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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Phillies rally to beat Brewers — PHILADELPHIA—Ty Wigginton hit a sacrifice fly to cap a four-run rally in the ninth inning against Francisco Rodriguez and lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. — The Phillies were 0-42 when trailing …
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Brewers may start shopping players — Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is not yet ready to declare his team an outright seller. But clearly, Melvin is moving closer to such a decision. — The Brewers, who were swept by the Cincinnati Reds this weekend …
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mlbbuzz, Brew Crew Ball, MLB Daily Dish and MetsBlog.com
Fox Sports:
Crunch time for Hamels, Phillies
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Phillies Nation, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors, HardballTalk and CBSSports.com Sports News …
Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Phils' talks with Hamels enter ‘sensitive’ phase
Phils' talks with Hamels enter ‘sensitive’ phase
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csnphilly.com, ESPN, Baseball Time in Arlington, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors and Baseball Nation
Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Sources: Rangers' Lewis likely done for season … ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers right-handed starter Colby Lewis has a torn ligament in his pitching arm and is expected to have surgery and miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPNDallas.com on Monday.
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Texas Rangers Blog, Baseball Time in Arlington and HardballTalk
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Associated Press:
Red Sox Drop 4th Straight, 9-1 to Rangers — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — With his team having lost four straight and 12 of its last 18, Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said the formula for their success is simple. — “Good pitching and timely hitting,” Valentine said after his team's 9-1 loss …
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Associated Press
Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Source: Boston eyes Marlins Johnson, Sanchez
Source: Boston eyes Marlins Johnson, Sanchez
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MLB.com, Yahoo! Sports, Over the Monster, Getting Blanked, MLB Daily Dish, Boston Globe, MLB, CBS Boston and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Harper HR, Key Single in 10th Lift Nats Over Mets — NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper homered his first time up in New York, then hit a tiebreaking single to key a six-run burst in the 10th inning Monday night that sent the Washington Nationals over the Mets 8-2.
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Mike Nichols / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Nationals 8 Mets 2 in 10 innings
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Amazin' Avenue
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Tonight's Pitching preview: Young and Zimmermann
Tonight's Pitching preview: Young and Zimmermann
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Amazin' Avenue
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves deal for Dempster pending his approval — Atlanta would add Major League leader in ERA in hopes of stabilizing starting rotation — MIAMI — The Braves are prepared to add Ryan Dempster to their rotation, but will first have to wait for the veteran pitcher's approval.
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Baseball Prospectus
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Braves Could Acquire Ryan Dempster
Braves Could Acquire Ryan Dempster
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HardballTalk, Getting Blanked, The Big Lead, MLB Daily Dish and Where Have You Gone …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Braves Moving Toward Deal For Ryan Dempster
Braves Moving Toward Deal For Ryan Dempster
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FanGraphs Baseball, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bucs Dugout, MLB Daily Dish, Yahoo! Sports and Baseball Nation
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Ichiro Suzuki — A legendary figure in Seattle will be changing uniforms, but won't have to go farther than the visitors' clubhouse to join his new team. The Yankees, who are playing in Seattle tonight, have acquired Ichiro Suzuki and cash from the Mariners …
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Associated Press:
Samardzija goes eight scoreless, Cubs beat Pirates — PITTSBURGH — Jeff Samardzija gave up one hit over eight innings and Alfonso Soriano hit two run-scoring doubles as the Chicago Cubs cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Monday night. — Samardzija allowed only a fourth-inning infield single …
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Associated Press:
Giants' offence backs Vogelsong in win over Padres — SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey hit a three-run homer, Ryan Vogelsong won for the first time in nearly a month and the San Francisco Giants opened their longest homestand of the season with a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres.
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Gaslamp Ball and McCovey Chronicles
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Omar Infante, Anibal Sanchez — 4:59pm: The teams also swap the picks they obtained in last week's competitive balance lottery, Peter Gammons of MLB Network tweets. The Marlins obtain prospects Rob Brantly and Brian Flynn along with Turner, Gammons tweets.
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CBSSports.com Sports News …, VFTB, Bless You Boys, Motor City Bengals and Baseball Nation
Associated Press:
Masterson's strong pitching helps Indians beat Orioles — CLEVELAND — Justin Masterson, backed by three double plays, pitched 7 1-3 strong innings to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 on Monday night and avoided a four-game sweep. — Masterson (7-8) …
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Let's Go Tribe, Camden Chat, Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
Associated Press:
White Sox Back Floyd With 3 HRs in Win Over Twins — CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Dunn hit his majors-leading 29th homer, Gavin Floyd went six innings after coming off the disabled list and the Chicago White Sox ended a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
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Twinkie Town and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Billingsley returns from DL to lead Dodgers past Cardinals — ST. LOUIS — Chad Billingsley returned from the disabled list with a strong outing that ended a five-start losing streak and Luis Cruz hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 Monday night …
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Associated Press, Yahoo! Sports and Viva El Birdos
Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles have had talks about corner infielders — Team has had at least preliminary discussions about Headley, Polanco, LaHair, among others — Chase Headley, Placido Polanco, Bryan LaHair (July 23, 2012) — CLEVELAND — With roughly a week left before Tuesday's 4 p.m. trade deadline …
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MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
