Willie's pitch: Try minors  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Brian Bannister (strained right hamstring) hopes he can pitch Tuesday, but the Mets will start taking a close look at Triple-A Norfolk's rotation to fill any potential void.  GM Omar Minaya named Darren Oliver - who picked up yesterday's win in relief …

Yanks become running joke  —  Loss extra annoying  —  A night of frustration, aggravation and irritation ended with the ultimate in Yankee indignation: Mariano Rivera getting knocked around.  —  Deflating as that may be, Rivera was hardly the biggest culprit in an exasperating 4-2, 10-inning loss to the Devil Rays at the Stadium.

Tampa topples Rivera  —  Even for the Yankees, there are nights when nothing goes right.  —  As Mariano Rivera watched last night's game unfold from the bullpen - with walk after walk after walk turning into one runner left on base after another - he chalked it up to "just baseball."

Old Met and Old Giant Make It All Seem New  —  SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 — There were usually about a dozen San Francisco Giants leaning along the railing of the third-base dugout whenever they batted on Wednesday, but Barry Bonds was not among them.  Bonds did not start the game, and he was nowhere to be seen.

Bonds hits homer No. 711 in big spot  —  Slugger belts pinch-hit dinger to tie game in ninth vs. Mets  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It was one of the seminal moments of the young season on Wednesday at AT&T Park.  Power against power in the ninth inning.  Billy Wagner closing for the New York Mets.

Highly-touted prospect throws bat at umpire  —  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Durham Bulls outfielder Delmon Young threw a bat into the chest of the home plate umpire after being called out on strikes in the first inning of Wednesday night's game at Pawtucket.  —  Young took a third strike on a 1-and-2 pitch.