Minus a Star, the Bullpen Stays Strong  —  The topic makes Kyle Farnsworth cringe.  Some people may be surprised that the Yankees' bullpen functions without Joba Chamberlain, but Farnsworth is not.  He was signed as the Yankees' setup man when Chamberlain was still in college.

No-Hit Loss  —  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim suffered a 1-0 loss at Dodger Stadium last night, despite collecting zero hits.  Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo combined for eight no-hit innings, but only get credit for a no hitter less than nine innings as the Dodgers score on two errors and a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.

Tigers' Magglio Ordonez hurt, will miss first game of season  —  Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez left Saturday night's game against the Colorado Rockies because of a spasm in his right side and back.  —  Ordonez appeared to pull up as he went after Troy Tulowitzki's leadoff double off the right field wall in the top of the third.

Santana keeps getting aced out  —  The boxscore line looks presentable.  It usually does.  Shoot, the way Johan Santana began Saturday's game, we thought we might get a run at Tom Seaver's and David Cone's team record of 19 strikeouts in a game.  —  Yet once again, if you stood on the Mets' side …

Rockies finally rally, then let it slip away  —  Tigers overcome Colorado's amazing four-run ninth  —  DETROIT — Halfway home, the Rockies are a million miles from where they thought they'd be.  —  Saturday night, they suffered their most crushing loss of the season.

Mota lowers ERA during off-day  —  Successful scoring appeal helps reliever's statistics  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Guillermo Mota lowered his ERA by more than half a run on Thursday.  What made the development especially interesting was that Milwaukee was enjoying an off-day.

Phillies may move Myers to bullpen  —  Struggling righty endured shortest start of career Friday  —  ARLINGTON — Struggling starting pitchers typically say the worst part about a poor outing is waiting five days until the next one.  —  Brett Myers may have to wait longer.

Breaking news: Horne out after two-thirds  —  Not sure exactly what or why, but Alan Horne is out after just two-thirds of an inning here in Buffalo.  His control was horrible — 32 pitches, 12 strikes — and he was constantly shaking his right arm in between pitches.

Game 81: Yankees at Mets  —  As expected, Ryan Church came off the DL this morning and is in the lineup for today's finale of the Subway Series at Shea Stadium.  —  Church had been sidelined since June 6 with post-concussion syndrome but made two minor-league rehab assignments this week and pronounced himself ready to go.

Gameday Live 82: Yankees at Mets  —  Pitchers: Darrell Rasner (4-5, 4.50 ERA) v. Oliver Perez (5-5, 5.29 ERA)  —  Hey guys - It's the fourth game of this Subway Series (the last at Shea) and the Yankees will be looking to take the series against Ollie Perez.

Gibbons so close, yet far  —  Ex-Oriole's road to redemption takes him to independent-league series in York, Pa.  —  YORK, Pa. - Jay Gibbons is a 50-minute drive from the place where he was once a hero, 50 minutes away from a stadium where his best buddies are still revered.