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Justin Tasch / NY Daily News:
Dillon Gee mows down Marlins as Mets cruise to 4-0 win at Citi Field — Gee allowed just three hits and didn't let a runner get past second base while throwing a season-high eight strikeouts over eight innings of shutout ball. The Mets put the game away with a three-run fifth that was highlighted by Chris Young's two-run home run.
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Greg Logan / Newsday:
Dillon Gee pitches eight shutout innings as Mets blank Marlins to cap 6-4 homestand — Facing the next-to-last batter of his career-best eight scoreless innings, Mets starter Dillon Gee threw 10 straight fastballs to Christian Yelich that ranged from 87 to 89 miles per hour before striking him out on an 82-mph changeup.
Associated Press:
Dillon Gee tosses gem as Mets blank Marlins to win series — NEW YORK — For a pitcher with little buzz, Dillon Gee has transformed into a top starter. — He nearly came away with his first professional shutout Sunday, limiting the Miami Marlins to three singles over eight innings in the New York Mets' 4-0 victory.
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Cards option Wong, Robinson to Memphis — Grichuk, Garcia join big league club for series against Brewers — ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals may have jump-started their offense on Sunday, but that apparently didn't stop the organization from adding two players on Monday as the club seeks a sustained spark.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notes: Wong, Robinson sent down — • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196 — Cardinals rookie second baseman Kolten Wong, after hitting four ground-ball outs Friday night, didn't play against a lefthanded pitcher Saturday and didn't play against righthander Edinson Volquez of Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Abreu sets rookie RBI mark for April — Cuban slugger drives in four runs on Sunday to give him 31 for the month — CHICAGO — Another day, another group of records for Jose Abreu. — The White Sox rookie first baseman, who started at designated hitter during Sunday's 9-2 victory over the Rays …
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Jose Abreu, White Sox Power Past Rays 9-2
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Peter Gammons / GammonsDaily.com:
Chris Colabello took road less travelled to chase major league dream — “I took the one less travelled by/and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost — Chris Colabello is one of those players whose box score line one looks for before sunrise every morning …
Canadian Press:
Burnett goes eight innings for first win, Phillies beat D'backs — PHOENIX — A.J. Burnett pitched eight sharp innings for his first win of the season and the Philadelphia Phillies ended a 10-game road trip with a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
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Canadian Press:
Teixeira, Ellsbury lead comeback as Yankees beat Angels — NEW YORK — Mark Teixeira hit a tying homer and Jacoby Ellsbury scored the go-ahead run thanks to a passed ball and wild pitch in the eighth inning, sending the New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night.
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Bryce Harper lands on disabled list with thumb injury — Though the full extent of his left thumb injury remains unclear, the Nationals placed Bryce Harper on the 15-day disabled list with a thumb sprain after he visited a hand specialist and received an MRI on Saturday.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Difficult to figure out what Astros are doing these days — Brian Kenny, MLB Network's leading sabermetric crusader, calls the Astros the “team of the future.” Maybe Kenny's prophecy will come to pass, maybe not. But as the Astros wait for their prospects to develop, it's always something with them, isn't it?
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Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Jeong Choi Aims To Play In MLB Next Year — Jeong Choi, the top third baseman in Korea and a former Korean Series MVP, is looking to make the leap to Major League Baseball next season, agent Melvin Roman tells Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The athletic 27-year-old is considered a five-tool player …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Choi, the ‘David Wright of Korea,’ aiming to play in MLB in 2015
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Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:
Exclusive: The Extended Donald Sterling Tape — Deadspin has acquired an extended, 15-minute version of the conversation between Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his then-girlfriend V. Stiviano. If the original nine-minute tape acquired by TMZ left any questions about Sterling's opinions …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Jeff Samardzija ready to escape from Cubs' Alcatraz — MILWAUKEE — The ones who have left talk as if they've escaped. — As if the Cubs have become baseball's Alcatraz, where players do time until free agency or the inevitable trade while the lucky ones get reduced sentences by virtue of one-year flip contracts.
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Canadian Press:
Moreland gets key sacrifice fly as Rangers beat Mariners — SEATTLE — Mitch Moreland drove in Prince Fielder with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers held off the Seattle Mariners for a 6-3 victory Saturday night. — Aaron Poreda (1-0) …
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Landon Haaf / WFAA-TV:
Rangers come back to beat Mariners 6-3
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