The good feelings disappeared in a New York minute  —  NEW YORK - The ancient house of horrors came back to bite the Red Sox in the butt one last time.  —  It was all going perfectly.  Theo Epstein was having a better week than Barack Obama, the Sox were positioned to sweep the Yankees off the playoff map …

Nationals SS Guzman hits for cycle  —  WASHINGTON (TICKER) —Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman hit for the cycle in an 11-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.  —  Guzman hit a solo home run to left field as part of the Nationals' five-run first inning and lined …

Cashman still believes in Yankees' youth movement  —  Their 3-2 walk-off victory over the Red Sox allowed a little euphoria and relief into the Yankees' clubhouse for a day, but no one should kid himself.  There will be no sprint to the finish line for this team.

Jays designate Stairs for assignment  —  Trade talks indicate veteran may sign with contending club  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The Blue Jays have designated Matt Stairs for assignment and are working out a trade that could potentially send the veteran to a contending club.

MLB, umpire: Call against Aybar was wrong  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Upon further review, umpire Doug Eddings was wrong about the controversial obstruction call involving Willy Aybar in Sunday's game at Chicago.  —  Mike Port, MLB's vice president of umpiring, told the St. Petersburg Times …

Dodgers drop finale as Kershaw falters  —  Left-hander optioned to Triple-A after disheartening defeat  —  WASHINGTON — Dodgers manager Joe Torre has talked all week about needing one big hit to win one big game that could snap Los Angeles out of a funk that gets worse by the day.

Angels place 2B Kendrick on DL  —  ANAHEIM (TICKER) —The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim took another hit to their ailing infield on Thursday, placing second baseman Howie Kendrick on the 15-day disabled list with tightness in his left hamstring.  —  Kendrick joins infielder Maicer Izturis …

Hamels outstanding, but 'pen falters  —  Ace's seven innings of one-run ball spoiled by Cubs' rally  —  CHICAGO — No one had to move or look.  Everyone knew.  —  Aramis Ramirez left no doubt on the final landing spot of this unfortunate baseball.  The roar of 40,362 told Phillies reliever Chad Durbin …

Rays take series behind Jackson  —  Starter hurls seven innings of one-run ball for 11th victory  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Diving catches in left field?  Solo homers?  A dazzling seven starting innings?  —  Just about the only thing on Thursday night that didn't mirror Wednesday's win was the fate of the Red Sox-Yankees game.

One month ... and 10 key questions  —  One month to go.  —  That's all.  There's just one month to the day before this amazing baseball season hits the finish line.  It's hard to know where to train your eyes in this 87-ring circus.  But Rumblings is here to help, as always, by presenting 10 key questions for the final month:

Aceves works his way up to bigs  —  Yanks option Robertson down to Triple-A to call up righty  —  NEW YORK — When Alfredo Aceves walked along the blue line to the Yankees' clubhouse for the first time on Thursday, the newly called-up right-hander already had an idea of what he hoped to see in his Yankee Stadium locker by game time.