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10:25 PM ET, June 17, 2012

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Alex Angert / MLB.com:
Mattingly ejected for arguing overturned call  —  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was ejected in the seventh inning of Sunday's game against the White Sox after arguing an appealed call that took away a Dodgers run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Discussion: True Blue LA
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Associated Press:
Dodgers rally in 9th, top White Sox in extras
Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Sprained knee sends Norris to 15-day DL  —  Keuchel takes righty's place with debut on Sunday  —  ARLINGTON — As expected, the Astros placed right-hander Bud Norris on the 15-day disabled list Sunday afternoon with a sprained left knee.  The move is retroactive to June 12.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Lee activated as Astros send down Wallace
Discussion: Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Tigers' Scherzer dominates scuffling Rockies … DETROIT — Max Scherzer struck out 12 in eight dominant innings, rookie Quintin Berry had a career-high five hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the staggering Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Sunday.  —  Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera each had an RBI double.
Discussion: Purple Row
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Fister wins in return from DL, Tigers beat Rockies
Associated Press:
Yuniesky Betancourt's two-run homer in 15th lifts Royals … ST. LOUIS — Yuniesky Betancourt hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 15th inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.  —  Betancourt had put the Royals ahead in the 14th …
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Red Sox place Josh Beckett on DL  —  CHICAGO (AP)  —  The Boston Red Sox have put ace Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation in his right shoulder.  —  Manager Bobby Valentine said before Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs that the Red Sox are “going to take the conservative route.”
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Andrew Seligman / Associated Press:
Saltalamacchia leads Red Sox past Cubs, 4-3
Discussion: Over the Monster and Boston Herald
Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:   Road Salt cleans up
Associated Press:
Rays shut out Marlins as Cobb dominates … ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Cobb pitched two-hit ball for seven innings, B.J. Upton homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Sunday.  —  Cobb (3-3), who had lost his previous three starts, struck out a career-high 10, walked one and hit a batter.
Discussion: DRaysBay
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Associated Press:
Scott Cousins' triple pushes Marlins by Rays in 15th
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
McCullers, Astros Agree On $2.5 Million  —  The Astros and supplemental first-round pick Lance McCullers Jr. have agreed on a $2.5 million bonus, pending a physical on Monday.  —  The assigned value for McCullers' No. 41 selection was $1,258,700.  McCullers exceeded that amount by $1,241,300 …
Associated Press:
Span Has RBI Single in 15th; Twins Beat Brewers  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Denard Span had an RBI single with two outs in the 15th inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 Sunday in the longest game played at 2½-year-old Target Field.
Associated Press:
Florida St. Ousts Stony Brook From CWS in Rout  —  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida State capitalized on a throwing error to score six runs in the third inning, and the Seminoles ended Stony Brook's surprise appearance in the College World Series with a 12-2 victory on Sunday.
Discussion: Baseball America
Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Reds 3 Mets 1  —  The New York Mets (35-32) lost to the Cincinnati Reds (38-27) today by a score of 3-1. … For a complete box score and game recap, check out SNY In-Game Live.  —  Brian Erni: What a weekend of wasted opportunities.  After they left eight men on and took …
Discussion: Red Reporter
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Reds 4 Mets 1
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Cabrera's Errors Send Indians to 9-5 Loss  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Asdrubal Cabrera's defense has been something the Indians could count on.  —  That's why it was so surprising when he committed a career-high three errors — two on one play — that led to four unearned runs in Cleveland's 9-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday.
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
Associated Press:
Yankees Sweep Nationals, Win 4-1 for 9th Straight  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivan Nova pitched effectively into the eighth inning to win his fifth straight start, Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano hit solo homers, and the New York Yankees beat the on-the-rise Washington Nationals 4-1 Sunday …
Discussion: Associated Press and ESPN
Adam Rosenbloom / MLB.com:
Collins concerned with getting Bay healthy  —  NEW YORK — As Mets manager Terry Collins sat in for his pregame news conference on Sunday morning, you could sense that he was concerned about Jason Bay's future.  —  Collins has repeatedly said that Bay plays the game only one way — all out.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
 
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