Hamels to miss Wednesday start  —  All-Star has mild left elbow strain, expects to go on DL  —  PHILADELPHIA — Add Cole Hamels to the long list of injured Phillies, with the team announcing Tuesday that their ace will miss Wednesday's scheduled start with a mild left medial elbow strain.

Beltran, Castillo rally Mets by Padres  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Wagner gave up the go-ahead run, then Trevor Hoffman blew a save.  —  On a night when two of baseball's best closers struggled mightily in the ninth inning, the New York Mets bounced back to win with one final rally.

Crisp, Lugo lift Red Sox over Devil Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the Boston lineup came up big.  —  Coco Crisp and Julio Lugo had two-run doubles during a five-run fourth to help the AL East-leading Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 on Tuesday night.

Former Indians pitcher Cabrera signed to deal  —  Reliever gets minor league contract; Redman aims to stay on next year  —  The Orioles have agreed to terms with former Cleveland Indians reliever Fernando Cabrera on a minor league contract for the rest of the season.

O's to extend Trembley's contract  —  Sources say he'll stay on as manager through next season after leading club to 29-25 record  —  Dave Trembley's audition lasted a little more than two months, long enough for Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail to decide that Trembley …

Radomski talks in Mitchell probe  —  Radomski offers up names of players, juicy details  —  Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who admitted selling steroids to scores of major leaguers, recently has provided names of users in a meeting with baseball's lead steroid investigator, George Mitchell, SI.com has learned.

Pitching signs from Rangers tough to read  —  This was to be the season the Rangers were absolutely, positively, without a doubt going to get some answers about their young starting pitchers.  —  So what have they found out?  —  Yeah, I'm waiting, too.  —  Less than 40 games remain …

Cabrera's help comes too late  —  MIAMI GARDENS — The Marlins needed one more well-placed hit and one more run during an 8-7 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Monday that extended their losing streak to six games.  —  It would have been nice to have Miguel Cabrera for more than one pinch-hit at-bat.

Red Sox get Carter  —  The Red Sox today received their "player to be named later" from the trade that sent Wily Mo Pena to the Nationals last week.  —  The Nationals acquired lefthanded-hitting first base prospect Chris Carter from the Diamondbacks, then shipped Carter to the Red Sox to complete the Pena deal.

Notes: Capuano penned in after loss  —  Phoenix - Prefacing his announcement by saying he didn't think Chris Capuano pitched that badly Sunday, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost nevertheless said Monday that he was reassigning the beleaguered left-hander to the bullpen.

What Are The Odds: Brandon Webb  —  On Wednesday night Brandon Webb will continue his assault on Orel Hershiser's 59 inning scoreless streak.  To this point, he has hurled 42 consecutive shutout innings, including complete game shutouts in his last three starts.

Bridgeport pitcher suspended three games  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - The minor league pitcher Jose Offerman attacked with a bat last week was suspended three games Tuesday for his role in the fight.  —  The independent Atlantic League also fined Matt Beech of Bridgeport Bluefish an undisclosed amount.

Redding leads Nationals to win over Astros  —  Ex-Astro deals 7 shutout innings; Jennings fails again  —  It was not a good idea to make assumptions Monday night at Minute Maid Park, where the Astros got the figurative equivalent of popcorn thrown in their faces, which is what one fan suffered …

Rockies first pitch  —  HANGING ON  —  Left-hander Mark Redman, an eight- year major league veteran, has signed a minor league contract with the Rockies and pitched for Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) on Monday.  —  He gave up five runs, five hits, two walks and struck out seven in five innings in Tulsa's 6-5 …