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Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
CC Sabathia pours his guts out one more time as IL awaits — BALTIMORE — He was leaking oil, pint by pint, pitch by pitch, his right knee screaming at him every time he fell on it. All 6-feet, 6-inches and 300 pounds of CC Sabathia crunched down on the leg, on the knee …
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Knee may force Yankees' Sabathia to miss time — BALTIMORE — CC Sabathia's balky and bothersome right knee could soon be sending him to the New York Yankees' still-full injured list, the veteran left-hander and his manager said following his latest start Wednesday night.
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Another rough home outing for Wacha — The focus of the questions was on the future of Michael Wacha in the starting rotation after the Cardinals lost the first game of a doubleheader to Kansas City on Wednesday. — Manager Mike Shildt was addressing the issue when who should enter the interview room but Wacha.
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Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals hit four homers to split doubleheader with 10-3 win — The Cardinals jumped on Kansas City starter Homer Bailey for five runs in the first two innings on home runs by Marcell Ozuna and Matt Carpenter and went on to a 10-3 win to earn a split of a doubleheader with the Royals at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Royals erupt for six against Wacha in third inning for 7-0 lead
Royals erupt for six against Wacha in third inning for 7-0 lead
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ESPN:
Rare rainout pushes Twins-Angels finale to Thu. — ANAHEIM, Calif. — The series finale between the Minnesota Twins and the Los Angeles Angels has been postponed because of weather and rescheduled for Thursday. — It rained at Angel Stadium two hours prior to Wednesday's game, causing puddles to form in both left and right field.
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Mets' Davis arrives in 3rd inning, homers in 1st AB — Journeyman Rajai Davis, who was called up from Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday and arrived in the third inning of the New York Mets' game with the Washington Nationals, hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat with the team.
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets bats are wide awake now — Rajai Davis settled into the Mets clubhouse and placed his belongings inside his locker mere hours before his game-changing eighth-inning at-bat. When the veteran outfielder woke up in Syracuse on Wednesday morning, Davis no idea he'd end up at Citi Field …
Michael Blinn / New York Post:
Orioles' commentator can no longer fathom Gleyber Torres … The rest of the Yankees can probably take the night off. Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez have it from here. — Torres cranked his 11th and 12th homers of the season on Wednesday night in Baltimore, bringing his season-total against the lowly Orioles to 10.
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Yanks' Torres ups season HR total vs. O's to 10 — BALTIMORE — Gleyber Torres simply owns the Baltimore Orioles. — But the New York Yankees' 22-year-old shortstop is trying hard to avoid believing that. — “I know a lot of things about how I hit very well in this series in Baltimore,” Torres said late Wednesday.
Jeremy Cluff / Arizona Republic:
Zack Greinke trade rumors: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher moved before MLB trade deadline? — Zack Greinke is having a very impressive season for the Arizona Diamondbacks. — The pitcher is 6-2 on the year with a 2.89 ERA. He has allowed 53 hits and walked nine batters over 71 2/3 innings.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB trade deadline: Top 10 players who could be moved by July 31
MLB trade deadline: Top 10 players who could be moved by July 31
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Terry Koshan / Toronto Sun:
Solid Sanchez start goes for naught as Blue Jays fall to the Red Sox in the 13th — Aaron Sanchez gave his latest blister problems the finger on Wednesday night. — The Blue Jays righthander, pulled in his previous start last Friday in Chicago thanks to a blister on his right middle finger …
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Marcus Stroman irks Red Sox manager with quick pitches
Marcus Stroman irks Red Sox manager with quick pitches
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Tom Withers / scores.nbcsportsbayarea.com:
A's place slugger Khris Davis on IL after beating Indians — CLEVELAND (AP) Khris Davis' injury isn't getting better. The Athletics won't let it get any worse. — Oakland's slugger was placed on the injured list after the A's extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Designate Carlos Gonzalez For Assignment
Indians Designate Carlos Gonzalez For Assignment
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Tyler Carey / WKYC-TV:
Indians designate OF Carlos Gonzalez for assignment
Associated Press:
Kiermaier, Garcia lead Rays to 8-1 win over Dodgers — Avisail Garcia and Kevin Kiermaier each hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to power the Tampa Bay Rays past the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 on Wednesday night. — Kiermaier also made a rocket throw from center field to cut …
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Associated Press:
Hamels no decision against old club, Cubs top Phillies 8-4 — Cole Hamels struggled in his first start against his original team, Albert Almora Jr. hit his first career grand-slam and the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early three-run deficit with three homers, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 Wednesday night.
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David Wilson / Miami Herald:
How two shutout losses to Rays reinforced the Miami Marlins' best offensive habits — Just a week ago, the Miami Marlins found rock bottom. A two-game midweek series against the Tampa Bay Rays yielded a pair of shutout losses, dropping the Marlins' already historic pace for offensive futility …
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Richard Morin / Associated Press:
Diamondbacks can't keep up with Padres in San Diego sweep — SAN DIEGO - Left-hander Eric Lauer pitched seven strong innings to win for the first time in seven starts and Greg Garcia had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run for his hometown San Diego Padres, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
Associated Press:
Yelich (back) again out of lineup for Brewers — MILWAUKEE — NL MVP Christian Yelich has been scratched from Milwaukee's lineup against Cincinnati for a second consecutive day because of back spasms. — “He's improved today,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Wednesday.
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Thomas Boswell / Baltimore Sun:
Ex-Cubs coach Dave Martinez is a good man, but he probably shouldn't be managing the Nationals — Every day Dave Martinez meets the media before the Nationals game. He's always the same. He's in a genuinely good mood, like somebody invited him to a big-league ballgame, and being just a big kid …
Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers keep getting prime Pence, a resurgent Mazara and Elvis Andrus is waiting just off stage — It's getting awfully close to June and the Texas Rangers are still an interesting bunch. — In fact, they've been a pretty good team. And they've certainly played better than expectations before the season.
Mark Schmetzer / Cincinnati.com:
Top games in Cincinnati Reds history: No. 44 - Opening Day 1975 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — If any team went into a season with the right mixture of confidence and motivation, it was the 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers. — Led by first baseman and Most Valuable Player Steve Garvey …