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8:15 AM ET, July 24, 2012

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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 …
Discussion: The Good Phight and Yahoo! Sports
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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 …
Fox Sports:
Crunch time for Hamels, Phillies
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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Red Sox Drop 4th Straight, 9-1 to Rangers
Discussion: 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
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Tonight's Pitching preview: Young and Zimmermann
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
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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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Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Yankees acquire Ichiro for two prospects
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Geoff Young / Baseball Prospectus:
Walk-off Wins are the New Market Inefficiency  —  Before the season, a popular narrative in some circles held that Billy Beane had lost his touch.  His A's hadn't finished with a winning record since 2006, and Moneyball had run its course.  Once Brad Pitt plays you in a movie, there's nowhere to go but down.
Discussion: Hardball Times
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Associated Press:
A's surging up standings despite league's lowest payroll
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
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 …
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) …
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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Eric Seidman / FanGraphs Baseball:
Quentin Stays in San Diego
Discussion: Beyond the Box Score
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.
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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
 
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