Yanks to allow fans on field before Sunday's finale  —  NEW YORK — Fans will be allowed to walk on Yankee Stadium's field for three hours before the ballpark's final game Sunday.  —  Gates will open at 1 p.m. — about 7 hours, 15 minutes before New York plays the Baltimore Orioles in its final game at the 85-year-old stadium.

Marcum to learn injury fate  —  The Toronto Blue Jays are expecting their worst fears will be realized today when it is confirmed that starting pitcher Shaun Marcum needs to have Tommy John ligament replacement surgery to his right elbow.  —  Marcum has been sent to Birmingham, Ala. …

Carmona, Sheffield ejected after brawl  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—Gary Sheffield was still plenty angry—though much more in control after the Detroit Tigers endured a ninth-inning loss.  —  Sheffield was one of two players from both teams ejected during a seventh-inning brawl before Jamey Carroll hit …

Mets win coin toss over Brewers  —  One-game playoff to determine Wild Card would be at Shea  —  ATLANTA — The Mets won a coin flip against the Brewers on Friday afternoon, to determine home-field advantage for a potential one-game playoff between the two teams.

Astros notes: Team takes shot at Selig  —  Just in case Bud Selig doesn't know he's a despised figure to the Astros, a few of the players and even one coach wore black T-shirts on Thursday expressing their feelings about the commissioner's order to play the Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee's Miller Park a day after Hurricane Ike hit Houston.

Zambrano roughed up in Cubs' loss  —  Coming off no-hitter, right-hander knocked out in second  —  CHICAGO — Johnny Vander Meer's record is safe.  There was no repeat no-hitter for Carlos Zambrano on Friday.  There was no whiff of champagne for the Cubs either.

How to Win With No Relief  —  The Mets don't look like a winning team customarily looks.  It seems impossible to imagine that a team with a bullpen so unreliable, and utterly devoid of quality performers, could manage to make the playoffs, let alone contend for a championship.

Cabrera to DL, sees season end  —  Elbow sprain had O's righty wild, pitching in pain since break  —  NEW YORK — The Orioles placed Daniel Cabrera on the disabled list on Friday, ending the starter's season due to a right medial elbow sprain.  Cabrera is the second Baltimore starter …

Yankees winning but running out of time  —  NEW YORK - The last time they played October baseball without the Yankees, Bill Clinton was a first-term president and David Letterman had just moved to CBS.  Down south, in the Single-A town of Greenville, S.C., the South Atlantic League offered …

postGame: Mets 9 Braves 5  —  The first-place Mets (86-67) defeated the Braves (67-87) by the score of 9 to 5 in Atlanta, tonight.  —  For a recap, boxscore and stats from tonight's game, click here.  —  Thank you, Daniel Murphy.  —  With one out and two on in the eighth inning …

@-bat music: New York Mets  —  For their last stand at Shea, Mets bring the noise  —  The New York Mets have had Shea Stadium rocking in the ballpark's last year of existence, and it hasn't all been because of the fact that they're in the mix for a National League East title or Wild Card berth.

Bisons will introduce Mets Monday  —  The Buffalo Bisons have called a press conference for Monday morning in Dunn Tire Park to officially announce the New York Mets will be their new parent club next season.  —  The Bisons announced today that team officials, including owners Bob and Mindy Rich …

Marlins cruise, Phillies fall out of 1st  —  MIAMI (AP)—The Philadelphia Phillies' winning streak was no match for the surging Florida Marlins and their .818 hitter, newcomer Cameron Maybin.  And it cost them first place in the NL East.  —  The rookie had four singles for the second straight game …

It's Gone!  Goodbye!  —  The last home run in the House That Ruth Built will be hit this week; then the wrecking ball will take its cuts at Yankee Stadium.  The walls of this American monument do talk, and it has a few final secrets to share  —  I am dying.  —  It's O.K. You need not feel sorry for me.