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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Commissioner Manfred: Once outbreak halts, Cardinals can still be a ‘credible competitor’ without complete season — Although a substantial slice of the Cardinals' season has been postponed and their return to play is still unknown due to the novel coronavirus' spread through their roster …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Bad news keeps coming for Cardinals: another positive test, another series postponed — Their roster riddled by the coronavirus for the second consecutive weekend, the Cardinals have decided to remove themselves indefinitely from the field and from Major League Baseball's season in order …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals series vs. Pirates postponed, team puts distance between new positive COVID-19 tests and next game — What's next for the Cardinals in the coming days will be an attempt to put greater distance between their next gathering at the ballpark and the outbreak that spread through more than a week of their season.
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom gets win despite shaky start; Mets bullpen gets four scoreless innings — Jacob deGrom was certainly not the best version of himself in his fourth outing of the year, but the Mets offense rallied for enough runs to give him the win anyway. — The Mets ace pitched his way through …
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Larry Fleisher / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mets beat Marlins 4-2 behind deGrom, rookie Giménez — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Jacob deGrom dodged trouble for five innings, rookie Andres Gimenez had three hits and scored three runs, and the — New York Mets won a home series for the first time this season by beating the
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Justin Toscano / Daily Record:
Instant analysis: Electrifying Andrés Giménez does it all for NY Mets in 4-2 win over Marlins — NEW YORK — Andrés Giménez has become must-watch television. — He's electrifying, exciting, special. He does it all, from magnificent diving catches to bunting for infield singles to stealing bases.
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Ali Thanawalla / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
A's, Astros benches clear after Ramon Laureano hit by pitch, taunted — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Houston Astros' antics. — The A's center fielder was hit by a pitch for the second time Sunday at the Coliseum, and he took exception, which ended up causing a benches-clearing brawl between the AL West rivals.
Kevin Brown / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman opts out of remainder of 2020 MLB season — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Marcus Stroman has opted out of the remainder of the 2020 Major League Baseball season. He took to Twitter to share his statement.
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The Athletic:
Indians send Zach Plesac home for violating health and safety protocols — The Indians' decision to send right-hander Zach Plesac back to Cleveland on Sunday is the most vivid example yet of how major-league teams are growing increasingly vigilant about self-policing their rosters.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Madison Bumgarner serves up four homers, departs after two innings in loss to Padres — The Associated Press contributed to this report — Dinelson Lamet was brilliant in taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Fernando Tatis Jr. continued his remarkable power surge …
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Corey Seidman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Spencer Howard gives up homers to Freddie Freeman, Ronald Acuña Jr. in Phillies debut — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Spencer Howard's first major-league start is in the books. The — Braves didn't make it easy on him. — In 4⅔ innings …
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Jack Harris / Yahoo! Sports:
Dodgers' AJ Pollock overcomes din of fake crowd to deliver decisive home run — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — AJ Pollock was already a few steps down the first-base line before hearing a human voice amid the clamor of a fake crowd. — With two on and two outs …
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays squeak out just enough offence for rare win … BOSTON - If the Blue Jays bats were booming the way they have in the past, they might have been in for some Fenway fun here on Saturday night. — Instead, it was another grinding sequence of frustration at the plate with just enough offence …
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Option Billy McKinney, Activate Chase Anderson
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Maria Torres / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Angels lineup vs. Texas Rangers: Patrick Sandoval takes the mound, Jo Adell returns — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Jo Adell returned to the lineup Saturday for the second game of the series against the Texas Rangers. He missed the previous two games nursing a sore right quad …
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Recall Patrick Sandoval For Start, Option Luke Bard
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