Sosa Is Said to Have Tested Positive in 2003  —  Sammy Sosa, who joined with Mark McGwire in 1998 in a celebrated pursuit of baseball's single-season home run record, is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.

Mets 6, Orioles 4: Wright leads Mets in multiple ways  —  Say this about David Wright: He's becoming a leader in Carlos Delgado's absence.  Wright was captured by cameras confronting Mike Pelfrey in the visitors' dugout at Camden Yards after Pelfrey departed in the sixth inning of what became a 6-4 Mets win Tuesday.

Wakefield's arm, Ortiz's bat propel Red Sox past Marlins  —  BOSTON (AP) — Tim Wakefield's ninth win moved him another spot closer to the AL lead, and the Boston Red Sox think it might finally be the 42-year-old knuckleballer's chance to make his first career All-Star team.

Willis to miss next scheduled start  —  Leyland yet to name starting pitcher for Saturday  —  ST. LOUIS — Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced on Tuesday that struggling lefty Dontrelle Willis will not make his scheduled start on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers …

Former Brave Farnsworth bitten by his bulldog  —  Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas City Royals right-handed reliever Kyle Farnsworth had his left index finger bandaged Tuesday after being bitten by one of his two bulldogs.  —  Farnsworth received four stitches from the bite after breaking …

Rizzo: Reports of firing Acta have ‘no basis’  —  With uncertainty about his job status swirling around Manny Acta since reports first surfaced that the Washington Nationals manager was about to be fired, Acta has maintained his usual sense of calm, saying he doesn't read or listen to what's said about him.

Houston Astros' Ivan Rodriguez ties MLB record for games caught  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Ivan Rodriguez tied the major league record for games played as a catcher Tuesday night, when he caught against his original team.  —  Rodriguez, now with the Houston Astros, caught his 2,226th career game against Texas …

Florida Marlins: Fredi Gonzalez apologizes, handles Hanley HBP flap  —  Fredi Gonzalez was back to his usual self Tuesday.  The Hanley Ramirez hit by pitch flap has been addressed and left in the rearview mirror.  —  “I have spoken to all parties involved and that's it,” Gonzalez said.

Johan has healthy skepticism over Peterson's comments  —  BALTIMORE - Two days after surrendering a career-high nine runs during a 15-0 shellacking at Yankee Stadium, Johan Santana reiterated yesterday that he is healthy.  Speaking before Tuesday night's series opener, the ace tried …

Rays put an end to Rockies' 11-game winning streak  —  DENVER (AP) — Evan Longoria, Carlos Pena and the Tampa Bay Rays powered their way past Colorado 12-4 Tuesday night, snapping the Rockies' 11-game winning streak with a franchise-best 11 extra-base hits.  —  Longoria and Pena hit two of the Rays' five homers.

Congrats to Chien-Ming Wang  —  Chien-Ming Wang and his wife Chia-Ling are proud parents.  Justin Jesse Wang arrived this morning in NYC.  He checked it at 7 pounds, 12 ounces.  —  J.J. Wang is a good name.  Sounds like a shortstop maybe.  —  My Taiwanese friends say that in their culture …

White Sox-Cubs postponed by rain  —  No makeup date yet; Danks, Dempster face off Wednesday  —  CHICAGO — Ozzie Guillen had one of his unique theories as to why Tuesday's opener of the Crosstown Showdown at Wrigley Field was covered by a deluge of rain, eventually leading to the first cancellation …

Blue Jays snap skid, score five runs in the 10th to top Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scott Rolen singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays went on to score four more runs to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Tuesday night.

Rupp homers twice to lead Texas past Arizona State  —  OMAHA (AP) — Texas' comeback ability was again on full display on Tuesday night.  —  Cameron Rupp hit two homers and had four RBI as the top-seeded Longhorns overcame an early six-run deficit for a 10-6 win over Arizona State in the College World Series.