Eiland hands Farnsworth key to success  —  NEW YORK - Dave Eiland remembers the first time he saw the fatal flaw in Kyle Farnsworth's delivery last winter - a subtle bouncing of the hands when the Yankee reliever should've been taking the ball out of his glove.  There it was, every batter, every pitch, over and over again on video.

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.

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 …

Loretta lifts Astros past Red Sox 3-2  —  HOUSTON (AP)—Mark Loretta had a pinch-hit, RBI single in the eighth inning off Hideki Okajima on Sunday to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.  —  Loretta, who played for Boston in 2006, batted for Doug Brocail (4-3) …

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.

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.

Arroyo, Dunn help Reds beat Indians 9-5  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—Bronson Arroyo pitched worse and somehow got much better results.  —  The Cincinnati Reds' right-hander bounced back from the worst start of his career and Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

Riggans, Sonnanstine lead Rays over Bucs  —  PITTSBURGH (AP)—Backup catcher Shawn Riggans homered and drove in two runs and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a remarkable first-half turnaround, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday behind Andy Sonnanstine's seven effective innings.

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.

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.

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.