Brewers near deal for Giants' Durham  —  GM Melvin unavailable for comment; trade may set up platoon  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Brewers and Giants were poised Sunday morning to complete a trade that would send second baseman Ray Durham to Milwaukee.  —  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported …

Torrealba tired of backup role, talks of trade  —  A month after losing his job, catcher Yorvit Torrealba is losing his patience.  The veteran wondered aloud Saturday if he would be better off elsewhere.  —  “I am really happy for Chris (Iannetta).  He's done great, but I want to play,” Torrealba said.

White Sox's Guillen rips Rangers' closer Wilson  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  MINNEAPOLIS - In what seems to be becoming an annual event, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has a feud with a member of the Rangers.  It became official this weekend when Guillen teed off for a second …

Giambi, Pettitte propel Yankees to sweep of A's  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte outpitched Oakland All-Star Justin Duchscherer, getting just enough run support from Jason Giambi's homer and a sacrifice fly by Alex Rodriguez to help the New York Yankees hold off the Athletics 2-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.

Dodgers sign utilityman Ozuna  —  Torre says veteran's versatility is ‘safety net’ at three positions  —  PHOENIX — Having expanded their deadline search to include a third baseman and with manager Joe Torre saying he expects the club to be “active” in the coming 10 days …

Rays' Maddon miffed over plunking of Navarro  —  Dropping down: Outfielder B.J. Upton hit seventh, instead of his customary third, in the order and went 1-for-3 with a single, walk and strikeout.  —  Times]  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Rays manager Joe Maddon took issue with the Blue Jays plunking …

Cleveland Indians can choose one of four Brewers minor leaguers to complete CC Sabathia trade  —  Seattle- The player who will complete the CC Sabathia trade is on a list of four Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguers who the Indians are scouting.  It was previously reported the list contained only two players.

Pascarelli: Sunday Night Baseball … ANAHEIM, Calif. — The whole idea of chronicling streaks is nothing more than underlining an arbitrarily chosen slice of a season to prove a point — negative or positive — about a player, a team, a trend or whatever suits a statistician's obsession.

Every Given Sunday  —  Beating Expectations  —  Money was not an issue for Joe Nathan.  The contract offer that the Twins made to their closer during spring training was certainly fair in his mind, but Nathan also knew he could get a similar deal, and possibly a more lucrative one, by playing out the season and becoming a free agent.

Harris drives in 5, Nats rip Braves 15-6  —  ATLANTA (AP)—The Washington Nationals, again led by former Braves outfielder Willie Harris, made Atlanta look like a former contender.  —  Harris drove in five runs and reached base five times, Jesus Flores had four hits and Austin Kearns hit …

Mariners activate closer Putz from disabled list  —  SEATTLE (AP) — The Mariners activated closer J.J. Putz from the 15-day disabled list on Sunday.  —  Putz had been on the DL since June 12 with a hyperextended pitching elbow.  The 31-year-old right-hander, a first-time All-Star last year …

On seventh day, O's, fans perplexed  —  It has become known as “the streak,” an important lowercase distinction so as not to confuse it with the one crafted by Baltimore sports icon Cal Ripken Jr. and revered by his fans.  —  This one wasn't built by a single man.