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Jorge Castillo / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Dodgers can exhale: CT scan did not find a fracture in Dustin May's foot  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  The Dodgers left Arizona on Thursday unsure if Dustin May would pitch again this season.  May exited that night's game after one inning after taking a comebacker off his left foot.
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Jorge Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Banners scheduled to fly over Dodger Stadium to have direct message for Astros  —  Fans will not be allowed at Dodger Stadium to jeer the Houston Astros in person Saturday and Sunday, but the plan for some is to communicate their feelings in other ways before the Astros' first games …
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Dodgers put Walker Buehler (finger blister) on IL, reinstate Joe Kelly
Garrett Stepien / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Yankees Takeaways from Friday's 10-1 win over Orioles, including Luke Voit's pair of three-run homers  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Luke Voit's six RBI on a couple of three-run homers, the Yankees swept Friday's doubleheader against the Orioles with a 10-1 win over Baltimore in Game 2 at Yankee Stadium.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB's postseason bubble plan awaits union approval  —  Major League Baseball's postseason plan is nearly set, with the approval of the MLB Players Association all that's left standing between baseball and a bubble, sources told ESPN.  —  While questions about when and how families …
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Aaron Nola pitches 7-inning CG as Phillies beat Marlins 11-0  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Aaron Nola struck out 10 and pitched all seven innings for the first complete game of his big league career, and the  —  Miami Marlins their worst drubbing in two days, winning a doubleheader opener 11-0 Friday.
Discussion: Fish Stripes and Yahoo! Sports
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Reinstate David Fletcher From Injured List  —  The Angels have reinstated infielder David Fletcher from the 10-day injured list, the club announced.  Southpaw Jose Quijada was optioned to the Angels' alternate training site to make space for Fletcher on the active roster.
Discussion: Halos Heaven
ESPN:
Tampa Bay Rays first in MLB modern history to start all pure lefties  —  The Tampa Bay Rays hold the lead in the American League East, but three losses in their past four games have them looking for some answers.  —  On Friday night, in an effort to get right, the Rays opted to go all left.
Discussion: Royals Review and NBCSports.com
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays lose third straight, 4-3 to Red Sox, but there is some good
Brett Ballantini / Sports Illustrated:
Rick Speaks: Home stretch for the playoffs  —  Before the start of Friday's homestand opener, White Sox GM Rick Hahn sat down for a media session that encompassed the playoff run for his ballclub, injury updates, what's most delighted him this season, and even a surprising #SoxMath intervention.
Josh Norris / Baseball America:
After A Season That Wasn't, Minor League Teams Wait For Their Fate  —  In a normal world, Saturday would have marked the final slate of games in the Rookie-level Pioneer League.  The final out recorded—whether it was in Great Falls or Billings or Orem or Ogden—would have officially closed the 2020 minor league regular season.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
John Hickey / Sports Illustrated:
Chapman ‘Devastated’ at Having his Season End; Athletics Feel the Sting  —  When the reality struck Saturday that his season was over, A's third baseman Matt Chapman couldn't hide his feelings from his manager, Bob Melvin, when the two talked.  —  “He's devastated that he can't play and finish off this year …
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Make A Number Of Roster Moves  —  The Kansas City Royals have been busy this afternoon.  They announced a number of roster moves.  In terms of additions, Kelvin Gutierrez has been reinstated to the active roster from the injured list, and Nick Heath has been recalled.
Discussion: Royals Review
Steve Megargee / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Yelich scores on Braun's fly in 9th, Brewers beat Cubs 1-0  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Ryan Braun's ninth-inning sacrifice fly,  —  Brandon Woodruff pitched seven innings of one-hit ball and the  —  Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Friday night as they tried to climb back into playoff contention.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Reds' Castillo carves up Cardinals for a gem on Wainwright's 15th anniversary of MLB debut  —  One way to measure a game that Adam Wainwright brought with him to the Cardinals from his time as a young Braves prospect was a tip from one of the Cy Young-winning starters there about the relation between pitch count and innings.
 
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