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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar passes out in dugout, taken to hospital during Friday's game — Rick Renteria and James Shields on Danny Farquhar collapsing in the dugout: ‘It takes your breath away.’ (Colleen Kane/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar …
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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
As Michael Kopech pitches one state over, James Shields, White Sox falter in 10-0 loss to Astros — Photos from the White Sox-Astros game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday, April 20, 2018. — Chicago Tribune — As White Sox general manager Rick Hahn wrapped up speaking with the media Friday afternoon …
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MLB Baseball News …
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox are 1st MLB team to ditch single-use plastic straws
White Sox are 1st MLB team to ditch single-use plastic straws
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MLB Baseball News … and South Side Sox
Jay Cohen / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Verlander, Correa, Astros romp; Chisox pitcher passes out
Verlander, Correa, Astros romp; Chisox pitcher passes out
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The Crawfish Boxes
Associated Press:
Baseball roundup: Error helps Royals snap 9-game skid — Detroit rookie first baseman Niko Goodrum dropped Jon Jay's grounder and then made a wild throw, allowing the tiebreaking run to score in the ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals snapped a nine-game losing streak …
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Dave Hogg / Associated Press:
Jones' HR, Tigers win 4th in row, 3-2; KC drops 9th straight
Jones' HR, Tigers win 4th in row, 3-2; KC drops 9th straight
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MLB Baseball News …
Dennis Georgatos / Associated Press:
Chicago embarrasses Colorado Rockies at Coors — DENVER — Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber each had a homer and four RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs rode a seven-run sixth inning to a 16-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. — Baez had four hits, finishing a triple shy of the cycle.
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Kyle Newman / Denver Post:
Jon Gray shaky again, offense sputters as Rockies get blasted by Cubs in series opener — A seven-run sixth inning was Colorado's undoing as Gray falls to 1-4 on a chilly night at Coors Field — Nolan Arenado made a majestic return from his five-game suspension Friday …
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Purple Row
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Fowler sits as Pham bats leadoff — Dexter Fowler wasn't in Friday night's Cardinals lineup, which meant he wasn't leading off, which meant that Tommy Pham was. — The switch-hitting Fowler, just one for 17 (.059) against lefthanded pitching, didn't start against Cincinnati lefthander Brandon Finnegan last Saturday, either.
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Mets have used strong throwers like Tomas Nido with Noah Syndergaard — Mets Asst. GM John Ricco discusses Kevin Plawecki's injury — ATLANTA — For the second straight start, Tomas Nido caught Noah Syndergaard. — “I like the combination a little bit,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said before Friday's game.
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MLB Baseball News … and Talking Chop
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Charles Odum / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cespedes has go-ahead single as Mets top Braves in 12th
Cespedes has go-ahead single as Mets top Braves in 12th
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USA Today, MLB on Yahoo! Sports and Amazin' Avenue
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jason Vargas may join Mets as soon as next weekend
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Cubs top prospect Adbert Alzolay dominates in Triple-A debut — Chicago Cubs top prospect Adbert Alzolay joins Iowa Cubs — It's easy to see why there are so many high hopes for Adbert Alzolay. — The 23-year-old was dominant in his Triple-A debut for the Iowa Cubs …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Sonny Gray, still yet to meet Yankees' expectations, may force Bombers to eventually trade for another pitcher — Chazz Palminteri, another famous Sonny from the Bronx, was shown on the scoreboard at the Stadium soon after the Yankees' starting pitcher was booed off the mound.
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Yankees' Aaron Judge smacks historic moon-shot homer
Yankees' Aaron Judge smacks historic moon-shot homer
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MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — The season is barely three weeks old, but the Diamondbacks' bullpen already is exhibiting many of the same attributes as last year: assembled on the cheap, effective in a sort of non-traditional way and, most important, as good as anyone's. — The Diamondbacks entered Friday …
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Reuters:
Machado, Orioles beat Indians to snap 6-game skid — Manny Machado homered for the third time in two games and Trey Mancini added a tiebreaking two-run double in the fifth inning as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Friday night in Baltimore.
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Camden Chat
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Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Orioles closer Zach Britton takes another step toward return
Steve Buffery / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays prospect Gurriel makes MLB debut — NEW YORK — Somebody threw a horse racing analogy at Blue Jays manager John Gibbons prior to Friday night's game at cold and breezy Yankee Stadium. — It was suggested to Gibbons that infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who was called up to the Jays …
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MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
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Casey L Moore / USA Today:
Max Scherzer, Nationals get the best of Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers — The New York Yankees went to bat for a 10-year-old girl who was being bullied at school. All class in this video. USA TODAY Sports — CONNECT — Gone are the days of heavyweight pitching duels …
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Federal Baseball and True Blue LA
Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Phillies, Rhys Hoskins don't panic with two strikes — Rhys Hoskins kickstarted the Phillies' five-run second inning Thursday night by crushing a pitch through a stiff wind and over the left-field fence at Citizens Bank Park. — But it didn't happen until Hoskins was in a two-strike count.
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MLB Baseball News …, The Good Phight and Bucs Dugout
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yoenis Cespedes may begin golfing again to try and heat up his bat — ATLANTA — Someone please get Yoenis Cespedes a nine-iron. — The Mets slugger who gave up golf to concentrate on the season is considering going back to the links, his old, reliable slumpbuster.
Daniel Popper / New York Daily News:
Gary Sanchez allows passed ball in third straight game for Yankees — For the third straight game Friday night in a loss to the Blue Jays, Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez allowed a passed ball. — This time, there were Toronto runners on first and second with the game tied at 5 in the fifth inning.
Daniel Popper / New York Daily News:
Giancarlo Stanton's slump may be coming to end after second-straight strong game — With a player of Giancarlo Stanton's caliber and stature, it was only a matter of time before he connected on a ball and watched it fly over the fence. — That moment came Friday night.
Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Napoli suffers ACL injury in minors — Napoli to have knee surgery after getting hurt in minors — Former Cleveland Indians slugger Mike Napoli will have season-ending knee surgery after getting hurt in the minors while playing for the Tribes' Triple-A club in Columbus, Ohio.
Associated Press:
Bullpen collapses late as Rangers fall to Mariners, 6-2 — ARLINGTON, Texas — Jean Segura hit a two-run double in a four-run ninth inning after Mitch Haniger's tying homer in the eighth, lifting the Seattle Mariners over the Texas Rangers 6-2 on Friday night.
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Dallas Morning News, Lookout Landing and MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Birk, Wrenn and Jones lead Corpus Christi in win — FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Ryne Birk had five hits, while Stephen Wrenn and Taylor Jones recorded three apiece as the Corpus Christi Hooks defeated the Frisco RoughRiders 11-3 on Friday. — Birk singled five times, driving in two runs.