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Miguel Cabrera leaves after getting hit in chest at 1B — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera had to leave the game against Minnesota in the fifth inning Friday night after taking a hard-hit grounder off the chest at first base. — The ball off the bat of Robbie Grossman …
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Martinez homers twice as Tigers top Twins 6-3 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Martinez has called Detroit home for the last six seasons. He looks just as comfortable hitting at Target Field. — Martinez hit two home runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Friday night.
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Martinez ready for first action at home as a Diamondback — PHOENIX (AP) — J.D. Martinez got a little lost trying to find Chase Field on Friday. The Arizona Diamondbacks' new outfielder hasn't spent much time in the Phoenix area, and he found himself driving while looking at his phone for directions.
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After rain delay, Urena pitches Marlins to 3-1 win over Reds — CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Urena pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, Christian Yelich drove in two runs and the struggling Miami Marlins opened a six-game road trip with a rain-delayed 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
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Sale blanks Angels for 6 innings in Boston's 6-2 win (Jul 21, 2017) — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Chris Sale pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox rode a five-run first inning to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. — Sale (12-4) allowed four hits and struck …
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Red Sox ace Chris Sale fastest in AL history to 200 K's in season — ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was a fastball, 96 mph on the outer half of the plate, and Kole Calhoun didn't swing at it as much as he reached and flailed. — Once again, Chris Sale's last pitch of a game was as nasty as his first.
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Braves beat Dodgers 12-3 after Wood unravels in 1st loss — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Garcia maintains a poker face most of the time. But the Atlanta pitcher couldn't stop smiling after the biggest hit of his career. — Garcia launched a grand slam off previously unbeaten Alex Wood …
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Kris Bryant returns to Cubs lineup — Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is in the lineup for Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals after sitting out Friday due to a left finger injury. — Bryant sprained his finger on a headfirst slide in the first inning Wednesday against Atlanta.
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Judge nearly leaves yard in Yankees' 5-1 win over Mariners (Jul 21, 2017) — SEATTLE (AP) Aaron Judge hit a colossal three-run homer that nearly soared out of Safeco Field, and CC Sabathia won on his 37th birthday as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Friday night.
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Yu Darvish on the Yankees' radar
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D-backs open with back-to-back-to-back HRs — PHOENIX (AP) David Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Jake Lamb hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for Arizona to start the first inning Friday night against Washington star Max Scherzer, the first time the Diamondbacks have started a game with three straight homers.
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Arizona starts with 3 homers, finishes 6-5 win in the 9th (Jul 21, 2017) — PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks opened the game with three straight home runs off Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer and ended it with Brandon Drury's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 victory Friday night.
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Astros end Orioles' 4-game winning streak with 8-7 victory — BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Yuli Gurriel had a career-high four hits, including a home run, and the Houston Astros received a gritty pitching performance from Mike Fiers in an 8-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
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Brewers seek to halt 6-game slide at Phillies (Jul 22, 2017) — PHILADELPHIA — Looking to snap a season-worst six game losing streak, the Milwaukee Brewers will send left-hander Brent Suter to the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. — Suter, who will make his fifth start …
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Szczur's 4th hit sends Padres past Giants 12-9 in 11 innings (Jul 21, 2017) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Matt Szczur blooped a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, his fourth hit of the game after coming off the bench, and the San Diego Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 12-9 on Friday night.
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Bell has 4 hits, McCutchen 3 as Pirates beat Rockies 13-5 — DENVER (AP) — A rough first inning could have meant an early exit for Pittsburgh starter Trevor Williams. The rookie settled down, though, and rode his offense to his first win in more than a month.
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Encarnacion homers, drives in 4 as Indians pound Jays 13-3 — CLEVELAND (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays know better than any team in baseball what happens when Edwin Encarnacion gets hot. — Encarnacion homered and drove in four runs against his former team as the Cleveland Indians routed Toronto 13-3 on Friday night.
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Royals beat White Sox 7-6 on Merrifield's sac fly in 10th — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alcides Escobar keeps getting clutch hits after a sluggish start to the season. — Whit Merrifield's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning scored Escobar to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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NL Trade Notes: Dodgers, Darvish, Cardinals, Kendrick — The Dodgers (and the Cubs, whose interest we've already noted) were among the teams scouting Rangers star Yu Darvish last night, the MLB Network's Jon Morosi tweets. Darvish struck out 12 Rays batters over eight innings.
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A's Manaea looks to stay hot against Mets (Jul 22, 2017) — NEW YORK — A pair of starting pitchers headed in opposite directions will square off Saturday night, when the New York Mets host the Oakland Athletics in the middle game of a three-game series at Citi Field.
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Michael Conforto stays hot, hits two home runs to lead Mets over A's
Michael Conforto stays hot, hits two home runs to lead Mets over A's
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