First-inning ejections don't stop Angels from winning  —  Manager Mike Scioscia, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, Torii Hunter and Justin Speier are thrown out after incident with Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett.  —  The emotions of what has been a long and difficult four days for the Angels boiled over today …

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 …

Brocail to DL with right rotator cuff strain  —  Fulchino recalled from Round Rock to replace veteran  —  ST. LOUIS — General manager Ed Wade and manager Cecil Cooper met with right-hander Doug Brocail on Sunday morning and asked the pitcher for a little bit of honesty.

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

With Nationals' struggles, ‘rivalry’ with Orioles has gone south  —  In D.C., team in turmoil  —  There's hardly any reason to complain about the Orioles one week into the season, and there will be one fewer reason than usual for the coming week.  Finally, by popular demand (to put it very mildly) …

Stairs' pinch-hit homer in the ninth rallies Phillies past Rockies  —  DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Matt Stairs connected for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Sunday.  —  Chase Utley tied it at 5 …

D'backs' Webb on 15-day DL with tight shoulder … PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona ace Brandon Webb is headed to the 15-day disabled list with tightness in his pitching shoulder.  —  The Diamondbacks decided to make the move, retroactive to Tuesday, after Webb tested his shoulder by playing catch on Sunday morning.

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.