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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards lead Pirates 1-0 after three innings at Busch — In what's shaping up as a pitcher's duel, the Cardinals went up 1-0 against the Pirates with a third-inning run. — Greg Garcia led off the inning with the Cardinals' first hit, a bloop double down the left-field line.
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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards, Pirates scoreless through two innings at Busch — The Cardinals and Pirates are under way at Busch Stadium. — Pittsburgh's Starling Marte led off the game with an infield single, but Luke Weaver sandwiched a pair of groundouts around a strikeout of Gregory Polanco to end the inning.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
‘Emotional’ week for Nicasio; Cards work to preserve Flaherty
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals vs. Pirates series preview
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Viva El Birdos
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' bats go quiet in dropping series finale at San Diego
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AZ Snake Pit and Gaslamp Ball
Paul Skrbina / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs, Brewers set for first regular-season Friday night game at Wrigley Field — Cubs manager Joe Maddon looks ahead to the first regular-season Friday night game in Wrigley Field history and discusses Addison Russell's rehabiliation on Sept. 8, 2017. (Paul Skrbina/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune
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Fox News:
Preview: Brewers at Cubs — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have played regular-season night games at Wrigley Field for nearly three decades, but there never was one on a Friday. — That will change when the Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers square off in the opener of a critical three-game weekend series on Friday at 7:05 p.m. CDT.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Right now, right time for Tigers' Nick Castellanos to start in rightfield — Nicholas Castellanos leads the AL in triples. Other Tigers of the past 60 years to lead the AL. Video by Ryan Ford/DFP Wochit — CONNECT — TORONTO - It's the right time for Nick Castellanos to gain experience in rightfield for the Detroit Tigers.
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George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Jordan Zimmermann receives another neck injection
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Bless You Boys and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees, young and talented, built like Gene Michael's Bombers teams — BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi called the win a “Stick Special.” — “Make pitchers work and hit home runs,” Girardi said following his team's first series victory at Camden Yards in nearly four years. “That was for Stick.”
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Jeff Seidel / UPI:
New York Yankees power way to rout of Baltimore Orioles
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Pinstripe Alley
Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles rotation becoming game of musical chairs
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Bless You Boys, Minor League Ball and Camden Chat
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Rob Brantly joked about pitching for the White Sox. Then Rick Renteria put him in. — White Sox catcher Rob Brantly discusses the lead-up to pitching during the ninth inning of an 11-2 loss to the Indians on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Colleen Kane/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune
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Associated Press:
Adrian Beltre honored by Rangers in pregame ceremony for joining 3,000-hit club — ARLINGTON, Texas — A congratulatory letter from Willie Mays and a video tribute including a request from George Brett were part of a pregame ceremony in which the Texas Rangers recognized Adrian Beltre for joining the 3,000-hit club.
Bill Plaschke / The Charlotte Observer:
For Dodgers, seems like a long way to October — LOS ANGELES-On a steamy Thursday afternoon, with the clouds slowly darkening a brilliant season, the clubhouse of the mighty and magical Dodgers was filled with the sounds of ... John Mayer? — “When you're dreaming with a broken heart …
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Associated Press:
Orioles activate J.J. Hardy from 60-day disabled list — CLEVELAND (AP) — Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, out nearly three months with a broken right wrist, has been activated from the 60-day disabled list. — Hardy was hit by a pitch on June 18 and placed on the DL the following day.
Associated Press:
Rays' Steven Souza Jr. leaves game after colliding with wall — BOSTON (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Steven Souza Jr. left a game Friday night after colliding with the right-field wall at Fenway Park. — Souza was tracking a fly ball hit by Boston's Christian Vazquez in the fourth inning.
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays-Yankees series shifted to Mets Citi Field due to Irma concerns — UPDATE, 3:30: The Rays are working on details on options for fans who had tickets to the Yankees games that were to be played at the Trop. And there should be info soon on getting tickets to the games at Citi Field.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
Arizona Republic:
Goldschmidt still out — The Diamondbacks have released their lineup for tonight's series opener against the Padres and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is still out of the lineup. … Friday's game — Padres at Diamondbacks — Where: Chase Field (Roof hotline: 602-462-6262).
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Gaslamp Ball
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers will try to ride Hamels down the stretch — ARLINGTON — The Thursday off day is giving the Texas Rangers a chance to sort out their rotation after the Tuesday rainout and Wednesday doubleheader, and they will maneuver the rest of the season around Cole Hamels so that he can pitch a potentially important season finale.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Asdrubal Cabrera out of Mets lineup with glute discomfort — Asdrubal Cabrera was not in the lineup Friday night as the Mets took on the Reds at Citi Field, after leaving Thursday night's game with what the Mets are now calling left glute discomfort. He had an MRI Friday morning and is listed day-to-day.
Eric Karabell / ESPN:
Top MLB DFS building blocks for Friday — Our experts are here to provide the best hitters and pitchers for you to build your daily fantasy baseball lineups around on Friday. — Hitters to build around — EDITOR'S PICKS — Here are your best plays in daily fantasy …
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
David Wright: 'I still feel that there's something I have to give' to Mets — For 19 minutes on Thursday afternoon, during his first public appearance since his latest setback in an ongoing fight to seize control of his career from his own failing body, David Wright was asked to dissect his own baseball mortality.
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Fran Kilinski / New York Daily News:
Braves apologize after playing ‘Rock You Like a Hurricane’ during game vs. Miami Marlins — The Atlanta Braves' mid-inning playlist apparently hasn't been updated in a while. — The Braves and the Miami Marlins kicked off a four-game series on Thursday in SunTrust Park in Atlanta …
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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Charles Odum / The Charlotte Observer:
Suzuki, Braves rally with 2 runs in 9th, beat Marlins 6-5
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Fish Stripes
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Indians' 15-game win streak will cost window company around $2 million in rebates — Sports fans usually get a fair share of small incentives if their team wins, like a free taco or burger or bagel. — Thursday's 11-2 win against the Chicago White Sox meant much more to a select group of Cleveland Indians fans.
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ESPN, The Week and FanRag Sports
Doug Mittler / ESPN:
Rumor Central: Jays unlikely to deal Josh Donaldson? — It is highly unlikely that the Toronto Blue Jays will trade star third baseman Josh Donaldson this winter, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. — The last-place Blue Jays (64-76) have underperformed this season …
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