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Ken Powtak / Associated Press:
Red Sox beat the Mets 4-3 and cut magic number to 2 — BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts doesn't seem to be badly hurt, so the Red Sox can focus on clinching the AL East at Yankee Stadium for the second time in three seasons. — Betts gave Boston a scare when he injured his left side making …
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Over the Monster and Beyond the Box Score
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Sarah Langs / ESPN:
The 100s tracker: The triple-digits club is dwindling — The 100 club is dwindling again. The Yankees are no longer on pace for 100-plus wins, though they are still close. The Red Sox are already there, and the Astros are still on pace. — On the losing side, the Orioles are in and Royals …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Your guide to the last two weeks of the regular season — When we near the end of a season, I always remember some of the improbable comebacks from death to life or life to death that we've seen, even in the recent past. — Who can forget the 2007 Colorado Rockies, who won 13 …
ESPN:
Power Rankings: Shake-ups start at No. 1 while NL races narrow — The Boston Red Sox are cruising toward a franchise record for wins, just three shy of reaching a pinnacle no other Sox team has reached. But that doesn't earn them extra consideration among baseball's superteams …
USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Red Sox set to clinch in the Bronx — The Boston Red Sox are in the midst of one of the dominant seasons in the history of baseball and have the opportunity to pour even more salt in the wound of their mortal enemy this week. — Needing just one win to clinch the American League East …
Joe Harris / Associated Press:
Wainwright blanks Dodgers over 6 innings, Cardinals win 5-0 — ST. LOUIS (AP) - Adam Wainwright had something to prove. — Wainwright pitched two-hit ball over six innings for his first win in five months, Marcell Ozuna homered and the St. Louis Cardinals salvaged the finale of a four-game series …
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baseballmusings.com, MLB Baseball News … and Viva El Birdos
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Jorge Castillo / Baltimore Sun:
Dodgers unable to complete the sweep of the Cardinals, lose 5-0 — A couple hours before the Dodgers took the field Sunday night vying for a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, manager Dave Roberts was asked how it felt to be in first place in the National League West again. — “It's OK,” he said.
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: Wonderful Waino — Wonderful Wainwright — To say that the Cardinals desperately needed a terrific pitching performance on Sunday night would be a massive understatement. — The Red Birds had been reeling. Losers of four straight games, including the first three of a four-game weekend set against the Dodgers.
Jake Seiner / Toronto:
Yankees fall to Blue Jays 3-2 — NEW YORK — Red Sox-Yankees in late September — as sure a thing as exists for baseball's schedule makers. AL East powers, historic foes, duking it out for a division title. — Not this time. With Boston's iron grip on the majors' best record …
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Camden Chat and Bluebird Banter
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Mets spoiled Phillies season by continuing seven-year dominance | Extra Innings — Unable to complete a sweep of the Miami Marlins, the Phillies woke up this morning still 6 1/2 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves in the National League East and five games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Don Mattingly calls for changes to September roster rules
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MLB Trade Rumors
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
How did Phillies' season go awry? They wonder, too
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MLB Trade Rumors
Clark Spencer / miamiherald:
Don Mattingly calls for roster limits after Marlins, Phillies set unusual MLB record
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NBCSports.com and baseballmusings.com
Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
3 things we learned from Cubs-Reds series — Chicago Tribune — Here are three things we learned from the weekend Reds-Cubs series, which the Cubs won 2 games to 1: — 1. The Cubs have the bullpen pieces to win close games without having a proven closer.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Series preview: Cardinals at Braves — • The Braves are the only team the Cardinals have played whom they haven't beaten this year. Atlanta took all three games in an early summer series in St. Louis, outscoring them 22-10. Atlanta is seeking its first division title since 2013 and second since 2005
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Newcomb chased early as Braves drop series to Nationals
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Talking Chop and MLB Baseball News …
ESPN:
Astros, Mariners looking to win season series — HOUSTON — After the news broke that Astros third baseman Alex Bregman had accomplished something never previously done by a player at his position, someone somewhere suggested he'd receive the Barry Bonds treatment when he came to the plate in high-leverage situations.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Last Slide — If the Pittsburgh Pirates' pitching is this stinking good, what are they doing in fourth place? — That had to be what the Brewers were thinking late Sunday afternoon after yet another frustrating day against Pittsburgh's pitching staff. If the Brewers do fall short …
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Todd Rosiak / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Pirates 3, Brewers 2: Offense comes up short yet again
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Bucs Dugout
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Memphis Redbirds go to title game — It seems as if most of the Memphis Redbirds already are here, but the Cardinals' Class AAA club, by virtue of a 5- win over Fresno on Saturday night, clinched a second consecutive Pacific Coast League title and advanced to the Class AAA championship game …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Will Beltre's last home game come next weekend? If so, here are some of his top moments at Globe Life — The Texas Rangers are in San Diego, which is the best setting for an MLB game in baseball. — Petco Park has its quirks, but it's in the Gaslamp District, San Diego Bay essentially …
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Ronny Mauricio impressed in professional debut this season — NEW YORK — Ronny Mauricio impressed Mets scouts enough a few years back that the team handed him a then-record $2.1 million signing bonus last summer. — That amount broke the record previously given to shortstop Amed Rosario.
