Mets Notebook: Randolph Gives Slumping Wright a Second Chance  —  David Wright batted second last night for the third time this season.  The first two times, he was replacing Paul Lo Duca, who had been given the day off.  With Lo Duca in the lineup yesterday against the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium, this move was more telling.

Yankees 10, Rangers 1: A No-Hit Bid by Hughes Ends With a Leg Injury  —  The Yankees were gazing hopefully at their future on Tuesday when the present intervened.  It was sudden, it was deflating, and it was cosmically cruel.  —  Working on a no-hitter in his second major league start …

Five and Fly: A's shopping Harden?  —  The Oakland Athletics have made at least one phone call recently to gauge interest in right-hander Rich Harden, that being to the Boston Red Sox, according to one source.  They have not, however, contacted some of the organizations with the top-end farm systems …

Cold as Ice: April is in the books  —  It was cold.  They were cold.  That pretty much sums up the first month of baseball for the Detroit Tigers.  And yet nearly a sixth of the way through the season, the Tigers are sitting at 14-11 in a tie for second place without the batters hitting particularly …

Hardy, Graffanino lead Brewers in rout  —  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ben Sheets allowed two runs in six innings, showing no ill-effects from a groin injury he suffered in his last start, and Tony Graffanino hit a three-run homer to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat slumping St. Louis 12-2 on Tuesday night.

Willingham's five RBIs power Marlins  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Willingham drove in a career-high five runs and the Florida Marlins made three great defensive plays to stifle the New York Mets in a 5-2 victory Tuesday night.  —  Ricky Nolasco (1-) came off the disabled list to allow one run …

NTSB presents results in Lidle crash investigation  —  WASHINGTON — New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's plane crashed in New York because the pilot misjudged a narrow U-turn before veering into a Manhattan high-rise.  —  National Transportation Safety Board investigators presented …

Mets fan banned at Shea for 3 years for shining flashlight at opponents  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Mets fan has been banned from Shea Stadium for three years after pleading guilty on Tuesday to shining a high-powered flashlight at a pair of Atlanta Braves players last month.

Latest Developments in a Crosstown Rivalry  —  Home plate at Citi Field in Flushing is marked by a patch of Astroturf.  In the Bronx, an outcropping of New York schist was leveled by chisel hammers attached to earth movers to clear the land for the future home plate at the new Yankee Stadium.

Down in a hole  —  Odds stacked against Yankees making postseason  —  The Milwaukee Brewers are a good team, one likely to stay afloat through the summer, but I don't know that the city of Milwaukee should be planning a parade route just yet.  Championships aren't won in April.  But can they be lost?

Pap not hurtin' for cash: Sox closer knows deal  —  Jonathan Papelbon wants to make one thing clear: Talk of a new contract isn't at the forefront of his mind these days.  What is?  Pitching and staying healthy.  —  "For me, it's going to come when it comes," Papelbon said of any potential new deal.

Baseball Injury Report  —  In the first half of the 2006 season, Teixeira struggled to generate the kind of home run power that we'd come to expect.  He managed just nine home runs in 353 at-bats for a rate of one home run every 39.2 at-bats.  When he hit 43 homers in 2005, his rate was 14.9.