Game 6: Yankees at Royals  —  Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain.  —  ROYALS (2-3)  —  Crisp CF  —  Aviles SS  —  DeJesus LF  —  Teahen 3B  —  Jacobs 1B  —  B. Pena DH  —  Callaspo 2B  —  Buck C  —  Bloomquist RF  —  Pitching: RHP Gil Meche.  —  Joba Chamberlain vs. the Kansas City hitters.

Mets and Santana Lose an Old-Fashioned Pitcher's Duel  —  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Johan Santana pitched seven sparkling innings for the Mets on Sunday.  His only problem was that the Marlins' starter, Josh Johnson, was just as good.  Undermined by two unearned runs, Santana was a hard-luck loser …

Baseball Brunch  —  Back in early February, Luis Gonzalez was all set to fly from his Phoenix-area home to San Diego to meet with the Padres.  —  And then the phone rang.  —  “There's no need for you to come,” the Padres told Gonzalez and his agents.  San Diego had signed Cliff Floyd.

Tom Glavine of Atlanta Braves suffers shoulder discomfort in minor league start  —  PEARL, Miss. — Atlanta Braves left-hander Tom Glavine ended his minor league start with Double-A Mississippi early on Sunday after experiencing shoulder discomfort.  —  Glavine

The toll on Papelbon  —  The Red Sox intense victory yesterday - newsflash: Howie Kendrick just fouled off another pitch - still feels like it resonates today.  Though it was Game 5 of 162, manager Terry Francona said it felt like a playoff game.  The reason for that was Jonathan's Papelbon performance.

Pitching plans for this week RE Stults and McDonald  —  Eric Stults is going to stay in the rotation and will pitch again on Thursday against the Giants.  James McDonald is going back to the bullpen, although Torre was adamant that this wasn't a reflection of the fact he didn't pitch well on Friday night.

Vladimir Guerrero reluctantly remains Angels' designated hitter  —  His sore shoulder has prevented him from playing in the field so far this season.  —  Vladimir Guerrero, bothered by a sore muscle on the front of his right shoulder, hasn't played in the field this season.

Emotions boil over in Angels-Red Sox game  —  Manager Mike Scioscia, center fielder Torii Hunter among four who get ejected after a benches-clearing incident when Josh Beckett nearly hits Bobby Abreu with a fastball.  —  The emotions of a long and difficult four days for the Angels boiled over Sunday …

Harang throws complete game, Reds beat Pirates 2-0  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh turned in the defensive gem, but it wasn't enough to overcome the one pitched by Aaron Harang.  —  The Cincinnati right-hander threw a three-hitter, Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer and the Reds overcame …