Pedroia scores on Lough's throwing error; Sox beat O's  —  BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia scored from third on left fielder David Lough's throwing error with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 comback win over Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night.

Mets call up Bobby Abreu from Triple-A for Monday's game against Cardinals  —  Abreu signed a minor-league deal with the Mets this spring after being released by the Phillies.  His contract has an opt-out if he was not called up to the majors by April 30.  —  With the Mets desperate for punch …

MLB must evolve to let players express themselves without rebuke  —  Sorry, everyone.  I must have been busy waiting for Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales to sign when this transaction came across the wire:  —  NATIONAL LEAGUE — Named Gerrit Cole as Special Baseball Ethics Instructor to Carlos Gomez, succeeding Brian McCann.

Tigers release Gonzalez, call up Worth  —  Veteran shortstop replaced on roster with versatile 28-year-old infielder  —  DETROIT — Alex Gonzalez's tenure as Tigers shortstop is over after three weeks.  The Tigers released the 37-year-old on Sunday morning and called up infielder Danny Worth from Triple-A Toledo.

Minor eager to get back in Braves rotation  —  Mike Minor rejoined the Braves Monday after completing his rehab work Saturday in Gwinnett.  He'll throw a bullpen on Tuesday and if all goes well, he could rejoin the Braves rotation Saturday against the Reds, at the earliest.

Tyler Flowers hopes hot bat keeps him in White Sox' lineup  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — If Tyler Flowers keeps this up, manager Robin Ventura won't even want to take him out of the lineup.  That would be a good thing for Flowers, because the White Sox catcher wants the work.

Struggling Valverde re-assigned to setup role  —  NEW YORK — The first loss of Jose Valverde's season was the loss of his role.  Valverde struggled in the first two weeks of the year as the Mets' closer, and manager Terry Collins announced Sunday that he was switching to veteran Kyle Farnsworth …

Aroldis Chapman “likely” to face hitters Wednesday  —  PITTSBURGH — Aroldis Chapman is about to take the last major step before going out on the rehab assignment.  —  Chapman is tentatively scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday.  Chapman threw 45 pitches in a bullpen session Sunday.

CarGo feels ‘all right’ after exiting with knee tendinitis  —  Rockies left fielder leaves after running out inning-ending groundout in sixth  —  DENVER — Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez left Sunday's series finale between the Rockies and Phillies with left knee tendinitis after running …