With his 4 strikeouts in today’s outing against the Cincinnati Reds, Pedro Martinez passed the 3,000 strikeout threshold in his career. He is the 15th person in MLB history to achieve this spectacular feat.

The Red Sox still need to figure out what to do with Clay Buchholz for the rest of the season.

Josh Willingham has improved in all areas for the Marlins this season.

Jeremy Accardo has been battling fatigue lately for the Blue Jays.

Mets pitcher Aaron Heilman was displaying some affection for his alma mater on Saturday.

The Devil Rays can play spoiler over the last month of the season.

Braves CF Andruw Jones isn’t concerned with his future right now.

Kurt Birkins is excited to get a chance to start for the Orioles tonight.

Jesus Flores is showing he belongs in the big leagues with the Nationals.

Joe Torre is feeling content in the Yankee pinstripes.

Aaron Rowand and Chase Utley have gotten plunked a lot this season for the Phillies.

Here is a look at the Red Sox no-hitters in their history.

Macier Izturis has filled in nicely for the Angels.

The Astros made Josh Anderson’s dreams come true by calling him up for September.

Dallas Braden hopes to fill Esteban Loiaza’s void left in the A’s rotation.

Injured Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan has started the road to recovery.

89-year old Julio Franco is back in the majors with the Braves.

Carlos Villanueva has rejoined the Brewers rotation.

Mark Mulder should return to the Cardinals this week.

The Cubs will go with a 6-man rotation the rest of the way.

Jay Witasick returned from the DL for the Devil Rays.

The Diamondbacks called up 6 reinforcements for the stretch run.

Dodgers pitcher David Wells dropped his appeal of a suspension he received with the Padres.

Giants pitcher Russ Ortiz will miss 2008 due to his upcoming Tommy John surgery.

Cliff Lee will pitch out of the bullpen for the Indians.

The Mariners bullpen has been getting a lot of work during their 8-game losing streak.

The Marlins added Logan Kensing to their bullpen.

Pedro Martinez will make his 2007 debut on Monday for the Mets.

Nationals slugger Dimitri Young hopes to win the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

The Orioles put their callups right to work on Saturday.

Brady Clark and Brian Myrow were the first players called up to the Padres.

The Phillies made a plethora of moves on Saturday.

Nyjer Morgan was thrilled to be called up to the Pirates.

The Rangers activated Hank Blalock from the DL on Saturday.

The Reds still have some questions to answer with their pitching.

Jeff Baker returned to the Rockies after missing 3 weeks with a concussion.

Royals 1B Ryan Shealy will miss the rest of the season with a bad hammy.

Tigers rookie Virgil Vasquez needs to work on the location of his pitches.

Francisco Liriano met with the Twins to determine his course of action for his rehab.

Despite playing on the suckass White Sox, Mark Buehrle hasn’t given up a lot of hits this year.

Doug Mientkiewicz was happy to be back with the Yankees.

Back when he played in Boston, Kevin Millar was always a fan favorite. During last night’s Red Sox/Orioles game, he showed why.

On a 1-1 count in the 7th, Eric Hinske hit a ball down the 1st base line that was going towards the stands. Millar and Brian Roberts were both running to the ball and Roberts was able to reach into the seats and get his glove on the ball. Unfortunately for Roberts, a fan knocked the ball out of his glove. Both Roberts and Millar looked at umpire Joe West and wanted fan interference to be called. He didn’t as the ball was clearly in the seats. As Millar walked away, he went over and gave props to the two fans for knocking the ball out of Roberts glove.

Here is the video.

That folks is why he was a fan favorite in Boston.

Lost: The Red Sox bats. If found, please return to Fenway Park. The Sox threw out their best 3 pitchers and the Yankees threw out their best 3 pitchers and well heck, y’all know what happened. The Red Sox got swept out of NY. The lead in the AL East is down to 5 games. Am I worried? No. All the Red Sox have to do is keep doing the things that got them this far. There was a little bit of drama in the game and I am not talking about Terry Francona getting ejected after a judgment call by the umpires. I am talking about the ejection of Joba Chamberlain. He had a bit of the nerves and threw two fastballs over the head of Kevin Youkilis. Were they intentional? I don’t think they were. Naturally, the Red Sox think he did while the Yanks say otherwise. Should make for some interesting games at Fenway in two weeks. Baltimore comes into town, losers of 9 straight games but before they take the field for batting practice this afternoon, let’s take a look at the headlines and happenings from the Boston area and New York media on this last Friday in August.

Over their heads [Boston Globe]

YANKEES HIT SWEEP SPOT [NY Post]

Revived Bombers sweep scuffling Sox [Boston Herald]

Cano, Wang, Yanks sweep Sox [NY Daily News]

Riled & Wild [Hartford Courant]

Red Sox waste chance to put Yanks away in AL East [Newsday]

Red Sox get dusted [Pro Jo]

Francona is uniformly upset [Boston Globe]

GIAMBI MAKES A FIRST IMPRESSION [NY Post]

Yanks phenom raises Sox’ ire [Boston Herald]

Yanks’ wins give race new look [NY Daily News]

Torre Still Playing By The Rules? [Hartford Courant]

Joba adds fuel to heated Red Sox-Yankee rivalry [Newsday]

Umpire: Pitcher ejection justified [Pro Jo]

For more headlines head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News and Newsday websites.

Livan Hernandez has no problem when the Diamondbacks ask him to pitch on short rest.

Joe Saunders has overcome many obstacles to gaining a spot in the Angels rotation.

The Dodgers moved Eric Stults to the bullpen to make room for Esteban Loaiza.

A’s 2B Mark Ellis took time to visit a diabetes clinic on Thursday.

Giants PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon is the only female PA announcer in MLB.

Mike Hargrove met up with his former team, the Mariners, in Cleveland on Thursday.

Padres reliever Heath Bell hopes to be a closer someday.

John Rheinecker has carved his niche in the Rangers bullpen.

Rockies radio broadcaster Jack Corrigan says the strokes he suffered last year haven’t affected his work.

To sum up last night’s game between the Red Sox and Yankees is pretty easy.

• Red Sox, Beckett – Not good
• Yankees, Clemens – Good

The Yankees pounded out 14 hits last night and Johnny Demon again was clutch against his former mates as the Yanks beat the Sox again. Beckett ran into some trouble early and that’s what cost the Sox the game. He was clearly not the pitcher we’ve seen all year while Clemens looked like the Clemens of Red Sox lore as he threw 5 1/3 no hit innings last night. Big Papi broke up the no-no with a home run but that’s all they could scrape together off of Clemens. They were unable to take advantage of the walks issued by Clemens. They did get two runs off of Kyle Farnsworth but then old nemesis Mariano Rivera came in and finished them off. Big Schill starts this afternoon trying to push the lead back to 7 games but before he does, let’s take a look at some of the headlines from the Boston area and New York scribes.

Retro Rocket [Boston Globe]

YANKEES ON ROCKET RISE [NY Post]

Beckett can’t get job done [Boston Herald]

Rocket fuels Yank takeoff [NY Daily News]

Old Gold [Hartford Courant]

Clemens stymies Boston as Yanks take 2 of series [Newsday]

Roger, over and out [Pro Jo]

Back seat for Ramírez [Boston Globe]

BOMBERS PLAN TO AMEND JOBA RULES [NY Post]

Ex-Japan coach: Dice-K not himself [Boston Herald]

Kennedy’s shaping up as Yanks’ mini-Moose [NY Daily News]

Strain Will Keep Manny Out A While [Hartford Courant]

Yankees lineup looks best with Matsui as DH [Newsday]

Ramirez’s injury may keep him out ‘weeks’ [Pro Jo]

For more headlines head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News and Newsday websites.

Cecil Cooper made some changes to the Astros lineup after Tuesday’s loss to the Cardinals.

Indians skipper Eric Wedge has a lot of faith in only 3 of his relievers, Rafael Betancourt, Rafael Perez and Joe Borowski.

Billy Hall is in the midsts of a huge slump for the Brewers.

The Royals are giving Billy Butler a lot of time at first base before Mike Sweeney returns from the DL.

Scott Rolen’s shoulder injury may keep him out of the Cardinals lineup longer then first expected.

Kenny Rogers threw a bullpen session yesterday and will throw a simulated game on Friday for the Tigers.

The Cubs are finding ways to score without the aid of home runs.

Nick Punto made the play of his career on Tuesday night. (Video is on the link as well)

Pat Maholm has had a solid second half for the Pirates.

Scott Podsednik will see limited time for the White Sox the last month of the season.

Joe Coutlangus was recalled by the Reds giving them 5 lefties in the bullpen.

Johnny Demon got the best of his old team last night as his home run was the difference in the Skanks 5-3 win last night. Andy Pettitte kept up his hot August pitching, throwing 7 strong innings. Daisuke Matsuzaka wasn’t that bad although he’d like to forget the first inning as he struggled. He pitched pretty well after that until the 7th when he gave up Demon’s blast, if you could even call it that. The Sox had a couple of back injuries happen last night as both Manny Ramirez and Bobby Kielty left the game with back spasms. Manny has a had a sore back over the past week or so and Kielty’s stems from his first game when he crashed into the wall taking away a home run. The Yanks brought in their version of Jonathan Papelbon last night in Joba Chamberlain, who is the real deal. The kid had some early nerves but was lights out after that. I could see him taking over for Mariano Rivera even though the Skanks think he should start next year. Before the battle of the Texans (Josh Beckett and Roger Clemens) starts tonight, let’s take a look at the headlines from the Boston area and New York media.

Blast from their past [Boston Globe]

JOHNNY ON SPOT VS. RED SOX [NY Post]

OF injuries, Matsuzaka mistakes spell doom [Boston Herald]

Damon, Joba drive Sox nuts [NY Daily News]

Deja View [Hartford Courant]

Damon rips up Sox [Newsday]

Johnny on the spot [Pro Jo]

Back troubles KO Kielty and Ramírez [Boston Globe]

JOBA RULES! PHENOM MAKES 1ST MARK ON THE RIVALRY [NY Post]

No more tipping by Gagne [Boston Herald]

Race is over? Put a sock in it [NY Daily News]

Back Talk Cause For Worry? [Hartford Courant]

Yanks might relax rules on Chamberlain [Newsday]

Beckett-Clemens adding heat [Pro Jo]

For more headlines head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News and Newsday websites.

Cecil Cooper’s first actions as manager of the Astros was to call a team meeting.

Brian McCann has been hot in the second half for the Braves.

Ben Sheets might get the start for the Brewers today against the Cubbies.

Cardinals skipper Tony LaRussa has a lot of respect for Phil Garner.

Alfonso Soriano returned to the Cubs lineup just in time for the stretch run.

The Diamondbacks’ Tony Clark is available despite having a small concussion from an accident at home.

Luis Gonzalez has been losing at-bats to the younger Dodgers’ hitters.

Giants reliever Vinnie Chulk has a rare circulatory disease.

Marlins closer Kevin Gregg isn’t worried about the lack of save chances recently.

Endy Chavez was ecstatic to be back with the Mets.

The Nationals want Jason Bergmann and Shawn Hill to play winter ball to log more innings.

Chris Young should be back on the mound for the Padres on Thursday.

Cole Hamels hopes to start for the Phillies on Sunday.

Zach Duke is making progress in his rehab and hopes to be back with the Pirates next week.

Pete Mackanin hopes to get the Reds job as manager next year.

Brian Fuentes has done a good job as the Rockies setup man.