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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:
Molina helps Cardinals pick off victory against Reds — ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina has picked off 48 runners in his 14-year career, and his heads-up play in the sixth inning of the Cardinals' 7-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday may have been his finest work.
Max Gelman / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Series preview: Cardinals vs. Reds
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
Losing Adam Eaton could slow Nats' roll
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Place Adam Eaton On 10-Day DL
Nationals Place Adam Eaton On 10-Day DL
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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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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 …
Gethin Coolbaugh / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Epstein feeling the love of two cities in return to Boston — BOSTON (AP) — Theo Epstein hadn't returned to his old office since he left in 2012, and he'd been itching to come back. — Boston, after all, will always be his home. — Or at least one of them. — “I'm definitely still a Bostonian.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers send minor league pitcher Drew Smith to Rays to complete trade — Chris Nelsen, Special to the Detroit Free Press — Mahtook has been platooning in the outfield in his first season with the Tigers — The Player To Be Named Later has been named.