Budde's hit wins it in 10th inning  —  Angels reserve catcher Ryan Budde pulled off a rare double-double Monday night, evoking the memory of Adam Riggs and beating the New York Yankees with one clutch swing of the bat in the bottom of the 10th inning.  —  Budde, who entered the game …

Rockies first pitch  —  HANGING ON  —  Left-hander Mark Redman, an eight- year major league veteran, has signed a minor league contract with the Rockies and pitched for Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) on Monday.  —  He gave up five runs, five hits, two walks and struck out seven in five innings in Tulsa's 6-5 …

With Season in Focus, Wright's Vision Is Clear 30/30  —  David Wright's mind is in overdrive.  He is processing the score, the inning, the count and the number of outs.  He is studying the pitcher's time to home plate, his pickoff move and, if he can sneak a peek, his grip.

Papi's car on eBay  —  The following story was written by the Globe's Andrew Ryan:  —  Used Car for Sale: A 2005 Mercedes-Benz convertible SL-Class SL65 AMG with 6.0-liter twin-turbo charged engine that rockets from 0 to 60 in less than four seconds.  —  Mileage: 4,034, driven predominantly to and from Fenway Park.

Red Sox, Wakefield cash in  —  New catcher handles the job in another shutout of Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Don Slaught, who was with Tim Wakefield when the knuckleballer was a Pirates rookie, caught him in the 1992 National League playoffs.  —  "Catching him today," Slaught said that night …

For Peña, Redding, Nats, No Problems in Houston  —  He was ridiculed and all but run out of Boston, where he flailed at breaking balls and looked at fastballs, and a team in a pennant race couldn't have that.  So one Wily Modesto Peña found himself far from a pennant race Monday night …

Gloveless hitters buck the trend  —  Few barehanded lumber wielders remain in the game  —  The evolution of baseball equipment has made it difficult for modern-day ballplayers to resemble their predecessors.  Double-flapped helmets, shoulder and shin pads, weighted donuts, oversized fielding gloves.

A-plus for Pedro  —  Martinez dazzles in third Single-A start  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - He'd lost a nine-pitch battle to a Single-A hitter and there was a palpable feeling at Tradition Field that Pedro Martinez was ticked off in the third inning of last night's game.

Hit Men  —  Alex Rodriguez's 500th dinger ocasioned much speculation as to whether he will some day overtake Barry Bonds's still-growing home run crown, described ad nauseum in the press as the "most hallowed record in sports."  Nevermind that, outside the Americas, this record is of little interest.

Choking Up For Big Hits  —  A little over a week ago, Dayton manager Donnie Scott and hitting coach Darren Bragg told their team that everyone was going to choke up on the bat.  Tired of seeing inopportune strikeouts and looking for a way to speed up bats that were dragging in the August heat …

Season in doubt for Rangers' Otsuka  —  Reliever to get third opinion on sore right forearm  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  BALTIMORE - It becomes less and less likely that reliever Akinori Otsuka will pitch in another game for the Rangers this season.  —  Otsuka, who has not appeared …

The 2007 Replacement Level Killers  —  In a pennant race, every edge matters.  The late-season heroics of one individual may turn a close race into a tale of success writ large, but it's the failures writ small, the weak links on a team, that commonly create that close race in the first place.

Jenks not quite perfect this time  —  Leadoff single leaves closer tied for record with 41 straight  —  Just how bad is it for the White Sox this season?  —  Even the wins don't go right.  —  Nursing a 4-3 lead Monday night with the ninth inning starting, it could only mean it was time to cue …