Harper: Yankees swallow pride in weak stand  —  As it turned out, maybe Joba Chamberlain should have plunked Jacoby Ellsbury, the very first batter of the game, square in the back and stared down the Red Sox dugout and dared Boston to do something about it.  —  At this point …

Dodgers tie MLB record with 12-0 start at home, beat D'backs  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the modern major league record for the longest home winning streak to start a season, improving to 12-0 at Chavez Ravine as Jeff Weaver pitched them to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

No Tipping, Please  —  Alex Rodriguez is in a horrible spot.  —  Where do you go when, having focused your life on that one thing you can be the best at, you realize that because of choices you made things will never again be the same in anyone else's eyes?

Zimmerman extends hit streak to 23  —  Nats third baseman delivers RBI single in third at-bat  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman extended his hitting streak to 23 games against the Astros at Nationals Park on Tuesday afternoon.  The game was eventually suspended by rain tied at 10 in the 11th inning.

Top beginning to click as Halos win  —  Figgins, Matthews Jr. have big nights; Loux gets win No. 2  —  OAKLAND — Gary Matthews Jr. is quietly putting together a productive season despite appearing in just 64 percent of the Angels' games to date.  He says it's all about preparation.

B. Pena assigned to Triple-A  —  Manager Hillman happy to keep catcher in organization  —  KANSAS CITY — Catcher Brayan Pena didn't get away after all.  —  The Royals announced on Tuesday that Pena cleared outright waivers and has been assigned to their Triple-A Omaha club.

Norton mourns tragedy 20 years later  —  Braves veteran's mother was slain by his father  —  ATLANTA — Twenty years later, the pain of finding a murdered mother at the foot of her bed rests primarily through the reality that the same love she'd provided her children will never be experienced …

Biscuits' pitcher Hellickson hurt  —  Biscuits pitcher Jeremy Hellickson will likely miss at least one start after a shoulder injury forced him from Tuesday's game.  —  Hellickson suffered a mild sprain of a shoulder muscle — the supraspinatus — and left after pitching only two innings …

Pirates' 0-17 run vs. Brewers longest since 1970  —  Hardy gets three hits, four RBIs off Snell in excruciating 8-5 loss  —  Freddy Sanchez hurt his shoulder diving for a ball hit by Milwaukee's Craig Counsell.  He stayed in the game and later homered.  —  Make it a sorry 17.

Rox's Daley making immediate impact  —  Hailing from Bucknell, hurler showing Bison belong in Majors  —  SAN DIEGO — Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., proudly heralds itself as the nation's largest liberal-arts university.  —  The school hasn't produced many Major Leaguers …

Phillies hold ailing Utley out of lineup  —  Bruised foot flares up; club hopes he can play Wednesday  —  ST. LOUIS — Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was held out of Tuesday's lineup against the Cardinals after his bruised right foot flared up during Monday night's 6-1 win.

Wright finding swing as Mets head home  —  New York (12-13) vs. Philadelphia (14-10), 7:10 p.m. ET  —  ATLANTA — It looks like David Wright is starting to come out of his funk.  —  That is good news for the New York Mets, who are returning to Citi Field for an eight-game homestand …