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Associated Press:
Homer-happy Blue Jays beat Red Sox 9-6 — BOSTON—Jose Bautista, Colby Rasmus and J.P. Arencibia hit two-run homers Monday night to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-6 victory over Boston despite two home runs by David Ortiz that tied him for the most multihomer games in Red Sox history.
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Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Alvarez's elbow soreness not considered serious — Exit from game against Red Sox a precautionary measure for Blue Jays — BOSTON — Henderson Alvarez was forced to depart during the sixth inning of Monday night's 9-6 win in Boston because of soreness in his right elbow.
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HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star:
Scott Richmond called up by Blue Jays after string of pitcher injuries — BOSTON—Since Brandon Morrow strained his left oblique muscle on June 11—the first of three Toronto starting pitchers to suffer serious injuries over the course of four games earlier this month …
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MLB Daily Dish
Canadian Press:
Jays add Moyer to Triple-A roster as injuries mount — BOSTON - The Blue Jays are giving the oldest pitcher in baseball a look. — Toronto signed 49-year-old left-hander Jamie Moyer to a minor league contract, according to a report on the team's website late Monday.
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Bluebird Banter, Associated Press and TSN.ca
Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Blue Jays ink Moyer to Minor League deal — BOSTON — The Blue Jays signed veteran left-hander Jamie Moyer to a Minor League contract on Monday. — Moyer will report to Triple-A Las Vegas, where he is expected to join the starting rotation. He is not on a guaranteed deal and has not received …
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Seattle Mariners blog
Alex Prewitt / Boston Globe:
Final: Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 6
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Over the Monster and Batter's Box Interactive …
Michael Schur / Grantland:
Winslow Townson/Getty Images — Requiem for a Hardass — Red Sox nation says good-bye to Kevin Youkilis — A lot of winning baseball teams have one guy on their team who's kind of a dick. (On the field only, I'm talking — I don't know these people.)
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the joy of sox, South Side Sox and Joe Blogs
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Bob Ryan / The Boston Globe:
Kevin Youkilis a unique player who will be missed
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Boston Globe, Boston Globe and Over the Monster
Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Rangers call up top pitching prospect Perez — The Texas Rangers have promoted top pitching prospect Martin Perez, recalling the left-hander from Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. — The Rangers signed Perez, 21, as a free agent out of Venezuela in 2007. He entered this season …
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Associated Press:
Cabrera Has 3 RBIs for Tigers in 8-2 Win at Texas — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Rick Porcello struck out seven in six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 Monday night. — After their first 12 batters …
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Associated Press and Bless You Boys
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies defeat Washington Nationals as Jeff Francis pitches well — Who's afraid of big, bad Coors Field? — Clearly not Washington Nationals whiz kid Stephen Strasburg. The 23-year-old right-hander wasn't as dominant as usual, but he clearly wasn't intimidated by Coors Field's nasty reputation.
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Denver Post and Purple Row
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Associated Press:
Mariners waste terrific start by Ramirez — SEATTLE—Erasmo Ramirez turned in a dominant performance Monday night. Unfortunately for the Seattle Mariners, he remains in search of his first major league win. — Ramirez had a career-high 10 strikeouts over eight sparkling innings …
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Lookout Landing
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Associated Press:
Marlins Blow Late Lead, Lose to Cardinals in 10 — MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins have had a number of losses in June, 17 to be exact. The latest one might be the toughest. — The Marlins led 6-1 in the eighth inning before Heath Bell coughed up four runs in the ninth to the St. Louis Cardinals …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Holliday dumped on as Marlins take 1-0 lead
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Baseball America, Fish Stripes and MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Wood sharp for 7 innings, Cubs beat sloppy Mets — CHICAGO (AP) Joe Mather changed uniform numbers and did a pretty good impression of the player that inspired him to wear No. 21. — With reinforcements on the way in Chicago, more positive changes might be coming for the Cubs.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Rizzo to make long-awaited Cubs debut Tuesday
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Hochevar Stars for Royals in 8-0 Rout of Rays — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luke Hochevar tossed his second career shutout, Eric Hosmer homered and Yuniesky Betancourt drove in three runs to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-0 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
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DRaysBay, Royals Review and Yahoo! Sports
Kristie Rieken / Associated Press:
Quentin leads Padres to 8-7 win over Astros — HOUSTON—Carlos Quentin hit an RBI double in the 10th inning to lift the San Diego Padres to an 8-7 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night. — Chase Headley walked with one out and stole second before Quentin drove him in with a drive to right-center against Brandon Lyon (0-2).
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The Crawfish Boxes
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Iancteti / CBS New York:
Yankees Announce Lineup For 66th Old Timers' Day — NEW YORK (WFAN) - The New York Yankees have announced that nearly 50 former Yankees will attend the 66th annual Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, July 1st. The YES Network will air the ceremonies, which are scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. …
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HardballTalk and It's About The Money
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