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Danny Abriano / Metsblog:
DeGrom dominates as Mets earn series split with Cardinals — Jacob deGrom was close to untouchable over eight scoreless innings and the Mets (24-18) got a pair of homers from Lucas Duda as they beat the Cardinals (27-14) by the score of 5-0 on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field.
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Associated Press:
Big Days for deGrom, Duda Lead Mets Over Cardinals 5-0 — NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom retired his final 23 batters following a first-inning single, and Lucas Duda hit two long homers to nearly the same spot Thursday during the New York Mets' 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Viva El Birdos
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Bartolo Colon, Mets roughed up by Cardinals in 9-0 loss
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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Hershey's sends Nats 108 more bottles of chocolate sauce to mark wins — 1h - MLB MAX SCHERZER WASHINGTON NATIONALS + more — ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell discusses Hershey's shipment of chocolate syrup to the Nationals.
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Making the sublime routine, Espinosa has become the Nats' glue — Given everything that happened Tuesday night at Nationals Park, there's no way the first two plays that began 10 innings over 200 minutes would be remembered, much less recognized. But there was Danny Espinosa …
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Chase Hughes / Nats Insider:
Harper, Williams ejected vs. Yankees
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Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
After Harper's ejection, Span lifts Nats past Yankees 3-2
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ESPN:
Keith Law's first 2015 mock draft — Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick — Source: … I say it every year, but it's more true this year than most: Three weeks from Draft Day is still a long way off for a prediction.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Once beaten down by years of losing, Cubs' Castro is a star reborn — FOX Sports — Starlin Castro is rejuvenated in 2015 after doing a lot of losing in his first five MLB seasons. — The Chicago Cubs' two new veteran catchers, Miguel Montero and David Ross, weren't impressed by shortstop Starlin Castro in spring training.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Hal Steinbrenner says Yankees will pay Alex Rodriguez's HR bonus if that's how arbitrator rules — The Yankees have made it clear they don't want to pay Alex Rodriguez a $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays with his 660th career home run, but they will if an arbitrator decides they must …
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ESPN:
How a change in pitch framing has hurt Andrew Cashner in 2015 — 5h - MLB ANDREW CASHNER SAN DIEGO PADRES + more
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Brent Strom, second man to have Tommy John surgery, now makes pitch to Astros aces — Brent Strom has a good memory. Strom, the former Met lefty who is now the Astros pitching coach, is detailing his first game in the majors, a start at Shea against the Expos and he can still see Tommie Agee racing …
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball — Major League Baseball is strong, but the casual young player is vanishing, threatening the sport's future — The local Little League in the City of Newburgh, N.Y., has been desperately trying to attract enough kids to stay afloat.
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