TORONTO (AP) Brett Lawrie is in the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays a day after his altercation with an umpire.

Blue Jays manager John Farrell says Lawrie hopes to apologize to umpire Bill Miller for hitting him with his batting helmet after being ejected from Monday's game.

Lawrie was tossed in the ninth inning after complaining about strike calls. When he threw his helmet on the ground, it bounced up and hit Miller in the hip.

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WASHINGTON (AP) Roger Clemens' lawyer toyed with Brian McNamee's memory and attacked him from several directions at once. The attorney even put an easel next to the witness with the words: "MISTAKE. BAD MEMORY. LIE." Eventually, there came the inevitable question: "Do you sometimes just make stuff up?"

McNamee has frequently taken long pauses before answering questions in three days on the witness stand, but he didn't hesitate this time. He leaned into the microphone and said softly but assuredly: "I didn't make it up." Read More...

CHICAGO (AP) Kevin Hickey, who pitched in six major league seasons with the White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles before taking a coaching job with Chicago, has died. He was 56.

The team said Hickey died Wednesday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He had been in intensive care following his transfer from a Dallas hospital last month after missing the team's workout before Opening Day. A cause of death was not disclosed. Read More...

BALTIMORE (AP) First Mariano Rivera, now David Robertson. The New York Yankees are running out of healthy pitchers to put in the closer's role.

Robertson was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained muscle in his left ribcage. The right-hander was working as the fill-in closer for Rivera, who is likely sidelined for the season after tearing a knee ligament on May 3. Read More...

BOSTON (AP) Josh Beckett did exactly what he needed to satisfy the fired-up fans at Fenway Park.

Beckett pitched his best game of the season, striking out nine and scattering four hits over seven innings as the Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday, extending Boston's winning streak to five. Read More...

WASHINGTON (AP) Stepping back into the batter's box after an 8-minute rain delay to face Stephen Strasburg with a 3-2 count, two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the first inning, San Diego's John Baker guessed what was coming.

Fastball. Read More...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher on Tuesday after Albert Pujols and many of his teammates got off to dismal offensive start this season.

Hatcher's dismissal was announced about 90 minutes after the Angels had 12 hits in a 4-0 victory over Oakland. A day earlier, Los Angeles lost 5-0 to the Athletics - its major league-worst eighth shutout loss already this season. Read More...

BALTIMORE (AP) Pitching well as a rookie in the big leagues is difficult enough. Dominating the New York Yankees is something else entirely.

After seven games with the Baltimore Orioles, Wei-Yin Chen appears comfortable doing both. Read More...

CHICAGO (AP) Three quick swings and the Detroit Tigers wiped out a six-run deficit as if it was nothing.

Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Raburn and Austin Jackson all homered in an eight-run sixth inning Tuesday, powering the rally that produced a 10-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Read More...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks scored each of their runs in bases-loaded situations. The Los Angeles Dodgers kept putting runners on, and stranding them.

That was the difference between Wade Miley and Chad Billingsley on Tuesday night. Read More...