Beltran All but Gone to the Giants  —  CINCINNATI — Carlos Beltran's jersey was still on view Wednesday afternoon in the same corner stall where it had been all week at Great American Ballpark, a lingering reminder of what was and no longer is.  —  Beltran, himself, was not around the Mets' clubhouse.

Giants Do Not Plan To Release Pat Burrell  —  11:00pm: The Giants are not releasing Burrell, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter).  —  9:37pm: The Giants are expected to release Pat Burrell to create roster space for Carlos Beltran, according to CSNBayArea.com.

Carlos Beltran OKs trade to Giants  —  CINCINNATI — Carlos Beltran has accepted a trade to the San Francisco Giants, leaving the New York Mets to join his new team after saying goodbye.  —  The Mets had received a 24-hour window to negotiate with the All-Star outfielder about waiving his no-trade clause.

Romero makes Bautista's early RBI stand as Jays defeat Orioles  —  TORONTO — Jose Bautista recovered from a scary incident to open the scoring with a first-inning RBI single, then Ricky Romero pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Wednesday.

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.

David Ortiz keeps up the power  —  Big Papi's slam earns his 1,000th RBI as Red Sox  —  David Ortiz found inspiration watching Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] and Dustin Pedroia [stats] open the Red Sox [team stats] half of the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs.