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Yankees try to get back on track vs. Royals (May 22, 2017) — NEW YORK — Seven losses in 11 games may constitute a slump for the New York Yankees. — Meanwhile, Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge are hardly slumping as New York opens a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Monday night at Yankee Stadium.
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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Royals drop another series to the Twins, setting up crucial week on the road — MINNEAPOLIS — On Sunday evening, in the fourth inning of an 8-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, Royals catcher Salvador Perez tied an obscure team record. — After clubbing a two-run homer …
Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Jake Junis offers solid cameo as Royals open twin bill with 6-4 victory
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Royals Review
Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Royals' Alex Gordon headed for paternity leave, Raul Mondesi returns to big leagues
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Royals Review and FanRag Sports
David Hill / Fox Sports:
Atlanta Braves AAA Team Seeking a Name Change — With the exception of one minor league team, each squad in the Atlanta Braves farm system shares the Braves name. That may be set to change soon. — If one is a fan of the Atlanta Braves, there is not a lot of memorization needed when it comes to knowing the farm system.
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Braves look to avenge sweep by Pirates (May 22, 2017) — ATLANTA — At least it won't be snowing when the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates meet for the second time this season. — The clubs begin a four-game series on Monday in Atlanta, where temperatures are expected to be in the low 80s.
CBS Philly:
Pirates Edge Phillies 1-0 In Rain After Freese HBP
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Charles Odum / Associated Press:
Adams eager for chance to start as Braves' first baseman
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
‘Warhorse’ Wainwright still has it — Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com — Cardinals manager Mike Matheny had first-hand knowledge of both of Sunday's starting pitchers. As a player — and he hasn't played for 10 years — he caught both of them.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wong, Piscotty not in lineup — Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com — Second baseman Kolten Wong (sore left elbow) and right fielder Stephen Piscotty (bruised left forearm) were out of the Cardinals' lineup Sunday, but apparently they won't be out terribly long, and Piscotty actually pinch hit a single in the eighth inning.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Bullpen backs Darvish as Rangers top Tigers — DETROIT — Mike Napoli and Pete Kozma connected for home runs Sunday night, and the Texas Rangers' bullpen tossed four scorless innings after a short outing by Yu Darvish in a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. — Napoli's blast in the fifth traveled 446 feet.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Bullpen carries Rangers to victory over Tigers — DETROIT — The first two innings Sunday night weren't as bad as Yu Darvish has pitched in his career, but he was far from his best at Comerica Park. — He needed 56 pitches to record six outs. He walked four batters after walking only five in his first three starts of the month.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets need Matt Harvey to get his act and arm together now more than ever — Matt Harvey stood on the dugout steps and just signed and signed. The controversial Mets righthander had just finished throwing and he was on his way back to the clubhouse when a young boy asked for an autograph.
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Lindsey Foltin / Fox Sports:
Watch Cubs' bullpen dance party after Kris Bryant homer — The Chicago Cubs relievers just might be planning to audition for the next season of Dancing With The Stars. — At least that's what it looked like when the bullpen busted out an impromptu dance party during Sunday's 13-6 rout of the Brewers on Sunday at Wrigley Field.
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Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brewers criticize Cubs for postponing game Saturday before rain stopped
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge's game-saving catch shows just how complete of a player young Yankees star is — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees' 6-foot-7, 282-pound Superman soared through the air and saved the game with a sensational diving catch. — All that was missing from Aaron Judge's uniform was the cape.
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Arizona Republic:
Monday's game — White Sox at Diamondbacks — Where: Chase Field (Roof hotline: 602-462-6262). — Pitchers: Diamondbacks RHP Zack Greinke (5-2, 3.09) vs. White Sox RHP Miguel Gonzalez (3-4, 4.29). — TV/Radio: FSAZ/KMVP-FM (98.7), KHOV-FM (105.1). — Greinke gave up four runs …
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox look for offense to stay hot in series finale vs. Mariners
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, South Side Sox and AZ Snake Pit
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Bronson Arroyo gives up four homers as Cincinnati Reds lose — In the immediacy of his team's 6-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price misunderstood a question from a television reporter. He thought he'd been asked about Bronson Arroyo's job security.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
GM Mike Rizzo vows to fix long Nationals nightmare - their flailing bullpen — It's easy to forget that the Washington Nationals are in the most envious position in baseball, sitting with a fat seven-game lead in the National League East with no one else in the division even sniffing .500.
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' newest pitcher could be outfielder Brett Eibner — The Dodgers manage their roster with a short bench and a surplus of creativity. The player who has pinch-run most often this season is pitcher Ross Stripling. — So it might come as little surprise that the Dodgers are experimenting …
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FanRag Sports and MLB Trade Rumors
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers not yet focused on future roster decisions — DETROIT — Adrian Beltre showed up at the ballpark Sunday afternoon with his right calf feeling fine some 24 hours after running the bases for the first time in six weeks. — That's exactly what the Texas Rangers needed to hear …
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and ESPN
John Hickey / Mercury News:
A's denied what would have been historic sweep — Oakland winning streak grinds to a halt with Red Sox rolling, 12-3 — OAKLAND - The A's fell short in their effort to pull off what would have been a once-in-almost-a-century feat with a 12-3 loss to the Red Sox Sunday.
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Over the Monster
Sam Amick / USA Today:
Warriors' Zaza Pachulia, family threatened after Kawhi Leonard incident — SAN ANTONIO — Zaza Pachulia can handle being the villain of the Western Conference finals. — The Golden State Warriors big man would even understand if Kawhi Leonard were angry with him after the ill-fated meeting …
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East Bay Times and Fox Sports
Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' opponent preview: Astros, best team in baseball, but hobble into series — Series: Tigers at Houston for four games, tonight-Thursday night. — TV/radio: Tonight-Thursday — 8:10 on Fox Sports Detroit, WXYT-FM (97.1). — Pitchers: Tonight — RH Michael Fulmer (5-1, 2.72 ERA) …
