Yankees bring Robertson into bullpen

The Yankees added a fresh arm to their bullpen yesterday, purchasing righthander Dave Robertson's contract from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. New York optioned lefty Kei Igawa back to Triple A, one day after he was called up. The Yankees also acknowledged that Hideki Matsui could need surgery on his ailing left knee. The outfielder, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, is batting .323 with seven homers and 34 RBIs in 69 games . . . Pitcher Fausto Carmona (left hip) and designated hitter Travis Hafner (right shoulder) won't be back with the Cleveland Indians until after the All-Star break . . . Injuries continued to mount for the Chicago Cubs, who put reliever Scott Eyre on the 15-day DL because of a left groin strain . . . Utility infielder Alberto Callaspo, one day after being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, was placed on the disabled list for undisclosed reasons by the Kansas City Royals . . . Former major league pitcher Danny Rios was suspended for one year by Japanese baseball after testing positive for a banned substance (hydroxystanozorol). Rios played briefly with the Yankees in 1997 and the Royals in 1998 . . . Florida State's Buster Posey won the Johnny Bench Award, given to the top catcher in college baseball.

Tampa Bay acquired the short-term negotiating rights to Pittsburgh forwards Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts for a conditional draft pick. The deal allows the Lightning to talk exclusively to Malone and Roberts until the NHL free agency signing period begins Tuesday. The Penguins didn't feel they could afford to keep Malone, a Pittsburgh native who had 27 goals and 24 assists last season, or the 42-year-old Roberts, who made $2.5 million last season. Malone is believed to be seeking about $5 million per season.

Germany captain Michael Ballack missed his team's last practice because of a calf injury, putting him in doubt for today's European Championship final against Spain in Vienna. The German soccer federation said Ballack hurt his right calf Friday and did not train that day either, adding that he was receiving treatment at the team hotel. "They are working around the clock on him," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. . . . Karla Schacher scored in first-half injury time to help Canada beat the United States, 1-0, in the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship final in Puebla, Mexico.

Packing 5 new pounds of power in his usual stunning hand speed, Manny Pacquiao captured a title belt in his fourth weight class, knocking out David Diaz in the ninth round to claim the World Boxing Council lightweight championship in Las Vegas. The lightweight debut of Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) was every bit as action-packed as his long history of brawls at lower weights - and like most of his opponents, Diaz (34-2-1) couldn't keep up . . . Nicolae Linca, Romania's only Olympic gold medalist boxer, who won the welterweight title at the 1956 Olympics while fighting with a broken wrist, died at his home in Transylvania. He was 79.

University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun said forward Stanley Robinson will spend at least one semester away from Storrs. Robinson, one of the Huskies' top-ranked 2006 recruits, plans to take courses at a junior college near his home in Birmingham, Ala., while addressing academic and personal issues . . . In the WNBA, Matee Ajavon scored a season-high 24 points, tying a Houston rookie record, and the host Comets pulled away in the fourth quarter for their fourth straight win, 75-61 over the Indiana Fever. Sophia Young scored 20 points, Ann Wauters added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Silver Stars capitalized on Seimone Augustus's absence because of a sprained right big toe to beat the visiting Minnesota Lynx, 73-65. Candice Dupree scored 18 points and the host Chicago Sky snapped a five-game losing streak with a 76-59 victory over the Detroit Shock. Kara Lawson's 21 points lifted the host Sacramento Monarchs over the New York Liberty, 82-78 . . . Tom Zummo scored five goals and Matt Poskay added four goals to lead the Boston Cannons to a 21-14 victory over the Dragons in San Francisco . . . Music Note beat 1-2 favorite Proud Spell in the Mother Goose Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, and Frost Giant won the $400,000 Suburban Handicap at 40-1, beating Solar Flare by a half-length at Belmont . . . Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan took advantage of an out-of-sequence pit stop by front-running teammate Marco Andretti and ran away with the SunTrust Indy Challenge in Richmond. On a night when half of the 26 cars in the largest IndyCar Series field went home damaged, Kanaan avoided the near-constant mayhem caused by a record-tying nine caution flags and coasted to his 13th career IndyCar victory.