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ESPN:
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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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 …
Associated Press:
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
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' early struggles continue as they fall 9-1 to Diamondbacks
Discussion: DodgerBlue.com
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:   Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers
Associated Press:
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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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.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
The Shohei Ohtani Show hits Kansas City, where admirers - and challenges - await
Jeff Miller / Baltimore Sun:   Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons is proving he is more than an elite defender
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.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Rain threatens series finale as Cardinals look for sweep against Reds
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Cardinals seek sweep of struggling Reds
Discussion: Red Reporter
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Feel the beat getting stronger? Garcia and Cardinals dance past .500 mark
Ken Powtak / Associated Press:
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.
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Associated Press
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ESPN:   Drew Pomeranz declares himself fit enough to start pitching for Boston
Mike Shalin / UPI:   White-hot Red Sox look to keep struggling O's down
Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers: Game 1 vs. Yankees postponed; Game 2 still on tonight  —  The Detroit Tigers announced around 11 a.m. this morning that Game 1 of their scheduled doubleheader today against the New York Yankees has been postponed because of inclement weather.
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Dana Gauruder / UPI:
Yankees, Tigers will try to play two after washout
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:   Detroit Tigers' Nicholas Castellanos must own up to his mistakes
Associated Press:
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.
Discussion: Lookout Landing
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Associated Press:
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.
Associated Press:
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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Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:   Rangers Reaction: Rookies, relievers and a future Hall of Famer help stop skid
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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Ryan Ford / Detroit Free Press:   Detroit Tigers' bats in epic cold slumber in first 12 games
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' game against Braves postponed, rescheduled for May 14  —  Chicago Tribune  —  With a cold rain falling and a threat of snow looming, the Cubs postponed their Sunday afternoon game against the Braves.  It has been rescheduled for 1:20 p.m. on May 14.
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Nine-run eighth lifts / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Baseball roundup: Cubs score nine with two outs in eighth to beat Braves in wild one
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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Associated Press:
Scherzer dominates, Nats end 3-game skid, beat Rockies 6-2
Discussion: Federal Baseball and Purple Row
Sean Farrell / Daily Record:
Mets winning streak snapped by Brewers  —  NEW YORK - The luck finally ran out.  And the Mets' streak went with it.  —  It seemed like the Mets could do no wrong on a nine-game winning streak that made them the new kings of baseball.  But everything went against them in a 5-1 home loss …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Mets are healthy rotation away from brutal Matt Harvey decision
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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
Discussion: Phillies Nation
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
As Cincinnati Reds struggle, top prospect Nick Senzel remains with Triple-A Louisville  —  Here are the stats: Since Eugenio Suarez has been out, Reds third basemen were 1 for 25 with three errors entering Sunday.  —  Meanwhile, the team's No. 1 prospect, Nick Senzel, a third baseman by trade …
Alex Butler / UPI:
Todd Frazier posts video of toddler son hitting to opposite field with power  —  Todd Frazier's 3-year-old son already has a sweet swing and better celebration.  —  That's because he's doing it like his dad, a two-time All-Star and the New York Mets' starting third baseman.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinal Insider: Playing for pennies in the minors  —  CINCINNATI  • By the time the Cardinals left spring training, reliever John Brebbia had found a place he never had in the minors: an apartment of his own.  But he didn't sign the lease.  He had purchased his wife a plane ticket …
 
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