NY Yankees 3, Toronto 2, 10 innings  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Late comebacks, close wins.  The New York Yankees are beginning to resemble the team everyone became familiar with for the past decade.  —  Robinson Cano hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning after Toronto closer Jeremy Accardo balked home …

D'backs' Jackson on display for Sox?  —  An interesting thing happened on Monday night in Milwaukee: The Arizona Diamondbacks played their first baseman, Conor Jackson, in left field, only the second time in his big-league career he has played there.  —  According to MLB sources …

Robertson pitches Tigers past Twins 1-0  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Start by start, pitch by pitch, Nate Robertson is gradually waking up his tired pitching arm.  —  The bespectacled left-hander allowed three hits in seven innings to outpitch Matt Garza in Detroit's 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

For seven teams, it's almost gut-check time  —  There are still a handful of teams whose status remains uncertain with two weeks to go before the nonwaiver trade deadline.  Not close enough to the top to clearly be contenders, but not far enough out to raise the white flag without hesitation …

Notes: Dye's negotiations in focus  —  Outfielder subject of scrutiny after Buehrle's contract extension  —  CLEVELAND — For the White Sox, a team sitting nine games under .500 and 12 1/2 games out of a playoff spot after 91 games, media coverage tends to not completely focus on the on-field action.

Trade Winds: Market remains cool  —  Clubs are making fewer moves in July than usual  —  With 15 days remaining until the deadline to make trades without going through the waiver process, normally this would be the time of year when activity on the trade front would start to pick up.

Bucs come to terms with first-round pick  —  Right-handed Moskos agrees to join the Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH — With camera flashes popping, his parents smiling and the news cameras catching each of his ear-to-ear grins on tape, Pirates first-round pick Daniel Moskos took a No. 7 jersey …

Does Jo-Jo have some mojo?  —  Isn't the great thing about baseball that you don't have to wait a week for a clean slate?  Just 24 hours.  And tonight the Braves get one with Jo-Jo Reyes on the mound.  —  After what happened to Kyle Davies Monday night - let me rip the scab off that wound …

Where are the contenders for Tex?  —  I am a simpleton.  —  I did not play baseball beyond little league.  I did not graduate with honors in finance, economics, business administration or sports management.  I do not have a law degree.  —  So, this is my simpleton understanding …

Royals notebook: Dodgers showing interest in Dotel  —  It appears the Los Angeles Dodgers have emerged as the most serious party yet in the Royals' effort to seek an impact return by offering veteran closer Octavio Dotel before the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline.

Lee, Pence, Oswalt lift Astros over Nats  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Brad Lidge was back in the closer's role, back to pitching effectively under pressure, back to earning a save.  —  Now he just hopes to stay with the Houston Astros.  —  Lidge struck out two in the ninth inning for his first save since 2006 …

Rockies move above .500  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) - Josh Fogg scattered five hits over seven innings as the Colorado Rockies beat Pittsburgh 6-2 on Tuesday night, handing the Pirates their fifth consecutive loss.  —  Jamey Carroll reached base four times and Garrett Atkins …

Midseason Prospect Update: Top 100 Update  —  We've now watched teams play nearly 90 games since our preseason Top 100 prospects list debuted in March.  As we pass the midseason point, we figured it was time to take a snapshot of which Top 100 prospects have improved their stock and which ones are on the slide.

Rest easy ...  ... Chip Ambres in the house.  Check out the details from this Mets release:  —  The New York Mets today placed infielder Damion Easley on the bereavement list and selected Chip Ambres' contract from New Orleans (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League.  Ambres will wear #36 and will be available for tonight's game.

Moises blasts into action with home run in first rehab game  —  SAN DIEGO - Moises Alou took a step toward returning from the disabled list when he went 2-for-3, including a solo homer, and walked as a DH for the Gulf Coast League Mets in Port St. Lucie yesterday.

Larkin Watches, Nats Win  —  Barry Larkin's playing days are over, and he spends most of his time near his home in Orlando, where he is developing a post-baseball life and serves as a fringe member of the Washington Nationals' think tank.  But sit with Larkin even for a minute …