Joba Chamberlain had a strong one-inning performance for the Gulf Coast Yankees on Tuesday, striking out two in one inning in his third minor league rehabilitation appearance. Chamberlain is recovering from elbow surgery plus an open dislocation of his right ankle. He is scheduled to have a couple of days off now before he gets back in another game. Manager Joe...

Manager Joe Girardi sounded skeptical about the possibility of Mariano Rivera coming back to pitch for the Yankees this season. Rivera said on Monday that it was his plan to come back, and Girardi confirmed on Tuesday that Rivera is working toward that goal, but said time was running short. “He’s trying,” Girardi said, “and my anticipation will be that...

Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo and Albert Pujols all homered off the Detroit rookie in the first two innings, and the Los Angeles Angels went on to rout the Tigers 13-0 on Tuesday night. Alberto Callaspo and Kendrys Morales went deep later in the game. The Tigers were shut out for the first time in 159 games, a franchise-record streak that began last July 17 —...

Teams allocated $207.7 million to draft picks, down from $233.6 million last year though still the second-highest annual total, according to figures compiled by Major League Baseball. The decline in the first round was even more pronounced, a 17 percent fall from $89.5 million to $74.3 million this year. Just 10 teams exceeded their signing bonus pool,...

Francisco Rodriguez walked in a run before getting Lance Berkman to fly out with the bases loaded, nailing down his second save since taking over as the team’s closer Tuesday night. With the win, the Brewers took two out of three from the Cardinals, who have lost five of six. Wainwright (7-10) got off to a rough start and didn’t get...

The game was called after a 58-minute rain delay before the Yankees could come to bat in the seventh. Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones each had run-scoring hits in the first, and Dewayne Wise had two RBIs in a rare start for New York. The Yankees handed Ricky Romero his career-worst fifth straight loss and beat Toronto for the eighth straight time in the...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Veteran Tommy Haas rallied to upset defending champion Gilles Simon 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals of the German Tennis Championships. Haas beat Roger Federer for the title in Halle, Germany, in June and is looking to become the first home player to win the tournament since Michael Stich in 1993. ...

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Paul-Henri Mathieu of France beat Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) at the Swiss Open on Wednesday to reach his first quarterfinal this season. Mathieu, who was injured throughout 2011, earned the key points with the third-seeded Wawrinka converting just two of nine break chances in the second-round match. ...