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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
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Touki Toussaint encourages vs. Red Sox's menacing lineup — Touki Toussaint manhandled the mighty Red Sox for four innings. He came unraveled in the fifth, undone by a trio of doubles that painted a three-run inning in route to the Braves' 8-2 loss Monday. — But Toussaint's overall display was notable.
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
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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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Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Shane Greene blows save, game in 4-2 loss to White Sox — CHICAGO — Matt Davidson hit a two-run, game-ending homer as the Chicago White Sox scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Monday. — Davidson hit his 20th homer …
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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Toronto Sun:
Astros begin series against struggling Twins
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MLB Baseball News …, The Crawfish Boxes and Twinkie Town
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Shohei Ohtani fades fast in return in Angels' 4-2 loss to Astros
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MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
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 — BOX SCORE — DENVER - The Giants got another big homer from a rookie, but at Coors Field, it wasn't enough. The first day of a six-game road trip was a Coors Classic, and for the Giants, a 9-8 loss to a
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McCovey Chronicles and Purple Row
Toronto Sun:
Surging Dodgers take crack at Mets ace deGrom — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers recent tendency to score late and win often will probably have to continue Monday, whether they want to operate that way or not. — The reason is they are facing New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom …
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True Blue LA
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Toronto Sun:
Slugging Rangers employ opener strategy vs. Angels
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Lone Star Ball and Halos Heaven
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — LOS ANGELES - It did not seem to matter …
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AZ Snake Pit and Deadspin
Steve Herrick / Associated Press:
Rays ride 3 RBI from rookie Brandon Lowe to topple Indians 6-4 — Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash is excited about how his team is playing. The only thing missing for the Rays: a clear path to the playoffs. — Rookie Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs, and the Rays hung …
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MLB Baseball News …
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rays To Promote Nick Ciuffo, Reinstate Mallex Smith
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DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Adam Wainwright set to pitch in majors for 1st time since May — WASHINGTON — Adam Wainwright is set to pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals for the first time in nearly four months when he starts Sept. 10 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Wainwright has not pitched since May 13 because of right elbow inflammation.
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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
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Brewers lead Cubs 2-1 in 7th — Chicago Tribune — Javier Baez continued his flare for dramatic moments Monday, but the Cubs will need more heroics as they trail the Brewers 2-1 entering the bottom of the seventh inning in a National League Central showdown at Miller Park.
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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 …
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.
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.
