Cardinals reliever Hancock killed in car crash  —  ST. LOUIS — Josh Hancock, a key member of the bullpen that helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series last season, was killed in a car crash early Sunday.  —  The Cardinals postponed their home game Sunday night against the Chicago Cubs.

Williams Makes Case To Stay in Nats' Rotation  —  Blown Save, 12-Inning Loss Spoil Effort: Mets 6, Nationals 2  —  Washington Nationals Manager Manny Acta didn't mince words when asked about the significance of Jerome Williams's start against the New York Mets last night.

Maine, Beltran get Mets by Nationals 1-0 (AP)  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — John Maine pitched seven sharp innings and Carlos Beltran homered for one of New York's three hits Sunday, giving the Mets a 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals.  —  Maine (4-0) struck out a career-high eight and allowed three hits in lowering his ERA to 1.35.

Rios, Ohka lift Jays over Rangers 7-3 (AP)  —  TORONTO (AP) — Alex Rios homered, Tomo Ohka pitched seven innings to win his second straight start and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday.  —  Aaron Hill went 3-4 and drove in two runs for Toronto.

SURVEY SAYS....If you were building a team from scratch, would you start with Jose Reyes or A-Rod?  —  It probably won't have the legs of "Willie or Mickey?" because they likely won't share the Big Apple spotlight for such an extended period.  But at the moment, New York baseball enthusiasts can debate this question:

Holy Francona  —  It's already been an amusing morning.  Probably has something to do with all of us being stir crazy — too many Yankees-Red Sox games in too short a period, I'd guess.  —  The session with Terry Francona was scheduled for 10 a.m., but when we arrived we were told …

Tavarez's job in limbo vs. Yanks  —  Boston (15-8) at New York (9-13), 1:05 p.m. ET  —  Julian Tavarez may be pitching for more than just a win on Sunday against the Yankees.  His spot in the rotation could be in limbo.  —  Coming into the game with an 8.36 ERA in three starts this season …

It's only fair that Fehr sees No. 756  —  It figured to be a pretty vanilla trading season, what with so many clubs expected to still be in contention come July 31.  But the sale of Tribune (which owns Newsday) to real estate mogul Sam Zell, and the announcement that Zell will sell the Cubs, has changed the horizon.

Karstens fractures right fibula  —  Surgery ruled out, but no return date set for rookie hurler  —  NEW YORK — Yankees right-hander Jeff Karstens suffered a fractured right fibula on his first pitch Saturday, as he was struck by a line drive that forced him to exit the game.