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Betts Has 2 HRs, 5 RBIs as Red Sox Beat Orioles 5-3 — BALTIMORE — Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the resurgent Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. — Betts hit a three-run drive in the fifth inning …
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ESPN, FenwayNation, Yahoo Sports and Associated Press
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Ben Lindbergh / The Ringer:
Baltimore Closer Zach Britton Isn't Just a Surprise Cy Young Contender—He's the AL MVP — Last week, my colleague Michael Baumann had the audacity to suggest that Orioles closer Zach Britton could be a defensible selection as the American League's Cy Young Award winner.
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ESPN, Let's Go Tribe, NBCSports.com, FanGraphs Baseball, Boston and Bless You Boys
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Burning Questions with Baltimore Orioles' Zach Britton — Who was your favorite player growing up? — Britton: I had a couple. The guy that I watched the most was Tom Glavine. But growing up in Southern California, from a hitting standpoint, I used to like Shawn Green. He was on fire.
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Camden Chat
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves To Promote Dansby Swanson — The Braves will promote top shortstop prospect Dansby Swanson tomorrow, according to a team announcement. President of baseball operations John Hart says that the youngster will be in the starting lineup tomorrow, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweets.
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Minor League Ball, Talking Chop, Baseball Prospectus, MLB Daily Dish and MiLB News
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Erick Aybar
Tigers Acquire Erick Aybar
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Baseball Prospectus, Talking Chop, Bless You Boys and Yahoo Sports
Seth Berkman / New York Times:
Yankees Drop Game to Blue Jays and Lose Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi — The Yankees' rickety chances of making a postseason run incurred two staggering body blows on Tuesday. — First, starter Nathan Eovaldi announced before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays that he expected to miss 14 …
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Pinstripe Alley and Bluebird Banter
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nathan Eovaldi Requires Elbow Surgery, Will Miss 2017
Nathan Eovaldi Requires Elbow Surgery, Will Miss 2017
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Pinstripe Alley and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Holliday needs surgery, could miss rest of regular season — HOUSTON (AP) St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday will have surgery Wednesday on his right thumb, an injury that could sideline him for the rest of the regular season. — Holliday was hit by a 94 mph fastball from the Chicago Cubs' Mike Montgomery last Thursday.
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The Crawfish Boxes and Yahoo Sports
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Maness goes back on DL with elbow trouble; Cards recall Tuivailala
Maness goes back on DL with elbow trouble; Cards recall Tuivailala
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Viva El Birdos and MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Pennington's Triple Lifts Angels Over Mariners to End Skid — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 17, 2016, 1:30 A.M. E.D.T. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Cliff Pennington hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning, Albert Pujols slugged his 22nd home run and the Los Angeles Angels came back twice to beat …
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Lookout Landing and Yahoo Sports
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
BAR: Even in pen, Raisel Iglesias a bargain — 42 Shares — The Blog Above Replacement is a daily look at the Reds, their minor leagues and whatever else is on the mind of Enquirer Reds beat writers, C. Trent Rosecrans and Zach Buchanan. — Cincinnati Reds right-hander Raisel Iglesias …
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Red Reporter
Associated Press:
Rangers' 3 Runs in 10th Beat A's 5-4 When Odor Hit by Pitch — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 17, 2016, 12:27 A.M. E.D.T. — ARLINGTON, Texas — Rougned Odor was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, forcing home the winning run as the AL-best Texas Rangers beat …
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Mondesi Hits First HR in Royals' 6-1 Win Over Tigers — DETROIT — Raul Mondesi hit 271 home runs in 13 major league seasons. — Eleven years after his career ended, his son is on the board. — The younger Raul Mondesi broke open a scoreless tie with a home run off Justin Verlander …
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Bless You Boys
Associated Press:
Utley Hits 2 HRs, Gets Curtain Calls in Philadelphia Return — PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley got curtain calls after each of his two home runs — including a grand slam — in his first game in Philadelphia since a trade last season to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Phillies Nation, True Blue LA and The Good Phight
Associated Press:
LeMahieu Reaches in 9th Straight Plate Appearance; Rox Win — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 17, 2016, 2:00 A.M. E.D.T. — DENVER — DJ LeMahieu had three hits and reached base for the ninth straight plate appearance, Colorado's bullpen threw six scoreless innings and the Rockies beat …
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Purple Row and Federal Baseball