Tigers INF Perez suspended for 80 games  —  DETROIT (AP) — Tigers infielder Neifi Perez was suspended for 80 games Friday after testing positive for a third time for a banned stimulant, a penalty that finishes his season.  —  Perez was suspended for 25 games on July 6 when he tested positive for a second time.

Tempers flare as Brewers drop finale  —  Capuano's difficult outing includes minor scuffle in dugout  —  MILWAUKEE — A dugout scuffle in early June seemed to spark the Chicago Cubs.  Could the same happen in early August to the team that now narrowly trails them?

Lester, Sox take on Mariners in Seattle  —  Boston (66-42) at Seattle (59-47), Friday, 10:05 p.m. ET  —  Once again, the scheduling gods have denied Jon Lester a hero's welcome.  —  Or, rather, a hero's welcome in Boston, Lester's adopted home.  There will certainly be no shortage …

Wild Card: Low on Rocket Fuel?  —  On May 6, when Roger Clemens announced to a sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd that he had just signed a deal to return to the Yankees, the team was 13-15 (.464), five-and-a-half games behind the Red Sox in the American League East and in eighth place in the Wild Card race.

Scully rises to occasion  —  Legend gives vintage treatment to milestone chases  —  Two outfielders.  Two milestones.  One Vin Scully.  —  Yes, the famed Dodgers announcer has been conducting the orchestra for some time now.  On Thursday night, he presented a movement of Barry Bonds …

Dukes in trouble again after violating court order  —  Elijah Dukes faces the prospect of jail time after being charged Thursday with a single count of violating a domestic violence injunction.  —  Dukes, optioned to the minor leagues in June by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and placed …

Guerrero plugs into power grid  —  Right fielder hits his first home run since June 23, then hits another one, a three-run shot that looms large in two-run victory.  —  OAKLAND — The first one was a high-arc shot that barely cleared the left-field fence.  The second was a towering blast …

After year out of majors, Cubs' Wood activated  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood was activated from the 60-day disabled list Friday after recovering from a sore shoulder that kept him out of the majors for more than a year.  —  Wood, the 1998 NL rookie of the year …

Delgado double spurs Mets' big ninth  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  CHICAGO (AP) - Carlos Delgado hit a go-ahead double off Ryan Dempster in a four-run ninth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 6-2 Friday to extend their winning streak to three.  —  Delgado's double off Dempster …

Voices of Padres dread Bonds call  —  If Barry Bonds were, well, anyone but Barry Bonds, this weekend could have been special for many people, including the men who broadcast Padres games.  —  But because Bonds is who he is and has done, well, whatever he's done, the local announcers …

Contreras: Start me or trade me in 2008  —  Jose Contreras has accepted his demotion to the bullpen.  —  But if he starts next spring as a reliever, the White Sox's struggling right-hander would rather play elsewhere.  —  "If they don't want me as a starter next year, I want to be out of here," Contreras said Thursday.

Chamberlain to pitch tomorrow  —  Joba Chamberlain, the Yankees' rising right-handed pitching prospect, said he will make his next appearance at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tomorrow.  —  It will be another step in transforming him from a starter to a reliever.