AP - Phillies third baseman David Bell is out indefinitely with back spasms and might miss the start of the season.

Reuters - Roger Clemens was seeking a storybook ending to his Hall of Fame career when he took to the mound against Mexico at the World Baseball Classic on Thursday, in what he hinted was his final competitive appearance.

AP - Roger Clemens might be pitching in his last game Thursday night. And Team USA could be playing for the final time in the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

AP - San Francisco Giants closer Armando Benitez had a cortisone injection in his swollen left knee and won't be able to throw off a mound for a few days.

AP - It took Dennis Song eight years to amass a $10,000 emergency fund for his pharmacy in Flower Mound, Texas. It took about two months under the new Medicare drug benefit to drain it.

AP - New York Mets right-hander Pedro Martinez threw 81 pitches off a mound during a bullpen session Saturday as he continues to recover from a right toe injury.

AP - Jorge Cantu homered and drove in three runs and Esteban Loaiza allowed a run in five-plus innings Thursday night as Mexico defeated Canada 9-1 to leave the U.S. team a win away from reaching the second round.

AP - Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen had seen enough after six straight losses by a 55-17 margin.

AP - Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood is ailing again, and the Washington Nationals could be without outfielder Jose Guillen for three months because of a wrist injury.

AP - Roy Halladay was rusty in his first outing since last July, allowing four hits and four unearned runs Thursday in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' 9-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

AP - Pedro Martinez confirmed Thursday he will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic because of his sore toe, leaving the Dominican Republic without three of its biggest stars.

AP - Roger Clemens was back on the mound at Houston Astros camp Thursday, striking out four of the 10 minor leaguers he faced and catching a hard line drive.

AP - All-Star closer Chad Cordero and starter John Patterson struggled on the mound in the Washington Nationals' 13-8 victory Wednesday over the Kia Tigers of South Korea.

AP - Pedro Martinez threw from the top of a mound for the first time at New York Mets spring training camp Tuesday, and acknowledged he still has a lot of work to do before opening day.

AP - Derek Lowe was having a difficult time focusing upon arrival at the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse.

Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer Kissimmee, FL (AHN) - Roger Clemens is expected to take to the mound today at Houston's spring training camp. He's supposed to face minor-league batters in a simulated game even though he's not part of the Astros. According to his son Koby,...

AP - Roger Clemens will take to the mound Monday at Houston's spring training camp, facing minor league batters even though he's not part of the Astros.

AP - New York Mets ace Pedro Martinez took another step Saturday in rehabilitating his sore toe, throwing from a slope about a foot in front of the pitcher's mound.

AP - New York Mets star Pedro Martinez took another step Saturday in rehabilitating his sore right toe, throwing from a slope about a foot in front of the pitcher's mound.

AP - Mark Prior and Kerry Wood threw Friday in their first appearances off a pitching mound at spring training this year.