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4:00 AM ET, September 16, 2017

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Gideon Rubin / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Ray wins 5th straight as Diamondbacks top Giants 3-2 … Robbie Ray won his fifth straight start and A.J. Pollack hit a two-run double as the  —  San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night.  —  Ray (14-5) struck out 10 and gave up two runs (one earned), six hits and no walks as the Diamondbacks won …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' magic number shrinks with win over Giants … CONNECT  —  SAN FRANCISCO - The Diamondbacks chipped away at their magic number on Friday night.  Just don't ask anyone in the visitors' clubhouse at AT&T Park what it is - or how it's calculated this time of year …
Arizona Republic:
Friday's game  —  Diamondbacks at Giants  —  Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco.  —  TV/Radio: FSAZ/KMVP-FM (98.7), KHOV-FM (105.1).  —  MORE: Just dingers: Every home run J.D. Martinez has hit for D-Backs  —  Pitching notes  —  Diamondbacks LHP Robbie Ray (13-5, 2.81) vs. Giants RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-13, 4.47)
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
How much could Diamondbacks' J.D. Martinez land in free agency?
Discussion: AZ Snake Pit
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Didi Gregorius might be the best acquisition Brian Cashman has made as Yankees GM  —  The three-team deal in December 2014 that landed Didi Gregorius in the Bronx may turn out to be one of the best trades Brian Cashman has ever made as GM of the Yankees.  —  On a night when Paul O'Neill …
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Larry Fleisher / UPI:   New York Yankees: Luis Severino baffles Baltimore Orioles
Christian Red / New York Daily News:   Yankees will not put Luis Severino on innings limit while fighting for playoff berth
Christian Red / New York Daily News:   Luis Severino dominates over eight innings as Yankees rout Orioles, 8-2
Alex Butler / UPI:
Aaron Judge: New York Yankees star hits two homers in win vs. Baltimore Orioles
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' walk-off win a quick-fix remedy to otherwise agonizing season  —  Sanchez turns back the clock with 11 strikeouts over six innings, his first double-digit performance in 13 months  —  At this moment, they weren't rebuilding.  They weren't more than 20 games below .500 …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Mahtook's walk-off single, Sanchez's pitching lift Tigers over White Sox
Discussion: Bless You Boys
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:   Detroit Tigers acquire Angels prospect to complete Justin Upton deal
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Recovered from fractured jaw, Willy Garcia rejoins White Sox
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB Announces Fines For Red Sox & Yankees  —  Major League Baseball has announced punishment arising out of its investigation of mutual accusations of improper gamesmanship between the Red Sox and Yankees.  Both clubs will receive undisclosed fines, with the latter said to be tagged with a lesser amount.
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:   Yankees have right to be upset at MLB over letting Red Sox off far too easy in iGate
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:   Nothing surprising about Red Sox's AppleGate wrist-slap fine
Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Red Sox Hanley Ramirez misses Friday's game with biceps soreness
Discussion: 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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Associated Press:
Jim Leyland: Indians' streak ‘great for baseball’
Discussion: ESPN
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
No discipline for Detroit Tigers in umpire hit-by-pitch, MLB concludes
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:   MLB rules Tigers pitch that hit plate umpire was unintentional
Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Cleveland Indians' record streak halted by Kansas City Royals  —  CLEVELAND — Lorenzo Cain had three hits and Alcides Escobar and Brandon Moss homered as the Kansas City Royals halted the Cleveland Indians' American League-record 22-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Friday night at Progressive Field.
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ESPN:
The Indians' win streak is longer than their call-ups' careers  —  Wright ThompsonSenior Writer, ESPN The Magazine  —  CLEVELAND — Less than an hour after his team broke the record for most consecutive wins in baseball history, Indians rookie Greg Allen left the team's clubhouse and headed …
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
David Driver / UPI:
Los Angeles Dodgers blank Washington Nationals behind Alex Wood  —  WASHINGTON — Alex Wood allowed just three hits in six scoreless innings and was backed by three early home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Washington Nationals 7- on Friday night in a showdown of first-place teams …
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Associated Press:
Wood, Dodgers bats overpower Nationals 7-0
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:   Dodgers' single-game playoff tickets on sale next week
Paul Skrbina / Chicago Tribune:
Fielding mistake costs Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez — again  —  Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant discusses the ejections of Willson Contreras and John Lackey in the 8-2 win over the Cardinals on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.  (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
John Lackey, Willson Contreras ejected after berating plate umpire
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright, Arrieta set to pitch Saturday — just not in a game
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs' Theo Epstein says bullpen improvement key down the stretch  —  CHICAGO - Exactly one year ago Saturday, Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein, along with other members of the front office, watched the team play the Milwaukee Brewers from the left field bleachers at Wrigley Field.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   Reliever Hector Rondon sidelined with elbow inflammation
Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers reaction: Wild card slipping away as West officially lost  —  ANAHEIM  —  This isn't going to end well, is it?  The Rangers lost their fourth consecutive game Friday night and wasted a huge opportunity to gain some ground in the wild card race.  —  The Angels held on for a 7-6 win …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Rafael Montero cools off as Mets drop fifth straight game with loss to Braves  —  ATLANTA — On this already rough road trip, even the Mets hottest starter over the last few weeks couldn't get out of the fifth inning.  Rafael Montero was chased with two outs in the fifth as the Mets fell to the Braves 3-2 at SunTrust Park.
MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Houston Astros move closer to AL West title with win over Seattle Mariners  —  HOUSTON — Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis recorded multi-hit games, Charlie Morton delivered a quality start, and the Houston Astros inched closer to an American League West pennant with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners …
Discussion: MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  The Brewers aren't trying to re-invent the pitching wheel.  This falls more under necessity being the mother of invention.  —  With Jimmy Nelson out with a shoulder injury and Matt Garza pitching his way out of the rotation, manager Craig Counsell simply does …
 
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