Dillon Gee mows down Marlins as Mets cruise to 4-0 win at Citi Field  —  Gee allowed just three hits and didn't let a runner get past second base while throwing a season-high eight strikeouts over eight innings of shutout ball.  The Mets put the game away with a three-run fifth that was highlighted by Chris Young's two-run home run.

Abreu sets rookie RBI mark for April  —  Cuban slugger drives in four runs on Sunday to give him 31 for the month  —  CHICAGO — Another day, another group of records for Jose Abreu.  —  The White Sox rookie first baseman, who started at designated hitter during Sunday's 9-2 victory over the Rays …

Burnett goes eight innings for first win, Phillies beat D'backs  —  PHOENIX — A.J. Burnett pitched eight sharp innings for his first win of the season and the Philadelphia Phillies ended a 10-game road trip with a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

Teixeira, Ellsbury lead comeback as Yankees beat Angels  —  NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira hit a tying homer and Jacoby Ellsbury scored the go-ahead run thanks to a passed ball and wild pitch in the eighth inning, sending the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night.

Bryce Harper lands on disabled list with thumb injury  —  Though the full extent of his left thumb injury remains unclear, the Nationals placed Bryce Harper on the 15-day disabled list with a thumb sprain after he visited a hand specialist and received an MRI on Saturday.

Cards option Wong, Robinson to Memphis  —  Grichuk, Garcia join big league club for series against Brewers  —  ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals may have jump-started their offense on Sunday, but that apparently didn't stop the organization from adding two players on Monday as the club seeks a sustained spark.

Difficult to figure out what Astros are doing these days  —  Brian Kenny, MLB Network's leading sabermetric crusader, calls the Astros the “team of the future.”  Maybe Kenny's prophecy will come to pass, maybe not.  But as the Astros wait for their prospects to develop, it's always something with them, isn't it?

Jeong Choi Aims To Play In MLB Next Year  —  Jeong Choi, the top third baseman in Korea and a former Korean Series MVP, is looking to make the leap to Major League Baseball next season, agent Melvin Roman tells Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.  The athletic 27-year-old is considered a five-tool player …

Jeff Samardzija ready to escape from Cubs' Alcatraz  —  MILWAUKEE — The ones who have left talk as if they've escaped.  —  As if the Cubs have become baseball's Alcatraz, where players do time until free agency or the inevitable trade while the lucky ones get reduced sentences by virtue of one-year flip contracts.

Freeman Singles in 10th, Braves Edge Reds 1-0  —  ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman's single to the center-field wall scored Jason Heyward from second base with two outs in the 10th inning on Sunday, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Exclusive: The Extended Donald Sterling Tape  —  Deadspin has acquired an extended, 15-minute version of the conversation between Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his then-girlfriend V. Stiviano.  If the original nine-minute tape acquired by TMZ left any questions about Sterling's opinions …

Rangers come back to beat Mariners 6-3  —  Every Ranger starter recorded a hit Saturday night, but it was the bottom of the lineup came up big in a 6-3 victory over the Mariners at Safeco Field.  —  A sacrifice fly from Mitch Moreland, the sixth hitter in the Rangers' lineup, provided the go-ahead run in the eighth inning.