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Andy Lefkowitz / Yahoo! Sports:
Kansas City (18-12) at Los Angeles (14-14) — Buzz up! — Having overcome an anxiety disorder that threatened his career, Zack Greinke — is a man who chooses to say little. The Kansas City Royals ace instead lets his pitching speak quite loudly for him.
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Associated Press:
Kendrick's inside-the-park homer lifts Angels over Royals — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Howie Kendrick's two-run, inside-the-park homer Friday night helped the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 victory and put a stop to the Kansas City Royals' six-game win streak. — In his third start of the season …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Miscues drop LA to 0-2 sans Manny — Baserunning errors cost Billingsley first loss vs. Giants — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers couldn't lose at home with Manny Ramirez and now they can't win there without him. — They were beaten by the Giants on Friday night, 3-1, with Chad Billingsley taking his first loss after a 5-0 start.
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Zito gets first win as Giants edge Manny-less Dodgers — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barry Zito outpitched Chad Billingsley to record his first win of the season on his sixth attempt, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Friday night. — The Dodgers have lost …
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
With No-Hitter, Strasburg Tops Only Competition — Himself — SAN DIEGO — For the final home start of his college career, Stephen Strasburg — the hardest-throwing, highest-achieving, most-scrutinized, soon-to-be-richest pitcher in the history of hype — entered a world of impossible expectations.
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Strasburg K's 17 in no-hitter — It's the first no-no for presumed top pick in 2009 Draft — SAN DIEGO — Stephen Strasburg has done just about everything in his amateur career, from striking out 23 in a game to pitching for the Olympic team to cementing his place as the top talent in this June's First-Year Player Draft class.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Red Sox ride another big sixth to win — Bay, Drew go deep to turn three-run deficit into lead — BOSTON — There was no history involved this time, just a couple of towering shots. For the second consecutive night, a sixth-inning surge was all that the Red Sox needed to turn a deficit into a win.
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Braun hits two-run homer as Brewers top Cubs — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer in the eighth and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs, who may be without third baseman Aramis Ramirez for an extended period after he dislocated his left shoulder Friday night.
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Rob Biertempfel / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Capps may be able to pitch today — • Closer Matt Capps (elbow bruise) played catch Friday and is scheduled to throw off a mound this morning. If all goes well, he might be able to pitch in the game this afternoon, but there's no rush to get him back on the field.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
With help in field, Verlander denies Lee — Game-saving catch by Granderson preserves shutout win — CLEVELAND — Clete Thomas legged out an infield single to allow Curtis Granderson to score the game's only run, rewarding Justin Verlander for his nine shutout innings with just his second career win …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Hitting streak reaches 26 for Zimmerman — Nats third baseman singles in first inning against D-backs — PHOENIX — Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said he doesn't think about his current hitting streak at all, but he has a knack for extending it in a quick manner.
Barry Lewis / Tulsa World:
Drillers beat Travelers — Despite being short-handed, the Tulsa Drillers will carry a three-game winning streak going into Saturday night's opener of an eight-game homestand. — Tulsa will host the Northwest Arkansas Naturals at 6:05 p.m. After the four-game series against the Naturals …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Turn that @#*&% off! — The way it works in a Major League clubhouse is that the starting pitcher that day gets to pick the pre-game music. — CC Sabathia is not a music guy on game days. He's more of a walk-around-and-talk-to-assorted- teammates guy. So Nick Swisher (of course) …
Joshua Robinson / New York Times:
Five-Run Inning Gives Mets Room for Errors — The last time Jon Niese was thrown into the pitching mix for the Mets, there was no room for error. It was September and the team was battling the Philadelphia Phillies, the weight of its collapse the previous season and a gaping hole in the rotation.
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Jeff Fletcher / MLB FanHouse:
A's Acquire Adam Kennedy — The A's, whose infield has been ravaged by injuries, have acquired former ALCS MVP Adam Kennedy from the Rays for a player to be named. Kennedy, 33, was assigned to Triple-A Sacramento as a paper move because he wasn't expected to arrive in time for Friday's game.
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Chris Forsberg / Boston Globe:
Family: DiMaggio was watching his beloved Sox when he died — Though ill with pneumonia, Dom DiMaggio was doing something he loved — watching the Red Sox play, and play well — when he died this morning in his Marion home. — Son by his side, the former Red Sox center fielder was watching …
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