SCOREBOARD

Tonight

San Diego at N.Y. Mets (5:10 p.m. MDT). Gary Sheffield, one homer shy of 500, is set to make his first start for the Mets, who face the surprising Padres in the second game at Citi Field.

STARS

Tuesday

-A.J. Burnett, Yankees, took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his second start since signing an $82.5 million, five-year deal, leading New York to a 7-2 victory over Tampa Bay. He gave up two runs and three hits in eight innings.

-Joe Crede, Twins, doubled off the center-field fence in the 11th inning to score Justin Morneau from first base and give Minnesota a 3-2 victory over Toronto.

-John Buck, Royals, hit a grand slam for his second homer of the night and had a career-high five RBIs, lifting Kansas City to a 9-3 win over struggling Cleveland.

-Eric Byrnes, Diamondbacks, broke out of a 1-for-17 slump with a two-out RBI single in the 10th inning that gave Arizona a 7-6 victory over St. Louis.

-Adam Jones, Orioles, hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the 10th inning and Baltimore held on to hand Texas its fifth straight loss, 7-5.

THE KID STILL HAS IT

Ken Griffey Jr. went 1-for-3 with a walk in his first home game for the Mariners since Sept. 26, 1999, a 3-2 Seattle win. The 39-year-old slugger has the same corner locker inside "The House that Junior Built" that he had for half a season before Seattle granted his request and traded him to his hometown Cincinnati Reds nine years ago.

FISH STORY

Dan Uggla drove in three runs, Chris Volstad and two relievers combined on a four-hitter and Florida beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1. The Marlins are a major league-best 6-1 - all against NL East opponents - for their best start since opening 8-1 in 1997, when they won the first of their two World Series titles.

SIT DOWN

Boston pitcher Josh Beckett has been suspended for six games and fined by Major League Baseball, which determined he intentionally threw a pitch near the head of the Los Angeles Angels' Bobby Abreu last week that led to the benches clearing Sunday. Beckett appealed, delaying any penalties until after a hearing. Angels hitting coach Mickey Hatcher was suspended for one game and fined, and he served the penalty Tuesday night at Seattle. In addition, Watson fined Angels manager Mike Scioscia and players Torii Hunter and Justin Speier.

NOT AGAIN!

St. Louis lost oft-injured starting pitcher Chris Carpenter to a strained left ribcage during a 7-6, 10-inning loss at Arizona. Carpenter got hurt when he grounded out to end the top of the fourth. The 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner made only four appearances last season after reconstructive elbow surgery. He underwent another procedure in November to transpose an elbow nerve that was irritating the muscles in the back of his shoulder and around his neck. … Third baseman Nomar Garciaparra left the Oakland Athletics' 6-5, 12-inning victory over Boston after one inning with tightness in his right calf.

WELCOME BACK

Scott Podsednik rejoined the Chicago White Sox, agreeing to a minor league contract one day after center fielder Dewayne Wise separated a shoulder. Podsednik played for Chicago from 2005-2007 and hit .253 for the Colorado Rockies last year. He became a free agent after the season, agreed to a minor league contract with the Rockies, then was released April 1. Wise is expected to miss six weeks after getting hurt while making a diving catch against the Tigers.

TOUGH IN A PINCH

A pair of pinch-hit homers helped the Diamondbacks beat St. Louis 7-6 in 10 innings, ending the Cardinals' five-game winning streak. Mark Reynolds connected for a two-run shot in the fifth, and Conor Jackson's three-run drive with two outs in the eighth put Arizona ahead 6-4.

SAVED BY THE 'PEN

After rookie starter Alfredo Simon left in the second inning of the Orioles' 7-5, 10-inning win over Texas with a right elbow problem, Jim Johnson threw two innings of one-hit relief to earn the victory. He joined four other Baltimore relievers in allowing just two runs over the final 8 2-3 innings. Closer George Sherrill allowed the two runs in the 10th.

FEELING FINE

Bronson Arroyo allowed four hits in six-plus innings, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-1 victory at Milwaukee. Arroyo (2-0) was bothered by a flare-up of carpal tunnel syndrome during spring training and didn't look particularly sharp in winning his first outing of the season. But this time he gave up his only run on a homer by J.J. Hardy.

STRUGGLING

The Red Sox lost their second straight in Oakland, 6-5 in 12 innings, dropping to 2-6 this season. It's Boston's worst start since 1996.

SIDELINED

Tom Glavine might retire if his sore left shoulder doesn't improve in two weeks. The Atlanta Braves pitcher, who has 305 career wins, was told he must rest for at least two weeks after inflammation was found in his left rotator cuff. The 43-year-old had an MRI and was examined by Dr. James Andrews, who advised treatment and rest. Glavine said he's tired of rehabbing after elbow and shoulder surgery last August. He's willing to give the shoulder two weeks, but not much longer. … Toronto placed right-hander Jesse Litsch on the 15-day disabled list with a strained forearm. Litsch left Monday night's game against the Minnesota Twins in the middle of an at-bat by Delmon Young in the fourth inning.

SPEAKING

"It's big for us to win here, the way we've struggled everywhere in recent years." - Bronson Arroyo, after pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-1 victory at Milwaukee.

SEASONS

April 15

1909 - Leon Ames of the New York Giants pitched a no-hitter for 9 1-3 innings on opening day, but lost 3-0 to Brooklyn in 13 innings.

1915 - Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning 2-0.

1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league game, for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a 5-3 victory over the Boston Braves in Brooklyn. He was the first black to appear in the majors since 1884.

1957 - President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.

1958 - Major League Baseball came to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers played the first game on the Pacific Coast. Playing in Seals Stadium in San Francisco, Ruben Gomez blanked Los Angeles 8-0.

1968 - Houston and the New York Mets played 24 innings in a night game in the Astrodome before the Astros won 1-0. The game lasted more than six hours.

1976 - New York opened the refurbished Yankee Stadium with an 11-4 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

1987 - Juan Nieves threw the first no-hitter in Brewers history as Milwaukee beat Baltimore 7-0.

1993 - Sparky Anderson earned his 2,000th victory as a manager as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2.

1993 - Andre Dawson became the 25th player to hit 400 home runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3.

1998 - The first-ever AL-NL doubleheader is held in New York's Shea Stadium as the New York Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels 6-3 and the New York Mets edge the Chicago Cubs 2-1. The Yankees draw a crowd of 40,743, a dramatic contrast to the gathering of 16,012 who show up for the Mets game at night.

2000 - Cal Ripken became the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lined a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. He reached the milestone with his third hit in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins and became the seventh player in major league history to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.

2005 - Aaron Heilman pitched a one-hitter in the New York Mets' 4-0 victory over Florida.

2006 - Eric Chavez, Frank Thomas and Milton Bradley all homered on consecutive pitches in Oakland's 5-4 victory over Texas.

2008 - Jose Lopez became the 12th player in major league history to hit three sacrifice flies in a game, and the Seattle Mariners tied the team record for five sac flies in an 11-6 victory over Kansas City.

Today's birthdays: John Danks 24; Milton Bradley 31.