Jerry Remy takes leave to recover from cancer surgery  —  NESN announced Wednesday that Red Sox color commentator Jerry Remy is taking an indefinite leave of absence to fully recover from the effects of cancer surgery.  —  “I want to focus on completing my recovery so that I can return …

Coke fizzles in 10th  —  Phil Coke and Carlos Pena have at least one thing in common: They both loved the second pitch Coke threw in the top of the 10th inning Wednesday night.  —  While the Yankee lefthander maintained that his 1-0 fastball to the Tampa Bay slugger was “as good as you're gonna get …

Phils lose despite Park's stellar effort  —  Righty tosses six scoreless innings; Feliz's error costly  —  NEW YORK — Chan Ho Park might have saved his job in the Phillies' rotation Wednesday night at Citi Field.  —  He also might have proved to himself that aggressiveness and confidence go a long way.

Perez put on DL, Takahashi goes to pen  —  The Mets were forced to shuffle their rotation again last night when they placed Oliver Perez on the disabled list with patellar tendinitis of his right knee.  As a result, Ken Takahashi will remain in the bullpen and Jon Niese will be called …

Pavano strong again as Indians beat Red Sox  —  BOSTON (AP) — Carl Pavano endured four injury-plagued years in which he gave the New York Yankees very little for their $39.95 million.  —  So far he's been a big bargain for the Cleveland Indians.  —  Pavano pitched his third strong game in three weeks …

Reds lose as Arroyo's night ends early  —  Starter lifted after giving up slam; Bruce, Phillips homer  —  CINCINNATI — The Reds have more road wins than any team in the Majors.  At home, they look about as comfortable as someone sitting on the crunchy plastic that might cover grandma's sofa.

Twins recall Tolbert, option Casilla  —  Infielder slotted in the No. 2 spot in lineup against Orioles  —  BALTIMORE — It's a bit of an old phrase, but Twins infielder Matt Tolbert really is just glad to be back.  —  Tolbert made the Opening Day roster in 2008 and had gotten off …

Bruney's still putting arm to test  —  When Brian Bruney went on the disabled list on April 25, the reliever said he hoped to be back when his 15 days had expired.  —  That isn't going to happen after he suffered a small setback this weekend, leaving the Yankees to wonder when they will see their primary setup man pitch again.

Nix gets starting nod at shortstop  —  White Sox manager Guillen opts to sit Ramirez  —  CHICAGO — A spot in Ozzie Guillen's doghouse has not officially been reserved for Alexei Ramirez.  Not yet.  —  But for the next few days, there also won't be an opening in the White Sox starting lineup …

When drafting pitchers, beware  —  Tom Boswell offers some stark numbers about the draft:  —  Since the MLB draft began in 1965, there have been 246 hitters who were chosen in the top 10 overall picks and 199 pitchers.  So 55 percent were hitters.  On 25-man squad, if 14 are players and 11 pitchers, then hitters are 56 percent.

New Home, New Atmosphere  —  Atmosphere is hard to define.  You can't write it on a budget and install it into a new ballpark.  It has to develop on its own, based largely on the events on the field.  And the Yankees are just 6-5 at home so far, with lots of bad weather and some brutal losses.

Both doom and gloom  —  The Yankees have the nicest clubhouse in the game.  It cleared out tonight like somebody tossed in a stink bomb.  —  A four-game losing streak will do that to a team.  The Yankees have eight losses in their last 12 and already have fallen 5.5 games out in the AL East assuming the Blue Jays hold on.

Halladay improves to 6-1 as Blue Jays crush Angels for 20th win  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Roy Halladay became baseball's second six-game winner and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Los Angeles Angels 13-1 on Wednesday night.  —  Halladay (6-1) joined Kansas City's Zack Greinke atop the victory list …