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.

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

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 …

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 …

Season Ticket Holders Won't See Big Rise For Yanks Postseason  —  Those expecting to hear of a price gouge for Yankees postseason tickets might be surprised.  —  It's not coming.  —  CNBC has seen the final face value prices that the Yankees submitted to Major League Baseball and increases …

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.

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.

Lee homers drives in four, leads Astros over Cubs  —  Carlos Lee hit a two-run home run and drove in four runs, leading the Houston Astros to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.  —  Lee has hit 20 of his 31 homers against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.  He added a two-run single.

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 …

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.

Sources: Chicago White Sox put Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome on market  —  The Chicago White Sox look to be throwing in the towel.  —  The team has distributed a memo to a number of teams in the league informing them that a number of Chicago veterans are available in trade.