Willingham, Suzuki Homer as As Beat Blue Jays  —  TORONTO (AP) — Josh Willingham and Kurt Suzuki homered, Rich Harden pitched seven strong innings for his first career win over Toronto, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night.  —  Harden (3-2) came in -3 with a 5.74 ERA …

Shields Throws 6-Hitter as Rays Top Royals 4-0  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — James Shields threw a six-hitter for his major league-best eighth complete games this season, Evan Longoria homered and had four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Tuesday night.

C.C. Sabathia: Just How Big a Problem?  —  ​Everything about C.C. Sabathia is big, so I guess it's natural that his flaws are also big.  After Saturday's disastrous outing with a 10-4 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway, Yankees fans must be worrying that C.C.'s big flaw could be fatal.

Clint Hurdle confident Pirates can take punch and bounce back  —  LAST UPDATED 34 minutes and 45 seconds ago … Clint Hurdle is in his first season as Pirates manager.  (AP Photo)

These Aren't the Angels You Remember  —  The Philadelphia Phillies traded Bobby Abreu in 2006, and soon they won the World Series.  Then the Yankees let Abreu go, and they won, too.  —  “My teammates, they wanted to have a ring,” Abreu said on Tuesday, sitting by his locker in the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.

Mets rally late again to beat Padres 5-4  —  NEW YORK—Rookie reliever Josh Spence walked light-hitting Ruben Tejada to force home the tiebreaking run and the New York Mets rallied late for the second consecutive game against San Diego's usually dependable bullpen, beating the Padres 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Tulowitzki's homer backs Rogers in Rockies win over Reds  —  CINCINNATI, Ohio — Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run homer, Esmil Rogers pitched just well enough for six innings and the Colorado Rockies sent the Cincinnati Reds to their fifth loss in six games with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night.

Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio able to walk in Denver hospital  —  CINCINNATI — Rockies rookie pitcher Juan Nicasio made progress Monday, walking for the first time since he was hit in the head by a line drive and the C1 vertebra in his neck was fractured Friday night.

Game 115: Mets vs. Padres at 7:10 pm  —  Tonight in Citi Field, the Mets will continue their four game series against the Padres at 7:10 pm.  —  Here are the starting lineups for tonight's game:  —  Chris Capuano (9-10, 4.44 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Mets.

Draft pick Houchins unlikely to sign with Nats  —  CHICAGO — Shortstop Zach Houchins, a 15th-round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, said Monday it is unlikely that he will sign a professional contract with the Nationals.  —  Houchins said he hasn't heard from the club since June …

Dustin Pedroia takes flight on SI  —  Here's the cover of the new Sports Illustrated.  Poor Terry Francona is never going to hear the end of this.

Jose Reyes' hamstring likely to cost him  —  Soon-to-be free agent shortstop probably won't get megacontract due to his leg woes  —  Just about every day in baseball, somebody's hamstring pops.  Most of them, we barely even notice anymore.  Kinda like an Ozzie Guillen rant or another Frank McCourt trip to the courthouse.

In-depth: DePo's state of the farm  —  Mets VP Paul DePodesta, who oversees the farm system and amateur scouting, takes time with ESPNNewYork.com to break down the organization's minor leagues. … “I certainly think we're making progress.  It's been probably well-documented from the draft …