Big Papi notches 400th career homer  —  OAKLAND — Red Sox slugger David Ortiz reached a key milestone Wednesday afternoon, belting career home run No. 400 in the top of the fourth inning against the Oakland Athletics.  —  His shot down the right-field line, which came against A's right-hander A.J. Griffin, tied the game at 1.

Marlins Acquire Carlos Lee  —  5:00pm: The Astros are covering all but the pro-rated minimum of Lee's $18.5MM salary, Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel reports (Twitter links).  The Marlins weren't on Lee's 14-team no-trade list.  —  4:17pm: The Marlins have played to a 38-42 record since changing …

Nats Have a Hot 4th, Beat Bumgarner, Giants 9-4  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Zimmerman's line drive to right-center kept going — and going and going — until it landed in the first row, highlighting another big Fourth of July for the resurgent third baseman as the NL East-leading Washington Nationals beat …

Ailing Haren makes Halos vulnerable with depth  —  CLEVELAND — One back ailment to Dan Haren, and suddenly the Angels — a team that has led the American League in staff ERA for most of the year — don't appear to have much starting pitching depth.  —  With Haren likely missing …

Lee Finally Wins, Phillies Erupt Late to Beat Mets  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Cliff Lee finally posted his first win of the season and the Philadelphia Phillies hit three late homers, breaking past the New York Mets 9-2 Wednesday and stopping a six-game losing streak.

Dodgers' Todd Coffey out for season  —  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Todd Coffey will miss the rest of the season with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow that will require Tommy John surgery.  —  Coffey  —  Coffey was roughed up for two runs in the eighth inning …

Yankees Claim McDonald, Designate Schwinden  —  The Yankees acquired Darnell McDonald from the Red Sox, the outfielder announced on his personal Twitter account.  The Yankees claimed McDonald off of waivers, Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger tweets.  The team designated Chris Schwinden …

Never underestimate Cardinals GM  —  A few weeks back, a high-ranking Cardinals official said that the team's strategy at the July 31 non-waiver deadline would hinge largely on the health of right-hander Chris Carpenter.  —  Well, that strategy is now defined.

Mets option Hefner to Buffalo, recall Beato  —  The Mets optioned RHP Jeremy Hefner to Triple-A Buffalo, the team announced.  —  Hefner allowed three runs and five hits in today's 9-2 loss to the Phillies.  —  Overall, Hefner has a 5.64 ERA in ten games and three starts for the Mets this season.