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David Murphy / Boston Herald:
Phillies lose fourth game in a row — PHILADELPHIA — You could almost see the heavy weight of expectation in their swings, and you certainly could hear it in Roy Halladay's voice as he stood in the center of the clubhouse after the latest Phillies loss. — Professional athletes try …
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Phillies Nation
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Harper Hell — Bryce Harper singled in the first and tripled in two runs in the third off Roy Halladay, the latter hit giving the Nationals a 2-1 lead over the Phillies. He has four hits in the two games against the Phillies, making Thomas Boswell look prescient: … He's giving Halladay hell tonight.
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Federal Baseball, The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Final: Orioles 4, Red Sox 1 — Game over: Orioles 4, Red Sox 1 — The Red Sox - Pedroia, Ortiz and Gonzalez - go down in order against sinker-balling reliever Jim Johnson, who earned his 16th save. The game was played before 25,171 in 2:57. Matusz improved to 4-4 and Doubront fell to 4-2.
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Over the Monster, Camden Chat, baseballmusings.com and Yahoo! Sports
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
‘Good signs’ for Cody Ross — Outfielder hopes for quick recovery — BALTIMORE — A strange thing happened Monday night, a few hours after outfielder Cody Ross was diagnosed with a fractured navicular bone in his left foot. — Ross began to feel better.
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Boston Globe and Associated Press
Tom Green / MLB.com:
Marlins Park becomes 50th venue for Moyer — MIAMI — Jamie Moyer knows a thing or two about Major League ballparks, after all, he has pitched in 50 of them during his career. — On Monday, Marlins Park became the 50th Major League venue that Moyer has pitched in, which is the most among pitchers since 1921.
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Purple Row
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies' owner says he still supports Jim Tracy, GM Dan O'Dowd
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MLB.com, Purple Row and Denver Post
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
With all due respect, why would Ortiz be so upset? — BALTIMORE - Let's give David Ortiz a mulligan. — He had a bad day. — After hitting a towering home run to help his team win for the ninth time in 11 games Monday night against the Orioles, Ortiz had an awkward, strange response on the topic of leadership and respect.
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the joy of sox and Surviving Grady
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
David Ortiz blasts naysayers
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HardballTalk, The Big Lead and Boston Dirt Dogs
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Mets 3 Pirates 1 — The Mets (24-20) defeated the Pirates (20-24) by the score of 3-1 today at PNC Park. — For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV. — The Least You Should Know: — Jon Niese started for the Mets and he was great into the eighth inning …
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Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Nolasco Sets Win Record as Miami Beats Rockies 7-6 — MIAMI (AP) — Ricky Nolasco gave up three runs in the first inning, then settled down to set a franchise record for career victories when the Miami Marlins rallied past the Colorado Rockies for the second night in a row Tuesday, 7-6.
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Fish Stripes and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Duda backs Dickey, lifts Mets with late RBI … PITTSBURGH — Lucas Duda smacked a go-ahead RBI-single in the top of the eighth in support of starter R.A. Dickey and the New York Mets edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Tuesday night. — Dickey (6-1) struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings …
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Yahoo! Sports, New York Post, NY Daily News, New York Times, Amazin' Avenue and Bucs Dugout
Associated Press:
Astros Hand Cubs 8th Straight Loss With 2-1 Win — HOUSTON (AP) — J.D. Martinez hit the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning and Jose Altuve had a solo homer to give the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. — The loss extends Chicago's losing skid to a season-long eight games.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, The Crawfish Boxes and Associated Press
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Phil Rogers / Boston Herald:
Cubs lose 7th straight game
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Chicago Tribune and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Associated Press:
Phillips Hits 2 HRs, Reds Beat Braves 4-3 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips drove in three runs with a pair of homers off Brandon Beachy on Tuesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves in another game of all-or-nothing.
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ESPN and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
Lucky fan snags balls on back-to-back homers
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Talking Chop, HardballTalk and ESPN
Associated Press:
Lone Mistake Comes Back to Bit Seattle in 3-1 Loss — SEATTLE (AP) — Hector Noesi wanted his pitch to Elvis Andrus to end up in the dirt. And it did — on the warning track. — Texas used Seattle's young right-hander as another example of how the Rangers can win by taking advantage of just one poorly placed pitch.
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Lookout Landing
NBCSports.com:
Dodgers stun D-backs for 6th straight win — PHOENIX (AP) - Ivan De Jesus hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth to give the Dodgers the lead and Dee Gordon went airborne to turn a game-ending double play as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Tuesday night.
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HardballTalk and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Perez Cheered, Gets Save as Indians Beat Tigers — CLEVELAND (AP) — When the bullpen door swung open, Chris Perez braced himself. — After criticizing Cleveland's fans for failing to support the first-place Indians, Perez wasn't sure what to expect when he came in for the ninth inning with another game on the line.
