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Jose M. Romero / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-2 for 2-game sweep — Merrill Kelly won his first start against the — Yankees and Arizona beat New York 3-2 Wednesday to sweep a two-game series. — New York dropped to 0-5 this year against teams that currently have winning records and is 17-7 against clubs that started the day under .500.
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Associated Press:
Former Indians All-Star CC Sabathia becomes 17th pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts
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Let's Go Tribe
Jon Tayler / Sports Illustrated:
CC Sabathia's Final Milestone Secures His Place in Baseball History
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John Marshall / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-1 as Sabathia hits 3K strikeouts
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Associated Press:
Pollock to undergo surgery for infection in right elbow — SHARE URL EMAIL FBMSNGR WHATSAPP SMS — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
A.J. Pollock To Undergo Elbow Surgery — Dodgers outfielder A.J. Pollock will undergo surgery to remove the metal hardware that was inserted in his the growth plate of his right elbow back in a 2016 procedure, manager Dave Roberts announced Wednesday (Twitter links via Ken Gurnick of MLB.com and Pedro Moura of The Athletic).
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Dodger Blue and True Blue LA
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Prospect Logan Webb Receives 80-Game PED Suspension — Giants pitching prospect Logan Webb has been hit with an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. He was found to have a substance known as dehydrochlormethyltestosterone in his system.
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Michael Wagaman / scores.nbcsportsbayarea.com:
Freese, Turner homer as Dodgers beat Giants 10-3 — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) David Freese had to wait to celebrate his first homer in more than two weeks. There was no doubt about Justin Turner's shot. — Freese hit a three-run drive, Turner went deep for the first time this season …
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NBC Bay Area, MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Select Stephen Vogt, Option Ty Blach
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NBC Bay Area and McCovey Chronicles
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' Harold Castro's day started in Toledo, ended with hit vs. Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — Harold Castro had already taken early batting practice and was hanging out when Triple-A Toledo manager Doug Mientkiewicz pulled him into his office at Fifth Third Field around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Josh Harrison gets all-clear from MRI, but diving lands him on IL — PHILADELPHIA — A day after the Detroit Tigers placed second baseman Josh Harrison on the 10-day injured list, the team received good news. — An MRI scan on Harrison's left shoulder came back clean, showing inflammation, but no tears.
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
Why there is no more Fortnite in Red Sox clubhouse — There is something missing from the Red Sox' home clubhouse this season that smacked visitors in the face upon entering last season. — No more Fortnite. — The popular video game became part of the conversation during …
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ABC News:
Moreland, Vázquez homer, Boston sweeps Oakland 7-3 — Mitch Moreland homered and drove in another run on a sacrifice fly after a lucky hop off the second base bag moved the runners along and Boston beat Oakland 7-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep for the previously struggling World Series champions.
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Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians SP Trevor Bauer after win over Miami Marlins: ‘I suck right now’ — Despite advancing his record to 4-1 on the season, Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer wasn't happy with his performance vs. the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. — Entering his start against the Miami Marlins …
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Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles rally past White Sox, 5-4, in Game 1 of doubleheader to end four-game slide — In the span of three pitches — practically nothing in a game that featured 365 of them and lasted nearly four hours — the Orioles broke step with the fault that has defined this losing road trip …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Good seats available: MLB's early-season attendance issue continues — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first pitch Wednesday afternoon between the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays, about 500 fans dotted stands at Kauffman Stadium. It was a weekday during the school year …
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Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s impact negligible in return to Angel Stadium — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. craned his neck over a crowd of reporters and gazed at the batter's box of Angel Stadium. For six summers as a child, he tagged along with his father, Vladimir Sr. Now he had arrived in the visitors dugout …
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Maria Torres / Baltimore Sun:
Shohei Ohtani won't return to Angels for at least another week
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Orange County Register:
Free Comic Book Day is May 4: Here are 57 comic shops in Southern California participating — The Avengers reached the Endgame on film, but comic book fans know there are always new stories hitting the stands. — And on one day each year, they're free. Yes, it's time for Free Comic Book Day …
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Chico Enterprise-Record and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Mike Sheets / ESPN:
Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday — Another Thursday, another shortened slate. You all should know the drill by now. This Thursday gives us an eight-game slate with only two games being played at night, which isn't ideal for DFS.
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Yahoo Canada / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Report: Rival executives expect Blue Jays to trade Stroman, Sanchez
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Despite rally in the 9th inning, Cincinnati Reds lose in extra innings to New York Mets — NEW YORK - Luis Castillo thought he had his best pure stuff of the season Tuesday and the Reds had a game-tying rally in the ninth inning, but it still wasn't enough to hold off the New York Mets in a 4-3 loss in 10 innings at Citi Field
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David Wellham / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Three key Braves prospects on hitting tears — Braves outfield prospects Drew Waters and Cristian Pache are off to strong starts at Double-A Mississippi, while third baseman Austin Riley has made a big splash this week for Triple-A Gwinnett. — Pache and Waters each has played in 22 games this season …
ESPN:
Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals … His hard-hit rate's up a little bit (40 percent), but outside of his unlucky batting average on balls in play and its intertwining squashing of his left-on-base percentage, Scherzer's performance looks normal. Much of the damage done to the 34-year-old's numbers came …
