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Associated Press:
Bruce, Gsellman Move Mets Closer to Playoff Spot, Beat Phils — PHILADELPHIA — Jay Bruce and Robert Gsellman made scoreboard-watching irrelevant for the New York Mets. — Bruce homered for the third straight game and drove in three runs, Gsellman threw six sharp innings and the Mets moved closer …
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Faith and Fear in Flushing and Amazin' Avenue
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Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Bryan Price to return as Reds' manager — The Cincinnati Reds will be changing decision-makers in the front office after this season, with president of baseball operations Walt Jocketty going into quasi-retirement and general manager Dick Williams taking over final say on baseball decisions.
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redsminorleagues.com
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Umpires: MLB requires ‘immediate’ challenge of walk-off double
Umpires: MLB requires ‘immediate’ challenge of walk-off double
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MLB Trade Rumors
Victor Mather / New York Times:
Cardinals Get a Key Hit, and a Key (Blown) Call
Cardinals Get a Key Hit, and a Key (Blown) Call
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Viva El Birdos, Red Reporter and Bleacher Nation
Associated Press:
Martinez, Holliday, Cards Stay Close in Race, Blank Pirates — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 1, 2016, 12:06 A.M. E.D.T. — ST. LOUIS — Carlos Martinez pitched seven sharp innings, Matt Holliday hit an emotional home run and the St. Louis Cardinals stayed in the middle of the NL wild-card race …
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Bucs Dugout
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals won't pick up Holliday's option for 2017
Cardinals won't pick up Holliday's option for 2017
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MLB Trade Rumors and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Marte Homers to Lead Angels Over Astros — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 1, 2016, 1:09 A.M. E.D.T. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jefry Marte homered and scored twice and Daniel Wright earned his first major league victory to help the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Houston Astros 7-1 on Friday night.
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Halos Heaven
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Associated Press:
Ortiz Delivers Another HR, Red Sox Beat Blue Jays 5-3 — BOSTON — Opening his final weekend with yet another game-winning homer, David Ortiz lined a two-run shot into the right-field stands to break a seventh-inning tie and help the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Friday night.
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FenwayNation, ESPN, Over the Monster and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Trumbo Hits 47th, Schoop 5 RBIs as Orioles Top Yankees 8-1 — NEW YORK — Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 47th home run, Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones also went deep in a six-run fifth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 8-1 in steady rain Friday night to maintain their AL wild-card lead.
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Pinstripe Alley and Camden Chat
Associated Press:
Cano Hits 2 Homers, Mariners Tighten Wild-Card Race, Top A's — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 1, 2016, 1:06 A.M. E.D.T. — SEATTLE — Robinson Cano hit two home runs, Taijuan Walker pitched six effective innings and the Seattle Mariners moved within one game of the second AL wild-card spot …
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Lookout Landing
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Associated Press:
Darvish Stars as Rangers Beat Rays 3-1 and Clinch Home Field — ARLINGLTON, Texas — Yu Darvish looked playoff-ready with a season-high 12 strikeouts in six innings as the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Friday night and clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
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Yahoo Sports, Lone Star Ball and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Marlins Tame Harper, Nationals for 7-4 Win — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 1, 2016, 12:12 A.M. E.D.T. — WASHINGTON — Christian Yelich homered and Dee Gordon's infield single in the sixth inning scored the go-ahead run as the Miami Marlins beat the NL East champion Washington Nationals 6-4 on Friday night.
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Federal Baseball
Associated Press:
Goldschmidt, Owings Homer as D-Backs Beat Padres 5-3 — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOCT. 1, 2016, 2:00 A.M. E.D.T. — PHOENIX — Chris Owings has had an odd season. Thrust into duty at center field when A.J. Pollock was hurt, then sidelined with foot injury, now back at shortstop as the season winds down.
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AZ Snake Pit
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Associated Press:
Cabrera 2 HRs, Tigers Move Up in Playoff Race, Beat Braves — ATLANTA — Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs, Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton also connected and the Detroit Tigers moved up in the playoff race, beating the Atlanta Braves 6-2 Friday night. — The Tigers won their third straight …
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Bless You Boys
BBC:
Ryder Cup 2016: American heckler wins $100 off Justin Rose — If you've got the nerve to heckle a Ryder Cup player over a missed putt, you'd better be good enough to show him how it's done. — Particularly when there's $100 up for grabs. — Let's let Open champion and European stalwart Henrik Stenson …
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WNCT-TV
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Three Needs: Cincinnati Reds — After the season concludes, we'll be looking at every team in the league in depth with MLBTR's annual Offseason Outlook series. For the time being, though, we're taking preliminary big-picture looks at what some of the non-contending clubs will need to focus on as part of our Three Needs series.
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Red Reporter and Al's Ramblings