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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — What happened: The Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 6-3, on Monday night at Comerica Park. The win snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Indians, dating back to last season. Mike Fiers turned in his best performance of the season, allowing one run on three hits over six innings.
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Let's Go Tribe and Bless You Boys
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' DeJong benefits from extensive playing time at shortstop — MINNEAPOLIS • To explain how he's shaped his preparation to play as often as possible at the infield's most demanding position, Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong began by describing what it's like in the dugout and how restless he is at rest.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Flaherty has a good chance for longer stay with Cards — MINNEAPOLIS • The day after Jack Flaherty struck out 13 batters and did not walk one in what could end up being his last Class AAA start for a while, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny referenced how Flaherty seemed to have “a little more juice” on his best pitch, the slider.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards prospect O'Neill keeps slugging, has 13 homers in 27 games at Memphis — MINNEAPOLIS • When the Cardinals acquired him this past season from Seattle, they saw outfielder Tyler O'Neill as a power source known to hit in surges. Now he's sustaining them.
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Associated Press
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers … A.J. Pollock made the slow walk from center field toward the home dugout on Monday night, a trainer by his side. It was a sight the Diamondbacks have become conditioned to fear. — As if their current skid wasn't bad enough …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Federal Baseball and Brew Crew Ball
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals … After two dominant performances to open the year, right-hander Zack Godley looked like he had carried his success from last season into this year. He appeared to be on the verge of establishing himself as one of the league's better starters.
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Federal Baseball
Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals
Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Parra's 3-run homer lifts Rockies to 6-4 win over Padres — SAN DIEGO (AP) — After hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer, Gerardo Parra was just as happy that rookie Noel Cuevas went deep for the first time. — “It's good having new talent like that and for him to hit his first homer in the big leagues …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Padres call up Reyes, whose 14 homers lead all of baseball
Padres call up Reyes, whose 14 homers lead all of baseball
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dave Eminian / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reyes rocks in rehab start: 5 innings, 12 K's, 100-mph fastballs — • Some things never change. — Alex Reyes made his return to Dozer Park and the Peoria Chiefs on Monday, four years, a major-league stint and a Tommy John surgery later, and still flashed that triple-digit fastball he showed here in 2014.
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Associated Press:
Color war: Zobrist defies MLB again with black spikes — CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Zobrist was joined by Chicago Cubs teammates Kyle Schwarber and Steve Cishek in wearing black spikes on Monday despite a warning from Major League Baseball that he was in violation of the sport's uniform regulations.
Bradford DoolittleESPN / ESPN:
Braves haven't been fazed by unexpected early success — CHICAGO — If the Chicago Cubs are paying attention, the breakthrough season the young Atlanta Braves are enjoying must be looking very familiar. — The Braves made the best of a one-day pit stop in Chicago on Monday …
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MLB Baseball News …
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Tony Andracki / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Panic deepens as Jose Quintana's struggles return in full force
Panic deepens as Jose Quintana's struggles return in full force
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
ESPN:
Angels reliever Keynan Middleton has damaged UCL in right elbow — An MRI performed on Los Angeles Angels reliever Keynan Middleton revealed damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team announced Monday. — Middleton is seeking a second opinion, the team said.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Keynan Middleton Headed To DL With UCL Damage
Keynan Middleton Headed To DL With UCL Damage
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Halos Heaven
Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre being evaluated — Seattle's Cano, Texas' Beltre to be evaluated — The Seattle Mariners said Monday that they'll have a better idea on the projected length of Robinson Cano's recovery time after the second baseman is examined by a hand specialist Tuesday in Philadelphia.
John Harper / The Charlotte Observer:
A Bryce Harper-Yankees marriage seems to be a longshot, but it could come down to Stanton — On June 9, 2015, Bryce Harper was leading off the seventh inning of a 1-1 game, his first in the Bronx, when he took his Mickey Mantle obsession to such an extreme that he convinced a person working …
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Andrew Friedman: ‘If we had to assign blame at this point, it should be me who is taking that’ — The conversation could have been entirely different. The schedule presented the Dodgers with a golden opportunity last weekend, four home games against the team with the worst record in the National League.
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Royals Review, DodgerBlue.com, MLB Baseball News … and MLB Trade Rumors
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Drew Davison / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Glove love: Why MLB players are so superstitious and meticulous about them — Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has officially retired his first glove. It'll be framed and on display in his home in the near future. — Beltre used the same Rawlings glove for the first 11 years of his career …
Michelle Robertson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Magnitude 3.5 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area, centered near Oakland — An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 3.8 rattled the San Francisco Bay Area Monday night. The quake was later downgraded to a 3.5. — The rolling quake was centered about 2 miles east of Oakland …
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MLB Baseball News …
Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brewers 7, Diamondbacks 2: Five late runs against Arizona's top-ranked bullpen do the job — PHOENIX - The Milwaukee Brewers knew they had their work cut out for them on this daunting three-city trip, and thus far have been up to the task. — The Brewers made it four victories …
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AZ Snake Pit, Brew Crew Ball and MLB Baseball News …
Kent Somers / Arizona Republic:
Photos: Cardinals draft pick Christian Kirk … Christian Kirk, a former standout at Scottsdale Saguaro and Texas A&M who was drafted in the second round by the Cardinals, was arrested almost two months before the draft as he was leaving the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
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Cards Wire, ProFootballTalk, The Big Lead, Dallas Morning News and Revenge of the Birds
David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Real or not? Striking examples of failure becoming a turnoff — We all know strikeouts have increased. We are seeing what is perhaps best described as obscene rates of strikeouts, although maybe your views differ. Each team has averaged 8.72 strikeouts per game this season …
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Talking Chop