Bradley on the DL.

Rangers put closer Gagne on DL with hip injury  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers put closer Eric Gagne on the 15-day disabled list Monday, a day after the oft-injured right-hander left the game in the middle of just his second save situation for his new team.