Mets hit three HRs, hold off Brewers 5-4  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Buzz cuts have been a perfect tonic for the Mets.  —  David Wright, Carlos Delgado and Damion Easley homered, helping New York to a 5-4 victory over Milwaukee on Friday night that stopped the Brewers' six-game winning streak.

Peavy fans 10 as Padres rout Cardinals  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres could have used this kind of performance against the St. Louis Cardinals the last two Octobers.  —  Ace Jake Peavy became the first pitcher in franchise history to strike out at least 10 in four straight starts …

Page Granted Personal Leave, Expected Back  —  Mitchell Page, the Washington Nationals' hitting coach, has been granted a leave of absence for undisclosed personal reasons, General Manager Jim Bowden announced before last night's game.  —  Bowden declined to elaborate on Page's situation …

DeWitt backs La Russa '100 percent'  —  SAN DIEGO — Challenged for almost two weeks by the death of relief pitcher Josh Hancock, Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. expressed "100 percent support" for manager Tony La Russa and his handling of what La Russa has called a "brutal" situation.

Swisher, A's agree on 5-yr, $26.75M deal  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Swisher and the Oakland Athletics agreed Friday on a $26.75 million, five-year contract that also includes a one-year club option for 2012.  —  Swisher was hitting .286 with six home runs and 17 RBIs going into Friday night's game against Cleveland.

The Commissioner of Baseball Is on Deck  —  Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, slowly turned the desk chair in his 30th-floor corner office toward a panoramic view of Lake Michigan.  Few could see him here, but Selig knows the eyes of the nation's baseball fans are watching him.

Lee hit streak ends at 17 games  —  PHILADELPHIA — It took 33 games for a team to figure out a way to stop Derrek Lee, but the Phillies managed to do it on Friday.  —  When Lee went 0-for-4 in the 7-2 loss to the Phillies, it was the first time this season he had not reached base.

Ortiz tries to right a wrong  —  The bat of David Ortiz is much larger and significantly more ominous when he swings it indoors.  Before last night's game against the Orioles, Ortiz was taking cuts in the clubhouse, with big, broad, ferocious strokes.  —  "I'm angry, bro," he declared.

Notes: Sadler promoted from Triple-A  —  Veteran fills utility role in Callaspo's absence  —  HOUSTON — With Triple-A infielders Brian Barden and Augie Ojeda both injured, the D-backs decided to select the contract of utility man Donnie Sadler from Tucson on Friday to replace infielder Alberto Callaspo …

Astros option Burke to Triple-A  —  Opening Day center fielder upset by demotion  —  HOUSTON — Chris Burke was on top of the world when he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to end the longest postseason game in Major League history and clinch Houston's National League Division Series over Atlanta on Oct. 9, 2005.

Starters Work Less Today, but No Less Hard  —  One of the worst consequences of the Yankees' recent pitching woes has been that they've created an opening for the nostalgist set to decry the weakness of the modern athlete and laud the virtues of antiquity.  You're familiar with the argument, which comes in many guises.

Tejeda to get extra rest  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  NEW YORK - The Rangers still weren't sure Thursday if Robinson Tejeda was just a little sore or something more, but he'll get at least one extra day of rest before his next start.  And maybe more.  —  If Kevin Millwood comes off …

Hot to Trot  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Trot Nixon, still wearing those camouflage undershirts and the scowl that conceals his warm-and-fuzzy side, didn't go through back surgery and come to Cleveland just to play it out.  —  Nixon is part-deity in Boston because of that very trait …

Pirates' new lineup paves way for 6-4 win  —  Rare burst of offense, Maholm???s rebound put down Cubs  —  CHICAGO — Well, what do you know?  —  "We got some runs," manager Jim Tracy said.  —  The Pirates, an offensive mess barely 16 hours earlier, amassed their highest run total since …