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Jorge Arangure Jr / New York Times:
Yanks Lose Cervelli and Nova to Injury but Salvage a Win — The 2013 Yankees, with a cast of has-beens and unknowns, have prided themselves on persevering, and Friday's game was a case in point. In the first three innings, the Yankees lost their starting pitcher and catcher …
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Associated Press:
Yankees Overcome Injuries to Beat Blue Jays
Yankees Overcome Injuries to Beat Blue Jays
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Cervelli leaves Yanks game after hurting hand
Cervelli leaves Yanks game after hurting hand
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Ervin Santana sharp over 7 innings as Royals hold off Indians — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ervin Santana pitched seven scoreless innings, Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 Saturday night. — Santana (3-1), who was acquired …
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Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Walker injures hand sliding against Cardinals — ST. LOUIS — The Pirates' last chance to fight their way back into Friday night's 9-1 loss to the Cardinals came down hard — right atop Neil Walker's right hand. — Walker was the runner on first when Pedro Alvarez, representing the tying run …
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Associated Press:
Bryce Harper, Dan Haren team to power Nationals by Reds — WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer and scored twice, Dan Haren had his best start of the young season Saturday and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3. — Denard Span and Jayson Werth each had two hits for Washington …
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Medical update on left-handed pitcher Danny Hultzen — SEATTLE, Wash. — Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jack Zduriencik announced today the following medical update on Triple-A left-handed pitcher Danny Hultzen:
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Associated Press:
Pablo Hernandez, Josh Willingham help Twins end 3-game slide — MINNEAPOLIS — Pedro Hernandez pitched five shutout innings for his first major league win, Josh Willingham homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 Saturday to end a three-game slide.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
McCann belts two homers in first rehab game — DETROIT — After spending most of the past month restricted to extended spring training games, Brian McCann began his Minor League rehab stint with a bang. Two, in fact. — McCann homered in each of his first two at-bats during Class A Rome's 10-6 win in Greensboro on Friday night.
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Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Orioles release Proctor — The Orioles have released veteran right-hander Scott Proctor, who was pitching at Triple-A Norfolk. — Proctor allowed seven earned runs, and 13 total, in 7 1/3 innings with the Tides. He surrendered 10 hits, walked 10 and struck out six.
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Austin Laymance / MLB.com:
Dodgers' M. Ellis leaves game with quad injury — Second baseman will have MRI on Saturday, could be headed for DL — LOS ANGELES — Another series, another injury for the Dodgers. — Mark Ellis left Friday's game against the Brewers after five innings due to a strained right quad, and could be headed to the disabled list.
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Metsblog:
Final Score: Phillies 4 Mets 0 — The least you should know... Dillon Gee was rolling along until four straight hits, capped off by a Ryan Howard three-run home run, quickly put the Phillies on the board and in the lead for good in the sixth inning. — The Mets were only able to pick …
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Mark Saxon / ESPN:
Dodgers put Stephen Fife on DL — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to churn through starting pitchers. — The team scratched right-hander Stephen Fife from Saturday night's scheduled start against the Milwaukee Brewers and placed him on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder bursitis.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Commissioner Selig insists he's retiring after next season — Commissioner Bud Selig on retiring in 21 months: ‘You can believe it.’ (USATSI) — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig seemingly has planned to step down, retire or vacate his job almost since he took office back in 1992.
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