Braves announcer Skip Caray dies  —  Skip Caray made the call when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 1995: “Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  The Atlanta Braves have given you a championship!  Listen to this crowd!”  —  He made the call when Sid Bream scored on Francisco Cabrera's pinch-hit …

Padres' Maddux notches 352nd career win  —  SAN DIEGO (AP)—Greg Maddux is back to winning after a long dry spell.  —  Maddux drove in a run and pitched six strong innings to pickup career win No. 352, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

Yankees Take Advantage of Angels' Gifts  —  After four innings, the Yankees were trailing by five runs because of Darrell Rasner's miserable start.  Three innings later, behind the slugging of Xavier Nady, they fought back to take a three-run lead.  By the middle of the eighth, however …

Twins in First  —  The Minnesota Twins bring up Francisco Liriano and move into first place on the same day.  Liriano's six shutout innings lead to a 6-2 victory over the Indians.  Span and Harris hit solo homers to help the cause, and Span, with a .403 OBA is emerging as the leadoff hitter the Twins needed.

Mets promote closer Eddie Kunz  —  More youth is on the way.  Surfing the Mets has learned that Binghamton closer Eddie Kunz has been promoted the Mets, joining a sudden youth movement with Nick Evans, Argenis Reyes and Daniel Murphy.  Kunz, the Mets' top pick (42nd overall) …

Maine put on DL; Wagner out with stiff forearm  —  Ton of info, and not positive:  —  John Maine is going to the DL.  Jerry Manuel said he didn't have a setback, but could use more time.  The Mets needed an extra bullpen arm anyway because Billy Wagner is injured and unavailable.

Slumping Reds hold players-only meeting  —  WASHINGTON (AP)—The Cincinnati Reds, mired in last place in the NL Central, held a players-only meeting before their game against the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  —  The Reds had lost seven of eight and were a season-high 15 games out of first entering play Sunday.

Back-to-back homers by Johnson, Soriano lift Cubs  —  Reed Johnson and Alfonso Soriano hit back-to-back homers in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs escaped with an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday after blowing a three-run lead in the top half of the inning.

postGame: Astros 4 Mets 0  —  The Mets (58-53) lost to the Astros (53-57) by the score of 4 to 0 in Houston this afternoon.  —  For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.  — Oliver Perez let up a home run to Ty Wigginton for the game's first run, followed by a double from Wigginton …

Lupica: Beltran is New York baseball's biggest offensive disappointment  —  Two years ago, Derek Jeter hit .343 and had 214 hits and scored 118 runs and was nearly the MVP of his league.  Now, at 34, two years from the end of his Yankee contract, two years from what will be the most interesting …