Chilling in Charm City  —  Red Sox ace dominates Birds to notch second victory  —  BALTIMORE — Frigid air filled Camden Yards on Saturday afternoon, with one exception.  It came in the form of the heat that emanated from Curt Schilling's right arm.  —  With two on and two outs in the bottom …

Notes: Lee relaxes deal deadline  —  Young Cedeno opens season on a hot streak  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee softened his call for a Saturday deadline to resolve his possible contract extension, but he did reiterate that he wants the matter resolved soon so he can focus on baseball.

Wells gives up seven runs in rehab start  —  PAWTUCKET, R.I. — David Wells was hit hard in a rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket, giving up seven runs and six hits in five innings Friday night.  —  "It is what it is, it's a bad night," said Wells, placed on the disabled list last Saturday — retroactive to March 27.

Mets get Vargas turned around  —  NEW YORK — When starting pitcher Jason Vargas left the Marlins' team hotel Friday for Shea Stadium, he got on a train and went in the wrong direction, ended up in Brooklyn and frantically doubled his way back to Manhattan before catching the right train.

Notes: Robinson awaits suspension  —  Reliever Rodriguez will likely sit for three games  —  HOUSTON — Nationals manager Frank Robinson said that he and reliever Felix Rodriguez face automatic suspensions after both were ejected by crew chief Rick Reed on Thursday against the Mets.

Notes: Belliard sits with odd injury  —  Tribe second baseman strains calf walking to the dugout  —  CLEVELAND — It's not often a player gets injured between innings.  —  But that's just what happened to Ronnie Belliard on Friday night.  —  The Indians' second baseman suffered a mild strain …

Brazelton set to take the bump  —  Colorado (2-2) at San Diego (1-2), 7:05 p.m. PT  —  Pitcher Dewon Brazelton's Padres debut on Saturday against the Rockies is arguably one of the more anticipated debuts for San Diego this season.  —  The 25-year-old came to San Diego in December in a trade …

Notes: Barmes finding his stroke  —  Colorado shortstop trying to settle in early in the season  —  SAN DIEGO — Colorado shortstop Clint Barmes did not begin this year with the thunder he took into 2005, but it's not too late to make early-season noise.  —  Last year, Barmes homered off …

Estes put on DL with elbow injury  —  Towers: No. 2 starter out four to six weeks  —  Shawn Estes knows the difference between pain and hurt.  —  "Every pitcher experiences pain and discomfort," Estes said.  "I feel discomfort almost every day.  Usually it comes and goes."

As a 'core guy,' Encarnacion must improve  —  CHICAGO  —  Four games are hardly a fair or indicative trial, but Cardinals right fielder Juan Encarnacion is struggling to get out of the gate in the early days of the season.  —  In Friday's 5-1 loss to the Cubs at a chilled, windswept Wrigley Field …

Is personal character A's latest way to find value?  —  Seattle — As readers of "Moneyball" know, the A's front office is always trying to find an undervalued commodity and take advantage of it.  First, it was on-base percentage, college pitchers, players who didn't fit prescribed physical modes.

Yanks' Star-Studded Lineup Falling Short on Hits  —  ANAHEIM, Calif., April 7 — The players in the Yankees' starting lineup have made 42 All-Star teams.  This season, they will earn about $110 million.  Together, they have more star power than a planetarium.  —  They will play under the weight of those facts all season.

Angelos turns up Comcast volume … WASHINGTON // Orioles owner Peter Angelos lambasted Comcast Corp. for monopolistic practices and implored the cable giant to televise Washington Nationals games during a congressional hearing yesterday on the standoff that has left 1.3 million D.C.-area households unable to watch their home team.