Rox land Contreras for Triple-A starter Hynick  —  DENVER — The White Sox surrendered Monday night, helping two teams in the National League West.  After an unsuccesful bid to get Arizona's Jon Garland, the Rockies acquired struggling White Sox starter Jose Contreras, someone they are very familiar …

Game 131: Yankees at Orioles (updated with postseason ticket information)  —  YANKEES (82-48)  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (11-6, 4.18).  —  ORIOLES (54-77)  —  Roberts 2B  —  Izturis SS  —  Jones CF  —  Markakis RF  —  Reimold LF  —  Mora 3B  —  Scott DH  —  Wieters C

Brad Penny headed to San Francisco Giants' rotation … Right-hander Brad Penny cleared waivers Monday and agreed to a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants on Monday.  —  Penny  —  Penny, 31, was 7-8 with a 5.61 ERA with the Red Sox this season and is 101-83 in his career.

Royals set to extend Moore's contract through 2014  —  The Royals have reached a tentative agreement with general manager Dayton Moore on a four-year contract extension that runs through 2014.  —  The new deal could be announced as soon as tonight.  —  The move confirms owner David Glass' belief …

Rich Harden and Aaron Heilman will stay with the Chicago Cubs  —  The waiver period for trades before the Sept. 1 roster deadline will come and go without the Chicago Cubs having made a deal, according to Major League Baseball sources.  —  Rich Harden, claimed by the Minnesota Twins …

New York Yankees announce 2009 postseason pricing  —  The Yankees today announced 2009 postseason ticket pricing for potential games at Yankee Stadium in the American League Division Series, American League Championship Series and World Series.  Prices for the vast majority of postseason tickets …

Pena, Rays' big first inning leads to win over Tigers  —  DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Pena and the Tampa Bay Rays headed into September on a high note.  —  Next up, a key series against the Boston Red Sox.  —  Pena hit his AL-best 38th homer and drove in four runs to help the Rays beat …

Sources: Angels unveil prospects in Kazmir trade  —  Two Angels prospects with major-league experience — Class AAA catcher Bobby Wilson and infielder Sean Rodriguez — are candidates to be the player to be named in the Scott Kazmir trade, major-league sources say.

Penny clears waivers, inks with Giants  —  Brad Penny went unclaimed on waivers and is a free agent as of this afternoon, sources said.  The Giants, Marlins, Yankees and Twins are among several teams interested in signing him as a free agent.

Getting Some Postseason Flexibility  —  The Phillies made a roster move today that offers them flexibility in the postseason.  —  They purchased the contract of injured right-hander John Ennis and immediately placed him on the 15-day disabled list.  To make room for Ennis on the 40-man roster …

Reds beat Bucs in Game 1 of DH in front of sparse crowd  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Darnell McDonald (FSY) scored from third base on Jesse Chavez's (FSY) wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning Monday, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sparsely attended first game of a day-night doubleheader.

Cervelli, Pena among potential callups  —  Duncan, Gardner also likely to rejoin team in September  —  NEW YORK — It grated on Yankees manager Joe Girardi earlier this year when he had to send both Francisco Cervelli and Ramiro Pena — two backups who had far exceeded expectations — back to Triple-A.

Josh Thole has been Promoted  —  The Mets have promoted catcher Josh Thole from Double-A Binghamton of the Eastern League.  —  He is expected to join the Mets in Colorado for tomorrow evening's game and will wear uniform No. 30.  —  Yesterday, Jerry Manuel said before the game that Thole might …

11-run lead almost not enough for Toronto in Texas  —  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adam Lind (FSY) hit a grand slam among his two home runs and had a career-high eight RBIs, powering Toronto to a big early lead before the Blue Jays held on for an 18-10 victory over the slipping Texas Rangers on Monday night.

Looking ahead to tomorrow  —  I have to take a furlough day on Monday.  These things have become pretty standard at newspaper's these days, and for whatever reason I wound up with one the day before September call-ups.  I'm not allowed to write or report on Monday, so I wrote this on Sunday night and set it to post this morning.

Surfing The Mets  —  On SIRIUS XM Radio's MLB Home Plate channel, ex-Met GM Jim Duquette reported the Mets canceled their fall instructional league for minor leaguers in an apparent cost-saving maneuver.  —  “There's a lot of talk and I believe this is information that has not gotten out,” said Duquette, the show's host.