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Associated Press:
Cano, Yanks Rough Up Santana in 9-1 Win Over Mets — NEW YORK (AP) — Robinson Cano homered twice and hit one of three straight long balls off an ineffective Johan Santana to lead the New York Yankees to a 9-1 rout of the Mets on Friday night. — Hiroki Kuroda allowed one hit …
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ESPN
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Yankees 9 Mets 1 — The Mets (32-27) were blown out by the Yankees (32-25) by the score of 9-1 tonight at Yankee Stadium. — For a full recap and box score, check out SNY's in-game live. — The Least You Should Know: … Michael Baron: The discussion will most certainly …
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Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Arrieta Again Hit Hard, Orioles Lose to Phillies — BALTIMORE (AP) — Jake Arrieta put on a performance that was a quite a crowd pleaser at Camden Yards. For the large portion of the crowd that came to root for the Phillies, that is. — Arrieta ran into trouble right away …
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The Good Phight
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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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Zach Berman / New York Times:
Rays 7, Yankees 3: Yankees Miss Chance to Move Into First
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Fish Stripes, Amazin' Avenue, DRaysBay and baseballmusings.com
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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Red Reporter and Bless You Boys
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 and baseballmusings.com
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Stark: Five teams that have shocked the most in 2012 — Tigers, Mets, Phillies, Rays and White Sox not following the preseason script — The game of baseball is a fascinating invention. Just when we think we might actually understand it, just when we think we might actually know something about it …
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MLB Daily Dish, Bleacher Report and MLB Rumors
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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MLB Rumors, Getting Blanked, HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
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Associated Press:
John Smoltz inducted into Braves Hall of Fame, No. 29 retired … ATLANTA (AP) — John Smoltz exhaled heavily and shook his head minutes after his No. 29 was retired by the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. — “I'm glad that's over,” Smoltz said. “That's a doubleheader I just pitched.”
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baseballmusings.com
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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HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Jon Paul Morosi / mlbbuzz:
Trade candidate Myers on pace to trigger option — Astros closer Brett Myers' $10 million option for 2013 will vest automatically if he finishes 45 games and doesn't end the season on the disabled list, major-league sources told FOXSports.com. — Finishing 45 games isn't the only way for Myers …
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MLB Daily Dish, Call to the Pen and MLB Rumors
Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
Bogusevic in the lineup after pitching — CHICAGO — One day after Brian Bogusevic pitched for the first time in his Major League career, the Astros outfielder was hitting in the nine-hole against the White Sox. — “I didn't even think about that,” manager Brad Mills said of the lineup.
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The Crawfish Boxes
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Top and Bottom — The Nationals head to Fenway Park for a weekend series with the Red Sox. The teams traded roles, as Washington is the first place team and Boston sits in last: … I'll be going to Sunday's game pitting Jordan Zimmermann against Jon Lester.
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Washington Post, Boston Globe and Over the Monster
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