Picturing the scene if Bonds is indicted  —  Barry Bonds' fate is in the hands of 23 anonymous Bay Area grand jurors who for the past year have reviewed evidence against the Giants slugger.  —  Thursday, they are expected to meet at the Phillip Burton Federal Courthouse in San Francisco …

Angels 7, Indians 5  —  Box score  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Joe Saunders pitched seven sharp innings in an emergency start for the ailing Kelvim Escobar and the Los Angeles Angels extended their longest winning streak of the season to eight games with a 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

Clines, Rothschild will sink or swim with Baker  —  Not many organizations would have gone this long at so bad a clip without at least a coach paying the price for an underachieving group of players.  —  The Houston Astros, who began Tuesday last in the National League with a .257 batting average …

Rain delay gives Loaiza fresh start and win against Orioles  —  BALTIMORE - The A's have come to expect rain delays at Camden Yards, but manager Ken Macha dreaded this one, particularly with a bullpen running on fumes.  —  After a one-hour, 27-minute break that halted play in the top of the third inning …

CUBS MIGHT PROVIDE BULLPEN HELP  —  July 19, 2006 — While there are very few stones making ripples in the trading pool, that hasn't stopped teams from doing their due diligence.  With the Yankees interested in upgrading their bullpen if the price is right, the Cubs, who have relievers to deal …

The hits keep coming for Padres in 10-6 victory  —  SAN DIEGO - Mike Piazza homered for his 1,999th career hit, Mike Cameron hit a two-run shot and Adrian Gonzalez had three more hits to lead the Padres a 10-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.

For Rangers, here's the deal: Don't deal  —  "Just do something" may be among the dumbest phrases uttered in baseball.  Make that double dumb when used in conjunction with trade deadlines.  —  What tends to happen when a general manager tries to "just do something" is that he ends up doing something stupid.

O's, Phils discuss swap … Hoping to bolster their offense at the non-waiver trade deadline for both the present and the near future, the Orioles have discussed sending starter Rodrigo Lopez to the Philadelphia Phillies for one of their two expensive outfielders, Bobby Abreu or Pat Burrell.

Giants could be looking to deal  —  The Giants are interested in trading for Nationals second baseman Jose Vidro, according to two major-league sources.  —  The disclaimer:  —  A third source with knowledge of the Giants' intentions says Vidro hasn't been discussed.

One-hit wonder  —  Lester's superb 8 innings leads Sox shutout of KC  —  With starters becoming an endangered species — Tim Wakefield's cranky back putting him at least temporarily out of commission along with David Wells (balky knee), Matt Clement (sluggish shoulder), and Lenny DiNardo …

BALTIMORE ORIOLES  —  Let's play a game called "Guess the Orioles Pitcher."  Here are three pitching lines from the 2006 season:  —  IP ERA K/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/BB  —  63.1 5.97 5.4 3.8 1.28 1.41  —  53.0 1.70 9.5 2.2 0.51 4.31

Sosa missing from list of Cubs' greats  —  Paul Sullivan wonders why a certain former slugger didn't make the cut In yet another of its "all-time greatest ..." promotions  —  Major League Baseball is asking fans to vote for the single greatest player from every organization.

King could be next reliever to hit road  —  Colorado interested in Red Sox's Seanez  —  Pittsburgh - Ray King spoke with David Cortes before the latter left.  King told him to clear his head and welcome work in Triple-A Colorado Springs.  But with the clubhouse door revolving, King wonders if he's next.

Notes: Kent on DL with oblique strain  —  Second baseman tried to play through injury but couldn't  —  PHOENIX — If Jeff Kent had shut down as soon as he felt the first twinge 15 days ago, he might be coming off the disabled list instead of going on it.  —  But Kent has earned peer respect as a gamer because he stays on the field.

Cubs coach cited for DUI  —  Chicago Cubs third base coach Chris Speier was arrested for drunken driving early Wednesday after being pulled over on his motorcycle on Chicago's Near North side, police said.  —  The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Dearborn Street …

Blown call, rain delay prolong Mariners' misery  —  Yankees win, get new life on disputed play  —  NEW YORK — The Mariners have had more than their share of extra-inning games lately — three times in five games since last week's All-Star Game.  —  Seattle has lost all three …