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Associated Press:
Headley, Teixeira Lift Yanks Over Rays 5-3 for 3-Game Sweep — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira drove in two runs each, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — Headley had an RBI single off Matt Andriese (0-1) …
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays DFA Balfour despite $7-million salary — After veteran reliever Grant Balfour pitched poorly in Saturday's 9-0 loss to the Yankees, the Rays designated him for assignment, a procedural step to likely releasing him and eating the remainder of his $7-million salary.
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MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Tanaka Allows 2 Hits Over 7 Innings as Yanks Rout Rays 9-0 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka allowed two hits over seven innings in his best start this season, Chris Young hit a grand slam and the New York Yankees routed the Tampa Bay Rays 9-0 Saturday night. — Tanaka (2-1) struck out eight and walked none.
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Pinstripe Alley and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Pirates Sweep, Brewers Off to Worst Start in Team History — PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole pitched six effective innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates swept Milwaukee 5-2 Sunday, leaving the Brewers with their worst start in team history. — Milwaukee dropped its fifth straight game …
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Bucs Dugout
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Edward Creech / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox To Promote Carlos Rodon — The White Sox will promote left-hander Carlos Rodon, the third overall selection in last year's draft, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. Rodon will join the team tomorrow and will initially pitch out of the bullpen, according to Rosenthal.
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Associated Press:
Reddick's 3-Run Homer Sends A's to 5-0 Victory Over Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer, Jesse Hahn and Jesse Chavez combined for a seven-hitter, and the Oakland Athletics rolled to a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.
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CBSSports.com, Athletics Nation and Yahoo Sports
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Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Will there be a Giant problem in San Francisco? — It's so tough to sustain it, isn't it? — That championship feeling. That championship team. — Nobody knows that better than the Red Sox and Giants, who have won it all recently, then fallen way back.
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HardballTalk, Sporting News Feed RSS and NESN.com
Metsblog:
Mets hold on, win 7th in a row behind deGrom — Jacob deGrom pitched seven shutout innings as the Mets survived the bullpen's shaky night and defeated the Marlins 5-4 Saturday at sold-out Citi Field for their seventh win in a row. — DeGrom (2-, .93) scattered six hits and struck out eight …
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Amazin' Avenue and Yahoo Sports
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Slugger homers for second straight night, stresses playing consistently for nine innings
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HardballTalk
Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago:
Tigers rout Quintana, White Sox — DETROIT - The White Sox showcased their “big three” in a series for the first time. Two thirds of it came as advertised. — Part three, though, was a resounding dud. Left-hander Jose Quintana, opposing red-hot kid right-hander Shane Greene …
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Yahoo Sports and South Side Sox
Associated Press:
Dodgers Hit 3 HRs in 6th to Rout Rockies 7-0 — LOS ANGELES — Howie Kendrick, Scott Van Slyke and rookie Joc Pederson hit sixth-inning home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers stretched their winning streak to seven by beating the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Sunday.
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baseballmusings.com, Yahoo Sports, True Blue LA and Purple Row
Naheed Rajwani / The Scoop Blog:
Ex-Ranger Josh Hamilton filed for divorce at time relapse went public, court records show — Josh Hamilton kisses his wife Katie after a press conference where he talked to the media about winning the American League MVP in Major League Baseball at the Ballpark in Arlington November 23, 2010.
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Halos Heaven, Yahoo Sports, NESN.com, Orange County Register, HardballTalk, U.S.S. Mariner, baseballmusings.com and 6-4-2
Associated Press:
Hunter Homers for Twins in 7-2 Win Over Indians — MINNEAPOLIS — Torii Hunter hit his first home run for Minnesota since 2007, helping Trevor May and the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Sunday. — Hunter, who rejoined the Twins this year after five seasons with the Los Angeles Angels …
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Twinkie Town
Nancy Lane / Boston Herald:
Scouts: Mookie Betts' potential greater than Xander Bogaerts' — Photo by: — Mookie Betts fields the ball off the wall on a triple by Washington Nationals first baseman Clint Robinson in the fifth inning. — By: — Michael Silverman — There's never a wrong time for a reality check …
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MLB Trade Rumors and NESN.com
Associated Press:
Goldschmidt Leads Diamondbacks Past Giants 5-1 — SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco nemesis Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer to help Jeremy Hellickson get his first win with for Arizona in the Diamondbacks' 5-1 victory over the struggling Giants on Sunday.
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McCovey Chronicles
