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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Did Johan Santana pay price for all those pitches? — NEW YORK — So what was actually wrong with Johan Santana? It's the question the Mets have to be asking after the left-hander gave up four home runs in a 9-1 blowout to the Yankees on Friday night. It wasn't just a bad outing …
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Mets Merized Online and MetsBlog.com
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Associated Press:
Uggla's HR Powers Hot Braves Past Blue Jays, 5-2 — ATLANTA (AP) — Tommy Hanson shut down another AL East team, Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Saturday for their season-best sixth straight win. — Braves rookie shortstop Andrelton Simmons hit …
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Associated Press and Talking Chop
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Blue Jays one of many expected to target Quentin, assuming he's available — The Toronto Blue Jays are expected to be among the teams targeting Padres hot-hitting outfielder Carlos Quentin if, as expected, he's made available. — The Blue Jays are said to have long liked Quentin.
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Bluebird Banter, Getting Blanked, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors, HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
Associated Press:
Plouffe, Mauer Power Twins Over Cubs, 11-3 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Plouffe had a double, a homer and four RBIs and Scott Diamond pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Minnesota Twins to an 11-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. — Diamond (5-1) allowed seven hits …
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baseballmusings.com and Associated Press
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Jon Krawczynski / Associated Press:
Willingham's single lifts Twins over Cubs in 10th — MINNEAPOLIS—Josh Willingham's RBI single in the 10th inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. — The Twins trailed 7-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth against Shawn Camp (2-3).
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Yahoo! Sports, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Lowrie, Wallace, Bogusevic Homer to Pace Astros — CHICAGO (AP) — Jed Lowrie, Brett Wallace and Brian Bogusevic homered and the Houston Astros got a strong effort from their bullpen to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Friday night. — Houston's win was just its third in the last 13 games.
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South Side Sox and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
Mariners use 6 pitchers in no-hitter vs. Dodgers … SEATTLE — Kevin Millwood and five relievers combined on the third no-hitter in Seattle Mariners history, a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. — The no-hitter was the fourth in the majors this season …
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ESPN, Lookout Landing, Hardball Times, HardballTalk, Associated Press, Batter's Box Interactive …, MLB.com and Bleacher Report
Bob Baum / Associated Press:
Roberts' HR in 9th gives Arizona win over A's — PHOENIX—Ryan Roberts hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night. — Roberts, who also doubled twice, lined a 2-1 pitch from Brian Fuentes …
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AZ Snake Pit and baseballmusings.com
Steven Wine / Associated Press:
Matt Joyce's homer helps Rays beat Marlins 5-1 — MIAMI—Matt Joyce homered, doubled and scored three times, and the Tampa Bay Rays escaped several jams to beat the slumping Miami Marlins 5-1 Friday night. — The Marlins went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.
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Fish Stripes, DRaysBay, Yahoo! Sports and MLB
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Garcia to be shut down for at least four weeks — ST. LOUIS — Jaime Garcia will be shut down for at least the next four weeks after a second opinion on Friday confirmed that he has an impingement in his left shoulder. — Garcia traveled to California to visit with Dr. Lewis Yocum …
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Yahoo! Sports, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Squeeze Bunt Send Reds Over Tigers, 6-5 in 10 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Wilson Valdez's squeeze bunt with one out in the 10th inning scored Miguel Cairo and sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. — Cairo started the rally against left-hander Phil Coke …
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Bless You Boys and Red Reporter
Fox Sports:
Third time's a charm for Mets' Collins — As Terry Collins calmly and deftly answered questions Thursday about yet another banged-up shortstop — Omar Quintanilla, the Mets' sixth shortstop of the season — I wondered if this was yet another area at which the manager had improved.
Discussion:
Faith and Fear in Flushing, Amazin' Avenue, New Jersey Online, Patrick Flood and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Bedard Pitches Pirates to 4-2 Win Over Royals — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Erik Bedard pitched seven solid innings, Neil Walker had three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Friday night for their 10th victory in the last 13 games. — Bedard (4-6) allowed two runs …
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Associated Press
