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Peralta earns team-best 12th win as Brewers beats Mets — MILWAUKEE — Wily Peralta earned his team-leading 12th win, and Mark Reynolds homered in the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-2 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night. — Jonathan Lucroy, Ryan Braun and Khris Davis added run-scoring hits …
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Peralta wins 12th as Brewers top Mets 5-2 — MILWAUKEE — A night after the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen squandered a game in the ninth inning, the relief corps nailed down a win over the New York Mets. — Four relievers held the Mets scoreless over the final 3 1/3 innings, and the Brewers beat the Mets 5-2 on Saturday night.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing, ESPN and sny.stats.com
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Acquire Jake Peavy — The Giants have acquired Jake Peavy from the Red Sox, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman tweets. The Red Sox will receive pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree, ESPN's Buster Olney tweets. The Giants will pay $2MM of what's left on Peavy's contract, ESPN's Jim Bowden tweets.
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MLB.com, Viva El Birdos, CSN Bay Area, baseballmusings.com and MLB Daily Dish
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants, Red Sox Near Jake Peavy Deal
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McCovey Chronicles, MLB Daily Dish, Minor League Ball and HardballTalk
Baseball Hall of Fame:
Hall of Fame Announces Changes to Voting Process for Recently Retired Players, Effective Immediately — Length of Stay, Balloting Process Highlight Board Alterations to BBWAA Voting — (COOPERSTOWN, NY) - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Board of Directors today announced changes …
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Let's Go Tribe, Amazin' Avenue, CBSSports.com and HardballTalk
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Associated Press:
Navarro Hits 1st Homer, Angels Beat Verlander 4-0 — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Efren Navarro hit his first major league homer off Justin Verlander, and Matt Shoemaker combined with two relievers on a four-hitter as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0 Saturday night.
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Bless You Boys, Canadian Press and ESPN
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Rizzo proud of tested Nationals' perseverance — GM chats with MLB.com about state of team as Trade Deadline nears — With the non-waiver Trade Deadline on Thursday, MLB.com caught up with Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo to get his take on the team. — MLB.com: What do you like about the 2014 Nationals?
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Federal Baseball and MLB Trade Rumors
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards add veteran catcher Pierzynski — • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285 — CHICAGO • The Cardinals' attempt to find a catcher who will click while Yadier Molina recovers from surgery continued Friday night and took them in an unexpected direction.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards working on deal for Pierzynski
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MLB Daily Dish and Viva El Birdos
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Close To Signing A.J. Pierzynski
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Chicago Sun Times, Bleed Cubbie Blue, HardballTalk and CBSSports.com
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
All quiet on Brewers' trade front — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Doug Melvin wouldn't say what it was, but he's looking for something on the trade market. — “I've been pretty aggressive as far as contacting teams,” said the Brewers general manager.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Canadian Press:
Royals rally from five-run deficit to beat Indians — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler homered for the second straight game and the Kansas City Royals overcame a five-run deficit to beat Cleveland 7-5 Saturday night for their fifth straight win. — A day after his pinch-hit …
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Royals Review
Associated Press:
Sale Shuts Down Twins in White Sox's 7-0 Win — MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Sale tied a season high with 12 strikeouts in eight dominant innings, Alexei Ramirez hit his 10th homer, and the Chicago White Sox beat Minnesota 7-0 on Saturday night for their third straight win over the Twins.
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South Side Sox, ESPN and Associated Press
Canadian Press:
Matzek goes seven innings as Rockies rout Pirates — DENVER — Nolan Arenado bounced back from a benching with three hits, including a home run, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1 on Saturday night. — Tyler Matzek pitched three-hit ball over seven scoreless innings.
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Purple Row and TSN.ca
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rays Designate Juan Carlos Oviedo For Assignment — The Rays have designated reliever Juan Carlos Oviedo for assignment, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweets. The move clears space on the Rays' active roster for Jeremy Hellickson, who has been recalled from the minors.
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Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Toronto Ends 17-Game Bronx Skid, Beats Yanks 6-4 — NEW YORK — Dan Johnson drove in four runs with a go-ahead infield hit and a three-run homer, helping the Toronto Blue Jays end their 17-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a 6-4 victory over New York on Saturday.
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Pinstripe Alley, TSN.ca and Canadian Press
