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ESPN:
Red Sox eye return of ace David Price after second rehab start — Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price's second rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket is complete. — The left-hander was lifted after getting the first two outs in the fourth inning against Louisville. He retired the final four batters he faced.
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Surviving Grady
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Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Chris Sale's run of games with at least 10 strikeouts ends at 8 in row
Chris Sale's run of games with at least 10 strikeouts ends at 8 in row
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Beltre could rejoin Rangers' lineup Monday
Beltre could rejoin Rangers' lineup Monday
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Lone Star Ball
ESPN:
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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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
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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Royals Review
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
Rich Hill digs hole Dodgers can't escape in 6-1 loss to Cardinals
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Viva El Birdos
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Left for dead, Reds score replay-aided comeback — Cincinnati Reds SS Zack Cozart on game-winning hit in comeback win vs. Cleveland The Enquirer — CLEVELAND - For two minutes and 57 seconds, the Cincinnati Reds laid dead on the operating table. They had lost Wednesday to the Cleveland Indians …
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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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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Let's Go Tribe
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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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and AZ Snake Pit
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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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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Bless You Boys and The Crawfish Boxes
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Fox Sports:
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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Fox Sports:
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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Halos Heaven, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and DRaysBay
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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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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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Talking Chop
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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Gaslamp Ball, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Amazin' Avenue
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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McCovey Chronicles