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Associated Press:
Khris Davis hits MLB-best 10th homer, A's rally past Texas — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oakland slugger Khris Davis keeps going deep in Texas, and just about everywhere else he plays. — “A big shocking event. Khris hit a go-ahead home run here,” Athletics manager Bob Melvin said.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Progress for Smyly, a tough game for bullpen, and will Rangers stop pitching to Davis? — The Texas Rangers won't have to worry next season about what they're going to have to worry about Saturday. — Rain is in the forecast. Heavy in the morning, some relief in the afternoon, and then more as the 7:05 p.m. first pitch approaches.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
How birthday wishes for Beltre turned into a hot stretch for Profar with new team — Jurickson Profar returned to Globe Life Park on Friday as a visiting player for the first time, as the Oakland A's opened a three-game series against the Texas Rangers. — He did so as one of the A's hottest hitters …
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MLB Baseball News …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees fall to White Sox, lose fourth-straight game — The injuries are not an excuse. After announcing the latest blow to his roster — six to seven more weeks for set-up man Dellin Betances — Yankee GM Brian Cashman said that this team has not played up to its potential. — “Right now times are tough.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Jake Seiner / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Jiménez hits 1st 2 HRs, ChiSox top Yanks in soggy 6+ innings
Jiménez hits 1st 2 HRs, ChiSox top Yanks in soggy 6+ innings
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South Side Sox and Pinstripe Alley
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Place Gary Sanchez On Injured List
Yankees Place Gary Sanchez On Injured List
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Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
Red Sox beat Orioles 6-4 for 1st win streak of season — Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts watches his RBI-double during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Boston, Friday, April, 12, 2019. — Boston Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. makes the catch a fly …
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MLB Baseball News …
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Can Cubs recapture missing winning vibe of 2016 champions? — CHICAGO — It was opening night, 2016. The young Chicago Cubs were coming off a surprising run in the previous year's playoffs — all the way to the National League Championship Series. Now it was time to pick up where they left off …
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Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Angels' Trout will miss weekend series with Cubs — Mike Trout has been ruled out for the Los Angeles Angels' weekend series against the Chicago Cubs after he strained his right groin during the team's last homestand. — Trout visited Dr. Steve Yoon on Friday in Los Angeles.
Associated Press:
Gordon, Royals end 10-game losing streak, beat Indians 8-1 — Kansas City Royals' Alex Gordon (4) is congratulated at home plate by Jorge Soler (12) and Adalberto Mondesi (27) after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Kauffman Stadium …
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MLB Baseball News …
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Katherine Fitzgerald / Arizona Republic:
Wilmer Flores adjusting to Diamondbacks, adding flexibility to infield — David Peralta and Wilmer Flores spent a lot of time together during the offseason. — Both are Venezuelan, and Flores and Peralta have known each other for nearly a decade. They work out and barbecue together in Florida.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Archie Bradley sees positives despite recent struggles — Archie Bradley strode off the mound and circled it on Thursday night. He was seven pitches into his outing and had struck out both batters he had faced. As is often the case with Bradley, there was no need to read between the lines about how he felt.
Lars Larson / wbal.com:
Altuve, Gurriel hit grand slams, Astros beat Seattle 10-6 — SEATTLE (AP) — Jose Altuve is as baffled as everyone else about his recent power surge. — Altuve and Yuli Gurriel hit grand slams as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 10-6 Friday night for their major league-leading seventh straight victory.
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MLB Baseball News … and The Crawfish Boxes
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Moran lifts Pirates past Nationals in 10 innings — Pinch-hitter Colin Moran hit a three-run homer in the top off the 10th off Justin Miller on an 0-2 pitch as the Pittsburgh Pirates came back for a 6-3 win in a back-and-forth contest Friday with the Washington Nationals.
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Federal Baseball
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John Jackson / Associated Press:
Quintana strikes out 11 in 7 innings, Cubs beat Pirates 2-0
Quintana strikes out 11 in 7 innings, Cubs beat Pirates 2-0
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Bucs Dugout and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Tony Andracki / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cubs dealt a major blow with Victor Caratini's hand injury
Cubs dealt a major blow with Victor Caratini's hand injury
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Accidental or not, Dipoto's Mariners have produced one of the greatest starts in baseball history — Can it be, accidentally or not, Jerry Dipoto has finally traded the Seattle Mariners into a team that can make the postseason for the first time since 2001?
Kyle Goon / Orange County Register:
Lakers coach Luke Walton out after three seasons — Third-year coach agrees to part ways just three days after Magic Johnson stepped down as team president — LOS ANGELES — Luke Walton, the man the Lakers once hoped would guide them out of the franchise's longest stretch of futility, is done as head coach.
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Daily News and Whittier Daily News
Jordan McPherson / Miami Herald:
Offense once again hard to find as Marlins open homestand with loss to Phillies — The Miami Marlins' first game back home on Friday after a frustrating road trip played out like most of the six games before it in Atlanta and Cincinnati. — Consistent offense was hard to find …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards eager for ‘awesome’ experience in Mexico — MONTERREY, MEXICO • As he rocks back and readies Saturday to throw the first regular-season pitch abroad ever by a Cardinal, starter Adam Wainwright has a sense of how the crowd, crammed into a cozy ballpark on the north side of this metroplex …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Miguel Andújar tries to avoid surgery step 2: play more catch, swing off a tee — Miguel Andújar took another step toward avoiding surgery on the torn labrum in his right shoulder Friday. The third baseman played catch for the second time and took swings off a tee …
Associated Press:
Tigers, Twins to begin series after postponement — After having their opener on Friday snowed out, the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins will begin a shortened two-game series on Saturday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis. — Tyson Ross (1-1, 2.25 ERA), coming in off a 3-1 victory …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers' plan is the same, but here's how Kiner-Falefa has changed for the better — Nothing has changed behind the plate for the Texas Rangers, who will continue to deploy catchers Jeff Mathis and Isiah Kiner-Falefa equally even though their recent usage hasn't been equal.
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets rookie Pete Alonso joins Judge and Stanton in The Big Apple's Big Hitters club — ATLANTA — We are now living in a dimension where Pete Alonso's name is uttered in the same category as Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. — The Mets' rookie blasted a home run that was equal parts majestic …
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets IL update: Todd Frazier's return ‘very close’