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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — What happened: The Detroit Tigers (20-23) defeated the Seattle Mariners, 3-2, on Thursday night. — José Iglesias delivered a two-out, two-run single off the glove of diving Mariners shortstop Jean Segura to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead in the eighth. ...
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Bless You Boys
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Select Contract Of Ryan Cook — The Mariners announced Thursday that they've selected the contract of right-handed reliever Ryan Cook from Triple-A Tacoma. Fellow righty Christian Bergman, who pitched quite well in a spot start for Seattle yesterday, was optioned back to Triple …
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — SEATTLE — Everyone, even those who are injured and won't play in the four-game series against the Mariners, made the trip west for the Detroit Tigers. — Injured players like right-handed reliever Alex Wilson, who aren't going to return in the span of a road trip, may not travel with the club in the future.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notebook: Wait and see approach for Waino — Injured veteran Adam Wainwright still may be an on-field contributor to the Cardinals' pitching staff at some point this season and John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations, didn't reject that theory Thursday. But that time will not come for at least two more months.
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Associated Press:
Baseball roundup: Turner drives in 5 as Dodgers snap streak — Turner drives in 5 as Dodgers snap streak — Justin Turner tied a career high with five RBIs and Kenta Maeda pitched eight sharp innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers snap a six-game losing streak by beating the host Miami Marlins 7-0 Thursday afternoon.
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Nick Tricome / Philly.com:
Phillies minor league report: IronPigs swept on walk-off bunt, BlueClaws rally in ninth — Three of the Phillies' farm teams were in action Thursday while the club was on its way to a 6-2 win in St. Louis. Here's how they fared... INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (AAA)
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Associated Press:
Rangers scratch lefty Cole Hamels with neck stiffness — CHICAGO (AP) — The Texas Rangers scratched left-hander Cole Hamels from Thursday's start against the Chicago White Sox due to neck stiffness. — Hamels said he woke up Wednesday with a stiff neck and it kept getting worse.
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Drew Davison / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers scratch Cole Hamels from tonight's start with neck stiffness — CHICAGO — The Texas Rangers have scratched left-hander Cole Hamels from his scheduled Thursday start against the Chicago White Sox. — Doug Fister, who was slated to pitch Friday, will start in Hamels' place.
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ESPN:
Brewers put Ryan Braun on DL with tightness in his back — The Milwaukee Brewers placed Ryan Braun on the 10-day disabled list Thursday with tightness in his middle back. — Braun missed all three of the Brewers' games with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field this week.
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Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Fixing Matt Harvey: Reds and erstwhile Dark Knight still believe it can happen
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MLB Baseball News … and Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
Verlander throws 5-hit shutout, Astros blank Angels 2-0 — Houston took two of three in the series and holds a two-game lead in the AL West over the Angels. — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Justin Verlander pitched a five-hitter for his first shutout in three years and Evan Gattis hit a two-run homer …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Astros wear orange but have a better blueprint than Dodgers
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The Crawfish Boxes
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays morning after: Tough challenge ahead in Anaheim
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MLB Baseball News … and DRaysBay
David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Real or not? Mookie Betts has early lead over Mike Trout for AL MVP — I live in Connecticut, and I get the local broadcasts for the Red Sox, Yankees and Mets. That means I watch a lot of Red Sox, Yankees and Mets on my TV while watching other games on my computer screen.
Associated Press:
Broxton, Moore lift Col. Springs over Memphis 10-5 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Keon Broxton homered and singled three times, scoring three runs and driving home a couple as the Colorado Springs Sky Sox beat the Memphis Redbirds 10-5 on Thursday. — Dylan Moore tripled and singled with three RBIs for Col. Springs.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' silent bats can't back up Weaver's strongest start of the season — The 6-2 loss marked the 12th time in 41 games the Cardinals had scored two or fewer runs. Six of those low-run games have come in the last nine games.
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
J.P. Crawford takes next step toward return to Phillies — ST. LOUIS — J.P. Crawford tested his right forearm one last time Thursday afternoon before he shuffled out of Busch Stadium and headed to Florida to ramp up his rehab. — The shortstop flew to Florida on Thursday night and expects …
ESPN:
Ex-teammate Mark Teixeira ‘not surprised’ by Robinson Cano suspension — Robinson Cano's positive test for a banned substance and subsequent 80-game suspension announced this week came as no surprise to one of his former New York Yankees teammates. — Mark Teixeira overlapped with Cano for five seasons in New York.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB takes a step forward in solving large problem with inaugural class of diversity fellows — On the diversity scorecard, the numbers were poor again for Major League Baseball this season. None of the 30 teams had a minority chief executive, three had a minority in charge of baseball operations, four had a minority as manager.
