Helms arrives in a pinch after delayed flight  —  MIAMI GARDENS -  —  Wes Helms began Sunday rushing to the airport at Birmingham, Ala., to try to get to South Florida in time for Sunday's 1:10 p.m. game against Pittsburgh.  —  A delay at Atlanta meant Helms, who was acquired in a trade …

L. Hernandez unlikely hero for Orioles  —  Shortstop's single caps three-run rally in ninth for fourth straight win  —  The Orioles celebrate a 3-2 comeback victory against the Mariners.  Shortstop Luis Hernandez (2) hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth to score Jay Payton.

Finale not grand for Sox  —  ‘Big Hurt’ put on end of long trip … TORONTO - No amount of Red Bull, Starbucks' Sumatra, Dunkin' Donuts' Original Blend or any other Major League Baseball-sanctioned stimulant is enough right now for the Red Sox [team stats].

Pags: Hughes Loses Velocity Because of Mechanics  —  Great question from Steve L. over at www.waswatching.com: … A big difference between good organizations and bad organizations is their ability to develop their own prospects.  Scouting and the ability to make sound player acquisition decisions …

White Sox send stumbling Tigers to 0-6  —  DETROIT (AP)—Nick Swisher homered on the second pitch of the game, and it only got worse for the Detroit Tigers.  —  Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong inning and the Chicago White Sox batters rocked Justin Verlander in a 13-2 rout of the Tigers on Sunday, Detroit's sixth straight loss.

VandenHurk optioned to Double-A  —  Nolasco, Badenhop and Volstad candidates to replace righty  —  MIAMI — Not able to work deeper than three innings in two straight starts, Rick VandenHurk was optioned to Double-A Carolina after the Marlins lost, 9-2, to the Pirates on Sunday afternoon.

Damon aims to amp up offense  —  New York (3-3) vs. Tampa Bay (3-2), Monday, 7:05 p.m. ET  —  Johnny Damon has taken it upon himself to cure the Yankees' offensive woes.  —  He's batting only .136 on the season, hardly the sparkplug the Yankees need him to be.

Girardi Returns, and Yankees Finally Beat Rays  —  When Manager Joe Girardi returned Sunday afternoon, the junk food disappeared again and the Yankees' bats produced just enough to avoid a potential sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays.  —  Girardi was back in the dugout after spending …

Arizona's Big 10th Keys Sweep of Rockies  —  DENVER — Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the ninth and Stephen Drew went deep in Arizona's three-run 10th inning, leading the Diamondbacks to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.  —  Drew's second homer of the season came on a 1-0 pitch from Micah Bowie (0-1).

Bad Week Turnaround  —  Gerald Laird came into today's game against the Angels with just one hit and no RBI.  He made his first week look pretty good by going 4 for 5 with two home runs and six RBI today.  That gives him a .313 BA, a .421 OBA and a .688 slugging percentage on the season.

Lee, Zambrano lift Cubs over Astros 3-2  —  CHICAGO (AP)—Derrek Lee had another big hit for the Chicago Cubs, and he was more interested in talking about teammate Alfonso Soriano's play in the field.  —  Lee hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and Soriano threw out a runner at the plate …

Griffey hits 594th home run in Reds' win  —  CINCINNATI (AP)—Ken Griffey Jr. doesn't give much thought to his statistics— not even the big one that's fast approaching.  The day to talk about that one will come soon enough.  —  For the moment, he's more wrapped up in smoothing out his swing …