Game 10: Indians at Yankees (new Yankee Stadium home opener)  —  Pitching today: LHP CC Sabathia (1-1, 4.50).  —  INDIANS (2-7)  —  Grady Sizemore CF  —  Mark DeRosa 3B  —  Victor Martinez 1B  —  Jhonny Peralta SS  —  Shin-soo Choo DH  —  Ben Francisco RF  —  Kelly Shoppach C

Figgy pulled after two in Buffalo; Sunday start looming?  —  Nelson Figueroa was pulled from Thursday's Triple-A Buffalo matinee after a scoreless second inning and 32 pitches against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  That would seem to indicate Figueroa is the choice to take Mike Pelfrey's turn Sunday …

Sorting out the Ollies  —  Taking a new approach to lefty's inconsistency  —  On Wednesday's episode of this network's Loud Mouths, in a rare moment of concord, hosts Chris Carlin and Adam Schein agreed that Oliver Perez's struggles would eventually force Omar Minaya to add a starter to the Mets' rotation.

Answer Man: Joakim Soria talks big TVs, wrestling and dentistry  —  Ever since they plucked him from the Padres organization via the Mexican League before the 2007 season, Joakim Soria been a rollicking success for the Royals.  He made the AL All-Star team and registered 42 saves in '08 and …

Francoeur's day dashed as Braves fall  —  Outfielder drives in Anderson twice as Atlanta drops finale  —  ATLANTA — All of the optimism the Braves created during their first six games of the season has been blurred by the upstart Marlins, who took advantage of costly mistakes and displayed …

Alex Rodriguez takes BP: Three home runs in 49 swings  —  TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez took another step in his rehab from right hip surgery, hitting three home runs in 49 swings during his first full batting practice session.  —  Rodriguez

Know .NET and C#, Want To Work In A Front Office?  —  Baseball Prospectus has a long history of moving people on to jobs in the big leagues.  And while many of our readers come to us looking for an opening, at times teams come to us looking for the right person.

Rod Blagojevich gave Cubs' Piniella advice in 2007  —  Letter and Sun-Times cartoon then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sent Cubs manager Lou Piniella (Documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune / May 31, 2007)  —  Like any frustrated Cubs fan, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had his own ideas about how manager Lou Piniella should run the team.

With Kalas gone, Phillies must find new face  —  Harry Kalas would have hated it.  —  The broadcaster's sudden death has put his beloved Phillies in a delicate position, one they've never really occupied before:  —  They are a franchise looking for a face.

Sox place Matsuzaka on 15-day DL  —  For the second time in the last two seasons, Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] is on the disabled list with a case of shoulder fatigue.  —  The Sox made the move this morning in the aftermath of Matsuzaka's aborted outing Tuesday night in which he lasted just one inning, racked for five runs on 43 pitches.

Nady may need season-ending surgery  —  ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla. - Xavier Nady could be headed for season-ending surgery on his right elbow.  —  No decision will be made until after team physician Chris Ahmad examines Nady in New York Thursday.  But Nady, who left Tuesday night's game …

Rangers' Kinsler hits for cycle  —  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -Ian Kinsler became the fourth player in Texas Rangers history to hit for the cycle, reaching the feat with a triple in the sixth inning Wednesday night against Baltimore.  —  That made him 5-for-5, the five hits matching a career high.