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Associated Press:
Yu Darvish Loses Perfect Game With 2 Outs in 9th — HOUSTON (AP) — Yu Darvish was one out from a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez grounded a clean single through the pitcher's legs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-0 on Tuesday night. — The celebrated right-hander …
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Astros show they're perfectly awful — Mark Mulder took the words right out of my mouth. — “This won't be the last time this year that someone is perfect through a good portion of the game against the Astros,” the former major-league pitcher, now a TV analyst, said on Twitter during the seventh inning.
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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Robinson Cano to hire Jay-Z — Roc Nation, an entertainment company founded by Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, will announce on Tuesday that it is getting into the sports representation business through a partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). — The company, which will be known …
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Cano drops Boras, opts for CAA, Jay-Z
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Robinson Cano, Boras to split
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Associated Press:
Cardinals Hit 3 Home Runs in 6-1 Win Over D-Backs — PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma and Jon Jay homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Tuesday night to even their season-opening series at a game apiece. — Jaime Garcia (1-0) gave up two hits …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Shane Victorino, distracted by free agency last year, took less money to taste Boston Red Sox-Yankees rivalry; Mets, Blue Jays — You can't catch this buzz in Cleveland, not if you're Shane Victorino, and you took a long drink of Philly during that town's baseball peak.
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Teddy Mitrosilis / ESPN:
For Harvey, pitching is the easy part — The Mets right-hander is learning to tap his intensity when he needs it … NEW YORK — Ten weeks before his first start of the 2013 season, Matt Harvey is firing a baseball in the batting cage underneath Citi Field.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami Marlins: Vaunted Double-A outfield to open on disabled list … Double-A Jacksonville was projected to have one of the best starting outfields in the minor leagues with Christian Yelich, Jake Marisnick and Marcell Ozuna. The Suns will feature those three at some point, just not when the season starts Thursday.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Notebook: Matheny cautious with Freese — • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285 — PHOENIX Matheny struck a new note of caution with third baseman David Freese, acknowledging Tuesday that the schedule of games in Jupiter, Fla., may not allow Freese enough …
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Will Webber / The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Dodgers bring in humidor to combat mile-high effect at Isotopes Park — ALBUQUERQUE — The average summertime temperature in the state's largest city hovers in the low to mid 90s with humidity in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 percent. — Combine that with Albuquerque's mile-high altitude …
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CSN Bay Area:
A's notes: Colon to start Saturday, no limits on Balfour — Programming note: Coverage of A's-Mariners begins at 6:30 PT with A's Pregame Live on CSN California. — The decision to get Colon on the mound as soon as his suspension is lifted benefits the A's in several different ways.
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Associated Press:
Giants' Madison Bumgarner shuts down Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over eight innings, giving the San Francisco Giants a 3-0 win against the Dodgers while overshadowing the major league debut of high-priced Los Angeles pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on Tuesday night.
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
NY Mets pitcher Dillon Gee able to put blood clot scare in perspective during brother's battle with leukemia — On July 8, team doctors discovered the blood clot in Dillon's right shoulder. He was put into ICU and scheduled for surgery the following Friday. His season was over.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Revamped Halos bullpen shows early promise — CINCINNATI — There's no shortage of blame for why the Angels fell short of their lofty expectations in 2012. You can point to an offense that inexplicably navigated through April with the second-fewest runs per game in the American League.
