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James Paxton Leads Mariners Over Red Sox 5-0 — SEATTLE — James Paxton stretched his scoreless streak to a career-best 20 innings, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-0 Sunday. — Paxton (2-2) allowed five hits in eight innings, struck out two and walked two, and Carson Smith pitched a perfect ninth.
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Porcello outduels Felix as Sox top Mariners — 5/16/15: Blake Swihart sends a double to the left-center-field gap, plating Xander Boegarts with the go-ahead run in the 6th inning — SEATTLE — Rick Porcello pitched into the seventh inning and Blake Swihart's RBI double in the sixth plated …
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Edward Creech / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Fire Manager Mike Redmond — 8:43pm: It also isn't Ron Washington, tweets Heyman, who also tweets that it won't be Bobby Valentine or Bo Porter. — 6:24pm: Butler will not be the Marlins' next manager, sources tell Frisaro (via Twitter). — 6:20pm: The Marlins have not been in touch …
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Marlins seek ‘new voice,’ but sing same old song in firing Mike Redmond — This time, there is no fire sale in Miami. — Just a firing. — Yep, once again. — Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, making late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner appear as if he had the patience of Job …
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Pirates Stop 4-Game Slide With 3-0 Win Over Cubs — CHICAGO — A.J. Burnett worked around five walks while pitching seven innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates stopped a four-game losing streak by cooling off the Chicago Cubs with a 3-0 victory on Sunday. — Burnett allowed three hits …
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Lester helps Cubs to 6th straight win, beats Cole, Pirates
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Toronto Blue Jays gave Randy Wolf chance to prolong his career in minors and he's not thinking about major-league promotion — BUFFALO, N.Y. - All Randy Wolf wanted was 10 minutes of a team's time. Just a quick tryout on a bullpen mound somewhere, anywhere. I'll come to you, he said.
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Blue Jays drop fourth in a row after blowing lead to Astros — Chris Carter, Marwin Gonzalez and Evan Gattis homered and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday night for their fourth straight win. — This is the latest point in a season the AL West-leading Astros …
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Syndergaard Earns 1st Big League Win, Mets Beat Brewers — NEW YORK — Prized Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard earned his first major league win, the success tempered when he beaned Carlos Gomez with a 96 mph fastball, and New York beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Sunday.
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Montreal's Denis Coderre to confer with MLB commissioner — Mayor heading to New York for May 28 talk with Rob Manfred — Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says he's looking forward to meeting with the commissioner of Major League Baseball at the end of the month in his ongoing quest to see the sport return to the city.
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Phillies Beat D-Backs 6-0 for 5-Game Winning Streak — PHILADELPHIA — Sean O'Sullivan won a big league game for the first time in more than four years, staying in after he was hit on the throat by a throw from his own catcher, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6- Sunday …
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Bolsinger Stymies Rockies in Dodgers' 1-0 Win — LOS ANGELES — Mike Bolsinger pitched three-hit ball for six innings and Yasmani Grandal singled home the only run Sunday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 victory that salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies.
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Crawford Hits Grand Slam, Giants Pound Reds 11-2 — CINCINNATI — Brandon Crawford hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs Saturday night, and Hunter Pence scored three times in his return from a broken forearm, leading the San Francisco Giants to an 11-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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Wright Shines in Debut as Orioles Blank Angels 3-0 — BALTIMORE — Mike Wright took a three-hitter into the eighth inning of his major league debut, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the Los Angeles Angels' five-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory Sunday. — Adam Jones scored on a wild pitch …
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