After balk, Red Sox have a talk with Aceves  —  Alfredo Aceves is a talented pitcher.  He has allowed only 113 hits over 139.1 career innings with 33 walks and 94 strikeouts There aren't too many guys out there with a career 3.17 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP.  —  Part of his being good is being stubborn and a little arrogant.

Morrow Frustrated by Early Hook in Blue Jays' Loss  —  TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Morrow was peeved that he didn't get the chance to pitch out of trouble.  —  Morrow was lifted in the fourth inning, his shortest outing of the season, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-5 on Monday night.

White Sox use long ball to knock off Angels in Anaheim  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Edwin Jackson pitched seven superb innings for his first victory in more than a month, Carlos Quentin homered and drove in five runs, and the Chicago White Sox routed the Los Angeles Angels 8-0 on Monday night.

Dodgers Head Further Into the Darkness  —  The funny part is, what was a pretty solid start from Chad Billingsley is going to get lost in a sea of poor bullpen work, bad umpiring, the usual lousy Dodger offense, and the big scarlet L that got hung on Billingsley's chest.

A-Rod needs to fix it ... and fast  —  Overlooked in the Jeter hoopla has been Rodriguez, who hasn't homered since April 23  —  The New York Yankees have hit a major league-leading 54 home runs through the first 32 games of the season.  —  Only five of them have been hit by Alex Rodriguez.

Blanton, Phillies turn 4 DPs to beat Marlins 6-4  —  MIAMI - The Philadelphia Phillies turned four double plays behind Joe Blanton, who came off the disabled list to pitch five innings and earn his first victory of the season by helping to beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 on Monday night.

Astros sign ex-Ranger Ramirez to boost catching depth  —  1,090  —  With Carlos Corporan, who had a strong major league spring training, out for a month at Class AAA, the Astros have acquired a backup plan to their backup plan, signing former Rangers catcher Max Ramirez to a minor league deal.

Bankruptcy could help Frank McCourt retain control of Dodgers  —  Major League Baseball is said to be ‘looking hard’ at the possibility of that.  The league and his ex-wife would almost certainly oppose move, but court need not yield to MLB rules.  —  Major League Baseball is preparing …

Bob Allen  —  HOUSTON (KTRK) — Despite denials from Drayton McLane that a sale has been finalized, nearly everything has been agreed to with potential buyer Jim Crane.  —  All that's left to do is just a little fine-tuning before the sale of the Astros to Crane and his group is announced.

Trevor Cahill 6-0 for Oakland after 7-2 win at Texas  —  ARLINGTON, Texas - Trevor Cahill pitched seven strong innings to earn his sixth straight win to start the season and Josh Willingham homered and drove in five runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 Monday night.

Cleared vision helps Tampa Bay Rays' Casey Kotchman revive career  —  BALTIMORE — You can't hit what you can't see.  That time-honored baseball axiom was never more real to Casey Kotchman than when he stood at the plate inspecting pitches last season.  —  “It was kind of like looking through a dirty windshield wiper,” he said.

Iannetta leads light-hitting Rockies past Mets to snap skid  —  DENVER — Chris Iannetta broke a seventh-inning tie with a homer that barely cleared the left-field wall and the Colorado Rockies snapped their four-game skid with a 2-1 win over the New York Mets on Monday night.

La Russa to miss Cubs opener for treatment  —  ST. LOUIS—St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa will miss Tuesday's series opener at Chicago for medial evaluation of an affliction to his face and right eye.  —  The team says the examination will be at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.

Harper, Trout top list of the game's best minor league prospects … Baseball's best prospects are starting to find their way onto major-league rosters as teams try to shore up weaknesses and/or find out exactly what they have before trading season.  Within the past few days alone …

Why this should be it for Milton Bradley  —  Last night, I wrote that I didn't think the Mariners would be ready to part company with Milton Bradley and that I expected to see him in Baltimore.  —  Today, having slept on it and looking at things under the light of day …