White Sox keep ace Buehrle with four-year deal  —  Mark Buehrle won't be the biggest ticket available at the trading deadline.  —  The White Sox ace agreed to a four-year, $56 million contract with Chicago on Sunday, taking the most attractive pitcher on the rumor mill off the market.

Tigers hit 3 HRs off Dice-K, sweep BoSox  —  DETROIT (AP) — Gary Sheffield and the Detroit Tigers made Daisuke Matsuzaka pay for his lackluster location.  —  Sheffield hit one of Detroit's three homers off the Japanese star, Curtis Granderson took a home run away from Boston and the Tigers beat …

Fight Saves a Run?  —  A very weird play just happened in Oakland.  With the Mariners trailing 3-2 in the top of the seventh, Seattle loads the bases against Joe Blanton.  Ibanez then hits a double to left field.  The throw comes in to Crosby, who throws home trying to get Lopez.

A-Rod, Yankees power past Angels 12-0  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees held their own home run derby Sunday.  —  Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano hit three-run homers and the Yankees hammered their way into the All-Star break, routing the Los Angeles Angels 12-0.

Rios final AL participant in HR Derby  —  Blue Jays right fielder named before Indians game Sunday  —  TORONTO — Blue Jays right fielder Alex Rios has agreed to be the final American League participant for the 2007 State Farm Home Run Derby in San Francisco.

Dodgers' Hu leads World to win at Futures Game  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Chin-Lung Hu is known for his slick fielding at shortstop more than a big bat.  The Los Angeles Dodgers' prospect showed Sunday he can hit a little too.  —  Hu had a pair of RBI hits and stole a base to lead the World team …

Astros top Mets 8-3 behind Oswalt, Burke  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Burke has been waiting all year to get into an offensive groove.  —  Now that he finally has, capping a big weekend with a two-run homer in Houston's 8-3 win over the New York Mets on Sunday, he's not happy about waiting until …

Striking performance … ARLINGTON, TEXAS // When he recorded his last strikeout on a night full of them, Erik Bedard pounded his glove with his fist and then hugged his catcher, Ramon Hernandez.  It was a display of emotion the Orioles have rarely seen from the stoic Bedard, but it certainly was fitting for the occasion.

WAGNER: I'D BENCH LOAFER REYES  —  Jose Reyes is lucky he doesn't have Billy Wagner meting out his punishment.  —  "I think speaking only as if I was the manager - not Willie - he wouldn't play," Wagner said before last night's 5-3, 17-inning victory over Houston.

Bay's 4 RBIs lift Bucs over Cubs 6-2  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason Bay's All-Star break got a lot better with only two swings of his bat.  —  Bay, slumping for more than a month, hit a two-run home run off Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano while driving in four Pirates runs and left-hander Shane Youman held Chicago …

Mets' Maine misses out on another All-Star avenue  —  HOUSTON - John Maine was snubbed again yesterday.  Not by National League All-Star manager Tony La Russa, but by his fellow players.  —  Maine was passed over for a spot on the All-Star team when Arizona righthander Brandon Webb was named …

Manny to SF?  —  Manager Terry Francona told the media (or, rather, us) that Manny Ramirez is suffering from a bout of "intestinal turmoil" and will not be in the lineup today.  The intestinal turmoil apparently started yesterday.  —  Francona did say that he didn't think it would affect …

July 7 — WHY NOT MADSON?  —  DENVER — That, ladies and gentlemen, is not a happy Charlie Manuel.  —  This picture was taken a few moments after Yorvit Torrealba's two-out single gave the Rockies an improbable 7-6 win last night.  Improbable, I say, because the Phillies were leading 6-1 in the sixth inning.