Mets-Padres Preview  —  Mike Piazza has recorded several memorable moments while playing for the New York Mets .  Now with the San Diego Padres , he can add one more at the expense of his former team.  —  Piazza looks for his 400th career homer when the Mets and Padres conclude their four-game series at Petco Park on Sunday.

A hair-raising incident: Papelbon takes wild walk on Mohawk trail  —  TORONTO - One of the stranger, and uglier, bets in Red Sox history was revealed yesterday inside the visitors clubhouse at Rogers Centre.  —  Prior to the Sox' 8-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, closer Jonathan Papelbon appeared …

Class Is Now In Session  —  Pay attention, please.  —  If you walk six batters in a game, you are likely to lose.  —  If you draw four walks in a game and do not take advantage of them, you are also likely to lose.  —  It was those base-clogging walks that helped do the Cubs in today …

Clement looks to play stopper  —  Boston (11-7) at Toronto (9-7), 1:07 p.m. ET  —  The Red Sox, with Matt Clement on the mound, will try to salvage the final game of this three-game series against the Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.  —  Boston needs a victory to avoid getting swept for the first time in 2006.

It's a day to remember for Rangers rookie pitcher  —  ARLINGTON - At 10:30 Saturday night, John Rheinecker outlined his previous 23 hours, which made up one of the most unusual days in his life.  —  Friday, 11:30, Memphis: Waiting at Autozone Park in Memphis, where the Oklahoma RedHawks …

Game Thread: Game 19 vs. the Brewers … Mama said there'd be days like yesterday, right?  Just like Opening Day I think it's best to just put it behind us, because in the grand scheme of things it means little.  —  The worst thing that happened yesterday was probably Eric Milton seeing Doc Kremcheck and having a bad MRI.

Unit losing inside edge  —  For a Yankee team that desperately needs Randy Johnson to pitch with dominance, his Tuesday night start in Toronto was obviously cause for concern.  Johnson had never lost a game after being staked to a four-run lead, and yet what seemed most alarming …

Notes: Koskie tries to make adjustments  —  Platoon situation makes it tough for veteran to find zone  —  MILWAUKEE — It took Carlos Lee a while to adjust to National League pitching when he joined the Brewers from the Chicago White Sox before the 2005 season.

Helton put on DL; illness remains mystery  —  Rockies' first baseman undergoing series of tests to determine cause of abdominal pain  —  One day after complaining of stomach pain, Todd Helton, the toughest player in Rockies history, landed on the 15-day disabled list with an undiagnosed illness.

Completing a win cycle  —  Garcia returns to form as last turn of rotation goes 5-0  —  OK, so the opposition hasn't exactly been the '27 Yankees.  But for one entire turn around the five-man rotation, White Sox pitchers have looked like ... well, like the White Sox starters in the 2005 playoffs.

Marlins offered Dontrelle for Wright  —  The Marlins made a bombshell trade suggestion to the Mets within the past several weeks - Dontrelle Willis for David Wright - people familiar with the brief trade talk told Newsday.  —  If the straight-up swap of young stars was at all intriguing to the Mets, they didn't show it immediately.

Bonds ends power drought with first homer  —  DENVER — Barry Bonds found his elusive power stroke in Denver's thin air.  —  Bonds homered for the first time this season Saturday night at Coors Field, sending a belt-high fastball from right-hander Aaron Cook 384 feet to left for his 709th career home run.

Milton's hurt  —  MILWAUKEE — Eric Milton has been scratched from his scheduled start tomorrow with "discomfort" in his left knee.  He's on his way back to Cincinnati to be examined by Dr. Kremchek.  Aaron Harang will come back early to start tomorrow.  —  Jerry Narron said the decision …

Cards Insider: Pujols is walking tall  —  Albert Pujols is tracking a career season.  He's got the walks to prove it.  —  It has become a rite of spring training for Pujols to list 100 walks as one of his few goals for the coming season.  That goal is one of few to elude the player …

Beltran still on pine  —  Randolph holds out hope, but centerfielder is not close to returning  —  SAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron, forever linked by that terrible collision last August at Petco Park, have recovered from those career-threatening facial injuries.

Milledge a Triple threat  —  Mets Minor League Report  —  Norfolk interim manager Tony Tijerina recently summoned Lastings Milledge for a meeting, but the outfield prospect wasn't in trouble by any means.  —  "I sat down with him and the staff and told him how impressed I've been with his maturity …