Benches clear in Red Sox-Angels game  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - A high pitch from Josh Beckett [stats] to Bobby Abreu as time was being called touched off a bench-clearing incident in the first inning of Sunday's game between the Boston Red Sox [team stats] and Los Angeles Angels.

Bullpen blows Joba's lead as Royals rally past Yanks  —  KANSAS CITY - Joba Chamberlain did a superb job in his first start of the season.  If only he had himself pitching in the eighth inning.  —  Chamberlain held the Royals to one earned run over six innings, but the bullpen coughed …

D-backs place Webb on 15-day DL  —  Move is retroactive to April 7; ace could miss one more start  —  PHOENIX — Brandon Webb still is not concerned about his right shoulder, but the D-backs ace is on the 15-day disabled list.  —  The team elected to put him on the DL, retroactive to April 7 …

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 …

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) …

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.

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 …

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.