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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' May malaise drags on with 10-inning loss that ‘stings a little more than most’ — The Cardinals already were mired in a May malaise of historic proportions. It had been precisely 100 years, since 1919, that the Cardinals had waited this deep into the month of May before winning two successive games.
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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.
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
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Braves embrace the instant impact of Austin Riley, power prodigy
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Talking Chop and MLB Baseball News …
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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Eddie Matz / ESPN:
Where do the Nationals and Davey Martinez go from here? — The boos had become something of a ritual. — It was September 2015, and manager Matt Williams was positioned squarely on the hot seat. The Washington Nationals weren't playing well, Bryce Harper had been choked by Jonathan Papelbon …
Toronto Sun:
Scherzer, Nats seek four-game sweep of Marlins — It is hard to believe: The Washington Nationals are just 2-9 when Max Scherzer starts this season. — A three-time Cy Young Award winner who will face the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday in the finale of a four-game series, Scherzer hasn't forgotten how to pitch.
David Wilson / Miami Herald:
Caleb Smith crashes back to earth with worst start of year in Marlins' loss to Nationals
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KHOU-TV:
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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The Crawfish Boxes, Let's Go Tribe, Over the Monster and Phillies Nation
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Rafael Devers' anticipated breakout is happening now — HOUSTON — Talking to the Boston Red Sox's coaching staff about Rafael Devers feels like talking to proud parents about their star child, with equal parts reverence for what he can do and hope for everything that might come down the road.
Michael McMahon / NESN.com:
Red Sox Notes: Rafael Devers Anchoring Boston Lineup Through May
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Boston Herald and Over the Monster
Joon Lee / ESPN:
Cora: Price (illness) to be moved up in rotation
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MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Check out Detroit Tigers' Zac Reininger's custom Memorial Day cleats — BALTIMORE — When Zac Reininger heads to the bullpen on Monday afternoon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Detroit Tigers reliever will have the coolest cleats on the team. — A month ago, Reininger stumbled upon …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
‘Futility player’ Ron Gardenhire returns to roots of playing days with Mets
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
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MLB Baseball News …, Bless You Boys and Amazin' Avenue
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.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Luke Weaver leaves start with right forearm tightness
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AZ Snake Pit
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Taylor Clarke in line to likely stick in Diamondbacks' rotation
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MLB Baseball News …
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
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MLB Trade Rumors and MLB Baseball News …
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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Dallas-Fort Worth Sports News and Lone Star Ball
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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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Lookout Landing
Erik T / Bluebird Banter:
Game #54 Preview: Sanchez vs Chirinos — Blue Jays (21-32) vs Rays (31-19) — The Blue Jays head down to the House of Horrors in Tampa Bay to take on the Rays for a 3 game set. It is Memorial Day in the US, so today's game is an early one, kicking off at 1:10 ET. — Blue Jays' Starter
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Jordan McPherson / Miami Herald:
Marlins prospects acquired in Yelich trade showing steady improvement in minor leagues — In the moment, at the major-league level, the Christian Yelich trade still looks like an incredibly one-sided affair. — The Miami Marlins traded Yelich to the Milwaukee Brewers in January 2018 …
Anne Keene / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Honoring Texas' MLB WWII Veterans, three of which live in Fort Worth area — Fewer than 35 major-league baseball military veterans of the Second World War survive today. Five of these veterans live in Texas, three reside in the Fort Worth area, and they represent more than 500 major leaguers …
