Indians" Perez Says Pitchers" Use of Pine Tar Is Common Chris Perez, the outspoken closer for the Cleveland Indians, said Friday that he believed there were pitchers on every team who used pine tar and other substances to manipulate the ball. "If before every game if they stopped and checked everybody's gloves or something, there would be one or two guys on every team that would just get popped," he said. Clarifying comments he made on a satellite radio show, Perez, who played for the Cardinals in 2008 and 2009, said Friday that he was not specifically calling out St. Louis for using pine tar. Instead, he said, he was saying that he had only been with two major league teams and that "more guys did it on the Cardinals than here." Rays reliever Joel Peralta was suspended for eight games Thursday for having pine tar on his glove in a game Tuesday. Perez said that he only used rosin, but that he had seen players use pine tar, sunscreen, rosin and dirt, and sometimes a mix of those things. UMPIRE IS INJURED The barrel of a broken bat hit the plate umpire Jerry Layne on the left side of the head, forcing him to leave a game between Minnesota and Cincinnati in the fourth inning. Layne, a 23-year veteran, was checked by the Reds" medical director at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park and was taken to a hospital for tests to make sure he did not break any bones on the side of his face. "There was no cuts or anything like that," Randy Marsh, Major League Baseball's director of umpiring, said, adding: " Not sure if there's a concussion - doesn't think he was concussed - but he has a very sore area on his face." Marsh, who was at the game, talked to Layne after he left the field. Layne was expected to get X-rays and a magnetic resonance imaging test at the hospital. "He said when he went down, he didn't know what hit him, whether it was the bat or a ball," Marsh said. CHAD CURTIS TO BE TRIED Chad Curtis, a former major league outfielder, has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he touched two female students at a Michigan high school where he was a volunteer strength trainer. After hearing testimony from the girls, ages 15 and 16, Barry County District Judge Michael Schipper ruled that Curtis was to be tried on five counts of criminal sexual conduct. Schipper also told Curtis, 43, that he was no longer allowed to coach his 12-year-old son's travel baseball team. David Dodge Sr., Curtis's lawyer, has said Curtis denies any criminal wrongdoing. From 1992 to 2001, Curtis played for the Angels, the Tigers, the Dodgers, the Indians, the Yankees and the Rangers. He won two World Series rings with the Yankees. BREWERS ADD HERNANDEZ The Milwaukee Brewers have signed pitcher Livan Hernandez to a one-year contract. The Atlanta Braves designated Hernandez for assignment June 15 and released him Monday. He pitched 18 games for the Braves, all out of the bullpen, and had a 1-1 record and a 4.94 earned run average. Hernandez, 37, is in his 17th major league season and has a career record of 175-177 with a 4.40 E.R.A. ANOTHER ROYAL OUT Felipe Paulino tore a ligament in his right elbow and will probably become the fourth Kansas City Royals pitcher this season to have Tommy John surgery. The Royals said that team doctors diagnosed a torn ulnar collateral ligament for Paulino, which usually requires season-ending reconstructive surgery. Kansas City has already lost starter Danny Duffy, reliever Blake Wood and closer Joakim Soria to Tommy John surgery. All told, Kansas City has used 10 starting pitchers this year. Paulino opened the year on the disabled list because of a strained left forearm, but he was 3-1 with a 1.67 E.R.A. in seven starts, including four outings in which he did not allow a run. The loss of Paulino put a damper on the long-awaited return of catcher Salvador Perez. Perez tore cartilage in his knee March 13, shortly after signing a $7 million, five-year contract. The Royals took it slow with his rehabilitation, making sure Perez could catch nine full innings before he returned to the big leagues. He hit .340 in 12 games at Class AAA Omaha. Perez started for the Royals against the Cardinals on Friday night. HAMILTON TO HAVE A BIOPIC Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton and his wife, Katie, confirmed that they had agreed to the creation of a film about his life. In a statement released before the Rangers" game against the Rockies, the Hamiltons said they were approached by Casey Affleck and Thunder Road Pictures. Tampa Bay selected Hamilton with the No. 1 overall pick in 1999. After going on the disabled list in 2001 while in the minors, he became addicted to alcohol and cocaine. He did not play from 2003 to 2005. Hamilton finally made it to the majors in 2007 with the Reds and was traded to Texas before 2008. He won the 2010 American League Most Valuable Player award and has helped the Rangers make two straight World Series appearances. ORIOLE TO HAVE SURGERY Orioles left fielder Nolan Reimold will have surgery on his neck Monday, a procedure that will probably end his season. Reimold was placed on the disabled list May 4 with a herniated disk in his neck. Despite receiving several cortisone shots, he was still experiencing numbness in his left arm. Reimold said Peyton Manning, who missed the entire 2011 N.F.L. season, had the same operation. In 16 games this season, Reimold hit .313 with 5 homers and 10 runs batted in.