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Boy hurt at Yankee Stadium after being hit by part of Chris Carter's shattered bat — NEW YORK — A boy was struck on the head by Chris Carter's broken bat during the Yankees' 3-0 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. — With New York's Didi Gregorius on second base …
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Royals shut out for a fifth time, fall 3-0 to the Yankees — NEW YORK — When the Royals signed Jason Hammel to a two-year, $16 million contract in early February, they envisioned performances like this one: six innings, three earned runs, a quality start at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.
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Ellsbury to DL after hitting wall; Yanks beat Royals 3-0 (May 24, 2017) — NEW YORK (AP) Luis Severino opened with a 97 mph fastball on the low, inside corner of the plate, and Alcides Escobar drove it deep to center field. — Jacoby Ellsbury sprinted 107 feet, raised his glove above …
Justin Tasch / New York Daily News:
Luis Severino shows how far he's come in last year in Yankees' win over Royals — The progress that Luis Severino has made can be encapsulated in one pitch he threw in his dominant eight innings of shutout ball Wednesday night in the Yankees' 3-0 victory over the Royals.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers Reaction from Wednesday's 9-4 collapse — BOSTON — Rain is in the forecast for Thursday, and a postponement of the series finale between the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox is on the table. — Maybe it would be best if the Rangers had an unexpected day off and could come …
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Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Chris Sale's run of games with at least 10 strikeouts ends at 8 in row — BOSTON — Eight was enough for Chris Sale. — On the cusp of setting a modern-era single-season record with his ninth consecutive start with at least 10 strikeouts, the Boston Red Sox ace lefty fanned only six Texas Rangers batters …
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Red Sox score 7 in 7th to beat Rangers 9-4 (May 24, 2017) — BOSTON (AP) Dustin Pedroia waved home the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch, then singled in two more during Boston's seven-run seventh inning on Wednesday night and the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 9-4 for their third straight victory.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Seventh-inning meltdown dooms Rangers in 9-4 loss — BOSTON — All the Texas Rangers wanted Sam Dyson to do in the seventh inning Wednesday night was to get them out of the inning with the lead. — If that meant he allowed the runner at third he inherited to score, so be it.
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Rich Hill struggles in return as Dodgers fall to Cardinals — LOS ANGELES — The disdain dripped from Rich Hill's voice. He is an introspective man, but this was not self-deprecation. It was self-loathing, the only emotion he could muster after plummeting the Los Angeles Dodgers into an early deficit in a 6-1 loss to St. Louis.
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Rich Hill digs hole Dodgers can't escape in 6-1 loss to Cardinals — LOS ANGELES - Like Bigfoot, Rich Hill's potential to be a dominant starter for the Dodgers has been occasionally glimpsed. But it has yet to be captured. — The recurring blisters on the middle finger of his pitching hand …
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Yasiel Puig steamrolls Los Angeles Dodgers teammate, makes catch … Los Angeles Dodgers centerfielder Joc Pederson will think twice when the next ball floats into right center after running into teammate Yasiel Puig. — Pederson is sitting out of Wednesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals after his run-in Tuesday.
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Reds notes: Rookie Davis to avoid disabled list … CONNECT — CLEVELAND - Last Friday, Cincinnati Reds right-handed pitching prospect Rookie Davis left his Triple-A start after just three innings with back issues. (His team wound up having to cover 15 more innings.)
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Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds recap: Team comes back in ninth inning to down Cleveland Indians … CONNECT — After a rain delay of more than two hours, the Reds mounted a ninth-inning comeback to beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Saturday at Progressive Field. Here are the main storylines.
Arizona Republic:
Thursday's game — Diamondbacks at Brewers — Where: Miller Park. — Pitchers: Diamondbacks LHP Robbie Ray (3-3, 3.91) vs. Brewers RHP Zach Davies (5-2, 5.44). — TV/Radio: FSAZ/KMVP-FM (98.7), KHOV-FM (105.1) — Ray has pitched well on the road this year, going 2-1 with a 1.03 ERA in four starts.
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Brewers, Davies hope to keep rolling in May vs. D-backs (May 25, 2017) — MILWAUKEE — The month of May has been good so far for Zach Davies, and the Milwaukee Brewers' young right-hander will try to stay on the uptick Thursday in the opener of a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Miller Park.
Detroit Free Press:
Tigers score two runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to break 2-2 tie — HOUSTON - This was the inning Daniel Norris was supposed to fall apart. The Detroit Tigers had seen it many times in the past. — After three solid innings, a leadoff walk. A double. A reliever warming up in the bullpen.
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LEADING OFF: Cubs stage “Anchorman” trip, Pujols nears 600 — A look at what's happening all around the majors today: — STAY CLASSY, CHICAGO — With his Chicago Cubs hovering just over .500, manager Joe Maddon is borrowing inspiration from the Channel 4 news team: new suits!
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Souza homers twice in Rays' 5-2 win over Angels (May 24, 2017) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Steven Souza Jr. homered twice to rally the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. — Colby Rasmus also went deep for the Rays and Erasmo Ramirez pitched six strong innings …
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Associated Press:
Chatwood allows 1 hit in 7 innings, Rockies top Phillies 7-2 — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyler Chatwood allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings, Carlos Gonzalez homered and the Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 on Wednesday night. — Chatwood befuddled the Phillies …
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Pirates Rally In 9th, Erupt In 10th To Beat Braves 12-5 — ATLANTA (AP) — Gift Ngoepe doubled to drive in Andrew McCutchen for the go-ahead run before the Pittsburgh Pirates hit three straight homers during a seven-run 10th inning to beat the Atlanta Braves 12-5 on Wednesday night.
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Neil Paine / FiveThirtyEight:
Mike Trout Somehow Found A Way To Get Better — As a general rule, baseball players — specifically, the non-pitching variety — tend to break into the majors in their early 20s, improve pretty rapidly over their first handful of seasons, peak around age 271 and then begin the inexorable decline toward mediocrity (and retirement).
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mets write the perfect script for a crushing defeat — Neil Walker shows his frustration after flying out in the third inning. — Getty Images … If Terry Collins is lucky, the next time he picks up the phone to the bullpen he will dial the wrong number.
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Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Mac Williamson provides a jolt but Giants' rally comes up short in loss to Cubs — CHICAGO - You could say that Mac Williamson was sleepwalking around the bases after his home run in the ninth inning of the Giants' 5-4 loss Wednesday night. — Except he was moving a lot quicker than that.
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