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Associated Press:
Smyly Gets First Big League Win, Tigers Top Yanks — NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs and Drew Smyly pitched into the seventh inning for his first major league win to help the Detroit Tigers snap a five-game losing streak by beating the New York Yankees 7-5 Saturday.
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Dave Caldwell / New York Times:
Yankees 7, Tigers 6: Jeter Scores on Passed Ball, Helping Yankees Overcome Rocky Start by Nova
Yankees 7, Tigers 6: Jeter Scores on Passed Ball, Helping Yankees Overcome Rocky Start by Nova
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Pinstripe Alley and Bless You Boys
Gregory Strong / Globe and Mail:
Jays pummel Mariners to end four-game losing streak — Brandon Morrow threw six shutout innings and Edwin Encarnacion belted a grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Saturday. — Morrow (2-1) struck out nine and allowed five hits as the Blue Jays ended a four-game losing streak.
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Bluebird Banter
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Associated Press:
Saunders Grand Slam Leads Mariners Past Blue Jays
Saunders Grand Slam Leads Mariners Past Blue Jays
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Yahoo! Sports, Bluebird Banter, Lookout Landing and Associated Press
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Yanks: Pineda ‘massive decision gone wrong’
Yanks: Pineda ‘massive decision gone wrong’
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Red Sox Monster, Baseball Nation, U.S.S. Mariner, WasWatching.com and NY Daily News
Associated Press:
Cardinals beat Brewers 7-3 — ST. LOUIS—Yadier Molina tied his career high by going 4-for-4 with a two-run homer, and Kyle Lohse allowed three runs over six innings to run his record to 4-0 for the first time as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 on Saturday.
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Yahoo! Sports and Brew Crew Ball
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Associated Press:
Cardinals score 8 in 3rd in 13-1 win over Brewers — ST. LOUIS—Jake Westbrook gave up one run over seven innings and St. Louis exploded for eight runs in the third inning in a 13-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. — St. Louis, which set a season high both for runs …
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Brew Crew Ball and Yahoo! Sports
Michael Radano / MLB.com:
Castillo recalled, in lineup against Phils — PHILADELPHIA — Cubs catcher Welington Castillo quickly made his way around the visitors' clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday afternoon. — The 25-year old was on a whirlwind tour after he got the call to join the Cubs on Friday night …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Associated Press:
Tigers place OF Delmon Young on restricted list — NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Delmon Young on the restricted list Saturday and said he would be evaluated under baseball's employee assistance program following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge for an encounter …
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Roger Schlueter / MLB.com:
MLB Notebook: Miggy ahead of curve — On a Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia on April 27, 1926, in the top of the seventh inning, Mel Ott emerged in his Giants uniform for his first Major League plate appearance. — Ott was 17 years and 56 days old for that pinch-hitting appearance, which resulted in a strikeout.
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baseballmusings.com
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers sale on track to close Monday — Friday's deadline passes without any objections to the bankruptcy court's order approving the sale. — Outgoing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, center, sits with Magic Johnson, part of the new ownership group, at the Dodgers' opener in San Diego earlier this month.
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HardballTalk and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Jeff Wallner / MLB.com:
Castro returns to lineup after collision — CINCINNATI — Astros catcher Jason Castro was back in the lineup Friday after missing two games with a sore neck resulting from a violent collision at the plate with the Brewers' Mat Gamel on Monday night. It was a scary moment for Castro …
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HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Kershaw Wins 10th Straight Decision, 3-2 Over Nats — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw won his 10th straight decision, Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the National League.
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Associated Press and True Blue LA
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Troy Renck / On the Rox:
Rockies' Moscoso starting in place of Guthrie on Saturday; Pomeranz ‘wait and see’ on possible DL — Guillermo Moscoso will start Saturday after Jeremy Guthrie sprained his right shoulder in a bicycle accident today. An MRI showed no structural damage, but the right-hander will land on the disabled list.
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Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
Phil Birnbaum / Sabermetric Research:
Why 10 runs equals 1 win — It's a rule of thumb that in baseball, every additional 10 runs you score turns one loss into a win. When I first heard that, it seemed like 10 was a lot ... but I managed to convince myself that it made sense. Here's how I explained it to myself.
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THE BOOK
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs sticking with Miley in rotation — Lefty thrived in place of Hudson, will start again Sunday — MIAMI — In what seemed like a foregone conclusion, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said that left-hander Wade Miley will stay in the rotation and start Sunday against the Marlins.
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AZ Snake Pit and HardballTalk