Adrian Beltre goes deep twice, Red Sox sweep Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Adrian Beltre homered twice and David Ortiz [stats] went deep yet again to lead the surging Boston Red Sox [team stats] to an 11-3 victory and three-game sweep of the baseball's-best Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

Post Game: Mets 5, Phillies 0  —  The Mets (24-23) defeated the Phillies (26-19) by the score of 5-0 tonight at Citi Field.  —  The Mets are now one game over .500, are 18-9 at home, and have gained four games on the Phillies since Saturday.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.tv here.

Buehrle, Guillen ejected for arguing balks  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—White Sox starter Mark Buehrle  —  and manager Ozzie Guillen have been ejected in Chicago's series finale against the Cleveland Indians for arguing two balk calls.  —  Guillen was tossed in the second inning Wednesday …

Zaun has labrum injury, no surgery for now  —  Brewers catcher Gregg Zaun has a torn labrum in the front of his right shoulder and said he might retire if the injury lingers deep into the summer.  —  Zaun put his chances of playing this season at “50-50.”  The doctors have recommended …

Source: Yankees bring back Gaudin … redfish  —  Oh joy!  0-2 with an 8.83 ERA in 12 appearances in the powerhouse AL West before being released.  Can he play the outfield?  So we lose a very good pitcher and replace him with a very bad pitcher.  Brian logic.

Rivera gets two saves as Yankees sweep Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ten days ago, the Minnesota Twins used a grand slam to fuel a rare victory over Mariano Rivera and their long-running American League nemesis, the New York Yankees .  —  How's this for a response?

ABREU DRIVES IN WINNER IN NINTH AS ANGELS EDGE BLUE JAYS  —  The Sports Network  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bobby Abreu hit an opposite-field RBI single with two out in the ninth inning, atoning for an error that led to the tying run in the top half, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Wednesday.

Luke Hochevar goes 8 innings as Royals top Rangers 5-2  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Billy Butler homered and Luke Hochevar pitched eight strong innings to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.  —  Butler went 2 for 3 to raise his average to .348, second in the American League.

Strasburg's debut could come against Bucs  —  June 8-10 series tentatively planned for phenom's first start  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Nationals are tentatively planning to have right-hander Stephen Strasburg make his Major League debut against the Pirates at Nationals Park in June, according to a team source.

Tampa Bay Rays' Sean Rodriguez okay after encounter with stingray  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Infielder Sean Rodriguez earned a painful distinction this week he could do without: the first Ray to be stung by a stingray.  —  Rodriguez was on the beach Monday morning behind his Redington Beach rental condo …

Mets on Twitter  —  Phillies reliever Nelson Figueroa said in his two years with the Mets, he gave the team “blood, sweat, tears, my heart and my soul.”  —  Now he wouldn't give them the time of day.  —  After being shocked by his release from the Mets in early April and landing …

Dodgers can't back Kershaw's quality start  —  Furcal has rough game with two errors, 0-for-4 performance  —  CHICAGO — There was plenty of blame to go around Tuesday night, but Rafael Furcal wasn't sharing it.  —  “It was not a pretty day for me,” said the Dodgers' shortstop.