Game 136: Yankees at Blue Jays  —  YANKEES (86-49)  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (12-6, 4.03).  —  BLUE JAYS (60-74)  —  Scutaro SS  —  Hill 2B  —  Wells CF  —  Millar 1B  —  Ruiz DH  —  Encarnacion 3B  —  Bautista RF  —  McDonald LF  —  Chavez C  —  Pitching: LHP Brett Cecil (6-3, 5.42).

Mets to Sign Teenager  —  This one is about is about as under-the-radar as it gets — according to ChuSpo, the Mets have agreed to sign Japanese teenager Taiki Kawasaki to a minor league contract.  Kawasaki is a 17 year-old left handed pitcher who had been training at Julio Franco's baseball academy in Florida.

Halladay's one-hitter snaps Yanks' streak  —  TORONTO - Apparently, there's nothing in the Joba Rules about pitching well.  —  Joba Chamberlain posted another abbreviated stinker Friday night, getting hit around for three innings in a 6-0 Blue Jays win at the Rogers Centre that snapped the Yankees' seven-game winning streak.

National League benefits greatly from mining AL rejects; more notes … John Smoltz, who posted an 8.32 ERA for the Red Sox, has turned his game around since getting to St. Louis and has a 2.65 ERA for the Cardinals.  Rafael Betancourt, who was an average reliever for the Indians …

Berkman unsure of baseball future  —  Houston (64-70) vs. Philadelphia (77-55), 6:05 p.m. CT  —  HOUSTON — When he signed a six-year, $85 million contract during Spring Training in 2005, first baseman Lance Berkman said he wanted to remain with the Astros for the rest of his career.

Marrero belts first Class AA homer as Senators return to .500  —  Chris Marrero blasted his first career Class AA home run, and the Harrisburg Senators opened their final series of the 2009 series with a 7-3 victory over Bowie in front of 2,953 at Prince George's Stadium.

Game 136: Cubs at Mets  —  The Mets will be trying to extend their winning streak to three this afternoon when journeyman Nelson Figueroa takes on the Cubs at Citi Field in the second game of a three-game series.  —  Figueroa is making his fifth start of the season and is coming off …

EX-YANK FRITZ RECALLED FOR FAMILY SWITCH  —  IN THE end, Fritz Peterson has tried to do the best he could in every situation.  —  When he swapped families with fellow Yankees pitcher Mike Kekich in the early '70s, he thought it was for the best.  Marilyn Peterson moved in with Kekich.

Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins Voted Winner of the Gillette Presents National League Rookie of the Month Award for August  —  Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan has been voted the August recipient of the Gillette presents National League Rookie of the Month Award.

Giambi's game-winning pinch hit helps Rockies rally past D'backs  —  DENVER (AP) — Jason Giambi (FSY) came through in the clutch again, delivering a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth to lift Colorado to a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Clemens strikes out with defamation suit  —  More than A year and a half after starting with a bang, the defamation suit Roger Clemens brought against his former trainer Brian McNamee ended with a whimper last week in Houston, where federal judge Keith Ellison of the U.S. District Court dismissed the case with prejudice.

FINAL: White Sox 12, Red Sox 2  —  (11:09, Game over, White Sox 12, Red Sox 2)Maybe the Red Sox will participate in this four-game series vs. the White Sox tomorrow.  Tonight they barely showed up.  The White Sox scored 12 runs by the fourth inning, mainly because of two 5-run innings in the third and fourth.

Near miss doesn't faze NY Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves … TORONTO — A rowdy fan caused a distraction on Thursday night when he threw a baseball from the stands that bounced off the ground and nearly hit Yankees relief pitcher Alfredo Aceves.  —  The fan — who celebrated his throw by raising his arms and cheering — was ejected.

Jonathan Papelbon of Boston Red Sox fined $5,000 for taking too long to pitch  —  Baseball's attempts to speed up the pace of the game have taken some getting used to for Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon — to the tune of thousands of dollars.  —  Papelbon was fined $5,000 …

HELMET NOT THE WRIGHT FIT  —  DENVER — It was the poor fit — and not the relentless national ridicule — that made him do it.  —  HUBBUCH ON TWITTER  —  That was David Wright's explanation yesterday for abandoning the comically oversized “Great Gazoo” batting helmet he donned to relentless teasing Tuesday.