Gonzalez to have season-ending elbow surgery  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Braves reliever Mike Gonzalez will miss the rest of the season and at least half of 2008 after learning he must have reconstructive elbow surgery.  —  Gonzalez, placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 16 with a left elbow strain …

Bullpen loses lead, game for Cubs  —  Piniella: Everything was OK for seven innings  —  LOS ANGELES — Dipping into the Cubs bullpen is literally like picking your poison.  —  No matter which way manager Lou Piniella goes, it somehow come back to bite him.

Notes: Mora wants open lines  —  Third baseman prefers advance notice of changes  —  BALTIMORE — When Melvin Mora glanced at the lineup card Friday and didn't see his name on it, he waived his right to remain silent.  Baltimore's third baseman became the latest Oriole to gripe about his situation …

Soriano gets dose of Stark reality  —  ESPN.com writer lists leadoff man among overrated  —  LOS ANGELES — Alfonso Soriano is the first to admit he's not producing as well as he would like to in the first year of his eight-year, $136 million contract with the Cubs.

Martinez upbeat during visit with Mets  —  Scheduled to return in August, ace righty offers glowing report  —  MIAMI — Veteran right-hander Pedro Martinez, out until possibly August while recovering from Oct. 5 surgery for a right rotator cuff tear, is feeling so good from his intense workout program …

Boss: Cashman's on big hook  —  NEW YORK — Despite constant speculation about manager Joe Torre's job, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner says someone else also needs to deliver as the team looks to reverse its floundering start: general manager Brian Cashman.

Struggling without their man of steal  —  Much was made of the change in the White Sox offense while Jim Thome was missing, but not so for leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik.  —  In the American League, the White Sox are ahead of only the Blue Jays and A's in stolen bases going into Friday's game against the Devil Rays.

Nats Get Help All Around In Win  —  Their Improbable Run Continues: Nationals 5, Cardinals 4  —  There is no way Austin Kearns should have made the sprawling catch he did in the sixth inning Friday night, and at another point in the Washington Nationals' season, he might not have.

Sosa so tough to cheer: 600th HR not worthy of any praise  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - So goes the saying: No cheering in the pressbox.  Yet as Sammy Sosa approaches a milestone, there are those of us who can't cheer and won't care.  —  The Red Sox [team stats] and Texas Rangers were scheduled …

Who's most underrated?  Start with Oswalt … One thing I've noticed in my short reign as America's Ultimate Czar of Underratedness and Overratedness:  —  It's a lot more fun to call a guy underrated than overrated.  —  For some reason, when I roll out my fabled reality-versus-illusion concept …

Blake, Martinez power Tribe over Tigers  —  DETROIT (AP) — Casey Blake and Victor Martinez hit first-inning homers and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Friday night.  —  The game was the first of seven between the AL Central's top teams in the next 10 days.

Jon Heyman: Texas may look to deal Mark Teixeira  —  Also in this column:  —  Baseball executives are predicting that Texas' switch-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira could be on the trade market this summer.  The last-place Rangers, already 9 1/2 games out in the AL West …