Baseball notes: Brewers#39; Gamel needs surgery

The growing concern regarding Kansas City closer Joakim Soria escalated sharply Sunday when he left a game against Cleveland because of a sore right elbow after another ineffective performance. Soria left the game after yielding three runs, three hits and a walk while making just 16 pitches in a 6-4 victory over the Indians. Until Sunday, Soria had insisted he was healthy.

The growing concern regarding Kansas City closer Joakim Soria escalated sharply Sunday when he left a game against Cleveland because of a sore right elbow after another ineffective performance. Soria left the game after yielding three runs, three hits and a walk while making just 16 pitches in a 6-4 victory over the Indians. Until Sunday, Soria had insisted he was healthy.

James Shields#39; exhibition season has gone as well as he could expect. Except for one pitch. Shields struck out seven in six innings and allowed his first earned run of spring training as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, on Saturday.

James Shields#39; exhibition season has gone as well as he could expect. Except for one pitch. Shields struck out seven in six innings and allowed his first earned run of spring training as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, on Saturday.