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Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago:
Chris Sale strikes out six in complete-game victory over Jays, Buehrle — You'd be hard-pressed to find a more popular former White Sox than Mark Buehrle. — There is no current Sox star admired, appreciated and embraced more than Chris Sale, who at 26 is becoming the face of the franchise.
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Associated Press:
Sale Strikeout Streak Ends, Pitches White Sox Past Toronto — CHICAGO — Chris Sale's bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Monday night in the fastest major league game in almost four years.
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Baseball Prospectus and Yahoo Sports
Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago:
White Sox, Cubs to honor Minoso, Banks in Crosstown series
White Sox, Cubs to honor Minoso, Banks in Crosstown series
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South Side Sox and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Associated Press:
Castellanos Has 4 RBIs, Tigers Win 12-5 — SEATTLE — Nick Castellanos hit a home run and drove in four runs to lead a 19-hit outburst from the Detroit Tigers in a 12-5 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday. — Castellanos had a season-high four hits and matched a season best with four RBIs.
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Yahoo Sports, Bless You Boys and Lookout Landing
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Jeff Sullivan / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Tigers Are Trapped — Last winter was the winter of Cole Hamels trade conversation.
The Tigers Are Trapped — Last winter was the winter of Cole Hamels trade conversation.
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Metsblog:
Jacob deGrom named to NL All-Star team; Familia still in running — Mets righthander Jacob deGrom was selected to pitch for the National League in the All-Star game next Tuesday in Cincinnati. — Reliever Jeurys Familia (22 saves) was named to the five-player ballot from which fans …
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Amazin' Avenue
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Clayton Kershaw not an All-Star? Let's fix this, America!
Clayton Kershaw not an All-Star? Let's fix this, America!
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True Blue LA
Eye / CBSSports.com:
2015 MLB All-Star Game: Full AL and NL rosters
2015 MLB All-Star Game: Full AL and NL rosters
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Pinstripe Alley and baseballmusings.com
Metsblog:
Niese dominant, Mets rally late, win 3-0 in SF opener — Led by Jon Niese's stellar outing, in which he allowed just three hits in eight innings, and a three-run rally in the ninth, the Mets claimed a 3-0 win over the Giants on Monday night in San Francisco.
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McCovey Chronicles and Amazin' Avenue
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Associated Press:
Niese Gets 1st Win Since May 9, Mets Top Skidding Giants 3-0 — SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathon Niese pitched eight sharp innings for his first win in nearly two months, and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Monday night to hand the slumping World Series champions their seventh straight defeat.
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Yahoo Sports
David Murphy / Philly.com:
Perhaps the Phillies just got bad and have stayed bad — ANDY MacPHAIL said something interesting a couple of days after his introductory news conference. Interesting, not because of its merits, but because of its eerie similarity to the company line we've heard from the current front office over the last few years.
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Associated Press:
Dozier's Two-Run Homer in 10th Lifts Twins Over Orioles 4-2 — MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Dozier's two-run home run with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. — Dozier lined a 2-1 pitch from Tommy Hunter (2-2) …
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Twinkie Town and Camden Chat
Associated Press:
Alvarez's RBI Single in 9th Lifts Pirates Past Padres, 2-1 — PITTSBURGH — Pedro Alvarez singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. — Alvarez's second career game …
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Bucs Dugout
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Notes: Rangers will need to get creative to move Choo — FOX Sports — Rangers need to get a more balanced offensive attack. One way to achieve this could be moving Shin-Soo Choo. — Remember all the talk about Texas and Cole Hamels? — Oh, the Rangers still could justify such a trade …
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MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Rollins Rallies Dodgers Past His Old Phillies Team, 10-7 — LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Rollins hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning against his former team, rallying the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers past the last-place Philadelphia Phillies 10-7 Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Suarez's Homer Breaks Deadlock, Reds Beat Nationals 3-2 — WASHINGTON — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat Washington 3-2 Monday night to end the Nationals' nine-game home winning streak. — Suarez went 3 for 4 with two RBIs to help …
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Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Lackey Outduels Lester, Leads Cardinals to 6-0 Win Over Cubs — CHICAGO — John Lackey threw seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Monday night despite Jon Lester taking a no-hitter into the seventh. — Signed to a six-year, $155 million deal over the offseason …
Associated Press:
Braves Win 5-3 to End Brewers' 8-Game Winning Streak — MILWAUKEE — Kelly Johnson homered and drove in three runs as the Atlanta Braves ended the Milwaukee Brewers' eight-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory Monday night. — The game was held up in the ninth inning …
Jeff Moore / Baseball Prospectus:
BP Top 50 — Just Missed The Cut … Tyler Beede, RHP, Giants: A 2014 first-rounder (his second time being selected in said round), Beede received strong consideration for the back end of this list, but was ultimately beat out by a few arms with slightly better stuff.
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Over the Monster
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Fox Sports:
Collins says Mets pitchers ‘need to get over’ frustration with 6-man rotation — FOX Sports — The New York Mets pitching rotation has made it clear it's not a fan of the six-man rotation that's been implemented this season, but manager Terry Collins doesn't seem to care.
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baseballmusings.com
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Collins' message to Harvey: ‘Get over’ the six-man rotation
Collins' message to Harvey: ‘Get over’ the six-man rotation
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