Yankees rough up Glavine, Mets 11-8  —  NEW YORK (AP) — While the Mets and Yankees are heading in opposite directions, Tom Glavine remains stuck on 295 wins.  —  Derek Jeter hit a go-ahead homer, Alex Rodriguez also connected and the New York Yankees roughed up Glavine in an 11-8 victory …

Patterson Struggles in Rehab Start  —  John Patterson used a variety of deliveries from the stretch and the windup during his rehab start Friday night in an attempt to rediscover the motion that would provide the best timing for his pitches.  —  That motion had been on hold since May 6 …

Top-heavy lineup pays dividends  —  Pedroia, Drew record eight of Red Sox's nine hits vs. Giants  —  BOSTON — Top-heavy?  Certainly.  Over the top?  No doubt.  Either way, the Red Sox had no complaints with the new 1-2 punch of J.D. Drew and Dustin Pedroia basically taking over Friday night's …

Prime cuts: Rating the interleague rivalries  —  The naysayers have come out loud these past few weeks, preaching about the pitfalls of interleague play.  Some of the gripes make perfect sense — what's the need for Pirates-Rangers, it's unfair that the Mets play the Yanks six times but the Marlins play the D-Rays, etc.

Weaver's OK with the hook  —  Pitcher isn't angry with Scioscia for taking him out in the sixth inning.  —  As Mike Scioscia strode to the mound to remove Jered Weaver with one out in the sixth inning Saturday at Dodger Stadium, the Angels right-hander stood motionless …

Cubs, Padres brawl at Wrigley  —  Derrek Lee among four ejected  —  The Cubs are feeling like human pincushions these days, and Alfonso Soriano says they're not going to take it anymore.  —  Soriano's moonwalk out of the batter's box Friday after his home run onto Waveland Avenue certainly irritated …

Arizona hands O's seventh straight loss  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks stumbled into Baltimore after dropping three straight and six of seven.  They had fallen from first place to third in the NL West, their offense was struggling and beating American League teams was a daunting task.

'Sides' was one of a kind  —  If you followed Red Sox baseball over the last 30 years, you knew Larry Whiteside.  At least you knew his byline.  You knew his work.  —  Those of us in the press box and the Globe sports department were more fortunate.  We knew the man.  "Sides."

Floyd: I was going to catch it  —  Deflected ball in deep right recalls Bartman debacle  —  Cliff Floyd did his best Moises Alou impersonation in the sixth inning of Friday's 4-1 victory over the Padres, screaming at a Cubs fan for reaching out over the right-field basket and interfering with what Floyd believed was a catchable ball.

Jennings trade looks even worse.  Bruntlett gets his shot.  —  If you didn't like the Jason Jennings trade last winter, you're going to like it even less today.  He's winless.  He's hurt again.  He wouldn't be enough to rescue this train wreck of a baseball team, and unless he gets well …

Lowe fans 11 as Dodgers drop Angels  —  Righty opens Freeway Series with dominant performance  —  LOS ANGELES — All those years in Red Sox Nation had Derek Lowe ideally prepared to face the Angels on Friday night.  —  "You get killed pitching scared to American League teams," he said.