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 …

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.

Oakland's Braden is perfect against Rays  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Braden definitely owns the mound now.  —  Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history on Sunday, shutting down the majors' hottest team and leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays .

Giants halt Mets' 9-game home winning streak  —  NEW YORK (AP) — After Brian Wilson watched Jason Bay 's shallow fly take a wild ride in the wind and end up falling in for a leadoff double in the ninth, he changed his approach.  —  He focused on strikeouts.

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.

Dodgers pin first loss of year on Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez  —  LOS ANGELES — Jim Tracy was asked before today's game whether Ubaldo Jimenez could really be as humble as he seemed.  —  “Come on, he's not humble, is he?”  Tracy said.  “How many words did you get?  Did you get to 10?”

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 …

Will Fontenot Become Trade Bait For Cubs?  —  Second baseman Mike Fontenot may not fit in with the Cubs' long-term plans if Starlin Castro lives up to expectations, writes Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times.  Castro has knocked Fontenot out of the starting lineup as he has taken …

Blackburn, Twins blank Orioles in Mauer's return  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A few adjustments have paid big dividends for Nick Blackburn .  —  Blackburn threw seven strong innings, Denard Span had his third three-hit game of the month and the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.

LEWIS' THREE-RUN HOMER IN 9TH RALLIES JAYS PAST WHITE SOX  —  CHICAGO — Fred Lewis hit a three-run homer off Bobby Jenks and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-7 on Sunday.  —  Jenks (1-1) failed to retire any of the four batters he faced.