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Cubs Rally Past Giants 3-2 — SAN FRANCISCO — Julio Borbon and Junior Lake scored on an error by San Francisco first baseman Brandon Belt in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Giants on Friday night. — Borbon singled leading off the inning …
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Alfonso Soriano
Yankees Acquire Alfonso Soriano
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Matt Ehalt / ESPN:
Soriano goes hitless in return with Yankees
Soriano goes hitless in return with Yankees
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MLB Rumors, SI Wire, TSN.ca, Red Reporter, Washington Post and MLB
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Soriano back in pinstripes after trade with Cubs
Soriano back in pinstripes after trade with Cubs
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River Avenue Blues, DRaysBay and MLB Rumors
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs give emotional goodbye to veteran Soriano
Cubs give emotional goodbye to veteran Soriano
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN.com:
Sources: Phillies getting late offers for Lee — Multiple teams are making a late run at the Philadelphia Phillies with offers for pitcher Cliff Lee as Wednesday's trade deadline nears, baseball sources told ESPN.com Friday. — Although Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. declined …
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Andrew Wharton / Metsblog:
Final Score (Game 2): Nationals 2 Mets 1 — The Least You Should Know: — LaTroy Hawkins allowed a walk-off home run to Ryan Zimmerman in the bottom of the ninth. — Matt Harvey was dominant yet again, despite not factoring in the decision. His final line: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K.
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Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Final Score (Game 1): Mets 11 Nationals 0 — The Least You Should Know: — The Nationals have more losses than the Mets. — Jenrry Mejia returned for a spot-start and tossed seven shut-out innings. He struck out seven batters, walked no one and surprised everyone.
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Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
D-Backs Strike Early in 10-0 Win Over Padres — PHOENIX — Randall Delgado tossed a three-hitter for his first career shutout, Cody Ross homered and drove in two runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks pounded out 17 hits in a 10-0 rout over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Gregerson not thinking about being traded
Gregerson not thinking about being traded
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Phillies Nation and MLB Rumors
Henry Schulman / San Francisco Giants:
Why the SF Giants traded for former A's pitcher Moscoso — UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: The struggles of Mike Kickham and Eric Surkamp in their spot starts reinforced what the Giants already knew about their major-league-ready pitching depth. They have none, which is why they traded for Guillermo Moscoso.
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Canadian Press:
Encarnacion homers twice as Jays thrive in win over Astros — TORONTO — By the time Edwin Encarnacion took his curtain call in the seventh inning, R.A. Dickey's rough night was forgotten. — Encarnacion hit two of the Toronto Blue Jays' five home runs, including a grand slam …
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Scott Ferguson / TSN.ca:
JAYS' TRADE DEADLINE PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK A MYSTERY
JAYS' TRADE DEADLINE PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK A MYSTERY
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Bluebird Banter and Canadian Press
Associated Press:
Chris Tillman helps O's blank Red Sox, snap three-game losing skid — BALTIMORE — Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Adam Jones homered twice and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-0 Friday night to end a three-game skid.
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Canadian Press:
Shields, Lough lead Royals to victory over White Sox — CHICAGO — James Shields tossed seven shutout innings and rookie David Lough homered and drove in another run to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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Associated Press:
Mariners place Mike Zunino on DL — SEATTLE — The surging Seattle Mariners have received a major blow as young catcher Mike Zunino has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. — The Mariners announced the diagnosis on Friday.
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Canadian Press:
Minor lifts Braves with seven strong in win over Cardinals — ATLANTA — Mike Minor allowed only one run to give Atlanta's depleted rotation a lift, Jason Heyward homered, and the Braves beat Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in a matchup of division leaders on Friday night.
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ESPN:
Sources: Clinic gave high schoolers PEDs — CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The clinic operator at the heart of a Major League Baseball investigation into performance-enhancing drugs provided them to numerous high school students, according to former associates of Tony Bosch and documents obtained by “Outside the Lines.”
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Morse closing in on return to Mariners lineup — SEATTLE — Michael Morse was scheduled to play nine innings in right field for Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday night in his fourth rehab game, and a decision could come soon on when he'll rejoin the Mariners, according to interim manager Robby Thompson.
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