After Carlos Beltran trade, Mike Pelfrey goes the distance, Mets pound Bronson Arroyo and Reds 8-2  —  CINCINNATI - Nearly every Met gathered at a local steakhouse Tuesday night.  Carlos Beltran invited them and paid the tab.  The next evening, he made a brief pregame stop in the clubhouse, then left to become a San Francisco Giant.

Red Sox bats take care of Royals  —  Like a runaway train, or partisan bickering in Washington, the Red Sox [team stats]' bats just don't stop.  —  For the third time in four games and the seventh time this month, they produced a double-digit run total last night at Fenway Park [map] — and that was before the fifth inning.

SPORTS BASEBALL  —  Rasmus' dad blasts Tony La Russa  —  Former St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Colby Rasmus was traded to the Blue Jays on Wednesday.  (GETTY IMAGES)  —  Report an error  —  TORONTO - … Not so, says the man supposedly in Rasmus' ear.

Indians Very Close To Acquiring Kosuke Fukudome  —  11:02am: A Cubs source told ESPN's Jim Bowden the prospects are outfielder Abner Abreu and reliever Carlton Smith (Twitter link).  —  10:30am: Hoynes tweets that the Indians are paying $775K of Fukudome's remaining salary, which would leave about $3.9MM for the Cubs.

Yankees keeping an eye on Dodgers' Kuroda  —  The Yankees remain uncomfortable with the high price tag of Ubaldo Jimenez, but also equally uncomfortable with the state of their rotation behind CC Sabathia.  —  Thus, they are remaining in regular contact with the Dodgers about Hiroki Kuroda.

Derek Jeter 3K film out Thursday  —  NEW YORK — Derek Jeter allowed cameras to follow him during his pursuit of 3,000 hits partly because “if and when” he has children, he'd like them to be able to see him as a player.  —  In the hour-long documentary that premieres Thursday night on HBO …

Crawford out with elbow strain  —  Carl Crawford said this morning that he has a strained left elbow and had a cortisone injection on Tuesday night.  He hopes to return to the lineup tomorrow night in Chicago.  —  “It has been bothering me for a little while, more when I throw than with my swing.

Burroughs is back, but not his old habits  —  SAN DIEGO — Micah Owings heard what his Diamondbacks teammate Sean Burroughs stated.  —  He just couldn't believe it.  —  “You were running from light poles?”  Owings said.  —  “No,” Burroughs said, quickly correcting Owings.  “I was talking to them.”

Father Raymond J. de Souza: Honouring Roger Maris, baseball's moral champion  —  Sunday was Blue Jays day at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., with former general manager Pat Gillick and second baseman Roberto Alomar inducted.  The first Blue Jays to make it to the Hall …

Angels' Santana no-hits the Indians  —  FOX Sports Ohio  —  CLEVELAND  —  It took a little more than six years, but Angels pitcher Ervin Santana finally got his revenge on the Indians.  —  And what revenge it was, as Santana threw the first no-hitter in Progressive Field history …

Danks strikes out 10 as White Sox top Tigers  —  CHICAGO — Alejandro De Aza hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Wednesday.  —  De Aza, who was called up earlier in the day to fill a roster spot opened by a trade …