Final: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0 (11 innings)  —  Game over: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0  —  Rookie Brett Lawrie crushed a Wheeler pitch into the stands in center with two outs to end it.  Knew that was coming eventually.  —  Back later with a report on Beckett.  The Sox are now 2.5 games out and have dropped four of five.

Sandoval homers twice, Bumgarner whiffs 13 in Giants beat Padres  —  SAN DIEGO — Pablo Sandoval homered twice, lefty Madison Bumgarner struck out a career-high 13 in 8 1-3 innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the last-place San Diego Padres 7-2 on Monday to remain seven games behind …

Joe Girardi sticking with six Yankees starters for now; A.J. Burnett, Phil Hughes get another start  —  Ah, the joy of six.  The Yankees just can't get enough of it.  —  The Bombers once again have canceled plans to move one of their six starting pitchers to the bullpen; they will continue to go with a six-man rotation indefinitely.

In Praise Of Wins (Sort Of)  —  Every now and again here, you might have noticed, I will throw a few body blows at the bloated concept of “pitcher wins.”  But — and I don't know if I've ever made this clear — I would not want pitcher wins to go away.  For one thing, they are fun to argue about.

Yankees win 5th straight behind Jesus Montero, Robinson Cano  —  NEW YORK - Jesus Montero broke a fifth-inning tie with his first major league home run, then hit a two-run drive in the seventh to help the New York Yankees outlast the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 Monday for their fifth straight win.

Orioles notes: Reynolds commits two more errors at third base  —  Most recent struggles help make case for full-time move to first base next season  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Mark Reynolds is making the Orioles' pending decision this offseason on whether he'll play first or third base in 2012 an easy one.

Humber throws 7 shutout innings, White Sox win 2-1  —  MINNEAPOLIS—Philip Humber pitched seven scoreless innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Monday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.  —  Juan Pierre had three hits and scored a run for the White Sox, who ended a four-game skid.

Tampa Bay's Shields Throws 11th Complete Game  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — James Shields pitched a four-hitter for his major league-best 11th complete game and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 5-1 on Monday.  —  Shields (14-10) struck out six and walked two.

Tigers top Indians, 4-2, extend lead  —  CLEVELAND - Doug Fister struck out a career-high 13, Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 on Monday to extended their AL Central lead to 7½ games.  —  Fister (7-13) improved to 4-1 …

Shake-up needed to save Twins from complacent ways  —  Bill Smith needs to hire someone to make tough decisions for him; might I suggest Wayne Krivsky?  —  ANAHEIM, CALIF. - Joe Mauer's illness this weekend prompted one of his teammates to play a prank, so when he walked to his locker Sunday, he found a handful of surgical masks.

Garza, Ramirez lead Cubs to 4-3 win over Reds  —  CHICAGO—Matt Garza got enough run support to pull out a rare home win.  —  Garza pitched effectively into the eighth, Aramis Ramirez had a tiebreaking two-run single, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Monday.

James McDonald solid as Pirates drop Astros 3-1  —  PITTSBURGH - Ryan Doumit had three hits, James McDonald pitched into the eighth inning for the first time this season and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday.  —  Josh Harrison added two hits and Derrek Lee hit …

Despite Jered Weaver's struggles, his arm seems fine  —  Ace right-hander has had some tough outings recently.  'Sometimes you're going to be out of sorts,' Manager Mike Scioscia says.  —  Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver delivers during the fourth inning of Sundays game against the Texas Rangers.

Umpire Joe West explains Marlins-Phillies replay flap  —  Veteran umpire Joe West just answered a few questions about the controversial play in the sixth inning of today's 5-4 Marlins win over the Phillies in 14 innings.  —  And you know what?  I'm as confused as ever.

Angels rotation could be key to success  —  BOSTON  —  Know what I'm starting to think?  That if the Angels win the AL West, they actually might sneak their way into the World Series.  —  The Angels feature three ace-caliber starting pitchers — Jered Weaver, Dan Haren and Ervin Santana.