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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Shildt on the Cardinals: 'Something's got to change ... I've got to lead better'  —  Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, center, talks to left fielder Marcell Ozuna, right, during the first inning of a game on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  (Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com)
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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.
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Cardinals hit four homers to split doubleheader with 10-3 win
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Cardinals hope to bounce back in second game of doubleheader
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Royals erupt for six against Wacha in third inning for 7-0 lead
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 …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:   Knee may force Yankees' Sabathia to miss time
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:   Luis Severino still hasn't started his throwing program
ESPN:
Yanks shut down rehabbing Stanton for 7-10 days
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Charlotte Knights / The Charlotte Observer:
Big second inning propels Braves to win over Giants  —  BY GABRIEL BURNS THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION  —  Sometimes all it takes is one pitch going your way.  In Wednesday's case, that one pitch was of the inning-extending variety.  —  The Atlanta Braves, up 2-0 …
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Braves' rotation among league's best in May
ESPN:
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 …
Discussion: Federal Baseball
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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MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Twins-Angels postponed to Thursday
Discussion: Twinkie Town
ESPN:   Angels catcher Smith placed on concussion IL
Kaelen Jones / Sports Illustrated:
White Sox Turn First Triple Play of 2019 Season vs. Astros  —  It took over a month, but the White Sox finally turned the league's first triple play of the year.  —  It has taken over a month, but we finally have our first triple play of the 2019 MLB season.
Discussion: NESN.com
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Associated Press:   White Sox turn season's 1st triple play vs. Astros
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.
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley and USA Today
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:   Yanks' Torres ups season HR total vs. O's to 10
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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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
Discussion: Camden Chat
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:   How the Yankees have stayed red-hot through all the devastating injuries
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: ESPN
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 …
 
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