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Roark, Ramos Lead Nationals Past Cubs 2-1 — CHICAGO — Wilson Ramos hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth, Tanner Roark pitched five effective innings and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Monday. — Denard Span also homered for Washington, which has won eight of nine.
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Gardner, Yankees Rough Up Guthrie, Royals 14-1 — NEW YORK — Brett Gardner, Brian McCann and Chase Headley homered during an eight-run first inning and the New York Yankees quickly erased the memory of a lost weekend, romping past the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals 14-1 Monday to end a six-game skid.
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Rangers Beat Yanks 5-2 for New York's 10th Loss in 11 Games — NEW YORK — Adam Rosales hit a two-run homer off Chris Capuano that bounced off the top of the left-field wall, Yovani Gallardo won for the second time since mid-April and the Texas Rangers sent the New York Yankees to their 10th loss …
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Designate Radhames Liz For Assignment — The Pirates have announced that they've designated reliever Radhames Liz for assignment. The move clears space on the team's roster for Charlie Morton, who will start tonight. Morton's return bumps the out-of-options Vance Worley to the Pirates' bullpen …
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Reds Lost 9th Straight, Arenado Leads Rockies to 5-4 Win — CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds lost their ninth straight game Monday as Nolan Arenado homered, had three hits and drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning off Aroldis Chapman that gave the Colorado Rockies a 5-4 victory.
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Orioles Beat Astros 4-3, Hand Keuchel 1st Loss — BALTIMORE — Caleb Joseph and Steve Pearce hit two-run homers off Dallas Keuchel, and the Baltimore Orioles dealt the left-hander his first loss in a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday. — Keuchel (6-1) came in with a 1.67 ERA and had won three straight starts.
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Nolasco, Plouffe Help Twins Stay Hot in 7-2 Win Over Red Sox — MINNEAPOLIS — Ricky Nolasco struck out five in 7 2-3 innings and Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer to lead the surging Minnesota Twins to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday. — Nolasco (5-1) gave up two runs …
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Phil Birnbaum / Sabermetric Research:
Do defensive statistics overrate the importance of fielding? — The job of a baseball team's pitchers and fielders is to prevent the opposition from scoring. It's easy to see how well they succeeded, collectively — just count the number of runs that crossed the plate.
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Danny Abriano / Metsblog:
Mets hit three homers, take series opener from Phillies — Bartolo Colon allowed three runs in six innings of work, and the Mets (25-21) hit three home runs as they beat the Phillies (19-28) by the score of 6-3 on Monday afternoon at Citi Field. — Colon wasn't at his sharpest during …
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Gerry Fraley / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' recent hot streak creates no-pressure situation for Josh Hamilton's return — NEW YORK - The Rangers have set up an ideal, no-pressure situation for outfielder Josh Hamilton's return. — He will join a rejuvenated team on Monday in Cleveland that is not desperate for him to ride to the rescue.
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Designate Travis Ishikawa For Assignment — The Giants have designated first baseman and outfielder Travis Ishikawa for assignment, Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area tweets. Ishikawa, 31, has not appeared in the big leagues this season — he opened the year on the DL with a back injury …
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Matt Eisenberg / Metsblog:
Collins calls team meeting — Mets manager Terry Collins called a team meeting after New York's 9-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to Adam Rubin. (May 24, 6:49 p.m.) — The Mets, whom the Pirates just swept, have lost five of six and 10 of 14.
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Joe Skipper / Associated Press:
Jennings gets 1st win, Marlins top Orioles 1-0 in 13 innings — MIAMI (AP) New Miami Marlins manager Dan Jennings splashed around in the nightclub swimming pool adjacent to the team's clubhouse, surrounded by a dozen of his players whooping it up shortly before midnight.
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
David Wright is shut down for at least a week with what Mets are saying is spinal stenosis — PITTSBURGH - David Wright is not coming back to save the Mets any time soon. — The third baseman has been shut down from rehab activities for the second time in just over two weeks with back pain.
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Mets shut down David Wright again after his back flares up
Mets shut down David Wright again after his back flares up
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