INTERLEAGUE

Phillies vs. Yankees
Philadelphia: Despite Sunday's loss, the Phillies have won eight of 13 and 17 of 27. ... RHP Paul Byrd has not allowed more than three runs in any of five starts since his June 18 recall from Triple-A Scranton. He lowered his ERA to 5.87. It was 7.86 when he was sent down June 2. ... After finishing a series Saturday with a day game at Toronto, the Phillies did not arrive in New York until 1:30 Sunday morning. The Phillies' trip took them through Hamilton, Ontario. New York: The Yankees recalled INF Clay Bellinger from Triple-A Columbus and sent down Luke Wilcox before Sunday's game. ... The first start for newly acquired LHP Denny Neagle was pushed back to Tuesday night because of Saturday's rainout. Neagle, acquired Wednesday from Cincinnati, is to make his debut against Curt Schilling in the series finale. ... GM Brian Cashman blamed Saturday's rainout against Florida on the fact that Yankee Stadium does not have a sand-based field. "If we would have played yesterday, it would have been the worst conditions we've played in since I got here in 1986," he said. The rain had stopped by the 4:30 game time, but the field had already absorbed too much water. "We've got what the Little Leaguers have," Cashman said. "The field can only take so much rain."

Expos vs. Red Sox
Montreal: Vladimir Guerrero came up lame running a fifth-inning grounder and left in the eighth but is expected back in the lineup Monday. ... C Chris Widger did not play Sunday after leaving Saturday's game with a concussion following a collision with Tampa Bay's Jose Guillen. ... Manager Felipe Alou wasn't about to get caught up in the controversy surrounding Boston's Carl Everett's right-handed batting stance. "We have other things to take care of and don't care about that," he said. "The time for us to look at that stuff is not yet." Everett was ejected in Saturday's game against the New York Mets after he and plate umpire Ronald Kulpa argued over whether Everett was within the batter's box. Boston: Maybe the switch-hitting Everett should change his stance while batting right-handed. He has 22 of his 25 homers this year while hitting left-handed. ... John Wasdin pitched two hitless innings to post is first save since June 26, 1999. It was just the third of his career. ... Nomar Garciaparra, hitting .393, has hit in 35 of 42 games since coming off the DL May 27. ... Troy O'Leary has hit in eight of 10 games for a .350 average (14-40) since returning from the DL July 3 after being sidelined for personal reasons.

Reds vs. Tigers
Cincinnati: RHP Steve Parris lasted just 4 2/3 innings Sunday, his shortest stint since he gave up seven runs in three innings June 16 at San Diego. ... The Reds had their second streak of 12 straight games with a homer this season snapped. Those are the seventh-longest such streaks in club history, a list topped by a 21-game streak in 1956. ... Though he was 0-for-5 Sunday, Ken Griffey Jr. had an RBI on a groundout. His 68 RBI in interleague play are the most for any player. ... OF Dante Bichette had an infield single in the ninth to stretch his hitting streak to 10 games. Detroit: The Tigers' 6-2 win Sunday over the Reds was just their third in 13 games following a game they scored in double-digits. Detroit beat Houston 11-6 Saturday. ... Deivi Cruz is 4-for-8 with three RBI as the Tigers' No. 5 hitter the past two games. ... 1B Eric Munson, the Tigers' No. 1 pick in the June 1999 draft, was recalled from Double-A Jacksonville when Tony Clark was put on the DL Sunday. Munson is the fourth straight Tigers No. 1 pick to reach the majors, joining RHP Seth Greisinger (1996 draft), RHP Matt Anderson (1997) and RHP Jeff Weaver (1998).

Astros vs. Indians
Houston: 3B Bill Spiers has hit safely in 26 of his last 30 starts (41-for-122, .336). ... Rookie Mitch Meluskey's 10 homers are more than any Astros catchers have combined to hit in a season since 1995. The last time one Houston catcher hit as many as 10 homers in a season was 1993 when Scott Servais hit 11. ... 1B Jeff Bagwell is Houston's only opening day starter not to have been injured this season. ... Manager Larry Dierker has not used the same lineup in three consecutive games all season. Cleveland: In his last 20 games, 1B-OF Richie Sexson has hit .190 (11-for-58) with 20 strikeouts. ... 2B Roberto Alomar has hit .194 (21-for-108) over his last 26 games. ... LHP Tom Martin threw off a mound Sunday for the first time since being sidelined June 13 by shoulder tendinitis. ... RHP Jaret Wright will try a similar mound test Monday for the first time since going on the DL June 3 with an inflamed shoulder. ... Manager Charlie Manuel said that LHP Ricardo Rincon, who had elbow surgery June, may begin a throwing program this week. ... The Indians, at 15-21, have the worst record of any AL Central club in play within

Mets vs. Blue Jays
New York: Todd Pratt has thrown out 11 of 22 attempted base-stealers this season. ... The Mets are 7-9 in interleague play. ... The Mets have 63 homers in their last 43 games. Toronto: The Blue Jays have homered in 15 straight games. ... Toronto matched a club record with its eighth grand slam of the season, a mark also reached in 1989. ... The Blue Jays are 9-12 against left-handed starters, winning three of their last four. ... Jose Cruz Jr. hit his second home run of the season batting right-handed. He has 21 homers. ... Billy Koch has converted 10 straight save opportunities.

Braves vs. Devil Rays
Atlanta: Manager Bobby Cox served the third game of a five-game suspension for bumping an umpire. ... INF Steve Sisco was recalled from Triple-A Richmond to replace 2B Quilvio Veras, who was placed on the DL because of his season-ending knee injury. ... The Braves have outhomered the Devil Rays 10-1 in four games at Tampa Bay, including 7-0 in 1998. ... CF Andruw Jones is the only major leaguer to play in every inning of every game this year. His first homer Sunday off Esteban Yan traveled an estimated 426 feet. The second went 405. Tampa Bay: CF Gerald Williams has four homers and 11 RBI in his last five games. ... DH Jose Canseco, out since May 25 with a strained left heel, remains on schedule to return Wednesday for the start of a two-game series at Toronto. ... 3B Vinny Castilla and SS Felix Martinez had the day off, replaced in the lineup by Russ Johnson and Ozzie Guillen. ... RHP Esteban Yan, who pitched seven innings, settled down after giving up three homers. He struck out the last four batters he faced, tying a team record. ... RHP Dave Eiland, on the DL with a hip injury, had what he described as a minor setback during a rehab start at Triple-A Durham on Saturday. He allowed five runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings before leaving because of discomfort in the hip.

Marlins vs. Orioles
Florida: Luis Castillo recorded his major league-leading 39th stolen base in the third inning of Sunday's game against Baltimore. He's 17-for-36 (.472) over his last eight games. ... Mark Kotsay tied a major league record with two outfield assists in the fifth inning. He had three in the game for a career high. He leads Marlins' outfielders with eight. ... The Marlins faced Pat Rapp, who is Florida's career leader in wins and losses (47-43) although he had only one winning season in five years with the club. Baltimore: The Orioles collected 16 hits for the fifth time this season, tying their season high. ... Harold Baines appeared in his 1,600th game as a DH. ... Every Baltimore starter had at least one base hit and seven had RBI. ... B.J. Surhoff is 55-for-155 (.367) over his last 36 games. He has raised his batting average 54 points to .291 in this span.

Cardinals vs. Twins
St. Louis: The Cardinals placed LHP Mike Mathews on the 15-day DL. He broke the fourth metacarpal in his left hand Saturday night. 2B Placido Polanco was activated from the DL to replace Mathews. Polanco was placed on the DL July 4, retroactive to July 1, with a strained right hamstring. ... The Cardinals are in the midst of a stretch in which they play 17 of their first 20 games after the All-Star break on the road. Their current 11-game road trip is the longest of the season. They are 2-2 so far on the trip. Minnesota: Manager Tom Kelly missed his fourth straight game to be with his father in Fort Myers, Fla. Joe Kelly is recovering from a heart bypass operation and remained in intensive care on Sunday. A Twins spokesman said there was no timetable for Kellly to return to the team, but that the manager would probably come back when Joe Kelly is released from intensive care. Third base coach Ron Gardenhire is managing in Kelly's absence. "It's a little strange not seeing him every day, but TK's got some place he's got to be right now," said 3B Corey Koskie. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him." ... The Twins will be glad to see the Cardinals leave town; Minnesota is 6-10 in interleague play this year. This is the final interleague series of the year. ... Mark McGwire's absence (he's on the DL with patella tendinitis in his right knee) is expected to result in about 20,000 fewer tickets sold for the three-game series, estimated Dave St. Peter, the Twins senior vice president for business affairs.

Brewers vs. White Sox
Milwaukee: The Brewers have given up four grand slams this season. ... Tyler Houston's 10th homer tied a career high, set last season when had nine for the Cubs and one with the Indians. ... The Brewers, in their third NL season, are 6-7 in interleague play this season. ... Milwaukee scored twice in the first inning, then gave up three in the bottom half. "It's a bad history for us this year, holding opponents down after scoring runs," manager Davey Lopes said. "It has to be 50 percent of the time that we score, they do also." ... Jeromy Burnitz's average dipped to .217 after an 0-for-4 day Sunday. Burnitz was 3-for-11 during a three-game trip to Kansas City and was only 9-for-42 in the Brewers' previous homestand. ... The Brewers have a Chicago flavor with ex-Cubs Jose Hernandez, Tyler Houston and Ray King and former White Sox John Snyder and Jason Bere. Bere, 24-7 with the White Sox in 1993 and 1994, will face his old team for the first time Monday. Chicago: Magglio Ordonez went 4-for-4 with a career-high six RBI Sunday, despite a sore elbow where he was hit by a pitch Saturday. ... The White Sox sent left-handed reliever Jesus Pena to Double-A Birmingham and called up Mark Buehrle from the same team. Manager Jerry Manuel said Pena wasn't demoted as punishment for saying after Saturday's game that he intentionally hit the Cardinals' Eduardo Perez in retaliation for Ordonez being plunked. Buehrle pitched the ninth Sunday. ... GM Ron Schueler said he's not against making a trade before the deadline to help the team in its drive for the playoffs, but it has to be the right one. "It's nice to say, `Let's go get somebody,' but I don't know who to take out of that lineup," Schueler said. ... Chicago's most pressing could be its rotation. Cal Eldred left his last start Friday in the fifth inning with a sore elbow, but trainer Herm Schneider said Sunday that Eldred was much improved. Eldred will throw in the bullpen Monday and see how he feels before it is determined if he will miss a start.

Rangers vs. Giants
Texas: David Segui started at first base Sunday, marking his 1,000th career appearance at the position. ... The Giants are the Rangers' last interleague opponent this season ... On June 12, 1997, the Giants and the Rangers played the first interleague game in history. The Giants won 4-3 at Arlington. San Francisco: Giants manager Dusty Baker said before Sunday's game that he will rest Jeff Kent on Monday. It will be just the second time that the second baseman hasn't started. Kent, who leads the National League in RBI, recently had stomach flu and dropped 12 pounds. ... Baker needs two more victories to match Leo Durocher with 1,160 for third place on the Giants' career list. ... Livan Hernandez will make his 100th career start Monday against Ryan Glynn.

Mariners vs. Diamondbacks
Seattle: Rickey Henderson was 3-for-5, moving into 35th place with 2,875 hits, two more than Babe Ruth. His first-inning double gave him 477, moving past Zack Wheat into 50th place that list. ... Henderson was back in LF and his customary leadoff spot after missing two games with a bruised left elbow. ... The Mariners started their fourth straight game without DH Edgar Martinez. Martinez is hitting .357 with a 13-game hitting streak and 87 RBI but doesn't start interleague games. Arizona: The Diamondbacks optioned INF-OF Travis Lee to Triple-A Tucson, making roster room to allow Nelson Figueroa to make his third major league start against the Mariners. ... Figueroa goes back to Tucson on Monday, and his place will be taken by Geraldo Guzman, the Diamondbacks' scheduled starter in the next game. Guzman is with Double-A El Paso. ... 1B Alex Cabrera, who hit .571 in his first week in the majors, is eligible to return from the DL on Monday and will be evaluated in Phoenix before the next game. Cabrera is with Tucson of the Pacific Coast League.

Cubs vs. Royals
Chicago: Sammy Sosa has fond memories of Kansas City manager Tony Muser, Chicago's batting coach for five years before he became manager of the Royals. "I have a lot of respect for Tony," Sosa said. "He was always asking you questions. If you got one hit in a game, he wanted three. He was never satisfied with anything you do and that's the type of guy I like to have around. He was a great hitting coach. I learned a lot from him." Kansas City: SS Rey Sanchez, who was hitting ninth much of the year, has begun seeing a lot of action in the second spot in the batting order. Muser never ceases to be amazed at the way fans embrace the team. "It's phenomenal," Muser said. "As you travel all over the United States, somehow, somewhere, somebody's had some type of roots, whether it's born there or been there or lived there, in Chicago. I stopped for breakfast this morning and saw 15-16 Cubs hats floating through (the restaurant). They have a great following."

Athletics vs. Rockies
Oakland: Manager Art Howe said RHP Omar Olivares (3-8) is still at least two weeks away from returning to the mound. Olivares, sidelined with a strained right shoulder, was expected to play catch Monday or Tuesday. "He started from scratch a week ago. His arm started hurting again," Howe said. "We went back to ground zero." ... All-Star 1B Jason Giambi said he would love to play in Colorado, which he considered a much better hitter's park than the Oakland Coliseum. "That park probably costs me six to eight home runs a year, depending on how cold it is at the beginning and end of the year," said Giambi, who has 22 homers this season. "The park makes me hit more line drives and keeps me from trying to elevate the ball. It helps me on the road." Colorado: The Rockies on Sunday recalled RHP Bobby Chouinard from Triple-A Colorado Springs. It is Chouinard's first appearance in the majors since he was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly pointing a handgun at his wife last Christmas. Chouinard, who replaced injured LHP Scott Karl, still faces a trial in October. To make room for Chouinard on the -man roster, OF Bubba Carpenter was designated for assignment. ... RF Jeffrey Hammonds was scratched from the starting lineup because of flu-like symptoms. He was replaced by Darren Bragg, who was hitting .221 with 41 strikeouts in 149 at-bats. ... Placed C Scott Servais on the 15-day DL with a strained right calf. Recalled C Ben Petrick from Triple-A Colorado Springs.

Angels vs. Padres
Anaheim: CF Garrett Anderson was back in the lineup after missing Saturday's game at Los Angeles with a tender right knee. ... Troy Glaus (28), Anderson (26), Mo Vaughn (24), Tim Salmon (18) and Darin Erstad (18) are on pace to become the first quintet in major league history to hit 30 homers. ... Glaus, from Carlsbad in northern San Diego County, originally was a second-round pick of the Padres in the June 1994 draft but didn't sign. ... RHP Brian Cooper, scheduled to start Monday night against the Padres, was recalled from Triple-A Edmonton and RHP Lou Pote was optioned to make room on the roster. San Diego: INF Joe Vitiello's contract was purchased from Triple-A Las Vegas and he started at first base. He became the 45th player to appear in at least one game for the Padres this year. The club record is 48 in 1991. Vitiello appeared in 205 games with the Kansas City Royals from 1995-99 and is a career .235 hitter with 21 homers and 83 RBI. He hit .350 with 11 homers and 46 RBI for Las Vegas and was voted the player of the game in the Triple-A All-Star Game on Wednesday after going 3-for-4 with a double, triple and three runs scored. ... OF Dusty Allen was optioned back to Las Vegas to make room for Vitiello. Allen went 0-for-9 with two walks and five strikeouts in nine games. ... Vitiello started at 1B in place of Ryan Klesko, who is in a 2-for-20 slump. ... RHPs Brian Boehringer and Carlton Loewer are scheduled to undergo arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Tuesday. ... Damian Jackson ended an RBI drought of 67 innings with his triple in Saturday night's 4-1 win over Seattle.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates vs. Dodgers
Pittsburgh: Jimmy Anderson was recalled from Double-A Altoona to start Sunday's game and Bronson Arroyo was recalled from triple-A Nashville to start on Monday. They are filling the roster spots vacated by RHP Francisco Cordova and OF Adrian Brown, who were placed on the disabled list Saturday. ... Of the 10 managers the Pirates have employed since 1952, the only ones to complete at least four full seasons are Danny Murtaugh, Chuck Tanner and Jim Leyland. Gene Lamont has been assured by owner Kevin McClatchy that he will be the fourth, but the team won't give Lamont an extension beyond this season. Lamont's won-lost record is 342-376 since being named AL manager of the year in 1993 with the White Sox. Los Angeles: Manager Davey Johnson, whose team was trying to avoid falling to the .500 mark for the first time since April 8 when they hosted Pittsburgh on Sunday, was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing dizziness caused by an irregular heartbeat. Bench coach Jim Tracy will fill in during his absence. "Davey lives and dies with this," said C Todd Hundley, who was called up to the majors for the first time by the New York Mets one week before Johnson's firing in 1990. "This year has taken a toll on all of us, physically." ... 2B Mark Grudzielanek rejoined the team after spending more than a week away because of a viral infection. "For something to knock me down like that for that period of time was what I was worried about and confused about," said Grudzielanek, who took part in a light workout Sunday and may be ready to play on Monday night. "I've been through things like that, but this was by far the worst. Hopefully, it'll stay away from the rest of the guys." ... Shawn Green, fighting a 7-for-61 that has dropped his average from .326 to .287, said before Sunday's game that he didn't want to be lowered a couple of spots in the batting order. ... CF Devon White, who hasn't played since May 4 because of a partially torn rotator cuff, looked sharp in the batting cage Sunday and may be back before the before the end of the month. "I've got to get my hands strong and get in baseball shape," White said. "It's going to be the end of this week or next week, but I'm close to returning to the lineup."