Roundup: Hanrahan loses job as Nationals closer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Joel Hanrahan has lost his job as the Washington Nationals closer.

Manager Manny Acta said before the Nationals played the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night that he'll choose his closer based on matchups. He expects to rely on veterans such as Kip Wells and Julian Tavarez.

Hanrahan has Washington's only two saves, but is 0-1 with an 8.64 ERA in nine appearances. He allowed Raul Ibanez's game-winning grand slam in a 13-11 loss to Philadelphia on Monday.

The Nationals' bullpen has blown six saves and is a combined 0-7.

Reds place Encarnacion on DL

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Edwin Encarnacion has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after tests found that the Cincinnati Reds third baseman has a chipped bone in his left wrist.

Encarnacion has been bothered by the wrist since spring training, when he also was slowed by a sore right shoulder on his throwing side. He struck out in the ninth inning of a 4-1 loss to Houston on Monday night, extending his slump to 1-for-28.

Encarnacion appeared to aggravate the wrist in his last at-bat on Monday, prompting the Reds to send him for tests.

"You never know until you do the tests," manager Dusty Baker said. "I don't know if he did it on the last swing yesterday or before. I saw him wince in his last at-bat."

The Reds called up infielder Adam Rosales from Triple-A Louisville to take his spot. Rosales was batting .431 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 17 games. He played in 18 games for the Reds last season, batting .207 without a homer.

Glavine encouraged after throwing

ATLANTA (AP) -- Tom Glavine threw in the outfield for the second straight day, and the Atlanta Braves left-hander was encouraged.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner opened the season on the disabled list because of a sore left shoulder and said this month he wasn't sure he will pitch again.

He threw in the outfield for the second straight day before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis. He planned to rest throw from a longer distance on Thursday and off a mound next week.

Glavine was 2-4 with a 5.54 ERA in 13 starts last season. He had offseason operations on his left elbow and shoulder.

Hamilton sidelined with painful strain

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Josh Hamilton has a strained muscle in his left rib cage, and the Texas Rangers are hoping he can avoid the disabled list and get better with medication and a few more days of rest.

Hamilton was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game Tuesday night and described himself as being in "extreme pain" before being examined by team physician Dr. Keith Meister.

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the doctor determined that Hamilton had a muscle strain.

"It's not believed to be structural," Daniels said. "Typically, the doctor feels like about 48 hours or so when you can tell how quickly a patient responds to [medication]. So we'll take it day by day, see how he's doing and how the team's doing and what our roster needs are."

The All-Star center fielder got hurt when he ran into the outfield wall in Toronto a week ago. His elbow folded into the left side of his body and his rib cage while he was feeling for the wall.

"Extreme pain, no matter what I do," Hamilton said in the clubhouse before the start of a three-game series against Oakland. "Just standing here, it hurts. Taking deep breaths. Running, throwing, hitting, everything hurts."

Upon further review, Rusch awarded win

DENVER (AP) -- After further review, the Colorado Rockies' official scorer changed the winner of Monday night's game to reliever Glendon Rusch.

Jason Grilli was originally credited with the win following the Rockies' 12-7 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday. But scorer Dave Einspahr switched around the winners Tuesday night after reviewing Rusch's effectiveness in pitching out of a fourth-inning jam.

Rusch went 2 2/3 innings, giving up four hits and two runs.

He worked his way out of trouble in the fourth by striking out Adrian Gonzalez and getting Chase Headley to hit into an inning-ending double play, keeping the Rockies' lead in order.

Rusch also pitched a perfect fifth.

With the change, Rusch is now 1-0 and Grilli 0-1.

Adenhart crash survivor upgraded

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The passenger injured in the car crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart had his status upgraded to fair late last week and has been undergoing physical and speech therapy.

Jon Wilhite, of Manhattan Beach, remains in intensive care at the UC Irvine Medical Center, but can move and is not paralyzed, hospital spokesman John Murray said.

His condition was upgraded last Thursday.

The 24-year-old was riding in a Mitsubishi Eclipse with Adenhart and two friends on April 9 when a minivan ran a red light and broadsided the car at about 12:30 a.m. in neighboring Fullerton.

Adenhart died in surgery hours after he made his season debut by pitching six scoreless innings.

Two others in the Eclipse died in the crash.

Supplement maker disputes Romero's claim

The nutritional supplement manufacturer being sued by J.C. Romero said the suspended Phillies reliever should have done more homework -- including checking the warning label -- before using the product that led to him testing positive for a substance banned by Major League Baseball.

Romero filed suit in Superior Court in Camden, N.J., on Monday against Proviant and Ergopharm, the makers of 6-OXO and 6-OXO Extreme, arguing they misrepresented their products and ingredients and should bear blame for his being suspended by MLB for the first 50 games this season.

In an e-mail sent to media outlets on Tuesday, Patrick Arnold of Illinois-based Proviant Technologies disputed Romero's allegations, and added the pitcher should take responsibility for his own actions. The manufacturer noted that each bottle of 6-OXO Extreme carries a warning label that reads: "Use of this product may be banned by some athletic or government associations (including military)."

Romero said he first purchased the supplement in July 2008.

Asked when the warning was placed on the label, Arnold said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that it was "on every single bottle of 6-OXO Extreme ever produced. And we started selling it in 2007."

Proviant also said Romero could have easily determined he shouldn't use 6-OXO had he called a league hotline that lists those supplements certified as acceptable by Major League Baseball. The company noted that 6-OXO Extreme is not on baseball's certified list.

Delgado, Castillo out for Mets

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado and second baseman Luis Castillo were out of the starting lineup against Florida on Tuesday night while recovering from recent injuries.

Delgado hurt his right hip when he slid on a triple Sunday, and did not play in Monday night's 7-1 win over the Marlins. The slugger had an MRI exam Tuesday, and manager Jerry Manuel said he planned to rest Delgado in the series finale Wednesday.

"He should be ready to go Friday," Manuel said.

The Mets are off Thursday and play at Philadelphia this weekend.

Delgado said there was inflammation in his hip joint and hoped the rest would prevent the problem from becoming a nagging injury. Fernando Tatis took Delgado's spot at first base.

Castillo left in the fifth inning Monday night with a muscle spasm in his back. Asked whether he thought he could play Wednesday, he winced.

"We'll see what happens," he said.

Garciaparra, Ellis pull up lame for A's

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Nomar Garciaparra and Mark Ellis left Oakland's game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night with calf trouble after running out ground balls.

Garciaparra took off from the batter's box after hitting a grounder leading off the second inning. He took a slight stutter-step at one point and replays showed him cringing as he ran out the play. The Athletics said he had tightness in his right calf.

Ellis led off the third inning with a grounder and came up limping almost as soon as he got out of the batter's box. He didn't even run all the way to first base and walked off the field with some assistance from a trainer. His injury was described as a strained left calf.

Bobby Crosby replaced Garciaparra at third base in the bottom of the second inning. In the bottom of the third, Crosby moved to second base to replace Ellis, and Jack Hannahan entered the game at third base.

Mora activated from disabled list

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora was activated from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after he failed to catch a plane to begin a rehabilitation assignment.

Mora was placed on the DL with a strained left hamstring on April 15 (retroactive to April 13) and was eligible to return Tuesday. Baltimore wanted him to test his leg in a rehab stint with Triple-A Norfolk, but Mora never got the chance.

"I tried to go to the airport and then there was traffic everywhere," Mora said. "I tried to catch the next one, and the next one goes [through] Dallas, and I had to be at the ballpark at 6 o'clock."

Mora then told manager Dave Trembley that his leg was fine and that he had already run on it, so the Orioles placed him in the starting lineup Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

"I don't need a rehab assignment," Mora said. "I'm 100 percent."

To make room for Mora on the roster, Baltimore optioned right-hander Matt Albers to Norfolk. Albers gave up three runs in less than an inning against Texas on Monday night and was 0-1 with a 7.78 ERA in eight relief appearances.

Mets cut ties with Garcia

NEW YORK (AP) -- Freddy Garcia has been released by the New York Mets following two bad starts for Triple-A Buffalo.

Garcia went 0-2 with an 8.18 ERA, and allowed seven earned runs and seven hits in five innings against Syracuse on Monday night.

He had surgery on his right shoulder in August 2007 and made only 14 starts the previous two seasons with Philadelphia and Detroit, going 2-6 with a 5.55 ERA. The 33-year-old right-hander would have gotten a $1.5 million, one-year deal if added to the Mets' 40-man roster.

Div. II slugger cranks five straight homers

INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia State's Bo Darby hit home runs in five consecutive at-bats over two games, including four in one contest.

The sophomore outfielder homered in his first four trips to the plate Monday against Salem International. He also connected in his final at-bat Saturday against the University of Charleston.

A double and a single in his two previous plate appearances Saturday gave Darby seven straight hits.

Darby homered twice more in the second game of Monday's doubleheader, giving him six for the day with 14 RBIs. He has 18 home runs this season.

The NCAA doesn't keep Division II records for home runs in consecutive at-bats. St. Edwards' Josh Hamilton holds the Division II records of five home runs in one game set against Oklahoma Panhandle in April 2003.

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