Mets get five in ninth, beat Marlins 6-2  —  MIAMI (AP) — The game was a gem for seven innings, with the New York Mets and Florida Marlins scoreless.  —  Florida's wobbly defense ended the pitchers' duel.  —  The Mets scored their first two runs on errors, and Carlos Beltran's …

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.

Pirates top Reds, 10-4, in 10th  —  Sanchez, Paulino get key hits as 8-run rally marks end of troubling five-game slide  —  Xavier Nady beats the throw to catcher Chad Moeller to score one of the Pirates' eight runs in the 10th inning last night against the Cincinnati Reds.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …