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Kluber strikes out season-high 14, Indians top Blue Jays 8-1 — CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber struck out a season-high 14 in 7 2/3 innings and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — Kluber (8-3) showed no signs of the stiff neck …
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Rob Refsnyder
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FanRag Sports, Bluebird Banter and MLB Daily Dish
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Nick Tepesch
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Twinkie Town and Bluebird Banter
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Royals beat White Sox 5-4, extending Chicago's skid to 9 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brandon Moss hit a game-ending double off Tyler Clippard that lifted the Kansas City Royals over the White Sox 5-4 Sunday, extending Chicago's longest losing streak in four years to nine games.
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South Side Sox
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Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' next foe: Royals visit, setting up a pair of pitching rematches
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Adam Darby / Kansas City Star:
Watch Ned Yost discuss getting fired in Milwaukee and the parallels to Rick Renteria
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Royals Review
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Rick Renteria surprised Melky Cabrera still with White Sox, but Cabrera wants to stay
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South Side Sox
Associated Press:
Contreras homers as Quintana, Cubs beat Cards, tie Brewers — CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras yelled as he rounded first base and the ball landed in the bleachers at Wrigley Field. — The Chicago Cubs are having fun again, led by their exuberant catcher.
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Chris Kuc / Chicago Tribune:
Fresh, healthy Kyle Hendricks excited about return to Cubs rotation — Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks on his recovery from an injury to the middle finger in his right hand. (Chris Kuc/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks had an interesting theory …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cubs introduce their new, top-shelf acquisition to Wrigley, vs. Cardinals
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Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
Odor homers twice, Rangers sweep Rays with 6-5 win — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rougned Odor homered twice, including back-to-back drives with Carlos Gomez in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Sunday and complete a three-game sweep.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
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Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers reaction: Sweep crucial but more work to be done at home — ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Here we go. The Rangers pulled off the sweep of the Rays to turn in a 5-5 road trip to start the second half. It took some of the sting out of the five-game losing streak. But there is much more work to be done.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Instant Replay: Rangers use another late rally to complete sweep vs. Rays
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Lone Star Ball
Fox Sports:
Valbuena's solo homer lifts Angels to 3-2 win over Red Sox (Jul 23, 2017) — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons also homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Sunday.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
East News & Rumors: Stanton, Yanks, Red Sox, Mets
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Associated Press:
Britton gets AL saves record as Orioles beat Astros 9-7 — BALTIMORE (AP) — Zach Britton set an American League record by converting his 55th consecutive save opportunity, blanking the Houston Astros in the ninth inning the seal the Baltimore Orioles' 9-7 victory on Sunday.
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The Crawfish Boxes, Camden Chat and baseballmusings.com
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Astros 3B Colin Moran placed on DL with facial fracture — BALTIMORE (AP) — Houston Astros rookie Colin Moran has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a facial fracture, and the third baseman remained hospitalized Sunday to receive treatment for the injury.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Todd Karpovich / UPI:
Closer Zach Britton sets record in Baltimore Orioles' win over Houston Astros — BALTIMORE — In a season in which he missed two months with injuries, Baltimore Orioles closer Zach Britton still managed to make history. — Britton broke the American League record for consecutive saves …
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Gennett, Suarez, Barnhart homer as Reds top Marlins 6-3 — CINCINNATI (AP) — Power boosted the Cincinnati Reds to a rare win. — Scooter Gennett, Eugenio Suarez and Tucker Barnhart homered, and the Reds beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
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MLB: Stephen Strasburg has to leave game — Washington right-hander Stephen Strasburg left his start Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks after two innings because he wasn't able to get loose, the Nationals announced. — Strasburg had problems with his command in the second inning …
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Jerry Beach / UPI:
Matt Chapman homer lifts Oakland Athletics over New York Mets — NEW YORK — The Oakland Athletics lost two games this weekend in New York. But they also found an eighth-inning reliever and, on Sunday, earned a win when a young player found redemption for an earlier mistake.
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Jeff Neiburg / UPI:
Jerad Eickhoff helps own cause in Philadelphia Phillies' win vs. Milwaukee Brewers — PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff surrendered a lead just minutes after his offense gave him one. To make up for it, he went to the plate and started a fifth-inning rally that gave the Phillies all the runs they needed.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Have “Strong Interest” In Yu Darvish — The Dodgers were among those who scouted Rangers ace Yu Darvish's latest start, an eight-frame, 12-strikeout showing against the Rays on Friday. It turns out the Dodgers are one of multiple teams with “strong interest” in Darvish, tweets Jon Morosi of MLB Network.
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Los Angeles Times, CSNNE.com and True Blue LA
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UPI:
New York Yankees put 2B Starlin Castro back on DL — New York Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro returned to the 10-day disabled list with another injury to his right hamstring, the team announced Sunday. — Castro was activated off the disabled list July 15 but reinjured the hamstring …
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Dave Del Grande / UPI:
San Diego Padres claim road series with 5-2 victory over San Francisco Giants — SAN FRANCISCO — The San Diego Padres have beaten the San Francisco Giants so often this season that the wins are starting to look alike. — Wil Myers homered for the third consecutive day …
Shawn Windsor / Detroit Free Press:
As hard as it may be, it's time for Tigers to trade Justin Verlander … The longest-tenured Tiger has been around since the restart of relevance, now he holds the key to possible reboot — The Detroit Tigers are 6-4 in their last 10 games after beating the Minnesota Twins Sunday in Minnesota, 9-6.
Associated Press:
Freeland's arm, Rockies' bats key 13-3 win over Pirates — DENVER (AP) — A two-week stretch between starts didn't seem to bother rookie left-hander Kyle Freeland. — Freeland pitched six strong innings in his first start since taking a no-hitter into the ninth the day before the All-Star break …
