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deGrom, Granderson Lead Mets Past Orioles 5-3 — BALTIMORE — Jacob deGrom took a four-hitter into the eighth inning, Curtis Granderson hit two solo homers and the New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
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Danny Abriano / Metsblog:
DeGrom dominant as Mets top Orioles — Jacob deGrom allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings and the bullpen escaped a near-disaster in the bottom of the ninth as the Mets beat the Orioles, 5-3, at Camden Yards on Tuesday night. — Curtis Granderson hit a home run on the second pitch of the game …
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Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
METS' GRANDERSON TURNS BACK CLOCK
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox Name Dave Dombrowski President Of Baseball Operations; Ben Cherington Steps Down As GM — The Red Sox announced tonight that they have hired Dave Dombrowski as their new president of baseball operations. Ben Cherington was given the opportunity to stay on as GM, but he's chosen to step down instead.
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Associated Press:
Red Sox Rout Indians 9-1, Shaw Goes 4 for 4 — BOSTON — Travis Shaw went 4 for 4, Mookie Betts drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 9-1 on Tuesday night, announcing a major front-office shake-up late in the game.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Will Venable, Designate Michael Choice — 8:09pm: Venable did indeed clear waivers, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Rosenthal adds that teams were surprised to learn that the outfielder had gone unclaimed. — Meanwhile, via MLB.com's Corey Brock …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Padres pitchers Ian Kennedy and Joaquin Benoit both have been claimed on waivers and subsequently pulled back — two hits to the remaining trade market for pitchers. — Kennedy and Benoit are now ineligible to be traded. — Several teams were surely interested in both pitchers …
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Associated Press:
Spieth, Johnson Take Their Competition to the Ballpark — ARLINGTON, Texas — This time, no clubs for Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson. Just a pair of famous diamonds. — The golfers each threw out a ceremonial first pitch at a major league game on Tuesday night.
Charles O'Brien / Globe and Mail:
Alex Rodriguez grand slam helps rally Yankees over Twins — Alex Rodriguez hit a slump-busting grand slam in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit against a depleted Minnesota bullpen to beat the Twins 8-4 Tuesday night.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Nationals still have time — and talent — to turn things around — FOX Sports — Don't give up on the Nationals. — I know that sounds nuts, considering that the Nats have lost six straight and 17 of 24, falling 4½ games behind the Mets in the NL East.
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New York Daily News:
If Nationals want to shake up Mets, they should hire Wally Backman as manager — The Mets can only hope that Mike Rizzo is one stubborn GM, apparently determined to prove he wasn't wrong about hiring Matt Williams, no matter how much of a disaster the Nationals are these days.
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
As GM discounts trade, Mets' best bullpen option is wild in minors
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CSN Bay Area:
Leake not quite ready, won't return Tuesday as planned — SAN FRANCISCO — Few injuries are more persistent than strains of the hamstring, and the one Mike Leake is dealing with will keep him from returning to the rotation Tuesday. Leake will stay on the disabled list and continue …
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Fox Sports:
Ichiro and what could have been — CJ Nitkowski — Ichiro Suzuki is in the record books, sort of. — On Friday night, the Miami Marlins outfielder (that feels so weird and kind of icky) recorded his 4,191st career hit, the same number Ty Cobb recorded in his big-league career.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pregame notes: “I knew that I was basically alive” — With dark bruises under his eyes and thin white bandages across the top of his nose, Bryan Mitchell reached into his locker and pulled out the cap he was wearing last night. The right side of the bill was bent as if it had been squeezed in a vise.
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Katy Clarke / WFAA-TV:
Rangers beat Mariners 4-3 after walk-off walk — The Texas Rangers were able to defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in a funky fashion as they won on a walk-off walk. — After back-to-back bunt singles from Ryan Strausborger and Delino DeShields and a hit-by-pitch for Shin-Soo Choo …
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