Lester, Red Sox cool off Yankees to avoid home sweep  —  BOSTON — Jon Lester's strong performance saved the Boston Red Sox from another embarrassing weekend.  —  After losing 10-3 and 14-3 to the New York Yankees, the Red Sox salvaged the finale of their three-game series …

Perfect game takes GM by surprise  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  As usual, Billy Beane was working out.  —  Beane, the A's general manager, always works out at McAfee Coliseum during home games.

Sources: MLB to Seize Control of the Texas Rangers This Week  —  UPDATE: See additional information added to this report via the SportsBusiness Journal.  —  According to multiple sources, if the stalemate between Major League Baseball and a group of 40 creditors of Hicks Sports Group …

Mariners end eight-game losing streak against Angels  —  Ervin Santana is roughed up for four runs with two outs in the fourth inning of an 8-1 loss in Seattle.  —  Reporting from Seattle — It was hard to say what hurt the Angels more in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners, the balls that were hit or the ones that weren't.

Rays respect Braden's accomplishment  —  'He's a battler.  He's a competitor,' Shields says of opponent  —  OAKLAND — History repeated itself Sunday for the Tampa Bay Rays, but not in the way they wanted to make it into the record books.  —  For the second time in less than a year …

Giants update: Buster Posey not yet ready for majors, San Francisco GM Brian Sabean insists  —  Sabean: Posey still not ready for prime time  —  NEW YORK — Hot-hitting prospect Buster Posey remains at Triple-A Fresno because Giants officials are not convinced he is ready to catch in the major leagues yet, GM Brian Sabean said.

Post Game: Giants 6, Mets 5  —  The Giants (18-12) defeated the Mets (17-14) by the score of 6-5 this afternoon at Citi Field.  —  The Mets lost for the first time at Citi Field since April 21, ending their ten game home winning streak.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.tv here.

With win over Marlins, Nats continue to create new identity  —  One year ago tomorrow, the Nationals started a 10-day stretch of games that would define their 59-103 season.  It began with three softball-score losses on the West Coast: 10-8 to Arizona, then 11-7 and 9-7 to San Francisco.

Yanks-Tigers has look of a reunion  —  Even with Granderson sidelined, Damon a central figure  —  When the Yankees take the field at Comerica Park on Monday night, there will be an all-too-familiar face across the way.  Johnny Damon, one of the heroes of last season's World Series championship team …

Cardinals rout Pirates behind help from substitutes  —  PITTSBURGH — When Internet zealots caught wind of the Cardinals' lineup Sunday morning, they no doubt went into apoplexy, given that the Cardinals already had lost four of the first six games on this trip.  No Matt Holliday, no Colby Rasmus, no Skip Schumaker.