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Vinny Cartiglia / MetsBlog.com:
My reactions to Wright/Collins situation — Last night, following a solo home run by Rickie Weeks, D.J Carrasco plunked Ryan Braun with the next pitch. — David Wright was scheduled to lead off the bottom of the inning, but Terry Collins pulled him from the game and put Jordany Valdespin in instead.
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Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Greinke, Ishikawa Lead Brewers Over Mets 8-0 — NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Greinke overcame his road woes and ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings, Travis Ishikawa homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Mets 8-0 Tuesday night for a split of the two-game series.
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Amazin' Avenue, Associated Press, New Jersey Online, Brew Crew Ball and ESPN
Zach Schonbrun / New York Times:
Brewers 8, Mets 0: Greinke and Brewers Shut Down the Mets — The freakish pitching ability of the Brewers' Zack Greinke was on clear display in one sequence in the third inning against the Mets on Tuesday. He used three different pitches to strike out catcher Mike Nickeas. — One was a 70 mile-per-hour curveball.
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NY Daily News, Patrick Flood, New York Post and Brew Crew Ball
Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Brewers 8 Mets 0
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Amazin' Avenue, Brew Crew Ball and New York Post
Associated Press:
Jays' Lawrie suspended 4 games for ump altercation — TORONTO—Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays has been suspended for four games by Major League Baseball after he threw his batting helmet and it bounced off an umpire. — The penalty was imposed Wednesday and included an undisclosed fine.
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Yahoo! Sports, Associated Press and NESN.com
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Associated Press:
Lawrie Ejected After Wild Rage, Rays Beat Jays 4-3 — TORONTO (AP) — Brett Lawrie slammed his batting helmet to the ground and it ricocheted into plate umpire Bill Miller as the ninth inning turned nasty Tuesday in Toronto's 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay. — Lawrie was ejected for arguing …
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Yahoo! Sports, Hardball Times, Baseball Prospectus, Bluebird Banter and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Ex-White Sox, Orioles pitcher Hickey dies at 56 — CHICAGO — Kevin Hickey, who pitched in six major league seasons with the White Sox and the Orioles and who was a coach with Chicago, has died. He was 56. — The team said Hickey died Wednesday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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Yahoo! Sports, BBTF's Baseball Primer …, baseballmusings.com and ESPN
Neil FitzGerald / USA Today:
New pitching approaches can yield dramatic results — One of the newer frontiers in baseball analysis is PitchF/X, the system installed in every major league ballpark that collects data on every pitched ball. This voluminous resource is a treasure trove for researchers …
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Stephen Strasburg had issue with Hot Stuff ointment in rocky outing, Davey Johnson says — After Stephen Strasburg allowed four runs in four laborious innings against the Padres this afternoon, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson volunteered an unusual postgame revelation.
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Federal Baseball
Drew Silva / HardballTalk:
Angels fire hitting coach Mickey Hatcher — From Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com comes word that the Angels have fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher. — Triple-A Salt Lake hitting instructor Jim Eppard has been promoted to serve as his replacement. — The news comes with odd timing considering …
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Baseball Nation and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Josh Johnson Pitches Marlins Past Pirates 6-2 — MIAMI (AP) — Josh Johnson allowed two runs over seven innings for his first victory in more than a year, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night. — Johnson (1-3) had gone winless in 12 starts since his most recent victory on April 19, 2011.
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Fish Stripes, Talking Chop, Bucs Dugout, Associated Press and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Diamondbacks top Dodgers 5-1 — LOS ANGELES—Wade Miley wiggled out of a couple jams while pitching into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers' five-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory Tuesday night. — Miley (4-1) yielded eight hits and walked …
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