Francoeur stays hot in Mets win vs. Nats  —  Outfielder's two doubles, two runs drive New York's offense  —  NEW YORK — Though not renowned for his sense of style, Jeff Francoeur is mindful of how he dresses.  He plans his wardrobe; i.e., which jeans go best with which T-shirt, and do his kicks match the ensemble.

Game 149: Yankees at Mariners (updates with Kennedy being called up)  —  YANKEES (94-54)  —  Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (17-7, 3.42).  —  MARINERS (77-71)  —  Ichiro RF  —  Gutierrez CF  —  Lopez 2B  —  Sweeney DH  —  Beltre 3B  —  Johjima C  —  Hall LF  —  Tuiasosopo 2B  —  Wilson SS

Pedro Martinez leaves Philadelphia Phillies game after 3 with stiff neck  —  ATLANTA — Pedro Martinez left his start after three innings because of neck stiffness in Philadelphia Phillies's game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.  —  Martinez  —  Martinez was trailing 3 …

On the Beat  —  Weekend Wrapup  —  Just two in-season managerial changes have been made this year in the major leagues.  As a result, t will be interesting to see how many there will be once the season ends in two weeks.  Of the two made during the season, one has been credited for making …

Easy prey for Red Sox  —  Another game, another victory over Orioles  —  BALTIMORE - Any meeting between the Red Sox [team stats] and Baltimore Orioles is an intersection of two teams heading in entirely different directions, resulting in a predictable outcome.  —  Since the All-Star break, the Orioles are 20-44.

Measuring the managers  —  Scioscia and Tracy led the way this year  —  A common theme heard about Yankees manager Joe Girardi is, “Even I could manage a team of All-Stars and with a payroll that big.”  —  There's some truth to that, but there's a flip side.

Wright says beaning remains in the back of his mind  —  If David Wright were a different sort of athlete and a different sort of man, he would say he doesn't think about it when he gets in the batter's box.  —  He would say he doesn't think about the 93-mph fastball from San Francisco's Matt Cain …

Great American power outage ends  —  In the homer column: The Marlins went an unthinkable 22 innings without a home run at Great American Ball Park before Jorge Cantu made it a 1-1 game in the fifth with a solo shot off Bronson Arroyo.  Through Friday among National League stadiums …

Rosenthal's Full Count Video: Dodgers, DeRosa, Cubs, Managers, General Managers  —  Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com has a new Full Count video up, so let's dive right on in...  - Southpaws Randy Wolf and Clayton Kershaw are likely to start the first two games of the playoffs for the Dodgers …

Roger Clemens Responds to NYBD on Twitter  —  It's a sad day when a former sports icon hits a new low.  We have seen it with the A&E special on Jose Canseco earlier in the year and now Roger Clemens has turned to social media in order to spin his web of deceit.

Rosales … PHOENIX(AP) Leading the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks by three runs in the third inning, the Colorado Rockies looked as if they would solidify their hold on the NL wild card lead.  —  “And then nothing,” Colorado manager Jim Tracy said.  “That was the end of the road.”