Game 31: Mariners at Yankees  —  YANKEES  —  MARINERS  —  Chien-Ming Wang vs. the Seattle hitters.  —  Erik Bedard vs. the New York hitters.  —  Notes: Wang has pitched twice to Molina this season.  He has allowed one earned run over 16 innings. ...  Seattle has lost two straight. ...

Mets feel right at home with 7-2 win over D'backs  —  David Wright (5) celebrates with teammate Jose Reyes (7) after Wright's two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin / May 3, 2008)  —  PHOENIX - As long as the Mets stay at Chase Field …

Gallardo has torn ACL  —  Houston - As it turns out, Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo did not escape serious injury Thursday in a collision at first base in Chicago.  —  Far from it.  —  An examination in Milwaukee this morning revealed Gallardo suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament …

Yankees 5, M's 1  —  THE SCENE: It was a cold one at Yankee Stadium, which is now just 68 regular-season games away from ending its run as home of the Yankees.  A storm front arrived in the afternoon, and the temperature was 49 degrees for the first pitch with a strong wind blowing in from left field.

Steinbrenner unhappy  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said Friday he's unhappy with New York's play so far this season and vowed the team would stick with its plan for reliever Joba Chamberlain.  —  “I'm very disappointed with the way the season has gone, period …

Sadly, Julio Franco Cannot Play Forever  —  One wouldn't think that this would be classified as “news,” necessarily, but we still find it noteworthy, and kind of sad: Julio Franco has officially announced his retirement.  —  Well, we think so, anyway; the story has only been reported …

Dazed Gomez carted off field  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—A dazed Carlos Gomez was carted off the field in the fifth inning on Friday night after the Minnesota Twins center fielder took a throw from Ivan Rodriguez off the head while stealing second base.  —  Gomez got a good jump on the pitch …

Furcal leads Dodgers to seventh straight  —  DENVER (AP)—Rafael Furcal had three hits, including a three-run homer in a seven-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their seventh straight game, beating Colorado 11-6 on Friday night.  —  Matt Kemp drove in four runs with two doubles …

Marcum helps Blue Jays 2-hit White Sox  —  TORONTO (AP)—Shaun Marcum was struggling to hold down his lunch, but had no such trouble with the Chicago White Sox.  —  Marcum struck out a season-high nine, Shannon Stewart drove in the only runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the White Sox 2-0 on Friday night …

Pregame notes, Veras promoted … Meanwhile, David Robertson is here after mysteriously pitching last night.  Apparently a flu bug is going through the Thunder clubhouse, so it could be that there weren't many healthy pitchers, but it doesn't make much sense to pitch a guy the night before he's called up.

Phillies moving Castro, Outman to the bullpen  —  The Phillies organization hopes Reading left-hander Josh Outman can help at the major league level this season.  —  The left-handed reliever that Philadelphia Phillies general manager Pat Gillick has spent months searching for?

The failure dynasties  —  It's really tough to build a winning dynasty in Major League Baseball, this much we know.  Reeling off a streak of winning seasons is hard enough, never mind stringing together multiple World Series victories.  So many teams came close to achieving immortal status …

Phil Hughes and Mystery Meat Mechanics: Part I  —  While preparing a series of articles on Barry Zito's lost fastball I received the following e-mail: … Carlos is Carlos Gomez a.k.a. Chadbradfordwannabe.  I'm happy to say that I did have some influence on Carlos in terms of how he blossomed …

Tulowitzki likely out until All-Star break  —  DENVER — Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer.  —  “Best-case scenario is six weeks.  The realistic one is a few months,” agent Paul Cohen told The Associated Press on Thursday.