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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Braves come away with 4-3 win in 10 innings at Busch — After walking Atlanta rookie Austin Riley intentionally to load the bases in the 10th inning Sunday night, the Cardinals' Tyler Webb walked Brian McCann on five pitches to force in the go-ahead run in a 4-3 loss to the Braves before a crowd of 45,152 Sunday night at Busch Stadium.
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Joe Lyons / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards, Flaherty lead Atlanta 3-0 after five at Busch — The Cardinals jumped on top Sunday at Busch Stadium, taking advantage of an Atlanta error in the fourth. — With one out, Kolten Wong reached when left fielder Austin Riley misplayed his line drive into a two-base error.
Tim Tucker / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
How the Braves turned a 3-0 deficit into one of the season's biggest wins — Categorize this game as one of the Braves' bigger wins of the season. — Trailing 3- at the start of the ninth inning Sunday night, the Braves erupted for three runs to tie the game and then beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Cabrera will pitch Wednesday as Cardinals' 2,000th player — The Cardinals haven't had a game started by a lefthanded pitcher since Sept. 25, when Austin Gomber opened against Milwaukee. Had he not suffered a biceps injury that set him back a bit at Class AAA Memphis …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Braves embrace the instant impact of Austin Riley, power prodigy — ST. LOUIS — Austin Riley quietly made his way to the locker assigned to him in the visitors clubhouse here Saturday, trailed by a couple of members of the media, and when he started to answer questions about his remarkable …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
‘Futility player’ Ron Gardenhire returns to roots of playing days with Mets — QUEENS, N.Y. — Ron Gardenhire used to roam these parts, across the street from Citi Field, where circus tents fill the space that used to be Shea Stadium. — “My hamstrings are somewhere around here,' he said. ”
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers go down looking vs. Mets on questionable strikeout call
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers observations: One bad inning hurts Turnbull in 4-3 loss
Tigers observations: One bad inning hurts Turnbull in 4-3 loss
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Devers homers, Red Sox avoid sweep with 4-1 win over Astros — The Astros lost for just the fifth time in 22 games and finished the regular season 4-2 against the Red Sox, who beat them 4-1 in the ALCS last season. — Author: The Associated Press — HOUSTON — Rafael Devers homered off …
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Cora: Price (illness) to be moved up in rotation — HOUSTON — Red Sox manager Alex Cora said David Price, who left Saturday's game after throwing just 15 pitches because of flu-like symptoms, will be moved up in the rotation and could start on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Luke Weaver leaves start with right forearm tightness — SAN FRANCISCO - Diamondbacks right-hander Luke Weaver exited his start on Sunday one batter into the sixth inning with what the team is calling right forearm tightness, a troubling development for a pitcher in the midst of a breakout season.
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Ian Quillen / Associated Press:
Kendrick homers, drives in 3 as Nats beat Marlins again, 9-6 — Marlins drop third straight to Nationals … WASHINGTON - Howie Kendrick hit his eighth homer, drove in three runs and finished with three hits as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 9-6 on Sunday.
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Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles erase late deficit only to lose, 8-7, on Rockies' walk-off sacrifice fly in ninth — The reprieve for the Orioles' top relievers like Mychal Givens and Paul Fry, tasked recently with protecting so many tenuous leads and until recently doing the job quite well, lasted all of one day.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Changes to Rangers' bullpen might not make much difference, but it might be time to try — The road goes on for the Texas Rangers, who stubbed their toes the past two games at Angel Stadium. Anyone who has followed them this season doesn't need to be reminded about their troubles away from Globe Life Park.
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
Aaron Judge revelation is cure to Yankees' abrupt anguish — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Considering everything that has happened, including a difficult 10-inning loss on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium to the lowly Royals, the Yankees are heading into Memorial Day having weathered a terrific storm …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge's next ‘real test’ in return from IL: swinging a bat
Aaron Judge's next ‘real test’ in return from IL: swinging a bat
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Associated Press:
A's beat Mariners 7-1 to complete sweep, keep streak going — Matt Chapman homered for the second consecutive day, Josh Phegley also went deep and had three RBIs, and the streaking Oakland Athletics won their ninth straight, beating the Seattle Mariners 7-1 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday.
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ESPN:
Yaz's grandson gets first hit in major leagues — Mike Yastrzemski, the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, got his first major league hit on Sunday. — The San Francisco Giants rookie outfielder singled to left in the second inning Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks but was thrown out after rounding the base too far.
ESPN:
Memorial Day standings check: Teams to watch, worry about and more — It's Memorial Day, which means one extra little thing for MLB fans: You're now officially free to look at the standings page! — We asked Buster Olney, Jeff Passan and Sam Miller to do just that — and help us make sense of the 2019 season so far.
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Woodruff dominates Phillies as Brewers avoid sweep — Brandon Woodruff retired the first 15 hitters, allowed one hit in eight dominant innings and the Milwaukee Brewers averted a three-game sweep to the visiting Philadelphia Phillies with a 9-1 victory on Sunday afternoon.
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