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Associated Press:
Brad Peacock helps Astros to combined 1-hitter in spot start for Dallas Keuchel … HOUSTON — The Houston Astros used a group effort to make up for what they hope is the one start ace Dallas Keuchel will miss with a pinched nerve in his neck. — Brad Peacock and three relievers combined …
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Bless You Boys and The Crawfish Boxes
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MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Houston Astros win pitching duel over Detroit Tigers — HOUSTON — With right-hander Brad Peacock stepping in with Dallas Keuchel on the 10-day disabled list, the team hoped he could manage expecatations. — Peacock exceeded all expectations by delivered a stirring effort in his spot start …
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Minor League Ball
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers ex-CF Anthony Gose hits 99 m.p.h. in pro pitching debut in Lakeland
Detroit Tigers ex-CF Anthony Gose hits 99 m.p.h. in pro pitching debut in Lakeland
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CBSSports.com, Sporting News, Bless You Boys and MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' Anibal Sanchez going to minors in hopes of regaining starting pitching form
Tigers' Anibal Sanchez going to minors in hopes of regaining starting pitching form
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Bless You Boys, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and FanSided
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers (one hit) unable to back up Michael Fulmer's solid night in 1-0 loss to Astros
Tigers (one hit) unable to back up Michael Fulmer's solid night in 1-0 loss to Astros
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Bless You Boys
ESPN:
Red Sox promote 1B prospect Sam Travis — The Boston Red Sox have promoted top prospect Sam Travis from Triple-A Pawtucket. — Travis, 23, is batting .286 with four home runs and 14 RBIs in 33 games this season at Pawtucket and has exclusively played first base throughout his minor-league career.
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Over the Monster
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Trying times for John Farrell as Boston Red Sox manager — Dave Dombrowski, the Red Sox's president of baseball operations, can play the “Fire John Farrell” card at any time. — That time might have come Monday, if the Red Sox had not avoided getting swept four straight in Oakland by winning the final game of the series.
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CBS Boston and Over the Monster
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers-Red Sox preview: Texas hitters to get stiff test at Fenway — Don't look now, but the Texas Rangers' offense is actually looking like an offense. — They have scored at least five runs in nine of their past 10 games, and have collected at least eight hits in 11 of their past 12 games.
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Punchless Red Sox - last in the AL in home runs - are picture of mediocrity
Punchless Red Sox - last in the AL in home runs - are picture of mediocrity
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Over the Monster, Boston and MLB Daily Dish
Larry Fleisher / UPI:
Chris Carter's glove, bat help New York Yankees defeat Kansas City Royals — NEW YORK — From various vantage points at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees could not tell if Alcides Escobar was out or safe after first baseman Chris Carter made a nice scoop of Starlin Castro's off-balance throw in the seventh inning.
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ESPN:
The Aaron Judge home run tracker — New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge's prolific rookie season, and the home runs that come with it, have captivated fans across the country. Courtesy of ESPN Stats and Information research, we've captured every one of the first-year slugger's homers …
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees in weird position of counting on Michael Pineda
ESPN:
Could stopping a Cubs dynasty be in the Cards? — While the Red Sox-Yankees and Dodgers-Giants rivalries have gotten the most historical ink, Cubs vs. Cardinals is also one of baseball's best long-term feuds, pitting the Wrigley Field faithful against the self-proclaimed “Best Fans in Baseball.”
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Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
What's in the Cubs' new building? The Tribune's private tour — Crane Kenney, Chicago Cubs President of Business Operations, talks about the team's new corporate headquarters. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — After the Ricketts family purchased the Cubs in 2009 …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and FanRag Sports
Jack McCarthy / UPI:
Ty Blach battles, leads San Francisco Giants past Chicago Cubs — CHICAGO — Ty Blach set the tone on Monday when he prevailed in a 13-pitch showdown with Chicago Cubs leadoff batter Ben Zobrist. — The San Francisco Giants right-hander caught Zobrist looking at a third strike …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Championship window may be closing for Giants
Championship window may be closing for Giants
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David Haugh / The Charlotte Observer:
Winning bidding war for Luis Robert shows White Sox are serious about rebuild — Baseball's most interesting mediocre team arrived in Arizona on Monday undeterred by the present and overjoyed about the future. — The White Sox, 20-22 as a three-game series against the Diamondbacks began …
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Diamondbacks, Zack Greinke lead White Sox 5-1
Diamondbacks, Zack Greinke lead White Sox 5-1
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South Side Sox
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Even with Luis Robert agreement, White Sox GM Rick Hahn says more work to do
Even with Luis Robert agreement, White Sox GM Rick Hahn says more work to do
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South Side Sox
Fox Sports:
Adams hits 2-run HR to power Braves past Pirates, 5-2 (May 22, 2017) — ATLANTA (AP) Matt Adams' first home run with the Braves came down near the right-field restaurant that had been the landing spot for a few of Freddie Freeman's long balls this season. — Adams was quick to say he's …
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Talking Chop
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Dick Scanlon / Associated Press:
Wild pitch helps Angels beat Rays 3-2 — ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Jefry Marte scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning to help the Los Angeles Angels' beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Monday night. — The Angels, who have won six of eight, pushed across the run without …
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Halos Heaven, Minor League Ball and DRaysBay
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Greg Auman / UPI:
Settling in after 1st inning, Los Angeles Angels' JC Ramirez shut down Tampa Bay Rays — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Angels starter JC Ramirez continued his first-inning struggles on Monday night, but he also continued to be a strong pitcher after the first inning, shutting down the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-2 win at Tropicana Field.
Jeff Wallner / UPI:
Cincinnati Reds top Cleveland Indians, 5-1 — CINCINNATI — Scott Schebler went hitless in 13 consecutive at-bats last week but only struck out twice. He figured it was just a matter of time before a few of his hard-hit balls would start to find gaps. — On Monday night …
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Salt Lake City Sun:
Angel option C.J. Cron to Triple-A Salt Lake — On Monday, the Angels optioned C.J. Cron, who'd been a fixture in the team's first base/designated-hitter mix for the better part of four seasons, to Triple-A Salt Lake. — Cron, who hit his first home run of the season Sunday, hit .232/.281/.305 over 24 games this season.
Discussion:
Halos Heaven
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Nationals vs. Mariners series preview: An unfamiliar foe — The Washington Nationals and Washington state baseball club have not met since 2014, when Trea Turner was a teenager and Matt Williams was their manager. The teams have met 12 times since the Nationals moved to the District, six times at Nationals Park.
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Lookout Landing and Federal Baseball
Kevin Sherrington / The Charlotte Observer:
If the MLB is trending young, look to these Rangers stars for the next big thing — Now that the Rangers have convincingly pulled off their Lazarus act, let's see what they do for an encore. — Can they keep whittling away at the Astros' lead? What about their window? Is it closing?
Discussion:
Over the Monster
Josh Verlin / UPI:
Charlie Blackmon leads Colorado Rockies past slumping Philadelphia Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — Most leadoff hitters are content with setting the tone for their team's offense, getting on base and letting their teammates drive them home. — Not so with the Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon.