Jimenez survives blow to knee, still takes loss  —  CHICAGO — The noise sickened and frightened teammates.  Ryan Theriot smoked a first-inning line drive off starter Ubaldo Jimenez's left knee, the thud practically echoing through the Rockies' dugout.  —  “It didn't sound good,” first baseman Todd Helton said.

White Sox's Guillen promises changes  —  Manager: Expect change; Williams: No need to panic  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After watching an offensive malaise reach a new low Sunday, manager Ozzie Guillen threatened his White Sox hitters with changes following Sunday's 4-3 loss at Tampa Bay.

Morgan Ensberg designated for assignment  —  MINNEAPOLIS - When the Yankees signed Morgan Ensberg for $1.75 million, they hoped he could give them power off the bench.  But he didn't do that, and they designated him for assignment Sunday.  —  Ensberg was batting only .203 (15-for-74) …

What's wrong with Nick Swisher?  —  To say that Nick Swisher has been a disappointment this year would be quite an understatement.  After becoming a member of the Chicago White Sox via an offseason trade, Swisher is currently hitting .201/.330/.310 with four homers.  What's gone wrong?

No rest for weary Mets  —  New York (28-27) at San Francisco (24-33), Monday, 10:15 ET  —  NEW YORK — The handle on Carlos Beltran's brown wheeled suitcase had already been popped.  Meanwhile, members of the Mets' equipment staff were hauling bags of bats, gloves and balls out into the hallways.

The man who would be king  —  TAMPA, Fla. — It's a warm, sun-drenched weekday morning outside D.W. Webb Middle School, in the inner-city Town ‘n’ Country neighborhood of Tampa.  Under a cloudless sky, Joe Molloy, a boulder of a man, bespectacled and clad in a gray Webb Middle School T-shirt …

As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history  —  During Sunday's Red Sox/Orioles game, which I watched on MLB.TV, the league ran a promotional commercial for Ken Griffey's approach to 600 home runs.  Backed by maudlin piano music, a Costas-like narrator says the following script, to the accompaniment of pictures and video:

Zimmerman to have MRI Monday  —  Nationals hopeful that third baseman could return on Tuesday  —  PHOENIX — Ryan Zimmerman missed his seventh consecutive game on Sunday because of his sore left shoulder.  —  Zimmerman will have an MRI on Monday in Washington.

Read: Q&A with Valentino Pascucci  —  Val Pascucci is hitting .288 with a 1.065 OPS since signing with the Mets and joining Triple-A New Orleans.  —  Pascucci has more home runs in 32 games with the Zephyrs than the total produced by Mets left fielders and first basemen in 2008.

Chipper's Impossible Pursuit of .400  —  With Atlanta Braves third baseman Larry Wayne Jones sitting on a .405 average going into tonight's game against the Florida Marlins, many a baseball fan is wondering whether the man will hit .400.  The easy and almost certainly correct answer is that no, he won't.

Jorge Cantu's 12th error let Phillies back in it  —  The Marlins' Mike Jacobs points to the stands after he hit a three-run home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the thrid inning of a baseball game Sunday in Philadelphia.  (AP/H. Rumph, Jr. / June 1, 2008)

Prior has shoulder tear, will have season-ending surgery again  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Prior's season is over before it got started.  Prior will have surgery this week to repair a tear in the anterior capsule of his right (pitching) shoulder.  —  It is Prior's second season-ending shoulder surgery …

Sweep deprivation: Texas Rangers lose, 13-8  —  esefko@dallasnews.com  —  ARLINGTON - An hour after the Texas Rangers' bullpen got bombarded in a nine-run seventh inning that doomed them to a 13-8 loss to Oakland, the grounds crew was cleaning up at Rangers Ballpark.

Three-homer, 16-hit attack leads Sox  —  Manny, Lowell, Drew all go deep for third straight win over O's  —  BALTIMORE — The Red Sox spent the first day of June acting as if it was their summer launch party.  Amid the sticky, warm conditions at Camden Yards, the Boston bats sent several baseballs skyward.

Cubs close out perfect homestand  —  The standings show the Cubs are the best team in baseball.  —  The statistics say they have scored more runs and have more come-from-behind victories than any other team.  —  But they aren't sure how good they really are even after beating Colorado 5-3 Sunday …