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Associated Press:
Dodgers' Kershaw Breezes Through Meek-Hitting Mets — NEW YORK — Clayton Kershaw pitched a three-hitter, retiring the first 18 batters in his second shutout of the season, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 3-0 on Thursday night. — Kershaw (8-6) now has thrown 29 consecutive …
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CBS New York and baseballmusings.com
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Matt Eisenberg / Metsblog:
Kershaw takes perfect game into seventh, shuts out Mets — Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game bid into the seventh inning Thursday night, as the Dodgers shut out the Mets, 3-0, at Citi Field. — Curtis Granderson broke up Kershaw's perfect game with a clean single to right field …
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Amazin' Avenue, True Blue LA and Yahoo Sports
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Late meltdown leaves Mets a battered bunch
Late meltdown leaves Mets a battered bunch
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True Blue LA, New York Post, Newsday and Metsblog
Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Mets Have Big-Time Bat In Minors; Conforto (.321) Visits Rock Cats
Mets Have Big-Time Bat In Minors; Conforto (.321) Visits Rock Cats
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MLB Daily Dish and Metsblog
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Acquire Aramis Ramirez — The Pirates and Brewers have announced a trade that will send third baseman Aramis Ramirez to Pittsburgh in exchange for minor league right-hander Yhonathan Barrios and cash considerations. The Pirates are reportedly taking on $3MM of the $5.74MM that remains on Ramirez's $14MM salary.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Looking To Add Reliever; Nothing Close At Present
Pirates Looking To Add Reliever; Nothing Close At Present
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Bucs Dugout, MLB Daily Dish, Brew Crew Ball and Al's Ramblings
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
MLB Players' Association upset by Colin Cowherd's comments on Dominicans — Dominican major leaguers and the players union are demanding an apology or other action from outgoing ESPN host Colin Cowherd, who may have insulted a whole country with his on-air comments Thursday.
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HardballTalk, The Big Lead and SBNation.com
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Jay Knoll / KARE-TV:
State patrol: Don't stop for ducks — Cars Swerve for Ducks Crossing I-35 KARE — MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol asks that motorists do not stop for ducks, or any animal, regardless of how the situation may end. This after a video, showing a family of ducks narrowly escaping injury, went viral.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Conor Gillaspie, Designate Adam Wilk — 12:23pm: Los Angeles has designated pitcher Adam Wilk for assignment to clear 40-man space, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports on Twitter. — The 27-year-old has made just one appearance at the big league level this year and nine in his career.
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South Side Sox and MLB Daily Dish
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays ready to talk trades, with Boxberger popular — ST. PETERSBURG — Most speculation leading to the July 31 deadline for nonwaiver trades will be on who the Rays could get to bolster their offense. — But they are more likely to trade away a player from their current big-league roster …
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MLB Trade Rumors and DRaysBay
CSN Chicago:
Source: Cubs chasing Cole Hamels, David Price not in play yet — With the Major League Baseball non waiver trade deadline just eight days away the rumor mill is cranking out potential trade scenarios almost non stop. While the Cubs sit nine games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central …
Associated Press:
Altuve's Walkoff Homer Lifts Astros Over Boston 5-4 — HOUSTON — Jose Altuve homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth, the last of his four hits, and the Houston Astros beat Boston 5-4 on Thursday night, extending the Red Sox's losing streak to a season-high eight games.
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John Wilcox / Boston Herald:
Buckley: Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval must go
Buckley: Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval must go
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Over the Monster, Bless You Boys, Surviving Grady and McCovey Chronicles
Associated Press:
Lackey Goes 7, Rosenthal Holds On as Cardinals Beat Royals — ST. LOUIS — John Lackey threw seven strong innings after a shaky beginning, Trevor Rosenthal escaped his own jam in the ninth and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Thursday night.
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Royals Review and Yahoo Sports
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Hamilton not concerned about reception from Angels fans — Rangers fans cheered wildly in April 2013 when Josh Hamilton made outs during his first trip to Arlington as an Angels player. He returns to Anaheim for the first time Friday. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram — jwilson@star-telegram.com
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Dallas Morning News and Texas Rangers Blog
ESPN:
Scott Kazmir traded to Astros — 8m - MLB SCOTT KAZMIR HOUSTON ASTROS OAKLAND ATHLETICS + more — Tim Kurkjian explains why the addition of Scott Kazmir to the Astros' rotation is important for them to make a charge to the playoffs.
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ESPN and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Rookie Godley Pitches Diamondbacks to 8-3 Win Over Brewers — PHOENIX — Zack Godley struck out seven in six shutout innings in his major league debut, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night. — Godley, a 25-year-old right-hander called …
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AZ Snake Pit
Associated Press:
Samardzija, Cabrera Lead White Sox Past Indians 8-1 — CLEVELAND — Jeff Samardzija, perhaps pitching for the final time in a Chicago uniform, allowed one run in eight innings and Melky Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate, leading the White Sox to an 8-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
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Yahoo Sports