Final Score: Mets 2 Phillies 1  —  The Mets defeated the Phillies by the score of 2-1 at Citi Field this afternoon.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV.  —  The Least You Should Know:  — R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and he was absolutely brilliant …

Reeling Red Sox Lose Again, 9-1 to Yankees  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter capped a six-run second inning with a three-run homer, rookie Jesus Montero had four RBIs in finishing a triple shy of the cycle and the New York Yankees stunned the reeling Boston Red Sox early in a 9-1 victory Saturday.

MLB will add wild-card teams, hold one-game playoff: sources  —  Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement for Major League Baseball are moving at a fast pace and one issue the sides have all but agreed upon is adding two wild-card teams and holding one-game playoffs in each league …

Orioles end Justin Verlander's streak, beat Tigers 6-5  —  DETROIT - Justin Verlander lost his streak of 12 consecutive winning starts, and the Baltimore Orioles went on to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers when Matt Angle executed a tiebreaking squeeze bunt in the ninth inning Saturday night.

Jackson interested in returning to Cardinals  —  ST. LOUIS — Right-hander Edwin Jackson realizes that Sunday's start against the Chicago Cubs could be his last in a Cardinals uniform.  —  And he wants to make the most of it.  —  “Being in a race and having something to pitch for the last week …

Mauer, Morneau, Nishioka to disabled list  —  CLEVELAND — The Twins have officially placed catcher Joe Mauer, first baseman Justin Morneau and shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka on the disabled list, the club announced on Saturday.  —  The Twins shut down Mauer on Sept. 16, when they announced …

Flanagan threatened suicide many times  —  SPARKS, MD. (AP)  —  Police records show former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan threatened to kill himself several times before committing suicide.  —  Flanagan won the Cy Young award in 1979 and was a member of the Orioles' 1983 world championship team.

Games of the Day  —  The Braves and the Cardinals both play early, so we should know a lot more about the state of the NL Wild Card race by early this evening.  Brandon Beachy of the Braves battles Chien-Ming Wang and the Nationals with the Braves magic number at three.

Jocketty re-ups to be Reds GM through 2014  —  PITTSBURGH — The Reds announced Friday that general manager Walt Jocketty has been given a three-year contract extension through the 2014 season.  Jocketty's original four-year contract was to expire at the end of this season.  —  Terms were not revealed by the club.

Harang Leads San Diego Past Los Angeles 3-0  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Kemp's pursuit of the Triple Crown took a hit when Aaron Harang threw eight sharp innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.  —  Kemp leads the NL with 119 RBIs and is tied for lead with 37 homers.

Angels out of AL West race after Jered Weaver's loss  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gio Gonzalez outdueled Jered Weaver and the Oakland Athletics scored the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning error, beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Friday night and eliminating them from the AL West race.

THOME HONORED BY INDIANS, WHO PLAN STATUE FOR HIM  —  CLEVELAND - All the memories, some fresh and some forgotten, have been chasing Jim Thome around this season — maybe his final season.  —  And as it nears the end, Thome knows his career may be ending, too.  —  “You can't play forever,” he said.