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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wacha has wacky night as Cards go quietly  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  NEW YORK  • All's quiet from the Cardinals' lineup.  —  Last year's leading force in the National League has had a hard time revving so far this season and remains a wheezing …
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Mets can't muster any offense in 3-0 loss to Cardinals and Adam Wainwright  —  Curtis Granderson continues to struggle - as does entire Mets offense - as Dillon Gee gets the hard-luck loss Tuesday night.  —  Across town, they called him the Grandy Man.  In Flushing, Mets fans have another nickname for Curtis Granderson: Jason Bay.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue, Metsblog and ESPN
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Curtis Granderson's hitless streak continues as Mets are shut out by Cardinals
Discussion: Metsblog
Andrew Simon / MLB.com:
Air Force serviceman returns 500th HR ball to Pujols  —  WASHINGTON — Tom Sherrill brought no scouting reports or spray charts with him to Nationals Park for Tuesday night's Nationals-Angels game.  All he had was his intuition, but that turned out to be enough to put the longtime Angels fan …
Discussion: NESN.com
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Pujols joins 500-homer club with second blast  —  Slugger is 26th member of exclusive big league fraternity  —  WASHINGTON — Albert Pujols called his shot at about 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, mere hours before joining an exclusive club in unprecedented fashion, while making small talk …
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Associated Press:
Pujols goes yard twice to join 500 HR club
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Pineda ejected for foreign substance  —  BOSTON — New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda was ejected from Wednesday night's game with the Boston Red Sox in the second inning for having a foreign substance on his neck that he was applying to the baseball.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com and MLB
Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Diamondbacks' growing gloom might mean doom for manager or GM  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks were supposed to lead the league in grit.  Purportedly, that was the rationale behind the Justin Upton trade two offseasons ago.  The swashbuckling leadership team of Kevin Towers and Kirk Gibson wanted …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Daily Fantasy Baseball Contest: Win Share Of $100K Payout  —  One-day leagues are one of the most exciting ways to play fantasy baseball.  For any given day of the MLB schedule, you can create a fantasy team and win huge cash prizes.  If you have $22 and love Major League Baseball …
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Canadian Press:
Seager hits two HRs in Mariners' walkoff victory over Astros  —  SEATTLE — Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Discussion: CBSSports.com and Lookout Landing
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Freeman battling some eye dryness  —  When you're Freddie Freeman these days and you go hitless on back-to-back days, it's a curiosity.  Freeman conceded Wednesday morning he's had some problems lately with dryness in his eyes.  —  Freeman said he went to see team optometrist Dr. David Ross Tuesday night …
Discussion: Talking Chop
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Photo prompts Harvey to delete Twitter account  —  NEW YORK — Backlash over a photo that Mets pitcher Matt Harvey posted Tuesday on Twitter prompted the right-hander to delete his popular social media account.  —  Shortly after Harvey tweeted a photograph of himself making an inappropriate gesture …
Discussion: Metsblog
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Harvey off Twitter after controversial tweet
Discussion: Newsday, USA Today and NESN.com
Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
Mets Wear League's Deepest Rotation  —  Team Donned Seven Different Uniforms In Seven Days  —  The Mets might want to consider hosting a yard sale one of these days.  Their closets could use a good cleaning.  —  From April 14 through April 21, the Mets wore seven different uniforms in seven games …
Discussion: Metsblog and The Mets Police
Alex Espinoza / MLB.com:
Athletics decline lease offer from Coliseum Authority  —  OAKLAND — The longstanding saga with the A's and their ballpark took another turn on Tuesday night, as the club declined a 10-year lease offer from the Oakland Coliseum Authority.  —  About an hour after the Authority issued …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Phillies exploit Dodgers' miscue to win in 10  —  Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California  —  Recap  —  Box Score  —  Play-By-Play  —  Photos  —  Conversation  —  Phillies drop Dodgers in 10th after Carl Crawford's error  —  LOS ANGELES — Domonic Brown doubled home the go-ahead run …
 
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