Villanueva Fans 8, 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 …

Sheets Ends 2-Year Absence With Win Over Mets  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Ben Sheets pitched six scoreless innings in his first game in two years and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 6-1 on Sunday for their season-high seventh straight victory.  —  Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cabrera Steals Home in Padres' Win Over Dodgers  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-runner Everth Cabrera stole home to tie the game with two out in the ninth inning and Will Venable came around with the winning run when closer Kenley Jansen threw the ball past catcher A.J. Ellis …

Boras: Pirates could have offered Appel more  —  Could the Pirates have done more to sign Mark Appel?  —  And would it have been worth it?  —  We won't fully know the answer to the second question for a long time based on a lot of variables.  But a phone call from Scott Boras …

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.

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.

Sources: 10 teams pursuing Cubs' Dempster … CHICAGO — After pitching six shutout innings Saturday in a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks to extend his scoreless innings streak to 33, Chicago Cubs starter Ryan Dempster could not avoid questions about his seemingly inevitable departure from the organization.