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Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Scherzer reaches 3,000-strikeout milestone, pitches immaculate inning — LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer had been anticipating his 3,000th career strikeout. He had his family on hand, and Los Angeles Dodgers fans knew it was coming. — As if that wasn't enough history …
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Associated Press, FanGraphs Baseball, Bless You Boys and The Boston Globe
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Scherzer, to the Max: Records 3,000th strikeout, immaculate inning and falls five outs shy of perfect game vs. Padres — Max Scherzer made history as only he can Sunday, recording his 3,000th career strikeout, pitching an immaculate inning and falling just five outs shy of a perfect game against the San Diego Padres.
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MLB.com and MLB Baseball News …
J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Chris Taylor's glove helps Dodgers blank Padres — LOS ANGELES ― Not long ago, you could hold up Chris Taylor's season at just the right angle and see the Most Valuable Player of the Dodgers, if not the entire National League. — Much can change in little more than a month.
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Daily Breeze, Daily News and Whittier Daily News
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Source: Los Angeles Dodgers P Trevor Bauer's season is over as MLB administrative leave extended through postseason — What had evolved into an inevitability became an official ruling on Friday, when Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to extend Trevor Bauer's …
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Los Angeles Times, Talking Chop and baseballmusings.com
J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Gavin Lux's return to Dodgers comes with a new position
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Press Enterprise
ESPN:
New York Mets star Francisco Lindor settles spat with 3 HRs to help down New York Yankees — NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor whistled at the Yankees, and he sent the ball whistling over the wall — three times. — In the midst of a miserable first season with the Mets, Lindor kept alive …
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New York Post, Sports Illustrated and Twinkie Town
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets win after benches clear at Citi Field as Subway Series rivalry gets heated — Crosstown rivals in pennant races. Pimping home runs. Taunting. Rowdy crowd. Emotions running high. Trolling. Longest nine-inning game in Subway Series history. — Welcome to New York, baby.
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New York Post, The Athletic, Newsday, NorthJersey.com, Amazin' Avenue, Sports Illustrated and MLB Baseball News …
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Yankees snap skid with 8-7 win over Mets, Aaron Judge hits 2 dingers — A wild back-and-forth affair in front of a sold-out Citi Field crowd tied the Subway Series at one win apiece. — All of the Yankees' offensive production arrived in a rush - they put up a five-spot in the second inning …
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Associated Press
Adam Grosbard / Orange County Register:
USC showered with boos in unraveling loss to Stanford — Fans leave early in USC loss to Stanford — LOS ANGELES — You can take your pick of which moment was the actual nail in the coffin Saturday in No. 14 USC's 42-28 loss to Stanford. — When the reliable Drake London let a third …
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Press Enterprise, Daily Breeze, Pasadena Star News, Mercury News, Redlands Daily Facts and SGV Tribune
Kevin Modesti / Daily Breeze:
Rams QB Matthew Stafford's long strikes beat Bears — INGLEWOOD — The Rams' toughest opponent Sunday night might not have been the Chicago Bears but the high expectations of SoFi Stadium's first regular-season crowd. — Matthew Stafford's arrival in a trade last winter had fans picturing …
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Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Press Enterprise, Pasadena Star News, Associated Press, SGV Tribune, The Ringer and ProFootballTalk
Chris McCosky / Detroit News:
Tigers' Matthew Boyd back on IL, will seek further medical evaluations on his ailing elbow — Detroit — The Tigers aren't completely closing the door on Matthew Boyd pitching again this season, but the odds are stacked hard against that happening. — “He's going to see doctors next week,” manager AJ Hinch said Saturday.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Richard Guzman / Daily Breeze:
BeachLife Festival: Few worries, masks as fans return to hear live music — It didn't bother Marcela Gutierrez that she had to travel to Redondo Beach from her home in Reseda on Thursday to show her COVID-19 vaccination card. And Gutierrez didn't care that she had to park a mile away …
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Press Enterprise
Brian Mahoney / Associated Press:
U.S. Open: Global citizens Fernandez, Raducanu have fans all over — NEW YORK — Emma Raducanu first met Leylah Fernandez at a tournament for players 12 and under, around the time one of Fernandez's teachers urged her to give up the tennis dream. — They shared a love of the game …
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Pasadena Star News and Los Angeles Times
