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2:45 AM ET, April 13, 2019

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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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Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Hurty dozen: Yanks add Sanchez to crowded IL
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Jake Seiner / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Jiménez hits 1st 2 HRs, ChiSox top Yanks in soggy 6+ innings
Discussion: South Side Sox and Pinstripe Alley
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Place Gary Sanchez On Injured List
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.
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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 …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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.
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.
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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.
MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
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.
Discussion: Federal Baseball
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John Jackson / Associated Press:
Quintana strikes out 11 in 7 innings, Cubs beat Pirates 2-0
Discussion: Bucs Dugout and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Tony Andracki / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cubs dealt a major blow with Victor Caratini's hand injury
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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NorthJersey.com:
Steven Matz delivers solid outing, Pete Alonso homers again as NY Mets beat Atlanta Braves
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue and Talking Chop
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.
Discussion: Whittier Daily News
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
See Red Sox, this is what happens when you pay attention to details  —  That moment one week before was perhaps the most pointed Alex Cora has been this season.  —  “I pay attention to details,” the manager said after his team's final game in Oakland.  “I love paying attention to details …
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Christopher Smith / Union-News:
Rafael Devers' walkoff: Boston Red Sox slugger says, 'Maybe tomorrow I'll feel the pain …
Jim Reineking / Daily Record:
Drone flies over Fenway Park as Boston Red Sox get walk-off win over Toronto Blue Jays
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 …
 
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