The box score for the 2008 Futures Game.

Manager Jerry Manuel joked that Mets who stepped in for injured players have played so well that incumbents may be hard pressed to get their jobs back.

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The U.S. team, made up of 25 of the 60 players from whom USA Baseball will pick its squad for the Beijing Olympics, got shut down by nine World pitchers in the 10th annual All-Star Futures Game at Yankee Stadium, managing just three hits in a 3-0 victory for the World.

Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1.

* St. Louis 11, at Pittsburgh 6: Aaron Miles drove in five runs with a home run and a triple, and the Cardinals held off the Pirates, who cut the deficit to 6-5 on Chris Gomez's two-run double in the sixth inning. * Houston 5, at Washington 0: Brandon

After spending around $5 million on July 2 international prospects, the Padres are enthusiastic about their young new players.

The F.B.I. is investigating whether some major league club officials paid some players small fractions of the bonuses they reported and kept most of the difference.

NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltran hit a three-run home run, Mike Pelfrey dominated over eight innings and New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies, 7-0, Sunday night for their ninth consecutive victory. 'I'm really looking forward to getting the second half

Mike Pelfrey worked eight confident innings and achieved the Mets? fourth shutout in six games, and the bullpen?s scoreless-innings streak reached 19 1/3.