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.

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.

Tulowitzki, Giambi supply power as Rockies beat KC  —  Kansas City, Mo. — File this one under “That's baseball”: The Rockies hadn't scored more than four runs for eight consecutive games, but scored five on Sunday against a Cy Young award winner.  —  In one inning.

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.

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.

Pujols has heated exchange with La Russa  —  First baseman Albert Pujols and manager Tony La Russa on Saturday played down a heated exchange between the two after Pujols was left standing at the plate Friday on right fielder Ryan Ludwick's unsuccessful steal attempt.

Game 45: Red Sox at Phillies  —  The Red Sox can win the series but will have to figure out the great Roy Halladay to do it.  Here are the lineups:  —  RED SOX (23-21)  —  Jacoby Ellsbury CF  —  Dustin Pedroia 2B  —  Victor Martinez C  —  Kevin Youkilis 1B  —  J.D. Drew RF  —  Adrian Beltre 3B

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 …

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 …

Harper lifts CSN to Junior College World Series  —  Four HRs, 10 RBIs power CSN to title  —  LAMAR, Colo. — On a sweltering, wind-swept afternoon in a nondescript town, Bryce Harper grabbed a bat and took his best shots, and in doing so he authored another colorful tale that will be retold for years by the few who witnessed it.