Schedule creates opportunity for Red Sox  —  Here is the Red Sox schedule for the next 22 games:  —  April 23-25: At Minnesota (3)  —  April 26-29: At Chicago (4)  —  April 30-May 2: Oakland (3)  —  May 4-6: Baltimore (3)  —  May 7-9: at Kansas City (3)  —  May 10-13: Cleveland (4)

Willis said to leave team w/o permission; Duquette still wants him for pen  —  Dontrelle Willis' interesting career has taken another interesting turn, as he has left the Orioles' Triple-A Norfolk team without permission and is at least temporarily on the restricted list.

Jeter Gets 4 Hits for Yankees in 7-4 Win at Texas  —  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Jeter had four hits to stretch his hitting streak to 13 games, Alex Rodriguez belted career home run No. 632 and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 on Monday night.

Scuffling Bautista finds ways to contribute  —  KANSAS CITY — Jose Bautista's slow start?  Looking closely at the stats, it might not be as slow as some think.  —  Bautista has led the American League in home runs in each of the past two seasons, driving in more than 100 runs both years.

Bumgarner, Giants Beat Mets for Doubleheader Sweep  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched seven neat innings, Pablo Sandoval homered to match a team mark set by Willie Mays and the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 7-2 Monday night for a doubleheader sweep.

The evolution of Roy Halladay  —  The last time I wrote about Phillies ace Roy Halladay, in the middle of spring training, he called it, “poor reporting on the extreme end of poor reporting.”  —  What I reported was that two scouts had expressed concern about Halladay's lack of velocity and sharpness …

For the Dodgers: It's the last homestand of Frank McCourt  —  That's right kiddies, it's the last go-round for Frank McCourt, Dodgers owner.  Don't get all weepy on me now.  —  No more pulling $189 million out of the team, only not to make payroll.  No more legally not paying taxes on his Dodgers earnings.

Boras: Mike Gonzalez Close To Signing New Deal  —  Free agent reliever Mike Gonzalez is throwing bullpen sessions for suitors and agent Scott Boras tells MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan that he expects his client “should sign in the next ten days” with a new team.  Boras also noted that Gonzalez …

How “Perfect” Was Philip Humber's Perfect Game?  —  You got a guy who is 29 years old and making a comeback from Tommy John surgery - and, to top it off, hasn't won a game this year.  He throws a perfect game and nobody - and I mean nobody, including me - wants to put a damper on it.

Rockies-Pirates postponed by rain  —  PITTSBURGH (AP)  —  Monday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies has been postponed by inclement weather.  —  The game was called six hours before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. first pitch due to a steady rain scheduled to fall throughout the area until Tuesday morning.

Final Score: Giants 6 Mets 1  —  The Mets lost to the Giants by the score of 6-1 this afternoon at Citi Field.  —  To get a full recap and boxscore, click here for SNY.TV.  —  The Least You Should Know...  - Tim Lincecum tossed 108 pitches and left the game in the fifth inning …

Recap: Terry talks Baxter, Tejada before today's game  —  Prior to today's doubleheader, Mets Manager Terry Collins spoke to the media and said the following, per SNY's Matt Dunn:  — Mike Baxter is starting in left field for game one because he wants to get him in the lineup.