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Alex Avila: ‘Definitely owe’ Deven Marrero after costing him homer — LOS ANGELES — About the only thing that went wrong for Arizona in another win over the Dodgers was a baserunning blunder that took away a home run. — Diamondbacks third baseman Deven Marrero appeared to hit a three-run homer …
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Pollock's two homers lift Diamondbacks to win over Dodgers — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A.J. Pollock homered twice while Paul Goldschmidt and Alex Avila also went deep as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 9-1 on Saturday night, continuing their recent dominance over the Dodgers.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers … Diamondbacks right-hander Taijuan Walker left his start against the Los Angeles Dodgers after the second inning on Saturday with right forearm tightness. — The severity of the injury is not known, but “forearm tightness” often is synonymous with elbow issues.
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Dodgers' Logan Forsythe leaves game with right shoulder discomfort — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Logan Forsythe left Saturday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with discomfort in his right shoulder and will have an MRI, the team said. — Forsythe, normally a second baseman …
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' early struggles continue as they fall 9-1 to Diamondbacks
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Alan Eskew / UPI:
Ohtani on mound for Angels again vs. Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is Sunday, so it must be Shohei Ohtani time in the Los Angeles Angels rotation. — Ohtani, the two-way Japanese star, will make his third major league start and all of them are on Sundays.
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LEADING OFF: Ohtani starts, wintry weather, Reds skid — Baseball fans watch during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves, Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Chicago. The Cubs won 14-10. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) — Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
The Shohei Ohtani Show hits Kansas City, where admirers - and challenges - await — We haven't seen that before.' USA TODAY Sports — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three college women, exchange students from Japan, were sitting behind the Los Angeles Angels dugout Friday night when a Kauffman Stadium …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Molina passes Cincinnati icon Bench for career innings caught — CINCINNATI • Sometime after the fifth inning Saturday, the visitors' clubhouse manager, Mark Stowe, found Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina in the dugout and asked what had to seem like a question out of left field, not one driven by history.
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Rain threatens series finale as Cardinals look for sweep against Reds — CINCINNATI • The plan on Saturday was to sit around and wait out the rain for as long as it was necessary to get a baseball game in. — Turns out they didn't have to wait at all.
Associated Press:
Renfroe's 2-run homer lifts Padres to 5-4 win over Giants — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hunter Renfroe hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh, an inning after his outfield assist prevented a run from scoring, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Saturday night.
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Guzman caps rally in Rangers' 6-5 win over Houston — HOUSTON (AP) - Ronald Guzman's first career homer tied the game in the eighth inning, and he put the Rangers ahead with an infield single in the 10th as Texas rallied from five runs down to beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Saturday.
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Red Sox off to best start in 118-year history after beating Orioles — Red Sox rookie manager Alex Cora cracked a smile when asked how he felt when he learned it was the best start in team history. — “I just heard it for the first time,” Cora said after Boston beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 on Saturday to get to 12-2.
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Homer happy Mariners hit 4 long balls in win over A's — SEATTLE (AP) - Jean Segura hit a three-run homer, Mitch Haniger, Kyle Seager and Daniel Vogelbach all added solo shots, and Seattle battered Oakland pitching for 17 hits in the Mariners' 10-8 win over the Athletics on Saturday night.
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Homer happy Mariners hit 4 long balls in 10-8 win over A's — SEATTLE — Daniel Vogelbach took advantage of a throwing error and scored from second base on an infield hit. He made a key scoop at first base to complete a needed double play and end an inning. — Important plays, yes.
Harvey Valentine / UPI:
Nationals try to salvage split with Rockies — WASHINGTON — After scuffling through the first two games, the Washington Nationals can salvage a split of their four-game series against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. — Max Scherzer turned in another dominating effort Saturday …
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Dick Scanlon / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
Phillies beat Rays behind Arrieta for fifth straight — Jake Arrieta won his first game for the — Scott Kingery drove in two runs each Saturday night in a 9-4 win over the — Tampa Bay Rays. — It was the fifth straight win for the Phillies. — Arrieta (1-) gave up three runs …
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
What Rays closer Alex Colome may be doing most wrong
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Sanchez, Fox lift Charlotte over Lakeland 7-4 — LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Jesus Sanchez homered and doubled twice, scoring two runs as the Charlotte Stone Crabs topped the Lakeland Flying Tigers 7-4 on Saturday. — Lucius Fox doubled and singled with a couple of runs and two RBIs for Charlotte.
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