Villanueva Solid as Blue Jays Beat Indians 3-0  —  TORONTO (AP) — Carlos Villanueva struck out a career-best eight in six scoreless innings, Jose Bautista had two hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 Sunday afternoon.  —  Making his third start of the season …

Adrian Gonzalez returns to lineup  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Despite being characterized as “real doubtful” by manager Bobby Valentine yesterday, Red Sox [team stats] first baseman Adrian Gonzalez will return to the lineup this afternoon …

Sale Wins 8th Straight, White Sox Top Royals 2-1  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Sale won his eighth straight decision, Adam Dunn homered in his third straight game and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Sunday.  —  Sale (11-2) is 8-0 with two no-decisions since a May 12 loss to the Royals.

Final Score: Braves 6 Mets 1  —  The New York Mets (46-43) lost to the Atlanta Braves (49-39) today by a score of 6-1. … For a complete box score and game recap, check out SNY's In-Game Live.  —  Brian Erni: Let's begin with the disaster that was the sixth inning.

Angels hang on to beat Yankees and avoid sweep  —  NEW YORK — Kevin Jepsen got Alex Rodriguez to pop out with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels took advantage of New York's baserunning follies to beat the Yankees 10-8 Sunday.  —  With seemingly no lead safe recently …

Phillies coast past Pomeranz, Rockies at Coors Field for series win  —  In order to beat Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels on Sunday afternoon, the Rockies required a mistake-free start from rookie lefty Drew Pomeranz and some big hits.  —  They got neither.

Mitchell Report laid groundwork for major strides  —  Major League Baseball's steroid policy has been successful, and now with expanded human growth hormone blood testing all season long rather than just in spring training a possibility, according to Players Association executive director Michael Weiner …

Upton scratched A's off his veto list  —  Late Friday night, I tweeted, “Justin Upton could have been perfect for the Athletics.  The problem: They're on his no-trade list.”  —  Correction: The Athletics were on Upton's no-trade list.  They no longer are, according to sources with knowledge of his contract.

Ludwick's HR sends Reds over Cards 3-2 in 10th  —  CINCINNATI—Ryan Ludwick homered in the 10th inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.  —  Cincinnati's surge has moved it back into first place in the NL Central.