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).

Florida Marlins perfect since clubhouse spat, beat Washington Nationals 9-6  —  WASHINGTON — Maybe a little clubhouse friction was just what the Marlins needed to spark a final push for the playoffs.  —  Hanley Ramirez returned to the starting lineup Friday night and drove in two runs …

Kansas City Royals' Jose Guillen shutting it down for the season  —  Kansas City Royals outfielder Jose Guillen is out for the season, according to ESPNdeportes.com's Enrique Rojas.  —  Guillen  —  “I won't play anymore for the rest of the season to recover well from the injury,” …

Red Sox-White Sox: Updates  —  (6:24, Game Over, Chicago 5, Boston 1)  —  Tough start to this four-game series for the Red Sox losing the first two games of the four-game series.  Gavin Floyd struck out a career-high 11 batters, allowed three hits and no walks over eight innings in a superb performance.

D-Backs-Dodgers deal hits snag  —  D-Backs feel Dodgers did not act in good faith in swap sending Garland to LA  —  When the Diamondbacks agreed Monday to send pitcher Jon Garland and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named, they expected that player to be Tony Abreu …

Red Sox complete Wagner trade  —  CHICAGO _ The Red Sox sent minor-league first baseman Eddie Lora to the New York Mets as part of the trade that brought left-handed pitcher Billy Wagner to Boston on Aug. 25.  —JOE McDONALD

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.

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 …

METS' SMALL-BALL THEORY HAS A FEW BIG PROBLEMS  —  THE METS are not moving the fences in at Citi Field or lowering them for 2010, they say, because they want to capitalize on their philosophy of speed, defense and pitching.  —  SHERMAN ON TWITTER  —  HUBBUCH ON TWITTER

Madden: Where has September drama gone? … Say It Ain't So  —  “We don't know how long this lasts.  It could be a year.  It could be less than a year.  Who knows?  Whatever is in store, I'm ready for a new adventure.”  —  Iconic Detroit Tigers broadcaster and one of baseball's all-time gentlemen …

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.