Notes: Ortiz moved to bullpen  —  Right-hander is 3-4 with a 5.75 ERA this season  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins bullpen got a bit stronger on Monday due to a new addition — Ramon Ortiz.  —  Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and pitching coach Rick Anderson met with Ortiz on Monday morning …

Colon knocked around by Mariners  —  Righty complains of triceps tightness after nine-run setback  —  ANAHEIM — The Angels didn't give Mike Scioscia the return he had in mind, falling, 12-5, to the Seattle Mariners in the skipper's return from a two-game absence on Monday night.

Schilling bounces back as BoSox win  —  BOSTON (AP) — Curt Schilling struck out 10 to rebound from his worst start of the season, and Kevin Youkilis hit a stand-up inside-the-park homer Monday night to help the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

With Billups Misfiring, Pistons See Signs of a Slowdown  —  Chauncey Billups admits he has never been in a rut like this, one that has jolted him into uncharacteristic turnovers and strangely passive play.  —  But he will not admit that he is concerned.  —  Billups, the Detroit Pistons' point guard …

Yanks hold hour-long meeting before game  —  TORONTO (AP) — His team stuck in a rut, manager Joe Torre wanted to talk to the New York Yankees.  —  For an hour.  —  Sensing an attitude problem on his struggling team, Torre held a lengthy meeting before Monday night's game in Toronto.

Arizona beats Phils, wins fifth straight  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Doug Davis pitched eight sharp innings, Conor Jackson drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Monday night for their fifth straight win.  —  Ryan Howard's homer in the seventh …

Notes: McCarthy to miss next start  —  Rangers righty has blister on pitching hand; Redman signed  —  OAKLAND — John Koronka will take Brandon McCarthy's spot in the rotation and pitch on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics.  —  McCarthy is being scratched because of a blister …

M's bats keep cracking  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Forgive the Mariners hitters for gingerly rubbing their shoulders on Sunday afternoon as they slugged their opponents into submission yet again.  —  After all, they just spent the past week receiving the equivalent of a collective cortisone shot.

Bonds may not share mementos with Hall of Fame  —  NEW YORK — As Barry Bonds nears his record 756th home run, he's stockpiling quite a collection of souvenirs — bats, balls, helmets and spikes, pieces of baseball history perfectly suited for the Hall of Fame.

Rockies top Cards for sixth straight win  —  DENVER (AP) — Jeff Francis doesn't want to analyze why he's pitching so well in May.  The Colorado Rockies feel the same way about their six-game winning streak.  —  Francis allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings as the Rockies continued …

Gordon: Caught looking … Editor's Note: This story appears in the June 4 edition of ESPN The Magazine.  —  These are desperate days for Alfredo Reyes.  But he's trying not to think about it on this sun-drenched morning at a dusty field in La Isabelica, minutes after a Venezuelan winter league matinee.

Kim pitches Marlins past Cubs 5-3  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Byung-Hyun Kim ruined the Cubs' gameplan.  —  Kim pitched six scoreless innings, Reggie Abercrombie homered and the Florida Marlins held on to beat Chicago 5-3 on Monday.  —  Kim (3-2) allowed three hits and struck out five while working around three walks.

JOE HEARS THE BRONX CHEERS  —  FANS TEE OFF ON TORRE AS THE ANGELS SWEEP  —  Good thing the Yankees are leaving town for 11 days - it will take at least that long to fumigate the Stadium from the rancid odor left behind by the home team.  —  The fans even let Joe Torre have it yesterday …

Pirates maintain their strong hitting over the holiday weekend, pick up slack for Duke  —  CINCINNATI — Jim Tracy probably had a few flashbacks to his days as a youngster growing up in nearby Hamilton, Ohio.  —  Memorial Day weekend.  Picnics.  Slow-pitch softball games at North End Park.

Is Andruw Jones Overrated?  —  I first became aware that Andruw Jones was going to be the lead story in Jayson Stark's new book The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History during a radio interview several months ago.  In the discussion Stark mentioned …

Talk about your flyers  —  The Rangers have signed Mark Redman to a minor league contract.  He will start for Triple-A Oklahoma on Tuesday.  Redman was released by Atlanta last week after going 0-4 with an 11.63 ERA.  The Rangers are Redman's seventh different organization in the last six seasons.

Redbirds give Reyes a ticket down to Memphis  —  One day after conceding concern about winless starting pitcher Anthony Reyes, the Cardinals on Sunday optioned their former top prospect to Class AAA Memphis, promoted lefthander Troy Cate and moved recent waiver claim Todd Wellemeyer from the bullpen into Reyes' rotation slot.