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Beth Harris / Toronto Sun:
Hernandez, Kemp homer in Dodgers' 3-2 win over Giants — LOS ANGELES (AP) In his low-key way, Ross Stripling thinks of himself as “an unknown guy having a random good year.” — Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp, third among National League outfielders in All-Star balloting, hopes …
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MLB suspends, fines Matt Kemp, Robinson Chirinos
MLB suspends, fines Matt Kemp, Robinson Chirinos
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Beth Harris / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Hernandez, Kemp homer in Dodgers' 3-2 win over Giants
Hernandez, Kemp homer in Dodgers' 3-2 win over Giants
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True Blue LA
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Loaisiga wins MLB debut, Didi homers, Yankees blank Rays 5-0 — NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Loaisiga pitched three-hit ball over five impressive innings to win his major league debut, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Friday night. — Didi Gregorius homered off ex …
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yanks' Brian Cashman: Gleyber Torres untouchable in any trade — NEW YORK — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has reached out to about 20 teams since the end of last week's Major League Baseball draft to see just what it will take for his club to land a new starting pitcher ahead of next month's trade deadline.
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves unravel in seventh, lose messy game to Padres — The Braves' sold-out crowd Friday night was treated to a plethora of baseball's oddities, including an increasingly rare home-team loss. — The Padres derailed the Braves' perfect homestand, using a seventh-inning rally to win 9-3.
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Janie McCauley / Toronto Sun:
Kinsler leads beat-up Angels past A's to end four-game skid — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) On a day four more players went down, the Los Angeles Angels showed their depth and resiliency. — Ian Kinsler homered and drew a bases-loaded walk, Mike Trout had three hits and a sacrifice fly …
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Associated Press:
Angels place 4 more on disabled list, bringing total to club-record 15 — OAKLAND, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels lost four more players to the disabled list Friday, putting the club's total at a franchise-record 15 players on the DL at one time. — Infielder Zack Cozart went on the DL …
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Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Rockies rally past Rangers — ARLINGTON, Texas — Ian Desmond homered twice and Trevor Story had a pair of RBI hits in his first game near home as the Colorado Rockies overcame a quick five-run deficit to beat the Texas Rangers 9-5 in the opener of an interleague series Friday night.
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Phillies manager Gabe Kapler explains his ‘different approach’ to bullpen management — Gabe Kapler wants to be clear. It isn't his explicit intention to redefine bullpen usage for the analytics age. And he doesn't wish to take the traditional approach to safeguarding a ninth-inning lead and turn it on its ear, either.
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Phillies learning how to navigate through turbulent times | Bob Brookover — The Phillies arrived in Milwaukee on Thursday night as a team in contention. They were four games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves and 2 ½ games behind the Washington Nationals for the second wild-card spot.
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ESPN:
Royals' Jorge Soler has fractured toe, could miss time — Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler has a fractured bone in his left foot and will undergo additional tests, the team announced Friday. — Soler first injured his big toe after fouling a ball off his foot June 8.
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Brandon McCarthy not thinking of upcoming rotation crunch — Brandon McCarthy might be fighting for his spot in the Braves' rotation. — McCarthy persisted through 5-2/3 innings Friday, allowing two runs in a 9-3 loss to the Padres. But box score notwithstanding, the evening was a struggling, yet gutsy, outing for McCarthy
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Talking Chop
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs top pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay out for season with lat strain — Cubs manager Joe Maddon on the important of resting his players, especially with temperatures rising. (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — If the Cubs add pitching depth this season …
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — Detroit Tigers first baseman John Hicks accomplished a career first on Thursday: a major-league triple. — Leading off the bottom of the seventh inning of Detroit's game against the Minnesota Twins, Hicks drove a 2-1 pitch into Comerica Park's cavernous gap in right-center field.
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Toronto Sun:
Span has key pinch hit as Mariners rally past Red Sox, 7-6 — SEATTLE (AP) Denard Span's pinch-hit double in the eighth inning scored two runs, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 7-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. — Span, hitting for Guillermo Heredia with one out …
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Manny Machado would come at too great a cost for Red Sox
Manny Machado would come at too great a cost for Red Sox
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Over the Monster
Associated Press:
MLB: Richard Bleier could be out for season — Baltimore Orioles reliever Richard Bleier is likely lost for the year with a shoulder injury, yet another setback for the team with the worst record in the major leagues. — Bleier (3-, 1.93 ERA) was the most effective pitcher in a bullpen …
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Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Olney: Billy Hamilton could be a real weapon on the right team — Just off the hallway that leads from the home clubhouse to the dugout in Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, there is a batting cage to the right, enveloped by netting, and right next to that is a mini-track.
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Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala features star-studded lineup — The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame is expecting a star-studded lineup for its induction gala on July 22 - including six of the Big Red Machine's “Great Eight” and several of its pitchers as well as National Baseball Hall of Famers Ken Griffey …
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
‘Back to the drawing board’ after White Sox prospect Michael Kopech's rocky outing — Photos of the White Sox pitcher and the No. 10-ranked prospect by Baseball America. — Chicago Tribune — Triple-A Charlotte pitcher Michael Kopech hit a big bump in the road in his start …
Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Mets … Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray made his first rehab start on Thursday with Class-A Visalia and allowed five runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three and walking one. — Both earned runs were solo homers surrendered by Ray …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Ed Roebuck, pitcher on the Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 championship team, dies at 86 — Ed Roebuck, who pitched for the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win a World Series championship and the first Dodgers team in Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 86. — He was found unresponsive in his Lakewood home, according to his son Ron.
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Mike Berardino / Twin Cities:
Twins club Corey Kluber in 6-3 win over first-place Indians — CLEVELAND — On paper, it appeared to be a clear mismatch: Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber, with 10 wins already and the second-best earned run average in the American League, against hard-luck Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson …
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