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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Cubs know Brewers are coming for them as NL Central tightens  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon often says a team has to go out and take what they desire because nothing is going to be given in baseball.  Not over 162 games.  The Milwaukee Brewers are heeding Maddon's advice …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The Brewers' magic number is down to 12; here's who to cheer against the rest of the way  —  The Milwaukee Brewers' “magic number” to earn a spot in the 2018 playoffs is down to 12 after a win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.  That's only part of the story - the team also finds itself within …
Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs win season series vs. Brewers — but haven't yet won the war  —  The Cubs won the season series over the Brewers (11-8), but you wouldn't say they won the war.  —  The Brewers headed back to Milwaukee for a homestand against the Pirates and Reds only one game out of first place in the National League Central.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: September song is out of tune for Cubs ahead of makeup game against Nationals  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The tarp is on the field Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park as the Cubs and Nationals prepare to play their makeup game.  —  But rain is holding off and they're expected to start on time …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   3 things we learned from the Cubs-Brewers series at Wrigley Field
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   Time for Cubs to pull out all the stops in NL Central race
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Yankees feel sense of urgency with wild-card lead down to 1 game  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Suddenly in the fight for their postseason lives, the New York Yankees are heading back home from a rocky road trip with a heightened sense of urgency as their wild-card lead has shrunk to one game.
Discussion: Sporting News and Pinstripe Alley
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Daily Record:
Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka or J.A. Happ: Who starts New York Yankees' wild-card game?  —  Yankees manager Aaron Boone discusses Luis Severino's start prior to game vs. Twins at Minnesota on Wednesday Pete Caldera, Staff Writer, @pcaldera  —  NEW YORK - Open casting continues …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Former Diamondbacks executive to auction off 2001 World Series ring to help sick colleague  —  DENVER - Washington Nationals Assistant General Manager Bob Miller, a former executive with the Diamondbacks, has placed his 2001 World Series ring up for auction to raise money for his colleague …
Toronto Sun:
Red Sox go for 101st win against Blue Jays  —  BOSTON — Having reached 100 victories for the first time in more than seven decades, the Boston Red Sox send Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound hoping to sweep their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night at Fenway Park.
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Associated Press:
Yankees set to avoid luxury tax; Red Sox, Nationals only teams over threshold
ESPN:   Red Sox reach 100 wins in 146th game, fastest since 2001
ESPN:
A's starter Trevor Cahill scratched with strained muscle in back  —  The surging Oakland Athletics won't have Trevor Cahill on the mound Saturday.  —  The right-hander had been scratched from his scheduled start at Tampa Bay with a rhomboid (upper back) muscle strain.  —  Cahill has returned to Oakland for an MRI.
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Toronto Sun:   A's go for 7th in a row vs. Orioles
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's might be down another starter; Trevor Cahill dealing with back muscle issue
Discussion: Athletics Nation
Andy Clayton / New York Daily News:
David Wright will be activated for the Mets' final homestand, will start at third base on Sept. 29  —  David Wright will get to wear a major-league uniform one more time.  Then the captain is done with baseball.  —  The Mets announced Thursday that Wright will be activated on Sept. 25 …
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Daily Record:
Signs point toward plan being revealed for David Wright to return to NY Mets
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets to make major announcement on David Wright as source says team captain still hopes to return
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Why this AL race is the best MVP race ever  —  Here's the hypothesis: The American League MVP race is arguably the greatest MVP race ever.  —  Here's the evidence: We already have six position players with a WAR of 7.0 or higher, plus a seventh candidate who is merely chasing a Triple Crown.
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
'He's addicted to winning': Clayton Kershaw's battle to remain elite  —  LOS ANGELES — It was the onset of spring training in 2015, Andrew Friedman's first as the Los Angeles Dodgers' president of baseball operations.  “Player plan” meetings — basically, an analytics session with players, coaches and executives — were being held.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos and DodgerBlue.com
Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Not even Aaron Nola can stop the Phillies' free fall in sweeping loss to Nationals  —  No one is immune to the Phillies' free fall.  Not even Aaron Nola.  —  Thirty-nine days since the Phillies last won a series, with their playoff hopes fading faster than a scoop of ice cream on the late-summer pavement …
Associated Press:
Marlins-Mets doubleheader bumped back after 5 1/2 hour delay  —  NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets and Miami Marlins have bumped their doubleheader back a day after the opener of Wednesday's scheduled twinbill was delayed by rain for 5 hours, 35 minutes.  —  The teams will play …
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Matt Ehalt / NorthJersey.com:   After 335-minute rain delay, NY Mets tattoo Marlins 13-0
David Smale / Associated Press:
Tim Anderson's 12th-inning homer lifts White Sox over Royals  —  Tim Anderson kept the White Sox in the game with his glove before he won it with his bat.  —  Anderson hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, and Chicago beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Star Tribune:
Twins' Joe Mauer to consider retiring after season  —  The Twins fixture must choose between retirement and a 16th MLB season, telling the Star Tribune: 'It's a big decision and I want to make sure I'm 100 percent about it.'  —  Joe Mauer knows he has a decision to make …
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Mike Trout makes a push toward his first Gold Glove award  —  For all of Mike Trout's individual honors — two American League most valuable player awards, AL rookie of the year, five Silver Slugger awards, seven All-Star Game selections and two All-Star Game MVPs …
Discussion: McCovey Chronicles
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Regrets?  The Rays have a few (or more)  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Team officials are stirring up interest and dropping ticket prices for the weekend showdown series with the A's, trying to do everything they can to help their red-hot Rays close the gap for the final American League playoff spot.
 
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Kaelen Jones / Sports Illustrated:
Athletics' Sean Manaea to Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery, Sidelined Through 2019
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Michael Lorenzen has become the Cincinnati Reds' version of an in-game ‘stopper’
Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
Felix Hernandez reportedly considered walking away from baseball after demotion to bullpen
Discussion: AZ Snake Pit
Daily Record:
At 83 pitches, NY Yankees' Luis Severino angered at early hook by manager Aaron Boone
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Jeff McNeil gives credit to Mets vet after his latest multi-hit night
Keith Law / ESPN:
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A west coast trip later, the Braves are running away with NL East
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
J.P. Crawford, Scott Kingery and Jorge Alfaro remain question marks for Phillies' future
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Justin Verlander has no ‘ill will’ to Detroit Tigers due to 2015 injury
Toronto Sun:
Mauer considers retirement as Twins face Royals
Discussion: Royals Review
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  DENVER - The cast has changed for the Diamondbacks …
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
One win, one hit remain elusive for Rangers, Beltre
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  DENVER - When asked about losing playing time …
David Ginsburg / Associated Press:
Athletics use 10-run 3rd inning to beat Orioles 10-0
Mark Didtler / Associated Press:
Tampa Bay Rays' Blake Snell no-hit bid into 7th, 19th win tops Cleveland Indians 3-1
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