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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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Doug Padilla / UPI:
Giants' Madison Bumgarner to make third start since return vs. Dodgers — The third start of Madison Bumgarner's return to the San Francisco Giants' rotation after a broken finger will take the left-hander to a mound where he knows success. — Bumgarner will square off with Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood …
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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Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
Lucas Giolito starts against Tigers with goal to ‘settle down’ — Photos from the White Sox-Tigers game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday, June 16, 2018. — Chicago Tribune — The operative word for Lucas Giolito for Saturday's home start? “Grind.”
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Tom Musick / UPI:
Jordan Zimmermann coming off DL as Tigers aim for 4th straight win — The Detroit Tigers will go for their fourth victory in a row Saturday afternoon when they face the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a three-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — CHICAGO - John Hicks showed off power, quick hands at first base, and some smart thinking on a slide home Friday night to help the Detroit Tigers to their latest win. — Hicks hit a solo home run in the second inning and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth.
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
‘Back to the drawing board’ after White Sox prospect Michael Kopech's rocky outing
‘Back to the drawing board’ after White Sox prospect Michael Kopech's rocky outing
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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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Angels' Andrelton Simmons returns to lineup — Los Angeles Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons was activated from the 10-day disabled list and returned to the lineup Saturday after being sidelined with an ankle sprain. — Simmons, who suffered the injury on June 5, will bat fifth in the Angels' lineup against the Oakland Athletics.
Larry Fleisher / UPI:
Gary Sanchez searches for stroke, Yankees for another win over Rays — When Gary Sanchez reached base after snapping a lengthy skid with a bases-clearing double, he reacted as if a significant weight was lifted off his shoulders. — This has been the worst stretch of Sanchez's 234-game career …
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MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Loaisiga wins MLB debut, Didi homers, Yankees blank Rays 5-0
Loaisiga wins MLB debut, Didi homers, Yankees blank Rays 5-0
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yanks' Brian Cashman: Gleyber Torres untouchable in any trade
Yanks' Brian Cashman: Gleyber Torres untouchable in any trade
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: To DH or not to DH? Baseball's never-ending debate starts anew — Chicago Tribune — No modern-day baseball owner is as outspoken as former A's owner Charlie Finley, who decades ago proposed using orange baseballs, playing World Series games at night and using pinch hitters in the pitcher's spot in the lineup.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Adding DH to the National League would be a huge boon for the Cubs
Adding DH to the National League would be a huge boon for the Cubs
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ESPN:
The value of four-homer games — and other wild nights — Wins above replacement would make a terrible daily stat. — For one thing, there are all sorts of margins of error in the calculations — around park factors, baserunning opportunities, value of positional adjustments and defensive ratings …
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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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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Steve Habel / UPI:
Rockies' Trevor Story right at home playing Rangers in Texas — This weekend's series in Arlington, Texas, is a homecoming for Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story, who grew up coming to Texas Rangers games and is playing in the stadium for the first time with the goal of doing some damage to the team he used to root for.
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Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Rockies rally past Rangers
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
Phillies learning how to navigate through turbulent times
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Todd Karpovich / UPI:
Slumping Orioles, Chris Davis look for answers vs. Marlins — Miami left-hander Wei-Yin Chen will face his former team for the first time when the Marlins take on the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Saturday. — Miami is in position to win a three-game series for the first time this season …
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David Ginsburg / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Marlins extend Orioles' skid to 8 games with 2-0 victory
Marlins extend Orioles' skid to 8 games with 2-0 victory
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Associated Press:
Kelly Gruber pulled from Canadian HOF panel for ‘erratic’ behavior — TORONTO — The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame pulled Kelly Gruber from its induction weekend festivities after the former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman made an awkward appearance during a Pitch Talks panel discussion a day earlier.
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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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Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Sports agent claims Yankees prospect Justus Sheffield's family stiffed him over commission: 'It's been a nightmare' — Sports agent David Sloane says he was at a crossroads in his career by the time he first started following the Tennessee-born brothers, Jordan and Justus Sheffield …