• Twins' Nathan to miss season with elbow injury 3/21/2010, 9:44 a.m. EDT
(AP) — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan will miss the 2010 season because of a right elbow injury that will require surgery.

• High school roundup: Hansis sisters lead North Myrtle Beach softball sweep 3/21/2010, 8:39 a.m. EDT
(AP) — MCT REGIONAL NEWS

• Padres' LeBlanc retires 14 of first 15 batters 3/21/2010, 12:59 a.m. EDT
(AP) — GLENDALE, Ariz. - Wade LeBlanc retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced Saturday night and the San Diego Padres cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a matchup of split squads.

• Embree back with Red Sox 3/20/2010, 7:41 p.m. EDT
(AP) — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Alan Embree agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, returning him to the team he won the 2004 World Series with.

• Francis hit hard in Rockies' 11-10 win over Angels 3/20/2010, 7:21 p.m. EDT
(AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. - Rafael Betancourt gave the Colorado Rockies bullpen a much-needed lift Saturday, pitching in his first game of the spring. The fact that he was facing minor leaguers was of little consequence.

• Ethier triples and has two RBIs for Dodgers 3/20/2010, 6:55 p.m. EDT
(AP) — SURPRISE, Ariz. - Colby Lewis may have secured a spot in the Texas Rangers' rotation. You wouldn't know it by the way he is approaching his spring starts.

• Gallardo uses arm, bat as Brewers top Royals 1-0 3/20/2010, 6:54 p.m. EDT
(AP) — PHOENIX - Yovani Gallardo pitched five shutout innings and provided all the offense Milwaukee needed with a solo home run, leading the Brewers to a 1-0 victory over a split squad of Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

• Wellemeyer goes 5 innings as Giants top Reds 6-0 3/20/2010, 6:42 p.m. EDT
(AP) — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Todd Wellemeyer pitched five innings and Aubrey Huff hit a two-run home run on Saturday to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

• Theriot, Zambrano lead Cubs past Royals 3/20/2010, 6:35 p.m. EDT
(AP) — MESA, Ariz. - Ryan Theriot had a three-run double and Carlos Zambrano pitched five scoreless innings Saturday, leading a Chicago Cubs split squad to a 4-0 victory over a Kansas City Royals split squad.

• Matos outpitches Buehrle in Padres' win 3/20/2010, 6:27 p.m. EDT
(AP) — GLENDALE, Ariz. - Ozzie Guillen said the Twitter flap involving his family and the Chicago White Sox is over, and it's time to focus on baseball.

• Hernandez dominates D-backs to lead M's to 4-0 win 3/20/2010, 6:10 p.m. EDT
(AP) — PEORIA, Ariz. - Felix Hernandez tossed five scoreless innings, Franklin Guiterrez and Ryan Langerhans each hit their first home runs of the spring and the Seattle Mariners snapped a seven-game winless streak with a 4-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.

• Saturday's College Baseball Scores 3/20/2010, 6:06 p.m. EDT
(AP) — Bentley 6-3, Adelphi 2-7

• Bud Selig lightheartedly talks MLB realignment 3/20/2010, 5:46 p.m. EDT
(AP) — PHOENIX - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig admitted Saturday that he has put his ideas for realignment on paper, but that's as far as it has gone thus far.

• Bergesen shuts down Pirates in Orioles' 5-2 win 3/20/2010, 3:53 p.m. EDT
(AP) — SARASOTA, Fla. - Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brad Bergesen has a habit of rushing his delivery. Once again, slow and steady won a game for him on Saturday.