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MLB: Danny Farquhar alert after surgery — Chicago White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar is talking to doctors and family after surgery over the weekend to address a ruptured aneurysm that occurred during Friday night's game against Houston. — Farquhar, a married father of three children …
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Bucky Dent / UPI:
Things get tougher for Cardinals, who are set to host Mets — The MLB welcome wagon, aka the Cincinnati Reds, has left town. — Now the St. Louis Cardinals have to validate their recent streak of wins against MLB's worst team by continuing to win games against better ones, like the New York Mets …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' Wong isn't worried about slow start at the plate — The home run Kolten Wong hit Sunday was one small step for him, but at 5-feet-9, it could be said he takes many small steps. — In this instance, though, the homer, which started the Cardinals on their way to a 9-2 win over Cincinnati …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Preview: Cardinals vs. Mets — • Before the first month is over, the Cardinals and New York Mets will be done with their head-to-heads for the season. The Cardinals lost two of three in New York in the first series of the year, and three games here between division leaders will finish them until 2019.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pham to return after brief absence — Center fielder Tommy Pham, the Cardinals' best overall player so far, said he wasn't at 100 percent to play Sunday as he missed his second game in succession with a groin injury. “I'd rather wait until Tuesday,” said Pham, who expects to be in the lineup against the New York Mets.
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Miguel Andujar, Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton star in Yanks' rout — NEW YORK — The Yankees' big bats had a breakout night Monday in the Bronx, headlined by a series of home runs from the likes of vets Giancarlo Stanton and Didi Gregorius and fresher faces such as Tyler Austin and Miguel Andujar.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Baseball roundup: Reds rally for first win under Riggleman — Reds rally for first win under Riggleman — Jesse Winker's bases-loaded single provided Cincinnati's first lead in six games, and the Reds — off to the worst start in team history — rallied for their first win under interim …
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Braves could bolster roster before series ends with Reds — Brandon McCarthy starts Tuesday for Atlanta against the Cincinnati Reds and the journeyman right-hander is everything the Braves could have wanted and more. — So is third baseman Ryan Flaherty, who has been one of the National League's leading hitters all season.
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Bob Nightengale / Arizona Republic:
Patrick Corbin may be the next Yankees ace. For now, he dominates for the Diamondbacks. — PHOENIX - The greatest free-agent class in baseball history just got a whole lot better, and you better believe the New York Yankees are paying close attention. — The Yankees, who are getting below …
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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Why the Red Sox are the best team in baseball - and may retain that status — OAKLAND - It took more than three weeks and a masterful performance by one of the game's up-and-coming pitchers for the Red Sox to come to grips with a baseball reality: You don't play .900 baseball and average 6.5 runs …
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Associated Press:
Skaggs shuts down Astros; Angels win 2-0 after call reversed — HOUSTON (AP) — Yuli Gurriel was thrown out at third base by catcher Martin Maldonado to end the game after an original safe call was reversed on replay, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 2-0 win over Houston on Monday night that ended the Astros' six-game winning streak.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Skaggs dazzles, Angels beat Astros 2-0 — HOUSTON (AP) — Yuli Gurriel was thrown out at third base by catcher Martin Maldonado to end the game after an original safe call was reversed on replay, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 2-0 win over Houston on Monday night that ended the Astros' six-game winning streak.
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Shelly Anderson / UPI:
Pittsburgh Pirates aim to bounce back vs. Detroit Tigers — Three weeks after the Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season with a three-game sweep of the Tigers in the bitter cold in Detroit, the teams are set to meet for another three-game set beginning Tuesday at PNC Park.
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Daily Record:
Gleyber Torres collects his first hit for Yankees — Gleyber Torres earned his first career hit on a single in the eighth inning of Monday's Yankees win against the Twins. — Torres, a 21-year-old prospect, came through with the hit in his second game since being called up Sunday.
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Jeff Faraudo / Mercury News:
Lineup shuffle pays off for Giants — McCutchen, Posey and Longoria move up, and Williamson homers again — SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy tweaked a lineup that had produced no more than one run in 10 of the Giants' first 21 games, and he got results on Monday night.
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Janie McCauley / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Williamson 2-run homer highlights Giants' 4-2 win over Nats
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Memories of Cubs' World Series win in Cleveland will never fade — Photos from Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Nov. 2, 2016. — Chicago Tribune — Jon Lester didn't sound all that enthused last week when asked about the Cubs' return to Cleveland …
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Associated Press:
Olt's grand slam leads Pawtucket over Toledo in 8 innings — PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Mike Olt hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth inning to lead the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the Toledo Mud Hens in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Acquire A.J. Cole, Designate David Hale — The Yankees have acquired righty A.J. Cole from the Nationals, per club announcements. Cash considerations will go to the Washington organization in return. To clear a roster spot, the Yankees designated fellow right-hander David Hale for assignment.
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