Yankees' Duncan not too thrilled with himself  —  Acting manager Rob Thomson liked how the young first baseman “battled,” but Shelley Duncan boiled down his first start of the season to another word.  —  “Poop,” Duncan said as he fiddled with the tab of a soda can in front of his clubhouse stall after yesterday's 6-3 loss to the Rays.

Injury forces Bedard out vs. Orioles  —  BALTIMORE — Erik Bedard won't be facing his former teammates on Sunday, after all.  —  A hip injury will keep the left-hander from making his scheduled start for the Seattle Mariners against the Baltimore Orioles.  It was supposed to be the first appearance …

Snyder reportedly designated by Sox  —  Righty reliever has rough outing against Jays on Saturday  —  TORONTO — A dejected Kyle Snyder left the Red Sox's clubhouse through the back door on Saturday afternoon after reportedly being told that he was being designated for assignment to make room for Josh Beckett on the 25-man roster.

Rodney has another setback; Tigers call up Beltran  —  Tigers reliever Fernando Rodney has suffered another setback in his attempt to get healthy, and the club has added an extra reliever to compensate for his absence, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Saturday.

Sunday's Texas Rangers scouting report  —  2:35 p.m. Sunday, FSNSW, KRLD-AM 1080, KFLC-AM 1270 (Spanish)  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  Scouting the Angels  —  RHP Jon Garland (1-0, 1.13 ERA): The Southern California native makes his first home start as an Angel.

Glavine start is shuffled  —  ATLANTA - Is Tom Glavine ducking the Mets?  Well, he's going to miss a matchup with his former club this weekend, but apparently not for a sinister reason.  —  The Braves head to Colorado after this series, and manager Bobby Cox indicated he didn't want John Smoltz coming off …

First a Jacobs encore, then a Helms encore  —  MIAMI GARDENS - First walk-off Friday.  First grand slam Saturday.  All that's left for Mike Jacobs is his first inside the parker.  —  Jacobs' second game-winning homer in as many days broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth and sent the Marlins to a series-winning 7-3 victory at Dolphin Stadium.

Andy Pettitte shelled in debut  —  Fans were still filing into their seats when Andy Pettitte walked to the top of the Stadium mound on a clear, sunny afternoon Saturday to warm up before facing the Rays.  But most turned toward the field and clapped and yelled encouragement when they saw …

Tidbits from a bad day  —  ATLANTA — Notes and quotes after the Mets fell to 2-2 on Saturday with an 11-5 loss here to the Braves:  — John Maine didn't mince words after an ugly debut in which he allowed four runs on eight hits and walked three in just four innings.