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Associated Press:
Daniel Nava's single caps rally, Red Sox top Marlins 6-5 — BOSTON - Daniel Nava singled in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run eighth inning and the surging Boston Red Sox [team stats] completed a sweep of the stumbling Miami Marlins, 6-5 on Thursday night.
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Boston Herald, ESPN, Surviving Grady and Yahoo! Sports
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
‘Drama’ surrounding Red Sox wearing on Papi — Veteran slugger hints this could be his final season in Boston uniform — BOSTON — On the surface, it seems like life has never been better for David Ortiz. At 36 years old, he is tearing the cover off the ball.
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Over the Monster, Boston Globe and baseballmusings.com
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Sox stay hot with sweep — Middlebrooks aids in eighth-inning rally — Daisuke Matsuzaka wipes his brow as he departs the game in the sixth inning, having surrendered four runs on four hits and a walk. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) — How can the Red Sox not play Will Middlebrooks at third base every day?
Discussion:
Surviving Grady
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
A big blast from Ortiz — Angry DH rips media scrutiny — David Ortiz is having one of the best seasons of his career and is sure to be an All-Star again. But he's not having fun, and the media is to blame. — It's even to a point, the designated hitter said, where he is unsure about returning next season.
Discussion:
The Soxaholix
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Efforts stepped up to trade Youkilis
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Plain Dealer, Over the Monster, MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Peralta Gives Up Key Double, Nationals Beat Rays — WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspended Tampa Bay reliever Joel Peralta served up a tiebreaking, two-run double to Danny Espinosa in the sixth inning Thursday night, sending the Washington Nationals over the Rays 5-2.
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DRaysBay
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Before becoming toast of town, NY Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey had rift with TV analyst Bobby Ojeda — Knuckleballer having career felt slighted by comments before the pair cleared air during spring training — R.A. Dickey soaks in adulation lately but early last season found Mets TV analyst Bobby Ojeda …
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Newsday and MetsBlog.com
David Murphy / Boston Herald:
Phillies' optimism just turns into another loss — PHILADELPHIA — One by one, they walked to the dugout as the boos rained down. First, Chad Qualls, then Hunter Pence, then Shane Victorino. In order: a suspect relief appearance, a strikeout with the tying run on second and nobody out, a pop out with the tying run on third.
Discussion:
Phillies Nation
MLB.com:
Presley, Jones back in lineup vs. right-hander — PITTSBURGH — After facing left-handed starters in the first two games of the series with the Twins, the Pirates were able to return to their righty lineup for Thursday night's matchup. — That meant left fielder Alex Presley back atop the batting order …
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MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
Bill James Online:
The Greatest of Games — I. The Record Game — I was very into Matt Cain's perfect game, watched the last three innings of it on my television machine, called my wife to watch the end of it, e-mailed my son in San Francisco to make sure he was watching.
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com and McCovey Chronicles
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Dan Lependorf / Hardball Times:
Visualization: How Matt Cain's perfect game stands in baseball history
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Only Baseball Matters and baseballmusings.com
CSN Washington:
Official Harper ‘clown question’ t-shirts coming — These days when a comment an athlete makes goes viral, it is only a matter of time before people start producing t-shirts and merchandise. It happened to Robert Griffin III with his ‘RG3’ moniker and it happened with New York Jets' linebacker Bart Scott …
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HardballTalk and Nats Enquirer
Associated Press:
S. Carolina Beats Arkansas 2-0 on 3-Hitter — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freshman Jordan Montgomery and Matt Price combined on a three-hitter Thursday night, lifting two-time defending national champion South Carolina to a 2-0 victory over Arkansas at the College World Series.
Discussion:
Baseball America
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Prospects pack rosters for Futures Game — Last year, Bryce Harper and Mike Trout were the main attractions at the XM All-Star Futures Game in Arizona. The top two prospects in baseball in one outfield at the same time appeared to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Amazin' Avenue, Baseball Prospectus, Over the Monster, Phillies Nation, Gaslamp Ball and Boston Globe
Associated Press:
Arizona Moves to College World Series Finals — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Arizona converted three errors into a six-run first inning and advanced to the College World Series finals with a 10-3 victory over Florida State on Thursday. — Freshman starter Brandon Leibrandt was pulled after he recorded …
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Baseball America
