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Charles Odum / Yahoo Sports:
Braves top Padres 4-2 as Dickey pitches in 3rd Atlanta park — ATLANTA (AP) — After giving up a home run on his only curveball, R.A. Dickey went back to his knuckleball. He knows that pitch is the reason he's still in the major leagues at age 42. — Winless at Turner Field …
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Gaslamp Ball and Talking Chop
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Bradford DoolittleESPN / ESPN:
Rob Manfred praises Braves' new ballpark, surrounding development — ATLANTA — After touring SunTrust Park on Friday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the new venue can serve as a model for baseball. — Manfred spoke in the Atlanta Braves' dugout before they took on the San Diego Padres …
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Talking Chop, USA Today and MLB.com
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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Faith and Fear in Flushing and Yahoo Sports
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Ben Walker / Yahoo Sports:
Martinez crazy wild, Yanks top Cards 3-2 for 6th win in row — NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees hardly hit a ball square against Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis Cardinals. — The way he was pitching, they didn't need to. — Looking like both an All-Star ace and a wayward journeyman …
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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
Masahiro Tanaka finally gets first win but doesn't look like Yankees ace yet
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Pinstripe Alley
Jake Seiner / Yahoo Sports:
Tanaka finds form, Yanks beat Cards 4-3 for 5th straight win
Tanaka finds form, Yanks beat Cards 4-3 for 5th straight win
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Pinstripe Alley, Viva El Birdos, Fox Sports and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tampa Bay Times:
Rays journal: Mallex Smith hits DL, Shane Peterson homers in debut — BOSTON — The Rays took a cautious approach in putting OF Mallex Smith on the 10-day disabled list due to tightness in his right hamstring, and they made what they believed was a safe move in replacing him with OF Shane Peterson …
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Yahoo Sports, DRaysBay and Over the Monster
Yahoo Sports:
McCutchen's 3-run homer 7th helps Pirates beat Cubs 8-7 — CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in a five-run seventh inning that led the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Saturday. — Pittsburgh has won two straight against the Cubs after going 4-14 …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Jack Cassidy / Yahoo Sports:
Freese, Cole help Pirates hold off Cubs 4-2, end 4-game skid
Freese, Cole help Pirates hold off Cubs 4-2, end 4-game skid
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Bucs Dugout and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Diego Mendoza-Moyers / Arizona Republic:
Ex-NFL star drove truck that hit, killed daughter in Mesa — Todd Heap, a former NFL football player who also starred at Arizona State University, was behind the wheel of a truck that accidentally struck and killed his 3-year-old daughter at their home in Mesa on Friday, police have confirmed.
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FanRag Sports, Associated Press, CBS DC and Fox Sports, more at WeSmirch »
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Jarrett Parker Suffers Broken Clavicle — Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker suffered a broken right clavicle during the team's 5-0 loss to Colorado on Saturday, reports Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link). The injury occurred when Parker crashed into the left field wall …
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McCovey Chronicles
Rick Eymer / Yahoo Sports:
Springer's 2-run homer completes Astros comeback vs A's — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — George Springer hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning after Nori Aoki put Houston ahead with one of his two RBIs, and the Astros rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-6 on Saturday.
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The Crawfish Boxes
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Outright Tanner Scheppers — The Rangers have announced that they've activated righty Andrew Cashner (triceps) from the 10-day DL. To clear roster space, they've optioned righty Nick Martinez to Triple-A Round Rock and outrighted righty Tanner Scheppers to Triple-A Round Rock, removing him from their 40-man roster.
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Lone Star Ball
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 …
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True Blue LA, Purple Row, Federal Baseball, The Good Phight and The Hardball Times
Boston Herald:
Devin McCourty on brother Jason: 'I hope we're interested in him' — When the Tennessee Titans released cornerback Jason McCourty on Thursday, it was natural to assume there was a chance of hooking up with his brother Devin in New England. That's been a longstanding goal of theirs and earlier today …
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FanRag Sports and ProFootballTalk