Lack of aggression hurts Sonnanstine  —  After dominating Red Sox last week, right-hander roughed up  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Less than a week ago, Andy Sonnanstine went with the fastball and came away the winner against the Red Sox in an afternoon affair at Fenway Park.

Beltran, Castillo rally Mets by Padres  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Wagner gave up the go-ahead run, then Trevor Hoffman blew a save.  —  On a night when two of baseball's best closers struggled mightily in the ninth inning, the New York Mets bounced back to win with one final rally.

Hamels to miss Wednesday start  —  All-Star has mild left elbow strain, expects to go on DL  —  PHILADELPHIA — Add Cole Hamels to the long list of injured Phillies, with the team announcing Tuesday that their ace will miss Wednesday's scheduled start with a mild left medial elbow strain.

Mariners Notebook: Betancourt not looking for break with sizzling bat  —  Betancourt not looking for break with sizzling bat  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Since Aug. 15, Yuniesky Betancourt has started every game but one at shortstop.  —  He could get a day off this weekend in the heat of Texas …

Cabrera's help comes too late  —  MIAMI GARDENS — The Marlins needed one more well-placed hit and one more run during an 8-7 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Monday that extended their losing streak to six games.  —  It would have been nice to have Miguel Cabrera for more than one pinch-hit at-bat.

O's to extend Trembley's contract  —  Sources say he'll stay on as manager through next season after leading club to 29-25 record  —  Dave Trembley's audition lasted a little more than two months, long enough for Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail to decide that Trembley …

Former Indians pitcher Cabrera signed to deal  —  Reliever gets minor league contract; Redman aims to stay on next year  —  The Orioles have agreed to terms with former Cleveland Indians reliever Fernando Cabrera on a minor league contract for the rest of the season.

Pitching signs from Rangers tough to read  —  This was to be the season the Rangers were absolutely, positively, without a doubt going to get some answers about their young starting pitchers.  —  So what have they found out?  —  Yeah, I'm waiting, too.  —  Less than 40 games remain …

Radomski talks in Mitchell probe  —  Radomski offers up names of players, juicy details  —  Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who admitted selling steroids to scores of major leaguers, recently has provided names of users in a meeting with baseball's lead steroid investigator, George Mitchell, SI.com has learned.

Red Sox get Carter  —  The Red Sox today received their "player to be named later" from the trade that sent Wily Mo Pena to the Nationals last week.  —  The Nationals acquired lefthanded-hitting first base prospect Chris Carter from the Diamondbacks, then shipped Carter to the Red Sox to complete the Pena deal.