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Kyle Schwarber hits 2 HRs as Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians in Series rematch — Schwarber is batting .500 (15 for 30) with three homers and eight RBIs in seven career games at Progressive Field, including the postseason. — CLEVELAND (AP) - Kyle Schwarber hit two of Chicago's four solo home runs …
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Baseball notes: Cubs' Bryant doesn't play after suffereing head injury — Cubs' Bryant sidelined because of head injury — Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant did not play Tuesday, against Cleveland, two days after being hit in the head by a pitch. — Cubs manager Joe Maddon …
Alex Butler / UPI:
Mets' Cespedes hits 463-foot homer vs. Cardinals — New York Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes hit his longest home run of the season in a 6-5 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. — Cespedes smacked the long ball on Tuesday at Busch Stadium. He stepped into the box in the top of the fifth inning …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Matt Harvey taking bullpen role ‘like a man’ as Mets use him in relief for first time — ST. LOUIS — There was no dipping his toes in, Matt Harvey came out of the bullpen for the first time Tuesday night and right into deep water. His first real relief appearance came with the Mets …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reduced to challenging a home-run trot, Cardinals hand game over to Mets
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Jay Bruce drives in game-winning run as part of 3-for-5 night in Tuesday's win
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pham returns and bats second; Carpenter leads off, Fowler hits 6th
Pham returns and bats second; Carpenter leads off, Fowler hits 6th
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Associated Press:
Granderson's HR lifts Blue Jays past Red Sox on somber night — TORONTO (AP) — Curtis Granderson hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 win over Boston on Tuesday night and hand the Red Sox their season-worst third straight defeat.
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Tim Heaney / ESPN:
Daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday
Daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Wednesday
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MLB Baseball News …, Bluebird Banter, Over the Monster and Batter's Box Interactive …
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Rick Renteria ejected in White Sox's 1-0 loss to Mariners
Craig Davis / The Charlotte Observer:
Jarlin Garcia pitching like an ace for struggling Marlins — Even if he wasn't the anomaly in the Marlins' franchise-tying worst start, Jarlin Garcia's early efforts as a starting pitcher would stand out as something special. — The Dominican left-hander's 0.53 ERA in three career starts is among the best in baseball.
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Beth Harris / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Marlins edge Dodgers 3-2 on Maybin's RBI in 9th, stop skid — Cameron Maybin doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the — Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Tuesday night, snapping their season-high five-game skid. — Brian Anderson singled leading off the inning against Pedro Baez …
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UPI, Fish Stripes and True Blue LA
Jeff Miller / The Charlotte Observer:
Trout, Simmons lead Angels over Astros — HOUSTON - Somewhere between six innings of being perfect and two innings of being blistered was Shohei Ohtani's latest start. — The rookie's performance Tuesday against the reigning World Series champions also fit neatly between so and so …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Shohei Ohtani strikes out seven Astros, then Angels rally to take AL West lead — There was no eye-popping dominance, or headline-grabbing pratfalls in Shohei Ohtani's fourth major league start Tuesday night. — Instead, the Los Angeles Angels' two-way star courted trouble often …
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The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Baseball News … and Halos Heaven
Associated Press:
Braves promoting top outfield prospect Acuna from Triple-A — CINCINNATI (AP) — Top outfield prospect Ronald Acuna is set to join the Atlanta Braves. — The Braves planned to promote the 20-year-old from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday to join them in Cincinnati.
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Pat Graham / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Story's power, Freeland's arm help Rockies beat Padres 8-0 — DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland's left heel throbbed after being hit by a liner. — The pain actually helped him bear down and make some of his best pitches. — “I was thinking more about my heel than my mechanics,” Freeland said.
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies' bullpen faltering big time; right-hander Scott Oberg sent down to Triple-A
Rockies' bullpen faltering big time; right-hander Scott Oberg sent down to Triple-A
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Purple Row, Gaslamp Ball and Mile High Sports
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals prep Flaherty for start, have starters to utilize from Memphis — With two things they'll undoubtedly wish they had more of at some point in time later this season, the Cardinals approached this weekend's starting pitcher decision with an abundance of options and off days.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notebook: Lyons searching for his slider
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Anthony Rizzo remains patient through a frustrating April — Cubs manager Joe Maddon describes Kyle Schwarber's two home runs against the Indians as “properly struck” on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Anthony Rizzo's two hits Tuesday night …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Kyle Schwarber putting 2017 slump far behind him
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Alex Avila, Robbie Ray take steps forward in Diamondbacks' road win over Phillies — PHILADELPHIA - The Diamondbacks are tied for their best start in franchise history, but perhaps what's most striking about it isn't how well everyone is playing. It's that they've been able to win despite how few players are actually at their best.
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Jarrod Dyson and / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Homer-happy Diamondbacks double up Phillies
Homer-happy Diamondbacks double up Phillies
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AZ Snake Pit, The Good Phight, Phillies Nation and Philly.com
Associated Press:
Rob Manfred: Mound visits way down, inning breaks much shorter — TORONTO — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he is encouraged by pace-of-play changes that have limited mound visits and reduced the time between innings at major league games this season.
Discussion:
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Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Notes: Lorenzo Cain still adjusting to ‘definitely different’ role of batting leadoff — KANSAS CITY - Lorenzo Cain admitted Tuesday it's “definitely different” to bat in the leadoff spot with the Milwaukee Brewers. — “I'm not a big leadoff guy but that's what makes our team better …
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Royals Review, Brew Crew Ball and MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Carpio scores winning run in eighth, St. Lucie beats Charlotte 6-5 in walk-off finish — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Luis Carpio scored the winning run on a wild pitch with one out in the eighth inning, as the St. Lucie Mets defeated the Charlotte Stone Crabs 6-5 in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.