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How much will Matt Harvey pitch? Innings limit debate coming to a head — Mets star right-hander Matt Harvey may be getting close to his innings limit. Or he may not be. — It's hard to know who's right here, but one thing's for sure: The Harvey innings situation is a budding controversy …
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Mets' Daniel Murphy day-to-day with quad injury
Mets' Daniel Murphy day-to-day with quad injury
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Brad Ausmus' job as Tigers manager in jeopardy — Manager Brad Ausmus' job appears to be in real jeopardy after the Tigers, who were predicted by most to win the AL Central recently fell into last place. — Ausmus is a brilliant and personable fellow, but it doesn't help that Tigers fans …
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AL Central Notes: Ausmus, Tigers, Kluber
AL Central Notes: Ausmus, Tigers, Kluber
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Rookie Severino Wins Again, Yankees Hit 3 HRs to Beat Rays — NEW YORK — Sizzling rookie Luis Severino won his third straight start and Alex Rodriguez hit his 681st career home run, sending the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games.
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Danks Goes the Distance as White Sox Beat Royals 12-1 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Danks threw a seven-hitter and Adam Eaton matched his career high with four hits, including a three-run homer, as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 12-1 Friday night.
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Rizzo Slam Helps Power Cubs Past D-Backs 14-5 — CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in Chicago's eight-run fifth inning, and rookie Addison Russell homered twice in a game for the first time in his career to power the Cubs and Jon Lester to a 14-5 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.
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Kelly Wins 7th Straight Start; Red Sox Beat Phillies 7-5 — BOSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo homer and David Ortiz an RBI double in Boston's four-run seventh inning as Joe Kelly won his seventh straight start and the Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 Friday night.
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McHugh, Conger Lead Houston to 8-0 Win Over Twins — HOUSTON — Collin McHugh went 7 2-3 innings and Hank Conger hit a grand slam as the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 8-0 on Friday night. — McHugh (15-7) gave up seven hits and struck out six in picking up his second straight win.
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Pirates Snap Skid With Win in St. Louis — (The Sports Xchange) - Another excellent start from J.A. Happ helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-3 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. — In trimming St. Louis' National League Central Division lead to 5-1/2 games, Pittsburgh (80-53) …
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Morrison, Seager Help Mariners Outslug A's, 11-8 — OAKLAND, Calif. — Logan Morrison had three hits, including a two-run double as part of Seattle's six-run third inning, and the Mariners held off the Oakland Athletics 11-8 on Friday night. — Kyle Seager and Stefen Romero both homered …
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Davis Homers Twice Again, Passes Cruz for ML Lead — TORONTO — Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis has homered twice against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night and has five homers in his last eight at-bats to overtake Seattle's Nelson Cruz for the major league lead. — Davis now has 40 homers on the season.
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Rockies Send Giants to 7th Straight Loss, 2-1 — DENVER — Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, backing a strong outing by Jorge De La Rosa, and the Colorado Rockies beat San Francisco 2-1 on Friday night to send the Giants to their seventh straight loss.
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CJ Cron's 5 RBIs Lead Desperate LA Angels Past Texas, 5-2 — ANAHEIM, Calif. — C.J. Cron tripled, doubled, singled and drove in five runs, carrying the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. — Garrett Richards (13-10) pitched five-hit ball …
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