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2:05 AM ET, September 15, 2018

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ESPN:
Gregory Polanco likely to miss 7-9 months after shoulder surgery  —  PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates say right fielder Gregory Polanco could be out until June after having surgery on his left shoulder.  —  Polanco dislocated his throwing shoulder on an awkward slide into second base on a double last Friday against Miami.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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MLB: Cubs' Strop is out for season  —  It looks like the back end of the Chicago Cubs' bullpen will be a big question mark down the stretch.  —  Pedro Strop will miss the rest of the regular season with a left hamstring strain, leaving the NL Central leaders with a closer-by-committee approach …
David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Cubs need an unlikely leader to emerge from their battered bullpen
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Cubs know they won't get any sympathy for a 30-day work stretch
Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:   Cubs closer Pedro Strop out for rest of regular season with moderate left hamstring strain
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:   7 candidates to replace Pedro Strop as Cubs closer
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   Can Javier Baez carry the Cubs to the NL Central title?
Steve Rosenbloom / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Time to join Cubs manager Joe Maddon for another episode of ‘Joverthinking It’
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  HOUSTON - When Brad Ziegler took the mound in the seventh inning on Friday night at Minute Maid Park, it marked the 76th time he had appeared in a game this season, the most in the National League.  —  Ziegler is not alone among Diamondbacks relievers on that list.
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Clay Buchholz's resurgent season with D-backs ends early  —  Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Clay Buchholz won't pitch again this season, manager Torey Lovullo said Friday night.  —  Buchholz was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday because of tightness in his right elbow …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:   Diamondbacks pitcher Clay Buchholz's season likely over due to flexor strain in elbow
George Henry / Star Tribune:
Acuna goes 4 for 5, Braves win 6th straight  —  ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. struck out twice and reached base once in his first six at-bats against Nationals ace Max Scherzer.  —  “I think it helps having some previous at-bats against him,” Acuna said through a translator.  “I just went in with the same approach.
Discussion: Federal Baseball
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David Wellham / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Braves to begin sales of single-game NLDS tickets next week
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Learning the outfield could help Cincinnati Reds top prospect Nick Senzel reach the Majors  —  Scott Schebler talks about Luis Castillo's start and the Reds' 3-1 victory over the Dodgers.  The Reds have a 6-0 record vs. the Dodgers this year.  Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer  —  CONNECT
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:   Cincinnati Reds reliever Lucas Sims possibly out for season with injury
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:   Former Reds exec Bob Miller of Nats auctions World Series ring for colleague with leukemia
Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
WATCH: Josh Donaldson hits first home run as member of Cleveland Indians  —  Third baseman Josh Donaldson hit his first home run as a member of the Cleveland Indians in the sixth inning of Friday's game against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field.  —  CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
RECAP: Cleveland Indians' ninth-inning rally falls short in 5-4 loss to Detroit Tigers
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Bader works overtime on swing  —  With his hitting coach leaning nearby and several other coaches scattered around Busch Stadium's field, Harrison Bader, the Cardinals' perpetual motion center fielder, slowed long enough to take batting practice alone Friday, hours before the game.
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Eddie Matz / ESPN:   'It's like group therapy': How a rookie skipper won over the Cards clubhouse
Mark Didtler / Associated Press:
Khris Davis homers as A's edge Rays in 10 to win another one-run game  —  Tampa Bay Rays' C.J. Cron breaks his bat as he lines out during the 10th inning of Friday's loss to the A's.  —  Khris Davis helped Oakland win another close one.  —  Davis led off the 10th inning …
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
How big is Rays-A's this weekend? Well ...
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Braves, Giants franchises molded by 1993, MLB's last great pennant race  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The last great pennant race left some with the most beautiful memories in their careers and others with the ugliest of scars.  —  It created the most radical change in baseball's playoff format …
USA Today:
Yankees activate Aaron Judge from DL, but will be limited  —  Check back for updates  —  The New York Yankees activated Aaron Judge before Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.  —  However, Judge will be limited to only defense and base running.  He will not be able to hit yet.
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Hal Steinbrenner throws support behind Aaron Boone amid swoon
Ryan Gorcey / The San Francisco Examiner:
Chris Stratton throws first career complete game, shuts out Rockies as Giants break losing streak  —  AT&T PARK — In back-to-back starts against the Colorado Rockies earlier this summer, Chris Stratton couldn't get out of the sixth inning.  —  The 28-year old righty, in his first full season in the majors …
ESPN:
Mets' Noah Syndergaard on Boston rodent: New York rats way worse  —  Noah Syndergaard's first start at historic Fenway Park was everything the right-hander could have asked for.  —  Seven shutout innings.  Three hits allowed.  An 8-0 New York Mets win.  —  The only thing not that impressive to Thor?
Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Flaherty-Buehler rematch highlights Cards vs. Dodgers  —  Two of baseball's top young righthanders — Jack Flaherty of the Cardinals and the Dodgers' Walker Buehler — will square off Friday in a 7:15 p.m. showdown at Busch Stadium.  —  Los Angeles won 9-7 in the opening game of the four-game series …
Chicago Tribune:
NL Central tracker: Cubs magic number down to 14, but Brewers keep pace  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs reduced their magic number for winning their third consecutive National League Central title to 14, edging the Reds 3-2 on Friday night at Wrigley Field.
 
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