Gorzelanny's effort might be rotation-clincher  —  VIERA, Fla. — Nationals left-hander Tom Gorzelanny had his best outing of the spring on Sunday afternoon, pitching five innings and allowing two runs on four hits in a 6-1 loss to the Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Peavy shut down after feeling shoulder pain  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the matter of approximately 16 hours, Jake Peavy went from a veritable White Sox roster lock to almost certainly not being part of their Opening Day active ranks on April 1 in Cleveland.  —  “Ah, he will be in Cleveland …

Pujols gets bases-loaded magic back  —  • In the course of winning his second straight National League Most Valuable Player award in 2009, the Cardinals' Albert Pujols hit five of the 11 grand slams he has hit in his career and knocked in an astounding 35 runs with 10 hits in 17 bases-loaded at-bats.

Jacoby Ellsbury has long-ball potential  —  Ascending to new power  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  FORT MYERS — It took Rickey Henderson six years to top 10 homers in a season, and he finished his career with 297.  Johnny Damon didn't even reach double digits until …

Amaro gives scout Levis a second chance  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - All Jesse Levis wanted was a second chance.  The Phillies have given it to him.  —  The former star catcher for Northeast High School and All-America at North Carolina, was quietly hired by the Phillies as a professional coverage scout this offseason.

Bud Selig doesn't enter the fray regarding Frank McCourt  —  The commissioner, on a visit to Camelback Ranch, says he's monitoring the Dodgers' ownership situation and wouldn't comment beyond that.  —  Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is interviewed during a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks …

All-Star Teams in Bonds Case: The Lawyers  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds will walk into United States District Court here on Monday ready for a contest likely to be tougher than any baseball game or home run race he ever took part in.  —  Nearly four years after his initial indictment …

Cueto returns to Cincinnati  —  (Tom Groeschen reporting today from Phoenix, where the Reds are visiting the Brewers in a 4:05 p.m. start)  —  PHOENIX - Johnny Cueto's elbow seems fine.  His shoulder seems fine.  But, the Reds won't have any news until Monday regarding Cueto's biceps ailent.

Mets owners say lawsuit ‘work of fiction’  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The owners of the New York Mets fired back Sunday, filing their response in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to a $1 billion lawsuit alleging they knew, or should have known, Bernard Madoff was operating a Ponzi scheme.

Late HRs Lift Dodgers to 9-7 Win Over White Sox  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Corey Smith and Jaime Pedroza homered in the eighth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a wild 9-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.  —  Smith hit a three-run shot to tie the game and Pedroza followed …