Mariners' Weaver blanks White Sox 6-0  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Jeff Weaver is accustomed to slow starts.  He's also getting used to dominating late in the year.  —  Weaver pitched his second shutout of the season and Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Chicago White Sox 6-0 Sunday.

Tigers' Ordonez hits 2 HRs in 2nd inning  —  DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's Magglio Ordonez hit two home runs in the second inning Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, joining Hall of Famer Al Kaline as the only Tigers to accomplish the feat.  —  Ordonez led off the second by sending a low pitch over the right-field wall.

Notes: Ankiel surprising scouts  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  Right now, Rick Ankiel looks like the second coming of Babe Ruth.  His comeback story rivals Josh Hamilton's as the best of the season.  —  But if you're thinking he might one day return to the mound and serve the Cardinals as both a pitcher and hitter, forget it.

Steigerwald column: Bonds isn't a good guy  —  Don't expect to see the families of Paul Scott and Joseph Lang at PNC Park Monday night.  —  The Pirates have decided to honor our new home run king, Barry Bonds, with a video tribute prior to the second game of the doubleheader.

Other side of the story  —  Union: Writer got scoops with dirty tricks  —  Two recent incidents, in which players' quotes resulted in disciplinary action taken against them, have prompted the Major League Baseball Players Association to condemn the reporting tactics of USA Today baseball columnist Bob Nightengale.

Pettitte, Giambi help Yanks sweep Tribe  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Talk about your pushy New Yorkers.  —  Strutting into Jacobs Field for the weekend, the Yankees made themselves right at home.  They bullied the Cleveland Indians before leaving with three wins and the same confidence that has made them champions many times before.

Howard, Moyer power Phillies over Braves  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer to back another solid outing from Jamie Moyer, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.  —  Moyer (11-8) allowed three runs and seven hits …

Alou's homers help Mets avoid sweep  —  NEW YORK (AP) — After the Mets endured tough losses the previous two nights because of bullpen meltdowns, Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner were hoping for a chance to redeem themselves.  —  So it was appropriate that the New York bullpen found itself in another squeaker Sunday against Florida.

One Game a Week  —  Kevin Millar made the Red Sox miss him a bit as he hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the tenth to give the Orioles a 6-3 walk off win as Baltimore takes two out of three from Boston.  Once again, the bullpen, which was supposed to be strengthened at the trading deadline, falls short.

BABE HOMERED WITH GIRLS, TOO  —  THE Yankees had their hands full with the Alex Rodriguez scandal a few months back, but A-Rod's alleged dalliances with a busty blonde don't hold a candle to the wild and unquenchable sex life led by home-run king Babe Ruth in the 1920s, a new book on the Bronx Bombers reveals.

Mets second to one  —  Struggles come to pass and so do Yankees  —  The Mets no longer have to look over their shoulders, and adjust their binoculars, to find the Yankees.  The Mets lost last night, dropped the baton in the eighth inning, while the Yankees, playing in the big boys league …

KENNEDY COULD START VS. BIRDS  —  Hot off the success neophytes Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain, the Yankees are "seriously" considering promoting Ian Kennedy to complete the Trinity of Pitching Prospects for Tuesday's start against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.

CUBS IN BRIEF: Rumored deal for Podsednik dead  —  DENVER — The rumored waiver-wire trade talks between the Cubs and White Sox over Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik are dead, and, in fact, never had much of a pulse in the first place.  One source suggested the chances were never better than ''one in a thousand'' from the outset.

Some gas for Yankees' tank  —  Battling team turns to young fireballer  —  The Yankees' fate this season still rests in the hands of Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Alex Rodriguez, and Derek Jeter, but 21-year-old fireballer Joba Chamberlain, the centerpiece of a revamped New York bullpen, is also a member of that group.