Perfectly bad baseball: Sloppy Rays aid Schilling, Sox  —  Major League Baseball advised the umpiring crew prior to the ongoing series at Fenway Park to keep an eye out for any signs of recurring bad blood between the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, two teams who have had a series of skirmishes over the past seven years.

Angels place Colon on 15-day DL  —  Hurler has inflammation in right shoulder  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Angels placed Bartolo Colon on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with inflammation in his right shoulder, retroactive to Sunday.  —  Right-hander Hector Carrasco will take Colon's spot …

Never Wright off Braves  —  Hudson, three errors by third baseman lift rival Mets can't beat  —  The Mets just didn't have enough health, enough hitting, enough fielding or enough luck to get through three days against the Braves.  That only made the Mets realize how amazing it is that a team can go 14 years without letting up.

Greinke begins his return to baseball  —  Right-hander working out at Surprise, Ariz., complex  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Zack Greinke had thrown a bad bullpen session at Spring Training and he went for a talk with Royals manager Buddy Bell in his office.  —  "People assumed that he was going to yell at me," Greinke said.

Padres take control early vs. Rockies  —  Four-run first inning solidifies Padres' victory  —  DENVER — It was night and Day for the Padres on a brisk, sunny Wednesday at Coors Field.  —  Rebounding from the frustration of stranding 14 base runners in an 11-inning loss on Tuesday night …

Notes: Hernandez placed on DL  —  Sore back sidelines starting second baseman; Matsui recalled  —  NEW YORK — The pained look on Anderson Hernandez's face said it all.  —  "Not good," Hernandez said, wincing.  "Bad."  —  Hernandez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday …

Zambrano looks clueless in defeat  —  NEW YORK — Welcome to Victor Zambrano's world, where winning streaks and early April optimism go to die.  —  Gone, in five miserable innings, was the Mets' perfect aura, the one that turned a midweek series with the Braves into a miniature October showdown.

Cubs rally past Dodgers  —  Chicago wins, but loses Lee and Eyre in the process  —  LOS ANGELES — After the pitching clinics that were put on during the first two games of this series, Wednesday's 5-4 Cubs victory can't quite compare, but in a way, it may have revealed an important part …

Development OK'd for Hialeah land; area potential ballpark site  —  · With the focus of stadium talks now on Hialeah, the city and the Marlins got a boost Wednesday when Miami-Dade County Commissioners agreed to allow development on a swath of land in the western portion of the city.

Boos, booze make for an ugly combo in Busch bleachers  —  The new spin coming from the mouths of some of the grumbling louts who have turned certain parts of Busch Stadium's bleachers into an X-rated sewer is that they are all a part of some slowly emerging class struggle.

Yanks minor league manager killed in crash  —  NEW YORK —New York Yankees minor league manager Oscar Acosta and team official Humberto Trejo were killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, the New York Post reported Thursday.  —  Acosta, the manager of the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie League …

Jays leave Randy blue  —  Unit gives up seven runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings  —  TORONTO — File this one under the category, Worst-Case Scenario.  —  Seemingly everything that could go wrong for the Yankees happened last night, starting with their ace.  Randy Johnson couldn't do anything right.

Two Tribe relievers exit injured  —  Miller likely bound for DL; Betancourt's status uncertain  —  BALTIMORE — Two Indians relievers were casualties of the sixth inning of Wednesday's 18-9 loss to the Orioles, and at least one is likely headed to the disabled list.

Phillies' offense relying on home runs  —  CHUCK DIGS the long ball.  —  Still, even manager Charlie Manuel knows that the Phillies have to find a way to score other than knocking fat pitches over the fence.  And that's tempered the euphoria of the 4-2 road trip that ended Sunday.