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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 …
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 …
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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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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Jim Salisbury / CSN Philly:
Instant Replay: Dodgers 6, Phillies 5 — BOX SCORE — LOS ANGELES — The Phillies suffered a gut-wrenching 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. — The Phillies took a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning but the Dodgers tied the game on three straight, no-out solo homers against Hector Neris.
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True Blue LA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Despite success, Freeman still doesn't like hitting at Miller Park — MILWAUKEE - Freddie Freeman had a game-winning home run in the ninth inning Friday against the Brewers to continue his run of robust hitting at Miller Park, but it did nothing to change his opinion of the place and his comfort level hitting there.
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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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Let's Go Tribe
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
Stats / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
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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MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Olney: Starting pitchers are flooding the market, so who could be traded? — After Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn scored a big prospect return for Chris Sale last December, snagging some of Boston's best young players, the industry perception was that the White Sox got …
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