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Drew's Pinch-Hit Slam Carries Yankees Past Orioles 6-5 — BALTIMORE — Stephen Drew delivered a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning, and New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Monday night for their first winning streak of the season. — Down 4-2, the Yankees loaded the bases …
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Rare Jolt by Stephen Drew Lifts Yanks Over Orioles — BALTIMORE — When the Yankees re-signed Stephen Drew in the off-season on a one-year, $5 million contract, it looked like a head-scratching deal, given that he had done little to earn it last season. — Over the course of the year …
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Associated Press:
Odorizzi Pitches Rays Past Blue Jays, 2-1 — TORONTO — Jake Odorizzi pitched eight impressive innings and the Tampa Bay Rays scored on two bases-loaded walks by R.A. Dickey to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 Monday night. — The Rays improved to 3-10 all-time in opponent's home openers …
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Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star:
Blue Jays home opener '50,000-person St. Patrick's party'
Blue Jays home opener '50,000-person St. Patrick's party'
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Butler's 3-Run Homer Helps A's Beat Astros 8-1 — HOUSTON — Billy Butler hit a three-run homer and Marcus Semien and Brett Lawrie connected to back a solid start by Scott Kazmir and give the Oakland Athletics a 8-1 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Royals Remain Unbeaten With 12-3 Romp Over Twins — MINNEAPOLIS — The Kansas City Royals became the only unbeaten team in the majors as Danny Duffy pitched into the seventh inning and Kendrys Morales homered in a 12-3 romp over Minnesota, spoiling the Twins' home opener Monday.
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Betts, Ortiz Homer as Red Sox Win Home Opener 9-4 Over Nats — BOSTON — Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer, took a two-run shot away from Bryce Harper with a flashy catch and stole two bases on the same pitch, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 9-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday in their home opener.
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Dan ShaughnessyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Red Sox, Yankees prove there's still some magic in the rivalry
Red Sox, Yankees prove there's still some magic in the rivalry
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ROCKIES TAKE LATROY HAWKINS OUT OF CLOSER ROLE FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE — The Denver Post — LaTroy Hawkins has struggled as a closer early this season for the Rockies. (Mike McGinnis, Getty Images) — SAN FRANCISCO — LaTroy Hawkins …
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Callaspo Drives in Go-Ahead Run as Braves Top Marlins 3-2 — ATLANTA — Instead of waiting for home runs, the Braves are finding different ways to manufacture runs — and win games. — Alberto Callaspo hit a tiebreaking single in Atlanta's two-run fifth inning and the Braves held off Miami …
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Associated Press:
Cole, Pirates Hand Tigers First Loss of Season, 5-4 — PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole shut down baseball's top-hitting team, allowing just one run in six-plus innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates handed the Detroit Tigers their first loss of the season, 5-4 on Monday.
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Associated Press:
Lester Roughed Up, Cubs Rally to Beat Reds in 10 — CHICAGO — Jorge Soler homered twice and Arismendy Alcantara had a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. — Chris Coghlan had three hits and a homer …
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Rockies Beat Giants to Spoil San Francisco's Home Opener — SAN FRANCISCO — Eddie Butler outdueled fellow rookie Chris Heston and shut down the Giants, and the Colorado Rockies spoiled San Francisco's latest World Series championship celebration at their home opener with a 2-0 win Monday.
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Stefan / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers notes: Small heel fracture will keep Rua out at least a month — Rangers outfielder Ryan Rua has a small fracture in his right heel to go along with the ankle sprain that took him out of Friday's game. — He was evaluated by foot specialist Dr. John Crates.
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Mets shutout Phillies, win 2-0 in home opener — Jacob deGrom and the Mets (4-3) bullpen combined to shutout the Phillies (3-4) and win their home opener 2-0. — DeGrom threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, allowing seven hits, walking one and striking out three. He needed 99 pitches, with 64 landing for strikes.
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MLB.com:
Celebrate the Cream City with Milwaukee Day Sale — MILWAUKEE - The Brewers are proud to represent the great city of Milwaukee, and to help celebrate their hometown, the team is offering a special one-day “4/14 Milwaukee Day Sale,” sponsored by U.S. Cellular.