Jeter leaves with strained quad  —  Shortstop injures left leg while running out groundout vs. Rays  —  NEW YORK — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter left Monday night's game against the Rays after two innings with a strained left quad.  —  Jeter grounded into a fielder's choice in his only at-bat …

Derek Jeter injured in Yankees' win  —  Mike Mussina tied Bob Gibson on the career wins list by pitching six sharp innings, Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Monday night.  —  Abreu went 3-for-3 with a walk and Hideki Matsui drove …

Pettitte, Cashman eras could be winding down for Yankees  —  We appear to be seeing the beginning of the end of Andy Pettitte's marvelous career, and if you care about the New York Yankees, this may be more bad news than you can digest in one sitting.  —  In a related move, Brian Cashman likely will end up leaving, too.

D-backs lock up Young for six years  —  Club, outfielder agree to multiyear contract through 2013  —  PHOENIX — The D-backs have reached an agreement with outfielder Chris Young on a six-year deal that is expected to be announced Tuesday.  —  Negotiations on the deal began during Spring Training …

Ring in the new  —  Team glad to be back at Fenway … The world champion, world-weary Red Sox [team stats] are out of sorts as this home Opening Day dawns.  —  With most of them just waking up in their Boston beds yesterday for the first time since last October, the prospect …

New York, New York  —  It seems Jimmy Rollins isn't the only Phillie who likes zinging the Mets.  We were talking to Charlie Manuel post-game when he addressed the back-and-forth between the two teams the past year or so.  Now, keep in mind, Manuel's a little under the weather …

Young is the stopgap backstop  —  Outfielder practicing, emerging as Dodgers' No. 3 catcher  —  PHOENIX — With starter Russell Martin, the Dodgers barely need a backup catcher, as Mike Lieberthal learned last year and Gary Bennett (he's yet to play) is learning this season.

Cubs blow 7-run lead, beat Pirates in 12  —  PITTSBURGH (AP)—Chuck Tanner couldn't do it.  Jim Leyland couldn't do it, either, and both went on to win the World Series.  —  So it probably was too much to ask John Russell to break a streak that dates to the 1960s in which every new Pittsburgh Pirates manager loses his home opener.

Scott uses notepad for advantage  —  O's LF writes down details after at-bats; playing time coming for Moore  —  Luke Scott lined a single into left field today, his seventh hit in the last three games.  Then he wrote about it to make sure he remembered every detail.

Email about Ozzie favoring Latin players misguided  —  DETROIT — After a quick scan through his e-mails, Ozzie Guillen has read how he “hates Brian Anderson” as well as being a “Venezuelan piece of [bleep] that is racist and only starts the Latino players.”  —  And those were sent in just the last few days.

Braves' Spiezio sentenced to 3 years probation  —  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Scott Spiezio pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor drunken driving and hit-and-run charges stemming from a December car crash in Orange County.  —  Spiezio's lawyer entered the plea as part of a plea agreement …

Going Deep: Frank Thomas always ran to first base  —  TORONTO — Frank Thomas has 515 home runs in his prolific career and after each one of them he's put his head down and run to first base.  Never once, not even on historic No. 500, did he flip his bat, stand in the batter's box and watch it sail away.

Orioles sweep Mariners, improve to 5-1  —  BALTIMORE (AP)—Surprise, surprise: The Baltimore Orioles own the best record in the American League and the Seattle Mariners are in last place.  —  Sure, the season is only in its second week.  Yet the rebuilding Orioles already have plenty to celebrate …

A Numbers Guy Quiz on Probability  —  I'm kicking off a new feature on this blog with a reader quiz about probability.  Read on if you'd like to test your skills against fellow Numbers Guy readers.  —  I'm planning to regularly interview authors of new, interesting books about math and statistics.