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Demetrius Bell / Baseball Prospectus:
All Of This Winning, I've Been Losing My Mind — The Thursday Takeaway — If there was one thing that Cleveland's incredible winning streak was lacking, it was a bit of drama. I doubt that partisan fans would complain about that at all, but that was the one minor complaint that the neutral fan had about the streak.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and USA Today
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Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Cleveland Indians: Late-inning heroics push winning streak to 22
MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Bruce hits walk-off single as Indians top Royals for 22nd consecutive win
Bruce hits walk-off single as Indians top Royals for 22nd consecutive win
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Let's Go Tribe, Royals Review and ESPN
USA Today:
Cleveland Indians walk off in 10th inning for 22nd straight win — second-longest in MLB history
Cleveland Indians walk off in 10th inning for 22nd straight win — second-longest in MLB history
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The Week and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Why it's wrong to attendance-shame Indians fans during their record winning streak
Why it's wrong to attendance-shame Indians fans during their record winning streak
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, NBCSports.com and Let's Go Tribe
Associated Press:
Astros OF Jake Marisnick out 6-8 weeks after breaking thumb — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick could be out for the season after breaking his right thumb while sliding headfirst into second base. — Marisnick will need surgery and will be out six to eight weeks, the Astros announced Thursday.
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FanRag Sports, The Crawfish Boxes and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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Associated Press:
Astros trim magic number to 3 with 5-2 win over Angels — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After righting a road trip that nearly went terribly wrong, the Astros are cruising back home with plenty of chances to clinch a playoff berth while bringing a long-overdue division title to Houston.
Pedro Moura / The Charlotte Observer:
Angels fall to the Astros, 5-2
Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez hit back-to-back milestone home runs in Yankees' win — Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez went deep in consecutive at-bats in Thursday's 13-5 win over Baltimore, and the back-to-back homers turned out to be milestone blasts, respectively, for the Yankees' homegrown young sluggers.
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Pinstripe Alley
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Larry Fleisher / UPI:
Aaron Judge powers New York Yankees past Baltimore Orioles
Aaron Judge powers New York Yankees past Baltimore Orioles
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Series preview: Cardinals at Cubs — SCOUTING REPORT • The Cardinals beat the Cubs in St. Louis on opening night but the Cubs have won eight of the next 11 meetings, including five of six at Wrigley Field. Carlos Martinez, who will pitch Friday, has one of the four wins and also blanked …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs pull away, top Mets 14-6 to complete sweep
Cubs pull away, top Mets 14-6 to complete sweep
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Chicago Tribune and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Nerves get best of Cubs starter Jen-Ho Tseng in major-league debut
Nerves get best of Cubs starter Jen-Ho Tseng in major-league debut
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Chicago Tribune
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers pitching falters in 10-4 loss to Mariners — ARLINGTON — Kyle Seager swatted a two-run homer off Andrew Cashner and Yonder Alonso added a bases-clearing double Thursday, and the Texas Rangers were limited to only three hits in the first six innings as the Seattle Mariners beat them for a third straight night, 10-4.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers Reaction: After that homestand, 'It doesn't look good' — ARLINGTON — The homestand was setting up nicely for the Texas Rangers, who had two wild-card contenders coming to town and a chance to assert themselves in the playoff standings. — Or they could lay an egg and start the slow journey to the off-season.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Beltre: Rangers teammates playing hurt, 'so why can't I?'
Beltre: Rangers teammates playing hurt, 'so why can't I?'
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports
ESPN:
MLB reviewing pitch by Tigers' Buck Farmer that hit umpire — Major League Baseball is reviewing how an umpire got hit this week by a pitch that a catcher missed in a game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Bless You Boys and Detroit Free Press
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Weaver wins again as Cardinals beat Reds 5-2 — Luke Weaver continued his late-season surge Thursday at Busch Stadium, pitching six strong innings in the Cardinals 5-2 win over Cincinnati. — Weaver won his fifth consecutive start since returning from the minors with six innings of work.
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Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun:
Despite defeat, Orioles' Chance Sisco comes up with memorable first hits at Yankee Stadium — The Orioles lose to the Yankees, 13-5. (Denise Sanders, Baltimore Sun video) — The Orioles break a six-game losing streak and defeat the Blue Jays, 2-1. (Denise Sanders, Baltimore Sun video)
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Camden Chat
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Josh Land / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles on deck: What to watch Thursday at Yankees, plus series matchups
Orioles on deck: What to watch Thursday at Yankees, plus series matchups
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Camden Chat
Scott Bordow / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez, Zack Godley key win over Colorado Rockies … CONNECT — Late Tuesday night, after Arizona had lost its second straight to Colorado and its wild-card lead was down to three games, the nerves of Diamondbacks fans began to tingle.
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Scott Bordow / Arizona Republic:
Game Day: Diamondbacks jump out to 5-0 lead
Game Day: Diamondbacks jump out to 5-0 lead
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AZ Snake Pit
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Rob Manfred says MLB willing to wait 2 years for Shohei Otani — In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, Japan starter Shohei Otani pitches against South Korea during the first inning of their semifinal game at the Premier12 world baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Hit parade: White Sox pound out 25, rout Tigers 17-7 … DETROIT (AP) — Avisail Garcia went 5 for 5 and drove in a career-high seven runs, Yoan Moncada scored five times and the — Chicago White Sox pounded out 25 hits Thursday while routing the — Detroit Tigers 17-7.
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Bless You Boys, South Side Sox, baseballmusings.com and Chicago Tribune
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George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Who's worse? Detroit Tigers crushed by Chicago White Sox, 17-7
Who's worse? Detroit Tigers crushed by Chicago White Sox, 17-7
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Bless You Boys
ESPN:
This is going to be the wildest October in history — To exactly one of the Angels, Mariners, Orioles, Rangers, Rays, Royals and Twins: Congratulations! It's really happening! — For weeks, we've watched the seven of you fight for the American League's second wild-card spot.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers fan club paints opposing-team parks certain hue of blue — The day dawned bright, hot and loud at Union Station. Trains, buses and cars came and went. On the corner facing Alameda Street, demonstrators sang and danced and drummed and shook maracas in protest of President Trump's decision …
Emma Span / SI.com:
Reasons to Root for Each Team in Crowded AL Wild-Card Race — Walk-Off Win Pushes Indians' Historic Win Streak to 22 Games — With a handful of teams encroaching on playoff position despite average records (some losing ones, too!), it's difficult to sort through the AL Wild Card race.
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baseballmusings.com and Royals Review
Brian Hall / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Buxton's 10th-inning blast gives Twins 3-2 win over Jays … Byron Buxton's 10th-inning homer gave the Minnesota Twins their second straight walk-off victory, a 3-2 win over the — Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. — A night after — Eddie Rosario beat the
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Bluebird Banter
Associated Press:
Yanks' Dellin Betances shocked he was pulled for Aroldis Chapman — NEW YORK — Dellin Betances is still upset with Joe Girardi's unexpected quick hook. — The Yankees had a pair of pouting pitchers during Wednesday's win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Jaime Garcia had a two-run lead …
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FanRag Sports and ESPN
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Amed Rosario, Travis d'Arnaud both leave Mets game due to injury — CHICAGO — Amed Rosario and Travis d'Arnaud were taken out of the Mets game in the middle of the fifth inning Thursday night. The shortstop seemed to pull up lame coming out of the box after a ground ball to short to end the top of the fifth.
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Amazin' Avenue