MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH While Mark Teixeira is taking at-bats in simulated games in Tampa, his big-league replacement continues to enjoy a renaissance season. Lyle Overbay is hitting .255/.289/.471, and while the on-base percentage is lower than he would hope, his seven home runs and 27 RBIs have helped the Yankees offense get by without some of its biggest stars.

MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH Before Wednesday's game in Baltimore, Curtis Granderson insisted he wasn't bothered by his lack of a home run during his first week back from the disabled list. "I'm not even trying to hit home runs," Granderson said. A couple hours later, he belted his first long ball of the season, part of a 3-for-3 night that included his first two extra-base hits of 2013.

Donaldson's homer lifts A's past Yankees NEW YORK -- Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin knows the history closer Grant Balfour has had against Vernon Wells. Since the alternative was pitching to Robinson Cano with two outs and a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the ninth inning, it was a move that he felt had to be made. Balfour ensured the decision was the correct one by striking out Wells for the final out of Oakland's 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.

The 2013 Major League Baseball season opens Sunday with a new league for the Houston Astros, San Francisco seeking a third World Series title in four seasons and the New York Yankees hurt but dangerous.The six-month campaign starts with the Astros playing host to the Texas Rangers, Houston moving this year from the National League Central division to the American League West, giving each league three five-team groupings.That means inter-league games, once unheard of until the best-of-seven World Series title showdown in October, will now be played almost every night of the s