Top News : Cubs manager Lou Piniella hinted to the Chicago Tribune that 3B Aramis Ramirez (calf) could be headed to the disabled list if he is unable to run today.

AL Mashup : Joba Chamberlain won his first start of the season, allowing three singles, striking out six and walking three...Nick Swisher homered from both sides of the plate Wednesday night against the Tigers...Gil Meche is not expected to miss his next start after leaving Tuesday night's game with a lower back injury...Don't expect Matt Wieter's up with the Orioles prior to June...John Smoltz' rehab is being pushed back a week.  Smoltz is expected to be back by early June according to team sources...B.J. Ryan was told to quit throwing for a week after an MRI revealed inflammation in his trapezius muscle...Zack Greinke improved to 5-0 and finally gave up his first earned runs of the season...Alex Rodriguez is hoping to get four to five at bats in a scheduled extended spring training game Thursday in Tampa...Brian Anderson suffered an oblique injury in Wednesday's game and is expected to miss some time...Brian Tallet was ripped for 10 runs over four innings...A.J. Pierzynski hit the 100th homer of his career...Billy Butler was 4-5 with two homers, his first two of the season...Adrian Beltre, who is still looking for his first homer of the season, went 4-4 Wednesday night with no runs scored...Travis Hafner was placed on the 15-Day DL with a sore shoulder...

NL Mashup : Carlos Villanueva saved his second game of the season. Trevor Hoffman pitched the two previous games and was not available Wednesday night...Yovani Gallardo hit a homer and struck out 11 on his way to a win against the Pirates...Lance Berkman is batting .167 this season and had Wednesday night off. Berkman is in a 1-22 slump...Jorge Cantu went 5-for-9 with three homers and three walks in the series against the Mets...Khalil Greene will be sidelined for two to three days with a sore forearm...Edison Volquez struck out six and gave up just one hit, his second consecutive one hit game, for the win...Brian McCann was the DH Wednesday night in a minor league rehab start and went 1-3 with a double...Brendan Ryan left Wednesday night's game with a hamstring pull...Kenshin Kawakami's next scheduled start has been pushed back two days because of a sore right shoulder...Bengie Molina drove in four runs and had a homer and a triple...Doug Davis, for the second time this season, didn't give up a run as he shutout the Cubs over seven innings...Pablo Sandoval left Wednesday night's game with a tightness in his left groin and is now day-to-day...Carlos Marmol walked four of the five batters he faced and was charged with four runs in his first appearance since his knee injury...

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