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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Aaron Nola was ‘Noles being Noles’ | Extra Innings — Nick Williams hit a clutch homer, Gabe Kapler called on a new closer, and the Phillies stayed within a game of first place in the NL East on Sunday with a big win over the Mets. They went 5-1 during the homestand behind some excellent starting pitching.
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Nick Williams, adjusting to life on bench, hits 3-run homer in Phillies win — Nick Williams took the field for the Phillies for just a few minutes Sunday. The outfielder was out of the lineup for the 11th time in 14 games as manager Gabe Kapler shifts him into a reserve role.
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Matt Ehalt / NorthJersey.com:
Jacob deGrom produces shortest start of career in Mets' 4-2 loss to Phillies — NY Mets manager Mickey Callaway on using Paul Sewald over Jerry Blevins Matt Ehalt, Staff Writer, @MattEhalt — PHILADELPHIA — With Jacob deGrom exiting after one inning Sunday afternoon …
Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Gabe Kapler trying to manage Phillies' bullpen without a closer | Bob Brookover
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies use Edubray Ramos, not Hector Neris, to close out win over Mets
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright likely headed back to DL after difficult start, loss to San Diego — SAN DIEGO • By the start of the first inning, Adam Wainwright felt a familiar pain in his right elbow. — By the middle of the third, his start was over. — The concern was just beginning.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Fowler joins Carpenter in cage quest for production, ‘confidence’ — SAN DIEGO • Although he had already spent 13 innings in the field and taken six fruitless at-bats in the Cardinals' loss Saturday night, in the hour after the game Dexter Fowler remained in the batting cage …
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Padres to promote minor league HR leader Franmil Reyes — The San Diego Padres will promote outfield prospect Franmil Reyes, who has more home runs that any player in the minors, on Monday in an attempt to bolster their struggling lineup, according to multiple reports.
ESPN:
Dee Gordon not candidate to replace injured Robinson Cano at 2B — The Seattle Mariners have multiple candidates to replace Robinson Cano at second base, but Dee Gordon evidently isn't one of them. — Mariners manager Scott Servais said Sunday that Gordon, a former Gold Glove second baseman …
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Associated Press:
Beltre might go back on disabled list — Rangers' Beltre may be headed back to disabled list — Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre left Sunday's 6-1 loss to Houston in the seventh inning after aggravating a left hamstring injury. — Beltre fielded a Max Stassi slow chopper and was trying …
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Sports Illustrated:
Watch: Francisco Lindor Wears Wrong Helmet At Plate — Francisco Lindor is a jokester. As he walked to home plate during the first inning of the Indians' matchup against Kansas City on Sunday, Lindor realized he had made one crucial mistake. — Facing left-hander Danny Duffy, Lindor, a switch hitter, was batting right-handed.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals … ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Diamondbacks' skid reaches five as Nationals finish sweep — ROUGH START: Diamondbacks still standing by slumping catcher Alex Avila — NEXT UP: Diamondbacks still searching for 5th starting pitcher — Brewers at Diamondbacks
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Greg Beacham / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
After Ohtani dazzles Twins, Angels walk off late in 2-1 win — Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, left, of Japan, talks with catcher Martin Maldonado after the top of the first inning against the Minnesota Twins during a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, May 13, 2018.
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Greg Beacham / Associated Press:
After Ohtani dazzles Twins, Angels rally late for 2-1 win — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani struck out 11 while pitching three-hit ball into the seventh inning, and Zack Cozart got a walk-off RBI single in the Los Angeles Angels' 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
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Jay Cohen / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Davidson helps White Sox rally past Cubs 5-3 — Matt Davidson hit a solo homer and a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, helping — White Sox salvage the finale of their weekend series against the crosstown — Cubs with a 5-3 win on Sunday. — Giolito (2-4) matched a career high with seven walks …
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Talking Chop and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Jay Cohen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Giolito helps White Sox rally past Cubs 5-3
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South Side Sox and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Jill Painter Lopez / Associated Press:
Reds sweep Dodgers; Votto, Suarez homer in 5-3 win — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers felt like they had hit a low point. — Eugenio Suarez and Joey Votto homered, and the last-place Cincinnati Reds beat Los Angeles 5-3 Sunday for their first four-game sweep of the Dodgers since …
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Another DL stint possible for Adam Wainwright (elbow soreness) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright could be headed right back to the disabled list with elbow soreness after he lasted just 2 innings Sunday in a 5-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.
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Bernie Wilson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Richard fans 10, Wainwright struggles as Pads beat Cards 5-3
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Viva El Birdos
Steven Wine / Associated Press:
Newcomb helps Braves beat Marlins with 1-hitter, 4-3 — MIAMI (AP) — Sean Newcomb allowed no runs for the third start in a row and gave up only one hit in six innings to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 Sunday. — Newcomb (4-1) has pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings and last allowed a run on April 26.
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Steven Wine / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Newcomb throws 6 scoreless innings, Braves beat Marlins 4-3
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Bradford DoolittleESPN / ESPN:
Meet Josh Hader, the unlikely face of MLB's strikeout revolution — MILWAUKEE — Josh Hader kind of looks like a renegade. His musical taste is renegade-like. He pitches like a renegade, with a style as distinctive as it is effective. Hader may even want people to think he's a renegade …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
30 years ago: The day ‘The Secret Weapon’ pitched 4 innings — On May 14, 1988, current Cardinals coach Jose Oquendo pitching four innings and suffering the 7-5 loss in a 19-inning game against the Atlanta Braves at Busch Stadium No. 2. — Utility man Oquendo, aka “The Secret Weapon,” …
