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Jon Cooper / MLB.com:
Injured Herrera may be able to play in winter ball — 9/20/14: Dilson Herrera leaves the game in the top of the 6th inning with a quad strain after running out a single — ATLANTA — There was no chance that second baseman Dilson Herrera (strained right quad) was going to play in Sunday's weekend …
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Associated Press:
Niese, Mets keep Atlanta on the skids — ATLANTA — Jonathon Niese is gaining confidence as the season comes to a close. The difference is obvious to Mets manager Terry Collins. — “That's the Jon Niese we know,” Collins said. “That's the guy who pitches to contact, makes pitches, locates it, moves it around, changes speeds.
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Talking Chop, Faith and Fear in Flushing, ESPN and Amazin' Avenue
Canadian Press:
Worley, Pirates edge Brewers to pad final Wild Card lead — PITTSBURGH — Vance Worley pitched eight sparkling innings, Russell Martin hit a late RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates trapped a runner in the ninth, edging Milwaukee 1-0 Sunday to extend their wild-card lead over the Brewers.
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Associated Press:
Brewers blank Pirates to tighten NL wild-card race — PITTSBURGH — Elian Herrera sprinted home on Logan Schafer's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 on Saturday night to tighten the race for the second National League wild-card spot.
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Bucs Dugout, Brew Crew Ball and MLB
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Pitching staff leading the way for Brewers — 9/19/14: Yovani Gallardo strikes out 11 batters and scatters five hits over seven scoreless innings against the Pirates — PITTSBURGH — Even with a subpar stretch of starting pitching — during which the team lost 16 of 19 games in late August …
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Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Astros Hit 5 HRs, Stop Mariners From Moving Up — HOUSTON — Seattle starter Chris Young got hit hard and the Mariners missed a chance to move up in the AL playoff race, yielding five home runs Saturday night in a 10-1 loss to the Houston Astros. — The Mariners stayed one game behind AL …
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Lookout Landing and The Crawfish Boxes
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Chris Iott / MLive.com:
Detroit Tigers' Anibal Sanchez throws simulated game, could be activated by midweek — Anibal Sanchez has been on the disabled list since Aug. 9 with a right pectoral strain. (AP File Photo) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Anibal Sanchez could be activated by the middle of this week.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Major organizational changes may come for Braves — Braves GM Frank Wren joins the crew to discuss what the team needs to lock up the division, Dan Uggla's signing by the Giants and more — ATLANTA — Now that the Braves have been essentially eliminated from the playoffs …
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Talking Chop
Canadian Press:
Zimmermann has two hits, RBI in return as Nationals beat Marlins — MIAMI — Ryan Zimmerman had two hits, including an RBI triple, in his return to the lineup and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 Saturday night. — Zimmerman, who missed 55 games because of a hamstring injury …
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Fish Stripes and Federal Baseball
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Cubs phenom led Minors in HR, SLG, OPS; Pirates hurler led in opponents' average, was third in ERA — MLBPipeline.com's Jonathan Mayo discusses 2014 Prospects of the Year Kris Bryant and Tyler Glasnow. — One led all of the Minor Leagues in home runs and slugging percentage.
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Bucs Dugout
Associated Press:
Cards' magic number at 1 with win over Reds — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Cardinals hit three home runs to top Reds, move closer to playoffs — ST. LOUIS — Tony Cruz hit a three-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals connected three times …
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CBSSports.com and Viva El Birdos
Canadian Press:
Butler captures first major league win as Rockies top D-Backs — DENVER — Eddie Butler pitched six solid innings for his first major league win and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Saturday. — Corey Dickerson and Josh Rutledge homered for the Rockies …
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Purple Row
