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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Matheny likely to stick with lineup — Saturday would have been a red-letter day for Cardinals fans who go apoplectic about manager Mike Matheny's many lineups. For the first time this season, Matheny was going to use the same eight-man batting order that he had used in the preceding game.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Today's Cardinals-Reds game postponed; no makeup date set — Saturday's Cardinals-Cincinnati Reds game has been postponed because of severe weather. No makeup date has been set although a club official said there would not be a doubleheader played on Sunday with more bad weather forecast.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
A lot of Lynn and a little trickery boost Cards over .500 — The month of April is named after Aphrodite, the goddess of love. And there are few baseball pitchers who have more fondness for this fourth month than the Cardinals' lovable lug, Lance Lynn. — Not that Lynn, 64-40 for his career …
Max Gelman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Series preview: Cardinals vs. Reds
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Nationals center fielder Adam Eaton will miss rest of season with torn ACL — Adam Eaton will miss the rest of the 2017 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, a person familiar with the situation confirmed Saturday. Eaton injured the knee lunging for first base …
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Losing Adam Eaton could slow Nats' roll
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Place Adam Eaton On 10-Day DL
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Associated Press:
MLB roundup: Conforto helps Mets beat Nats again — Michael Conforto hit a pair of home runs and slumping Jose Reyes also connected, leading the New York Mets over the host Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday afternoon. — The banged-up Mets, who entered the weekend on a six-game losing streak …
Associated Press:
D-backs' Shelby Miller to have Tommy John surgery — PHOENIX — Shelby Miller's season is over after the Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander announced Saturday he will have Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow. — Miller, injured last Sunday during his start against the Los Angeles Dodgers …
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Blue Jays look for first series win vs. Rays — TORONT0 — The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to win a series for the first time this season Sunday when they play the Tampa Bay Rays at the Rogers Centre. — The Blue Jays' 4-1 victory over the Rays on Saturday sets up a rubber match in the three-game set on Sunday.
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ESPN:
Danny Salazar is finally becoming an ace. Sound familiar? — Almost 30 percent of ESPN's baseball experts picked Cleveland to win the World Series this year, and for an easy-to-explain reason: The Indians came within one run of winning it last year without the injured Danny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco in their postseason rotation.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals Insider: Hitters take to the air as defenses neutralize ground game — Cardinal outfielder Stephen Piscotty hits his second double in the 6th inning on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Place C.J. Cron On DL — The Angels have placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the disabled list with a foot injury, Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Times tweets. Lefty starter Tyler Skaggs also appears likely to head to the DL with oblique trouble. Both players left yesterday's …
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Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McGwire, McCarver, Martin to enter Cardinals' Hall of Fame — Mark McGwire takes a curtain call after hitting his 62nd home run at Busch Stadium in the game against the Cubs on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1998. Photo by Odell Mitchell Jr. | Post-Dispatch — Tim McCarver (15) is mitted at home plate …
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
Mets' anxieties transfer to their ace — his arm and head — MORE FROM: … WASHINGTON — At the least likely moment, their heels nudged right up against the abyss, the Mets have found their mojo. Michael Conforto's swing is starting to produce lovely music again.
