Maddon in favor of expanded replay review  —  Below:  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon thinks Major League Baseball should examine controversial calls this season to see whether expanded instant replay would have an impact on those situations.

JENKS, WHEELER TO DL; HILL, ATCHISON UP  —  The Red Sox will place relievers Dan Wheeler and Bobby Jenks on the disabled list prior to Thursday's game against the Angels in order to clear roster spots for right-hander Scott Atchison (recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket) and left-hander Rich Hill (selected from Pawtucket).

Nationals' Stairs notches 100th career pinch-hit  —  PHILADELHIA — Matt Stairs' first hit of the season Wednesday night also was the 100th in his career as a pinch-hitter.  And that, he said, is the secret of the success that made the 43-year-old wonder the active leader in that specialty …

Tigers suddenly have teeth again  —  DETROIT  —  Five years have passed since the Detroit Tigers last reached the playoffs, five years since one swing turned Magglio Ordoñez into a Michigan folk hero, five years since the founding of a “Jim Leyland for Governor” Facebook group.

Tim Lincecum and Giants beat Mets 2-0  —  NEW YORK - Tim Lincecum struck out 12 to surpass Christy Mathewson for most double-digit strikeout games in Giants history and Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking single against his favorite opponent, lifting San Francisco over the New York Mets 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Dodgers are shells of their former selves  —  LOS ANGELES - Beneath the bluest skies, set amid towering palm trees, in a place where the game once grew with or without tending, baseball is ill.  —  It has become a charming old-timer who bounces the ceremonial first pitch and is cheered anyway …

Angels Top Red Sox 5-3 on Abreu's Single in 13th  —  BOSTON (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels closed out a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox early Thursday morning, getting a two-run single from Bobby Abreu in the 13th inning of a game that took more than 7½ hours to complete.

DeJesus' 2 HR's Power A's Past Indians 3-1  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — David DeJesus hit his first two home runs of the season, Trevor Cahill pitched another gem and the Oakland Athletics snapped Cleveland's seven-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night.

A Statistician Rereads Bill James  —  Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else.  In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work …

Wrapping it up from Fenway Park  —  A few post-game notes you may be interested in:  —  • Bobby Jenks, who warmed up at one point, couldn't pitch.  Terry Francona said his arm “cramped up.”  No word on his status in terms in terms of his short-term availability.

Wilson dominant as Rangers beat Mariners 5-2  —  SEATTLE—C.J. Wilson struck out 12 in a six-hitter while Mitch Moreland and Chris Davis homered off Seattle rookie Michael Pineda as the Texas Rangers beat the Mariners 5-2 Wednesday night.  —  Wilson (4-1) retired the final 14 batters in his fourth career complete game.

Yanks say Hughes will miss another 6-8 weeks  —  DETROIT — The Yankees will be without Phil Hughes for another six to eight weeks as team doctors continue to search for the cause of his mysterious loss of velocity.  —  General manager Brian Cashman on Wednesday revealed on a conference call that Hughes …