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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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Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' next foe: Royals visit, setting up a pair of pitching rematches — Series: Kansas City at Detroit for three games, Monday-Wednesday. — TV/radio:All games — 7:10, Fox Sports Detroit and WXYT-FM (97.1). — Pitchers: Monday — RH Justin Verlander (5-7, 4.54 ERA) vs. RH Jason Hammel …
Adam Darby / Kansas City Star:
Watch Ned Yost discuss getting fired in Milwaukee and the parallels to Rick Renteria
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
Rick Renteria surprised Melky Cabrera still with White Sox, but Cabrera wants to stay
Discussion:
South Side Sox
Associated Press:
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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Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Toronto Blue Jays can't figure out Corey Kluber in Cleveland Indians' win — CLEVELAND — The Corey Kluber Show is still going strong, and Sunday it left the Toronto Blue Jays wanting to go one place in particular. — “Just a (bad) day. We need to go home,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons …
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Nick Tepesch
Blue Jays Acquire Nick Tepesch
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Twinkie Town and Bluebird Banter
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
East News & Rumors: Stanton, Yanks, Red Sox, Mets
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ESPN, Yahoo Sports and Boston Herald
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Juiced ball or not, it's rarely all-or-nothing for the Red Sox's Mookie Betts when it comes to hitting
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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Associated Press:
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
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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baseballmusings.com
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Greg Auman / UPI:
Texas Rangers rally past Tampa Bay Rays again to complete sweep — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For a team that came to Tropicana Field on a five-game losing streak, the Texas Rangers' three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays has been surprising but promising as Texas tries to claw back into postseason contention.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Instant Replay: Rangers use another late rally to complete sweep vs. Rays
Instant Replay: Rangers use another late rally to complete sweep vs. Rays
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball
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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CSNNE.com and True Blue LA
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Olney: Texas mulls what to do with Yu Darvish at the trade deadline
Olney: Texas mulls what to do with Yu Darvish at the trade deadline
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Bleacher Report
Clark Spencer / miamiherald:
Hill: Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna not going anywhere — for now
Hill: Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna not going anywhere — for now
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Sporting News and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Olney's Latest: Darvish, Gray, Marlins, Indians
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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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Rob Refsnyder
Blue Jays Acquire Rob Refsnyder
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FanRag Sports, Bluebird Banter and MLB Daily Dish
Associated Press:
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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Jeff Wallner / UPI:
Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Sal Romano sparkles in win over Miami Marlins — CINCINNATI — For the Cincinnati Reds who are rebuilding around young pitching, it is encouraging to see a pitcher show good stuff and improvement from his previous starts. But, at some point, you want to see results.
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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Gene Warnick / UPI:
Didi Gregorius homers twice as New York Yankees topple Seattle Mariners — SEATTLE — When the New York Yankees made a trade last week to shore up their bullpen, this is what they had in mind. — Didi Gregorius hit two home runs and New York's relief corps was dominant as the Yankees defeated …
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Gene Warnick / UPI:
Aaron Judge homers again, but Seattle Mariners top New York Yankees in 10 innings
Aaron Judge homers again, but Seattle Mariners top New York Yankees in 10 innings
Discussion:
Lookout Landing, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Pinstripe Alley
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Washington Nationals beat Arizona Diamondbacks but lose Stephen Strasburg to injury — PHOENIX — The Washington Nationals hope their latest big win — this over one of the National League's top starting pitchers — doesn't somehow turn into a major loss. — Brian Goodwin homered to start …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cubs introduce their new, top-shelf acquisition to Wrigley, vs. Cardinals — CHICAGO • When Cardinals manager Mike Matheny turned to the righthanded-hitting Luke Voit to start Saturday against the lefthanded-pitching Jon Lester, he was sure to let Kolten Wong know that this wasn't a sign of some “straight platoon.”
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Viva El Birdos
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George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Shane Greene glad to pitch as often as he has for Detroit Tigers — MINNEAPOLIS — Shane Greene prevailed in a 13-pitch, bases-loaded jam against Eduardo Escobar in the seventh inning Sunday. — The Twins had already scored a run with the bases loaded because of a fielding error by Ian Kinsler.
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Centre Daily Times:
Matt Adams' 3-run homer for Braves pushes extras against Dodgers — LOS ANGELES With just eight days to go before the trade deadline, Philipsburg native Matt Adams made his case to stay in Atlanta even stronger. — The Philipsburg-Osceola grad hammered a three-run home run with two outs in the ninth …
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Jill Painter Lopez / UPI:
Rich Hill continues groove, pitches Los Angeles Dodgers to win vs. Atlanta Braves
Rich Hill continues groove, pitches Los Angeles Dodgers to win vs. Atlanta Braves
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Talking Chop
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 …
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 …