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Associated Press:
Karns' 1st Big League Win Leads Rays Over Jays 1-0 — TORONTO — Nathan Karns got his first major league win in his Tampa Bay debut, Ryan Hanigan homered for the first time in almost three months and the Rays beat the Blue Jays 1-0 Friday night to stop Toronto's four-game winning streak.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / Sportsnet.ca:
Rays sign reliever Wagner to two-year deal — Recently released Toronto Blue Jays reliever Neil Wagner has signed a two-year minor-league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays that includes an invitation to big league spring training in 2016, according to an industry source.
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TSN.ca:
Happ, Blue Jays commence series with Rays in Toronto — The Sports Network — J.A. Happ wants to be like his teammates. — The left-hander gets a chance to prolong a stretch of recently solid starting pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, when they host the Tampa Bay Rays …
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Associated Press:
Asche Homers in 10th, Phillies Beat Marlins 3-1 — PHILADELPHIA — Cody Asche hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. — Cole Hamels scattered nine hits over seven stingy innings and Philadelphia handed …
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Dan Loumena / Los Angeles Times:
Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton has facial fractures after he's hit [Video]
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Fish Stripes, Beyond the Box Score and baseballmusings.com
Jim Hoehn / MLB.com:
Hit in face, Stanton has laceration, multiple fractures
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The Good Phight, Brew Crew Ball, Fish Stripes and HardballTalk
ESPN.com:
Stanton hit in face by pitch, exits on stretcher
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
What a Giancarlo Stanton Extension Might Look Like
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U.S.S. Mariner and MLB Trade Rumors
George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees' VP of baseball operations Mark Newman retiring: sources — BALTIMORE — According to voices inside and outside the Yankees' organization, the minor league development program will have a new leader next year, The Post has learned. — Mark Newman, a senior vice president …
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NY Daily News:
Source: Mark Newman, the exec in charge of Yankees' minor-league system, plans to retire — Newman, who has overseen the minor-league system for the past decade and a half, was nearing the end of his contract, and the source said the Yankees had planned on making a change with his position even if he had not decided to retire.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Chris Davis Suspended 25 Games For Adderall Use — 12:30pm: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that Davis did not have a TUE for Adderall in 2013 (Twitter links). His previous TUE came earlier in his career than last year's breakout. As Passan notes, this opens the possibility that Davis …
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Canadian Press:
Surging Pirates send Cubs to seventh straight.loss — PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole won consecutive starts for the first time since early June, NL batting leader Josh Harrison had three hits and the surging Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 Friday night for their seventh win in eight games.
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Source: Don't count on Red Sox going after 2 high-priced pitchers — Jon Lester and James Shields? Don't count on it. — According to a major league source, the Red Sox' offseason plan doesn't include going after two high-priced free agent pitchers. There will be, however …
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Canadian Press:
Paredes, Norris key Orioles doubleheader sweep of Yankees — BALTIMORE — Bud Norris pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees 5-0 Friday night to become the first team since 2006 to sweep a doubleheader from New York.
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TSN.ca, Associated Press, Camden Chat and Pinstripe Alley
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Matt Harvey promises to be ready for Opening Day, Mets ace predicts win over Nationals on April 6 — Harvey said that his elbow feels good and confirmed that he will end his season soon with a bullpen session, never facing batters and not throwing at 100%, as The New reported Sept. 4.
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Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Jeter back in Yanks' lineup after hit by pitch — BALTIMORE — Derek Jeter returned to the New York Yankees' lineup for the second game of Friday's day-night doubleheader after being hit on the left elbow by a 94 mph fastball Thursday night. — Jeter was not in the clubhouse …
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Bartolo Colon ejected after plunking two batters in loss to Nationals … Though Bartolo Colon had plunked only three batters all season, few blinked Thursday night when the Mets righthander hit the Nationals' Ian Desmond. Even though it came after a two-run homer by Adam LaRoche …
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New York Post, Metsblog and ESPN
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Game Recap: Nationals 6 - Mets 2
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