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Red Sox to call up veteran infielder Brandon Phillips on Tuesday — The Boston Red Sox will call up veteran infielder Brandon Phillips on Tuesday. — Phillips signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox in late June and has played in 38 games with Triple-A Pawtucket …
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
5 things to know about the Braves on Labor Day — The Braves are set to open a series with the MLB-best Red Sox at SunTrust Park on Monday. Less than an hour before first pitch, the Red Sox fans have made their presence known. — Here's what to know about the Braves before they open their last interleague series of the year:
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Talking Chop and Over the Monster
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Yankees, A's look to set tone in likely wild-card preview — OAKLAND, Calif. — Now that the calendar has turned to the final month of the regular season, brace yourself: The postseason push is about to get more intense, more serious and, most of all, more fun.
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Baseball Prospectus
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Janie McCauley / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Canha homers as A's gain ground on Yankees in wild-card race — Matt Chapman hit an RBI double to back — New York Yankees 6-3 on Monday in a matchup between two teams in the AL wild-card race. — The A's jumped on — CC Sabathia early and pulled within 3 1/2 games of New York for the first wild card.
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Pinstripe Alley
Matt Carlson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Davidson, Palka homer in 9th to lift White Sox over Tigers — Matt Davidson hit a two-run, game-ending homer as the — Chicago White Sox scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to beat the — Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Monday for their eighth win in 11 games.
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South Side Sox
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Associated Press:
Los Angeles Angels hopeful Shohei Ohtani will make next start Sunday — ARLINGTON, Texas — Shohei Ohtani has been evaluated after coming out of his pitching return early, and Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia is hopeful the right-hander will be good to make his next scheduled start Sunday.
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Kristie Rieken / Associated Press:
Springer, Astros beat Angels 4-2 in Ohtani's pitching return — Houston starter Gerrit Cole (13-5) allowed six hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings for his third straight win after losing three in a row. — HOUSTON — George Springer hit a two-run homer and finished a triple shy of the cycle …
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Associated Press
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Toronto Sun:
Astros begin series against struggling Twins
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MLB Baseball News …, Twinkie Town and The Crawfish Boxes
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Shohei Ohtani fades fast in return in Angels' 4-2 loss to Astros
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baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
Kenley Jansen (heart) could sit out Dodgers' trip to Colorado — Kenley Jansen's ongoing problems with an irregular heartbeat might force the Los Angeles Dodgers to leave their closer at home for this weekend's series at Colorado. — Increased elevation can exacerbate an irregular heartbeat …
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rays To Promote Nick Ciuffo, Reinstate Mallex Smith — The Rays have promoted catcher Nick Ciuffo from Triple-A Durham and reinstated outfielder Mallex Smith from the 10-day disabled list, Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times reports (Twitter links). The team will need to make a corresponding 40-man move to create room for Ciuffo.
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DRaysBay
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Brewers left-hander Wade Miley presents challenge for Cubs — Photos from the Cubs-Brewers game at Miller Park on Sept. 3, 2018. — Chicago Tribune — The addition of Daniel Murphy and recent contributions from Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ have given the Cubs more favorable matchups against right-handed pitchers.
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Associated Press:
MLB: Aaron Judge begins taking cage swings off tee in his rehab — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge took his first swings off a tee since breaking his right wrist July 26, a significant early step in what he hopes is a return to the field for New York in a couple of weeks.
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Pat Graham / Toronto Sun:
Cuevas hits 2-run single in 8th, Rockies beat Giants 9-8 — DENVER (AP) A September call-up, Noel Cuevas just wants to make an impact. — With one choked-up swing, he delivered in a most meaningful way - in the heat of a pennant race. — The rookie pinch-hitter bounced a go-ahead …
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Alex Pavlovic / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Chris Shaw hits first homer, but Giants blow 8-7 lead to Rockies
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Purple Row and McCovey Chronicles
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — The Diamondbacks are adding a power-armed reinforcement to their bullpen on Monday, promoting prospect Yoan Lopez from Double-A Jackson. He is expecting to be with the team for Monday evening's game against the San Diego Padres. — Lopez has had an impressive season …
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MLB Trade Rumors and AZ Snake Pit
Courier-Journal:
Louisville Bats' Iribarren plays all nine positions in season finale — Long-time Louisville Bats utility player Hernan Iribarren ended the season on Monday with a little bit of baseball history. — The 34-year-old from Venezuela played all nine positions in the Bats' 4- loss …
Associated Press:
Yelich beats throw to 1st in 9th, Brewers beat Cubs 4-3 — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich drove in the winning run with the bases loaded in the ninth after beating a throw from third to avoid a double play, and the Milwaukee Brewers opened an important three-game series with the Chicago Cubs with a 4-3 win Monday.
Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — Other than speaking to the media following Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo didn't utter a word until midnight that night. — Lovullo wasn't the only one frustrated after the Diamondbacks let a late-inning lead evaporate …
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AZ Snake Pit
Associated Press:
MLB on pace for lowest batting average since 1972 — The batting average for the major leagues is on track for its lowest finish in nearly a half-century. — This comes despite slightly more robust offense of late — hits topping strikeouts the last two months.
Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
New Cleveland Indians 3B Josh Donaldson hits grand slam in Columbus Clippers debut — Three days after being acquired by the Cleveland Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays, Josh Donaldson began his rehab assignment with the Columbus Clippers. — That didn't take long.
