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Larry Fine / Reuters:
Yankees Pitcher Pettitte Fractures Ankle — NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte fractured his left ankle when he was struck by a batted ball on Wednesday and will miss at least six weeks, the American League-leading team said. — It was the second jolt …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Andy Pettitte out at least 6 weeks — NEW YORK — New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte has a fractured left ankle and will miss at least six weeks. — The 40-year-old Pettitte was hit on the ankle by a line drive in the fifth inning of Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Indians.
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Yankees put CC Sabathia on DL — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia is headed to the disabled list with a Grade 1 strain of the adductor muscle near his left leg, the team announced on Wednesday. — Sabathia will miss his next two starts and return after the All-Star break.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pregame notes: Sabathia expected to miss two starts
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Pettitte fractures ankle, out at least six weeks
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Ethier exits finale with left oblique injury in first — SAN FRANCISCO — Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier was removed from Wednesday's game against the Giants in the first inning after suffering a left oblique injury. — Ethier, who walked, was erased sliding into second base on an inning-ending double play by Juan Rivera.
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Paul Hagen / MLB.com:
Utley appears good to go for return to Phillies — “I think the more ... at-bats I get, the more repetitions in the field, I think I'll continue to improve,” said Chase Utley. (AP) — ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The lights over Coca-Cola Park had barely taken hold when Chase Utley stepped …
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Chase Utley homers in 1st at-bat — PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley homered in his first at-bat of the season Wednesday night after the Philadelphia Phillies slugger missed the first 76 games because of a chronic problem in both knees. — Utley connected on a 2-2 pitch from Pittsburgh right-hander James McDonald in the first inning.
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Escobar, Butler, Moustakas all homer to lead Royals over Rays — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler greeted reliever Burke Badenhop with a solo home run in the eighth, powering Kansas City to a 5-4 victory on a scorching Wednesday afternoon and a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Howard Ulman / Globe and Mail:
Red Sox rough up Romero, Blue Jays 10-4 — The Red Sox scored six runs in the first inning against a wild Ricky Romero, David Ortiz hit his 399th career homer and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday for its fifth straight series win. — Adrian Gonzalez had three RBIs …
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MRI shows ligament tear for D-backs' Hudson — ATLANTA — The Arizona Diamondbacks placed Daniel Hudson on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a right elbow injury that could lead to season-ending surgery. — Manager Kirk Gibson said an MRI exam on Wednesday in Phoenix showed a tear in Hudson's ulnar collateral ligament.
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Terry discusses Wednesday's win against the Cubs — According to WFUV's Amit Badlani, Terry Collins was very pleased with the effort put forth by Jon Niese in Chicago today, and in the month of June as a whole. — “You could tell before the game he really had that edge to him,” Terry Collins said after the game.
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Yankees fielder drops ball, fan picks it up in the stands, ump calls Indians batter out anyway — Check out this screen capture from the YES Network's broadcast of last night's Indians-Yankees game: — See the big fella holding his hand up? He's got the ball that Indians third baseman …
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Erik Malinowski / Deadspin:
The Greatest Trick Dewayne Wise Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World He Caught This Ball [UPDATE]
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Mets explode, bury Cubs in 17-1 homerfest — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Mets embarrass Cubs as Daniel Murphy, David Wright erupt … CHICAGO — Daniel Murphy homered twice, Scott Hairston hit a grand slam and David Wright drove in five runs …
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Dom Cosentino / Deadspin:
Pitching Prospect Stops Line Drive With Face — Scary moment last night for Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 overall choice in last year's MLB draft. Cole was making just his second start for the Altoona Curve, the Pirates' Double-A affiliate, when what you see in the video above happened in the first inning.
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Reds Land Gelalich For $825,000 — The Reds have signed supplemental first-round pick Jeff Gelalich for $825,000. — After hitting a combined .284 with four homers in his first two seasons at UCLA, Gelalich led the Bruins to the College World Series by batting .351 with 11 longballs this spring.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Rockies GM O'Dowd: 'We're not trading Carlos Gonzalez' — Count the Colorado Rockies as a likely seller come trade deadline time, but maybe not quite as exciting a seller as the rumor mill would suggest. — For one thing, superstar outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who has 17 home runs …
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