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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.