Yankees' A.J. Burnett visibly angry after Joe Girardi pulls him from 9-4 loss to Minnesota Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Joe Girardi might not have any problems with A.J. Burnett, but the righthander's struggles - not to mention his antics - may be starting to wear on the Yankees.

Brewers sweep Mets  —  NEW YORK — Prince Fielder drove in the go-ahead run on a botched potential double-play grounder in the eighth and Yovani Gallardo shut down the Mets for seven innings, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory Sunday for their first series sweep in New York.

Reds rally past Pirates, 5-4  —  PITTSBURGH — The Cincinnati Reds sent Pittsburgh All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan to his second loss in three days, scoring twice in the ninth to beat the Pirates 5-4 on Sunday.  —  Ramon Hernandez hit an RBI-single to tie the game with one out in the top …

Ubaldo Jimenez's trade was spurred by downturn in success, right offer from Cleveland Indians  —  The fallout from a late May meeting at Coors Field between general manager Dan O'Dowd and pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez shook the Rockies' world.  —  O'Dowd called Jimenez into his office.

Granderson's inside HR sparks Yanks over Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Rodriguez returned to the lineup and Curtis Granderson hit an inside-the-park home run to help the New York Yankees to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.  —  Rodriguez went 0 for 5 in his first game since July 7 …

Tigers sweep Indians, push lead to 4½ games  —  DETROIT (AP) — Center fielder Austin Jackson threw out Kosuke Fukudome at the plate to complete a game-ending double play and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a wild game Sunday.

Braves win 1-0, hand D-backs 5th straight loss  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hudson combined with two relievers on a five-hit shutout, Alex Gonzalez homered and the Atlanta Braves beat slumping Arizona 1-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.  —  The Diamondbacks have lost five straight to match their longest skid of the season.

Smith's go-ahead homer lifts Rockies past Dodgers  —  DENVER—Kevin Millwood pitched seven strong innings for his first big league win in nearly a year and Seth Smith hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh, leading the Colorado Rockies past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 to snap a string of 17 straight Sunday losses.

Sandoval's two-run homer in 11th lifts Giants over Astros  —  HOUSTON — Pablo Sandoval hit a tie-breaking two-run homer with two out in the 11th inning to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros Sunday.  —  The score had been tied at 4-4 since the fourth inning …

ABOUT MATT GELB AND BOB BROOKOVER  —  Bob Brookover and Matt Gelb team up for their second straight season covering the Phillies for the Inquirer and philly.com.  —  This is Brookover's second stint writing about the Phillies, having joined the coverage team before last season after seven years as an Eagles beat writer.

Big names on D-backs' coaching staff  —  Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, Charles Nagy, among others, calling the shots in Arizona  —  During an interleague series against Arizona in June, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen sat in the visitors dugout while the Diamondbacks coaching staff took their team through batting practice.

Florida Marlins pitcher Clay Hensley thrilled to participate in pre-game ceremony to honor Trevor Hoffman  —  Marlins pitcher Clay Hensley has been asked to participate in today's pre-game ceremony when the Padres will retire the No. 51 worn by retired closer Trevor Hoffman.

Minor league outfielder uses head to make strange triple play  —  I'm guessing that Nashville Sounds manager Don Money didn't have his team work on this during the spring.  —  But if the skipper does have a page in his notebook devoted to the ol' off-the-glove, off-the-head, make-the-catch …

Giants closer Wilson on DL due to ailing elbow  —  The San Francisco Giants placed closer Brian Wilson, who hasn't pitched since Aug. 15, on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with an inflamed right elbow.  —  Wilson  —  “We put him on the DL so we did not have the urge to push him,” …