Yankees sticking with Igawa  —  DETROIT - Despite his atrocious outing on Friday night, Kei Igawa remains on track to make a second start on Wednesday against the Rays in St. Petersburg.  —  Igawa allowed six runs on 11 hits in three-plus innings against the Tigers on Friday …

Goose to Joba: Act like a Yankee  —  The question was brought to Goose Gossage because who else to judge whether Joba Chamberlain was being a jerk on Thursday, pumping his fist and pirouetting after striking out the Indians' David Dellucci as if he'd toppled the Berlin Wall?

Statisticians try to keep up with Berkman  —  Astros slugger producing numbers at a history-making pace  —  LOS ANGELES — Lance Berkman has been on four All-Star teams, so clearly, he has had his fair share of quick starts.  —  But never has he produced such eye-popping numbers …

Sox answer nagging questions with a win … MINNEAPOLIS - Problems solved.  —  The worries and frustrations hovering around a few Red Sox [team stats] were greeted with satisfactory solutions in last night's 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.  —  Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats]'s pitch efficiency?

Junior achievements wow Willie  —  Ken Griffey Jr. needs just three home runs to become the sixth member of the 600-home run club and Willie Randolph, for one, believes that we'd be talking about even more significant dinger milestones had Griffey's career not been slowed by injury.

Barmes opens up about mother's fight against breast cancer  —  For Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes, the pink bat is a reminder of fear and hope.  —  Hundreds of major-leaguers will swing pink bats to celebrate Mother's Day and raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer.  The issue is personal for Barmes.

Madden: No Santana, no problem  —  • With the Reds off to such a disappointing start, there have been recurring rumors - not at all denied by either team - of Ken Griffey Jr. getting traded back to the Seattle Mariners so he could end his career where it started.

Maddux finally notches no. 350  —  Gonzalez homer sparks 3-2 victory Saturday at Petco  —  Trevor Hoffman pumped his fist and screamed “yeah” twice as Padres infielders Tadahito Iguchi and Khalil Greene turned a game-ending double play Saturday night.  —  Hoffman was extra excited …

Tigers waiting for Cabrera to bust out  —  New York (19-19) at Detroit (16-22), Sunday, 1:05 p.m. ET  —  DETROIT — The Tigers' new $153.3 million man has not lived up to expectations.  But that's not to say he won't eventually.  —  Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera …

Rays reliever Wheeler works out of trouble again  —  ST. PETERSBURG — RHP Dan Wheeler has certainly shown a flair for the dramatic.  —  The 30-year-old veteran has come up with three of the bullpen's most memorable, and nerve-racking, holds, including one Saturday against the Angels.

On my own: Texas girl wins track team title alone  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Bonnie Richardson ran.  She threw.  She jumped.  —  And when it was time to hand out the team trophies, Richardson accepted the 1A team championship for Rochelle High School — by herself.

WELLS OUT 6-8 WEEKS  —  The news keeps getting worse on the injury front for the Blue Jays.  This afternoon, centre fielder Vernon Wells was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured left wrist and is expected to be out from 6-8 weeks.  In addition, reliever Jeremy Accardo was placed …