Giles Hits, Blum Slides and Padres Win in 14th  —  SAN DIEGO, April 21 — The only greater mystery than Carlos Beltrán's injury status Friday was how the Mets could solve the Padres' pitching.  —  The Mets learned the first answer in the seventh inning.  They are still waiting for the second.

Cautious Rothschild keeps Wood out of rookie contest  —  ST. LOUIS — The last thing the Cubs needed Thursday in the wake of finding out that Derrek Lee's right wrist was broken was to hear that Kerry Wood couldn't pitch that day in a rookie game in Arizona because of muscle tightness.

Bonds hitless as Giants blow lead in loss  —  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Rockies won one for their ailing slugger.  —  Garrett Atkins' run-scoring single capped a four-run rally in the ninth inning, lifting the Rockies over the San Francisco Giants 9-8 on Friday night.

Vazquez no-hitter slowly rolls away  —  Check-swing single ends Sox pitcher's bid  —  CHICAGO — Javier Vazquez watched the ball roll down the third-base line, his bid for a no-hitter riding on where it landed.  Third baseman Joe Crede had no play, either.  He was too far back.

Sox halted by Jays in 12 innings  —  Beckett, bullpen can't hold four-run lead in eighth  —  TORONTO — With a complete-game gem tantalizingly close enough to taste, Red Sox right-hander Josh Beckett instead ended the night all but feeling he got hit by a skunk.

Soriano's three homers lift Nats  —  Washington downs Atlanta with four-run eighth inning  —  WASHINGTON — A wild pitch by Mike Remlinger and Alfonso Soriano's third home run of the game helped the Nationals defeated the Braves, 7-3, in front of 24,597 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on Friday night.

Anna laughs last at Mets  —  Anna Benson was so nervous last night watching her husband Kris pitch against the Yankees at the Stadium that she put an impromptu interview on hold for half an inning.  All topics were taboo at first, including the Mets, the trade of her husband to Baltimore, her recent divorce filing and her followers.

Q&A - Mike Piazza  —  So much was going on with the Mets game last night (Julio Franco becoming the oldest major-leaguer ever to homer, the comeback win, Kaz Matsui's inside-the-park homer and stellar double-play turn), we didn't really give Mike Piazza his due in the paper today.

Marlins drop Philly to 2-8 at home  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Scott Olsen threw his changeup for strikes, kept runners out of scoring position and looked smooth and relaxed pitching at a notorious hitters park.  —  FOX Bite  —  Videos  —  Marlins down Phillies  —  All of those parts could have normally helped add up to a win.

Cubs 1B Lee out with broken right wrist  —  Cubs 1B Lee out with broken right wrist  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee broke two bones in his right wrist in a collision with the Dodgers' Rafael Furcal and is expected to be in a cast up to six weeks.

Trade won't solve Phillies' pitching woes  —  The Phillies believe left-hander Randy Wolf could be the equivalent of a mid-season acquisition, figuring that he might return from elbow-ligament transplant surgery by late June.  But even if Wolf meets the Phillies' optimistic projection, he alone can't fix their pitching problems.

Yankees top $1B in Forbes valuation  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees became the first baseball team valued at more than $1 billion in the annual estimates made by Forbes magazine.  —  The Yankees' value increased 8 percent to $1.026 billion, the magazine estimated in its May 8 issue, which was released Thursday.