Yankees' Bruney To Miss A Month Or More  —  BOSTON - — The Yankees, who placed three players on the disabled list after Friday's loss, called in the reinforcements Saturday.  —  The worst news involves reliever Brian Bruney, who was sent back to New York Friday to have his sore elbow examined.

Rockies club Dodgers, 10-4  —  Ryan Spilborghs is welcomed home by teammate Troy Tulowitzki after his two-run homer (Getty Images North America )  —  The spirit of Dante Bichette and the Blake Street Bombers must have been hovering in the rarified air of Coors Field on Sunday afternoon.

Indians avoid three-game sweep and beat Twins  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Aaron Laffey and Tony Sipp used to talk about pitching for the Cleveland Indians when they were roommates at Triple-A Columbus this year.  The scenario was Laffey would start and Sipp would close out a victory.

Fossum DFA'ed; Perez to bullpen?  (UPDATED)  —  As the Mets continue to mull over what to do with Oliver Perez, they did make one move after today's 8-1 loss to the Nationals.  They designated Casey Fossum for assignment.  Fossum allowed three hits and one run over 2 2/3 innings in relief of Perez.

Bruce hits a pair of two-run homers in Reds win  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — All Micah Owings needed was some run support.  Jay Bruce provided more than enough.  —  Bruce homered twice and drove in four runs, helping Owings earn his first win in nearly a year by leading the Cincinnati Reds over the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Sunday.

Game 18: Yankees at Red Sox  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (2-0, 2.53).  —  Pettitte vs. the Boston hitters.  —  RED SOX (11-6)  —  Ellsbury CF  —  Pedroia 2B  —  Ortiz DH  —  Youkilis 1B  —  Drew RF  —  Bay LF  —  Lowell 3B  —  Varitek C  —  Green SS

Towers won't deal for pitching help  —  With three starters on disabled list, GM to promote from within  —  SAN DIEGO — General manager Kevin Towers said Sunday that he won't go outside the organization for pitching help, even after Shawn Hill became the third starting pitcher or projected starter …

Zimmermann, Flores help Nats earn first road win  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann showed off the sharp stuff that has Washington so excited about his future, and the Nationals routed the New York Mets 8-1 on Sunday for their first road victory this season.

Inge hits two-run homer in Tigers' victory over Royals  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brandon Inge hit a two-run homer and Armando Galarraga pitched six solid innings to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sunday.  —  Inge connected in the second, driving a 1-1 pitch …

Searching for a spark, Hurdle shakes up lineup  —  Todd Helton is not starting, Jeff Baker is at third, Garrett Atkins plays first and struggling Troy Tulowitzki brings his .176 average to the No. 2 hole.  —  Those are the changes in play this afternoon as the Rockies look to avoid getting swept by the streaking Dodgers.

Angels might be able to find pitching help  —  They could turn to the independent Atlantic League, which began play last week.  —  The season isn't even three weeks old, yet the Angels have already used seven starting pitchers — including two who had never appeared in a big league game before Thursday.

Wildly successful  —  Lowell helps Sox finally tame NY  —  Jason Varitek watches his fourth-inning grand slam, a key hit in the Sox' slugfest win.  (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)  —  Walking Jason Bay intentionally seemed to make sense for the Yankees.  He had: 1) tied Friday's game with a two-run homer …

Litsch to see Dr. Andrews as precaution  —  Right-hander feels better Saturday after Friday pain  —  CHICAGO — Rarely does a pitcher come back with good news if an injury sends him to the office of Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. The Blue Jays are hoping to have an exception in right-hander Jesse Litsch.