Jose Lima, former All-Star right-hander, dies at 37 in Los Angeles  —  NEW YORK — Former All-Star right-hander Jose Lima died Sunday morning at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 37.  —  The cause of death was ruled a heart attack, according to his wife, Dorca Astacio.

ENCARNACION BELTS FIFTH HOMER IN SERIES; JAYS DOWN D-BACKS  —  PHOENIX - Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista each hit two-run homers, and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided a three-game sweep with a 12-4 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.  —  The major-league leaders in home runs brought …

Who is the most overrated hitter in the major leagues?  —  (Elaine Thompson, Associated Press / May 23, 2010)  —  Four views on today's issues  —  Single out Ichiro  —  What's the definition of “most overrated?”  You could look at it just in terms of hitting ability …

Philadelphia Phillies scouting White Sox's Bobby Jenks and J.J. Putz  —  CHICAGO — The Philadelphia Phillies are among a couple of teams looking at the Chicago White Sox and trying to project which players will be available if the the White Sox don't get back into the American League Central race over the next few weeks.

Nationals express interest in Oswalt  —  Astros ace recently requested trade to contending team  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals are looking to improve their rotation and have expressed interest in trading for Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt, according to a baseball source.

Rays overcome Price's struggles to beat Astros  —  HOUSTON - John Jaso homered and drove in four runs, Ben Zobrist and Hank Blalock added solo shots and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame a shaky start by David Price in a 10-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Detroit Tigers' Austin Jackson not playing after getting beaned  —  LOS ANGELES — Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson did not play in Sunday's interleague series finale against the Dodgers after getting beaned the night before by Ramon Troncoso.  —  “He has a little bit of a headache …

Livan a tough test for anemic Giants offense  —  The Nationals and Giants have both gotten off to strong starts this season, and as we stand near the season's quarter-water mark, both find themselves squarely in the thick of things in their respective divisions.

Tulowitzki, Giambi supply power, punish Royals ace Greinke  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sometimes, you just have to file things under “It's baseball.”  —  How else to explain the Rockies' 11-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday?  —  The Rockies had scored 11 runs in the first four games of their seven-game road trip.

Peralta drives in go-ahead run to lift Indians over Reds  —  CLEVELAND - Jhonny Peralta singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning Sunday to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 and snap a six-game losing streak.  —  Cincinnati failed to earn its first series sweep in Cleveland.

Doumit's homer in 10th leads Pirates over Braves  —  PITTSBURGH - Ryan Doumit homered with two outs in the 10th inning off Takashi Saito for his third hit, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday and avoid a three-game sweep.  —  Doumit's first career game-ending homer …

Small ball killing the minuscule Mariners  —  Padres 2, MARINERS 1: A day after winning in 15-8 romp, Seattle bats go silent again in loss to San Diego … As the one-run losses stack up against the Seattle Mariners, the emphasis on playing small ball - one of the team strengths a year ago - has provided more problems than solutions.