Game 25: Angels at Yankees (with Girardi pre-game audio)  —  YANKEES (13-11)  —  Pitching: RHP Phil Hughes (1-0, 0.00).  —  ANGELS (10-13)  —  Lineup TBA  —  Pitching: LHP Joe Saunders (2-1, 3.51)  —  TIME/TV: First pitch at 1:05.  The game is on YES.  —  WEATHER: It's raining in the Bronx at the moment.

Perez move seen as imminent  —  PHILADELPHIA — Jerry Manuel and GM Omar Minaya planned to meet today to make a formal decision, but it appears all but certain Oliver Perez won't be starting again anytime soon.  —  Not after Perez surrendered four runs on five hits and six walks …

Verlander strikes out 11 in Tigers' 3-1 win vs. Tribe  —  DETROIT (AP) — The Cleveland Indians learned what the New York Yankees discovered six days earlier: Justin Verlander is back to his dominant form.  —  Verlander struck out 11 and Curtis Granderson delivered another go-ahead hit …

HORNY A-ROD A LAP DUNCE  —  A-Rod can't even go to a sex club without making a fool of himself.  —  The major-league slugger looked like a rank amateur when he made a supposedly clandestine visit to a Dallas sex club in 2004 — but showed up wearing a Yankee hat that screamed, “Look at me!”

Crawford swipes six bases as Rays beat Red Sox 5-3  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Carl Crawford tied a modern major league record with six stolen bases to help Tampa Bay beat Boston 5-3 on Sunday for its first series win in nearly a month.  —  Crawford was 4-for-4 with an RBI and became …

Ortiz: ‘I will do things’  —  The staggering decline of David Ortiz has been evident in many ways.  There are numbers: He is batting .215 with no home runs in 93 at bats, and his .612 OPS ranks 92d in the American League.  There is his swing: Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan said Ortiz has been almost …

Foot still at root of Wang's injury  —  TAMPA - The foot injury that shelved Chien-Ming Wang for much of last season also is responsible for his horrendous start this spring.  —  The Yankees have said Wang's problem is weakness in his hip muscles caused by the sprained foot.

New procedure could hasten Nady's return  —  Yankees outfielder Xavier Nady is attempting a cutting-edge medical procedure that could help him return to to the team far earlier than expected.  —  Nady told The Journal News today that he is having platelet-rich plasma injected directly …

Cueto brilliant vs. Bucs; nine K's in eight shutout innings  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johnny Cueto limited the Pirates to four singles while striking out nine during eight dominating innings, and Ramon Hernandez drove in three runs to lead Cincinnati past Pittsburgh 5-0 Sunday for another road series victory.

Running Weather/Game Thread  —  UPDATE, 3:02 p.m. — The rain continues.  The rain continues.  The rain continues.  For the last 30 minutes or so, fans, in a steady line, have been exiting Nationals Park through the center field gate.  —  UPDATE, 2:30 p.m. — The tarp is back on.

Wells, Rios homer as Blue Jays beat Orioles 4-3  —  TORONTO (AP) — Scott Richmond is giving the Toronto Blue Jays a lot more than they expected from their fifth starter.  —  Richmond worked seven innings, Vernon Wells and Alex Rios backed him with home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays completed …

O's put Sarfate on DL, recall McCrory  —  TORONTO - The Orioles have placed reliever Dennis Sarfate on 15-day disabled list and recalled Bob McCrory from Triple-A Norfolk.  —  McCrory, who turns 27 on Sunday, has a 2.25 ERA and three saves in nine appearances for the Tides.