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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets lose 5th straight, fall 5-3 to Phillies — Michael Conforto came up to bat in the sixth inning of the Mets' 5-3 loss to the Phillies in a big moment. The Mets had just scored their first run off Phillies All-Star starter Aaron Nola to cut their deficit in half.
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Newsday
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets losing streak reaches to four games after series opening loss to Phillies — Remember all that drama nearly a week ago, when Francisco Lindor and Giancarlo Stanton exchanged pimped out home runs, jawed at each other, the benches cleared, and the Mets won the series against the Yankees?
Chris McCosky / Detroit News:
Tigers put Gregory Soto, Derek Hill on injured list, call up Isaac Paredes, Daz Cameron — St. Petersburg, Fla. — The 2021 season has come to an end for two players who greatly impacted the Tigers turnaround this season. — Gregory Soto and Derek Hill were both placed on the injured list Sunday.
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Detroit Free Press, MLB Trade Rumors and MLB Baseball News …
ESPN:
San Diego Padres' Manny Machado screams at Fernando Tatis Jr. in dugout after ump dispute — Manny Machado screamed at All-Star teammate Fernando Tatis Jr. in the dugout during the fifth inning of the San Diego Padres' crucial game against the Cardinals on Saturday night.
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baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Tatis slugs 39th homer, Padres beat Giants to gain on Cards — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his NL-leading 39th homer, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Thursday to earn a series split. — The Padres moved within half a game of the idle Cardinals for the second NL wild card at 76-70.
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MLB Baseball News …
J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Rookie journeyman Jhonathan Diaz debuts in Angels' loss to A's — The left-hander allows two runs in 1⅔ innings; Servite grad Cole Irvin earns the win for Oakland — ANAHEIM ― On Aug. 9, 2013, the Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with four prospects from Latin America.
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SGV Tribune, Press Enterprise and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
MVP, MVP? Vlad Guerrero Jr. would get former Blue Jay Josh Donaldson's vote — From one Blue Jays MVP to the potential next one, Josh Donaldson has little doubt where he believes the 2021 American League hardware should land. — STORY CONTINUES BELOW — This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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Bluebird Banter
The Athletic:
MLB will require personnel to get COVID-19 vaccine for postseason: Sources — MLB will require managers, coaches, athletic trainers and other non-playing personnel to get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to gain access to the field and other restricted areas in the postseason, sources told The Athletic on Friday.
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Bleacher Nation, NBCSports.com, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Baseball News … and MLB Trade Rumors
Marisa Kendall / Mercury News:
Gov. Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California — SB 9 allows up to four units on many single-family lots — In one of his first actions after surviving an election seeking to oust him from office, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday essentially abolished single-family zoning in California …
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Associated Press
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Inside the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through the Red Sox — Through 189 games over two seasons, the Red Sox walked through fire without getting burned. They got through the entire 2020 campaign and nearly five months this season without a single player testing positive for COVID-19 while with the team.
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FanGraphs Baseball and Boston.com
ESPN:
Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez ties Johnny Bench's HR record for catchers — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench's record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Matt Breen / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Phillies' Didi Gregorius blames COVID-19 vaccine for elbow issues; experts say he's wrong — Phillies shortstop Didi Gregorius blames the worst season of his career on an elbow condition he says developed after he was vaccinated for COVID-19. He claims the shots caused him to develop pseudogout …
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New York Post, MLB Trade Rumors and The Good Phight
