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Associated Press:
Mariners rally to score 5 in 9th, send Red Sox to sixth straight loss — BOSTON — Austin Jackson's bases-loaded double with two outs in the ninth inning keyed a five-run rally, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Boston Red Sox to their sixth straight loss, 5-3 on Friday night.
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Lookout Landing and ESPN
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Dombrowski: No options elsewhere outside of roster — MINNEAPOLIS — Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski's assessment of their August trade market might well have doubled as a message for his struggling hitters: If Detroit's offense is going to turn around, it's going to have to come from the guys they have now.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
RED SOX PROVING THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE, YOU MAY AS WELL LOSE BIG
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MLB Trade Rumors
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Source: Red Sox get Castillo on 7-year deal
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Associated Press, MLB Daily Dish and Surviving Grady
Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Red Sox Sign Rusney Castillo
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MLB Daily Dish, U.S.S. Mariner, Lone Star Ball, Lookout Landing, Red Sox Monster, Sportsnet.ca and Over the Monster
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox near agreement on 7-year deal with Rusney Castillo
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Baseball Prospectus and Over the Monster
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox To Sign Rusney Castillo
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Over the Monster, Sportsnet.ca and Metsblog
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Rusney Castillo Agrees To Sign With Red Sox
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CBSSports.com
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Jocketty expected to remain as Reds GM — Forget about the possibility of a Tony La Russa-Walt Jocketty reunion in Arizona. — Jocketty, completing the final year of his contract with the Reds, is expected to remain the team's general manager, according to major-league sources.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors, HardballTalk, Redleg Nation and Red Reporter
Metsblog:
Game recap: Dodgers 6 — Mets 2 — Result: The Mets dropped their series opener against the Dodgers on Friday night, 6-2, at Dodger Stadium. — Need to Know: Curtis Granderson started the game with a bang, crushing a home run to right field off Dan Haren to put the Mets up, 1-0.
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sny.stats.com, Amazin' Avenue and True Blue LA
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Wilmer Flores struggles at shortstop as Mets lose to Dodgers, 6-2 — Flores' throwing error, his second miscue of the night, with two outs and two on in the seventh allowed a run to score, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. It also kept the inning alive, chased Mets starter Jon Niese …
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New Jersey Online and Metsblog
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Who will close in 2015, Bobby Parnell or Jenrry Mejia? — LOS ANGELES - From his toes on up, something has hurt at one point or another for Mets closer Jenrry Mejia. — Bunions limited his mobility for a few days, and once he returned to the mound, it wasn't long before a comebacker left a nasty bruise on his right forearm.
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Metsblog
Associated Press:
Ozuna's Slam Helps Marlins Beat Rockies 13-5 — DENVER — Marcell Ozuna hit a grand slam for his third homer in as many games, Giancarlo Stanton had three hits and three RBIs, and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 13-5 on Friday night. — Henderson Alvarez (10-5) …
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Fish Stripes
Canadian Press:
Collmenter strikes out eight as Diamondbacks top Padres — PHOENIX — Josh Collmenter came two outs away from a complete game, holding the San Diego Padres without an earned run on four hits over 8 1-3 innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-1 win Friday night.
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AZ Snake Pit
Canadian Press:
Harrison homers and drives in five as Pirates beat Brewers — MILWAUKEE — Josh Harrison homered, doubled, singled and drove in a career-high five runs, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Friday night. — Andrew McCutchen also homered for Pittsburgh …
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Bucs Dugout
Canadian Press:
Nats' ten-game win streak ends with Giants' rookie's HR — WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals' winning streak ended at a team record-tying 10 games Friday night when rookie Joe Panik hit his first major league home run and sent the San Francisco Giants to a 10-3 romp.
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McCovey Chronicles, ESPN and Associated Press
Maury Brown / Forbes:
MLB On Cusp Of Ending Blackouts On Streaming Games Online And On Mobile Devices — The digital media company of Major League Baseball is close to relaxing blackout restrictions for games streamed to computers and mobile devices. Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB Advanced Media reiterated in an interview …
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Associated Press, HardballTalk and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Associated Press:
Drew Smyly throws 2-hitter as Evan Longoria, Rays crush Jays — TORONTO — Drew Smyly pitched a two-hitter and retired the final 19 batters for the first complete game of his career, leading the Tampa Bay Rays over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 on Friday night.
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Bluebird Banter and DRaysBay
