Chi Cubs 10, NY Mets 1  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Aramis Ramirez hit a grand slam and Carlos Zambrano pitched eight sharp innings, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 rout of the New York Mets on Tuesday night.  —  Cliff Floyd had three hits and an RBI in his first start at Shea Stadium since spending …

Cy Bergmann  —  I'm sure something like this has happened before in baseball history, you know, but it's not like you could easily look it up.  There's no system that can really capture what Jason Bergmann is doing, no online search able to express "Low minors starter, converted to relief …

Mets notebook  —  Moises Alou smiled, complimented his trainers' treatment, and talked up the power of anti-inflammatories.  Then he said he still wasn't ready to play baseball.  —  "I don't want to use the word DL again," the left fielder said, some 24 hours after predicting his strained quad is "probably going to be a DL thing."

Greater expectations: Dice-K's CG fails to impress Detroit  —  Judging by their postgame comments last night at Fenway Park [map], it was clear the Detroit Tigers had expected to be spellbound by a classic when it came to facing Daisuke Matsuzka for the first time.  —  Sports Tuesday:

Marlins plan to start Byung-Hyun Kim  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Right-hander Byung-Hyun Kim, demoted to the minors by Colorado earlier this season, will move into the Florida Marlins' rotation and is expected to start Friday at Tampa Bay.  —  Kim, who has pitched for Triple-A Colorado Springs …

Something's Brewin'  —  Fast-starting Milwaukee has history on its side  —  There's a little parlor game sweeping baseball, particularly now that Milwaukee, now playing the varsity portion of its schedule, has dropped three of its past four games after a 24-10 start.  The game is to guess, Are the Brewers for real?

Ruiz's ninth-inning HR lifts Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For a rookie, Carlos Ruiz sure has the celebration part down perfect.  —  Ruiz hit a solo homer with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Peralta helps Indians outslug Twins 15-7  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Paul Byrd won for the first time in three starts in May and the Cleveland Indians had two six-run innings in accumulating season highs in hits and runs in a 15-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Prospectus Today: Dissecting the Sox  —  Dissecting the Sox  —  The Boston Red Sox have put up the best record in the game so far, and they've done so with a near-complete performance that makes it hard to consider them a fluke.  —  I say that because of one particular marker that stands out.

Cubs Spout  —  I kid you not, the song just finishing up on the radio as I pulled in my driveway at evening's conclusion was "Walk-Away Renee."  How appropriate.  —  * Documented walk-off #343 in Mets history was the team's 2nd walk-off win of the year and first since Endy Chavez's drag bunt walk-off hit on April 24th.

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 15  —  Another week, another Hot Sheet.  —  We're a day late this week, mostly because the Baseball America World Headquarters is currently abuzz with happenings for the upcoming draft.  Hot Sheet will go back to its regularly scheduled Monday timeslot beginning next week.

Beckett progressing  —  Josh Beckett played catch and actually threw off a mound today according to Terry Francona, who said he was encouraged by Beckett's recovery.  Francona said Beckett will see a hand specialist sometime today.  —  Francona said "regardless of whether he pitches on Friday …

A's place Huston Street on DL; Select Connor Robertson from Sacramento  —  OAKLAND— The Oakland A's today placed right-handed pitcher Huston Street on the 15-day Disabled List retroactive to May 13 with an irritation in his right ulnar nerve.  To take his spot on the roster the A's …

MOTA RETURNS FROM 'ROID BAN  —  Guillermo Mota made his Zephyrs debut Monday night at Las Vegas.  Pitching for Triple-A New Orleans, Mota pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing one hit and striking out one batter in a 7-5 loss.  Barring a rainout, he'll be activated May 30, for the Mets' 51st game.

O's frustration boils over … TORONTO // The Orioles arrived at the Rogers Centre yesterday afternoon intent on putting Sunday's devastating defeat to the Boston Red Sox behind them.  Instead, they watched another of their top relievers lose a game and two of their veteran position players nearly come to blows after it.