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12:40 PM ET, April 15, 2017

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Associated Press:
Realmuto's RBI double in 9th helps Marlins beat Mets 3-2 … MIAMI — Two bleeding fingernails cut short Noah Syndergaard's start Friday night, and the New York Mets' weary bullpen finally gave up a run to the Miami Marlins.  —  J.T. Realmuto hit a game-ending RBI double with two out in the ninth inning …
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Tired Mets play tough but fall in bottom of ninth against Marlins … MIAMI — One night after needing 16 innings to beat the Marlins, the Mets were an out away from reaching extra innings again.  But in the bottom of the ninth Friday night, the Marlins' J.T. Realmuto ripped a run-scoring double …
Yahoo Sports:
Realmuto's RBI double in 9th helps Marlins beat Mets 3-2  —  MIAMI (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a game-ending RBI double with two out in the ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins snapped the New York Mets' five-game win streak with a 3-2 victory on Friday night.  —  The Marlins avoided extra innings …
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue and Fish Stripes
Jake Seiner / Yahoo Sports:
Tanaka finds form, Yanks beat Cards 4-3 for 5th straight win  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka got back on track with 6 1/3 effective innings, Aroldis Chapman escaped his own jam for his third save in three days and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
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Daniel Popper / New York Daily News:
Masahiro Tanaka finally gets first win but doesn't look like Yankees ace yet  —  Baby steps for Masahiro Tanaka.  —  The Yankees righthander showed incremental improvement in Friday night's 4-3 victory over the Cardinals at the Stadium, the Bombers' fifth in a row and fourth straight at home.
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Lou Brock being treated for cancer; ‘prognosis is very good’
Barry Werner / Fox Sports:   St. Louis Cardinals legend Lou Brock battling cancer
ESPN:
MLB stars on No. 42: What Jackie Robinson Day means to us  —  It has been 70 years since Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but the sport still has an alarming lack of African-American ballplayers.  —  As we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball …
Fox Sports:
Uno, dos, tres, Garcias!  White Sox OF filled with Garcias  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) If Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria wants to get Garcia's attention in the outfield on Friday night against Minnesota, he is going to have to be more specific.  —  Renteria put together a lineup …
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Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
Baseball America Prospect Report (April 14)
Discussion: Minor League Ball
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Hernandez outduels Perez as Mariners beat Rangers  —  SEATTLE  —  The list of reasons why Felix Hernandez is an ace and former Cy Young winner are seemingly endless.  —  The list of reasons why Martin Perez is still trying to get over the hump to be a consistent big-league starter isn't as long.
Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie bashes ‘liar’ Eli Manning: ‘He got caught’  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie ripped into “the liar Eli Manning” and the New York Giants during a radio appearance Friday morning, a day after a report revealed Manning turned over a possibly incriminating email in a lawsuit alleging …
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants' Crawford out of lineup after sister-in-law's death  —  Shortstop Brandon Crawford has flown back from Los Angeles and will be at AT&T Park for Thursday night's game against the Rockies, but he will not be in the lineup.  —  The Giants said only that Crawford left for a family emergency …
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Rob Gloster / Yahoo Sports:
Story hits 2-run HR to lead Rockies in 3-1 win over Giants
Discussion: Purple Row and McCovey Chronicles
Garrett Downing's Posts on Exposure:
HEART OF A RAVEN  —  Mary Reuland still remembers the day almost 20 years ago that her son Konrad came home from school after meeting Hall of Fame baseball player Rod Carew.Konrad, who was 11 at the time, couldn't stop talking about it.  “'You know I met Rod Carew!'”  Mary recalls him saying over and over again.
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Joe Jimenez good, but Detroit Tigers have needs  —  Free Press sports writers Anthony Fenech and Jeff Seidel discuss the Joe Jimenez demotion, the Tigers' bullpen and more after the 11-5 loss to the Twins on Thursday, April 13, 2017.  Video by the DFP.  —  CONNECT  —  The Detroit Tigers have played nine games.
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Running With Abandon  —  The Phillies and Nationals go to the tenth inning tied at two.  Still tied in the bottom of the 10th, Bryce Harper leads off with a single, a line drive hit so hard, none of the shifted players had time to get to it.  Daniel Murphy comes up and takes drives the ball the other way.
Discussion: Federal Baseball
 
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