Baseball

With righthander Rick Sutcliffe probably out for the season after surgery on his shoulder, the Cubs are searching for pitching (as well as for a third baseman). They have discussed a deal with the Yankees that would send Luis Salazar and outfielder Dwight Smith to New York for pitcher Greg Cadaret, third baseman Randy Velarde and minor league outfielder Bernie Williams....

The Giants are trying to get pitching help by using infielders Jose Uribe and Ernest Riles as trade bait. San Francisco offered Uribe to the Angels for pitcher Chuck Finley. Not surprisingly, the Angels didn't bite....

Look for the Padres to trade pitcher Eric Show (0-5, 7.88 ERA after giving up seven runs in 2? innings to the Expos on Sunday). Show is upset about not being prominently featured in a Smokey the Bear calendar given away by San Diego, and he didn't endear himself to his teammates when he said after his fourth loss, on May 8, "I was probably good enough to win three of those games if I played for the Oakland A's. But I don't."

...The Tigers' Jack Morris isn't the pitcher he once was, but he should be applauded for continuing his workhorse pace. Morris walked seven and struck out none against the Brewers in one of his two starts last week—the first time in his 14-year career that he has thrown a complete game without a strikeout....

At week's end Kelly Gruber was second to Detroit's Cecil Fielder in home runs in the American League. But not even Gruber gives himself much chance of overtaking Fielder, who had 13 homers. "It's like Sugar Ray Leonard fighting Muhammad Ali," he says. "It's a fight I can't win. If I win the home run title, everyone in the world and his dog would be surprised."