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Tom Withers / Associated Press:
Strasburg done in 6th of 2nd start — CLEVELAND—Stephen Strasburg had more trouble with the mound than Indians hitters during his second major league start. — Twice on Sunday, Washington's rookie phenom asked for mound repairs to be made during the Nationals' game against Cleveland.
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Strasburg shuts down Indians in Nats win — CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Strasburg learned life on the road isn't always smooth. — Washington's rookie sensation had more trouble with Cleveland's mound than Indians hitters while lasting 5 1-3 innings during his second major league start, leading the Nationals to a 9-4 victory Sunday.
ESPN.com:
Jim Joyce top MLB ump, players nix replay in ESPN The Magazine Baseball Confidential poll — Jim Joyce, the umpire whose missed call deprived Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga of a perfect game on June 2, is baseball's best umpire nonetheless, according to an exclusive ESPN …
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Historic slam propels Red Sox past Phillies — Nava only second player to hit one on first pitch in Majors — BOSTON — It was a Saturday that had the Red Sox scrambling at the beginning. Daisuke Matsuzaka was scratched during warmups and immediately placed on the disabled list with a right forearm strain.
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Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Weavers could be on same mound Sunday — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Joe Torre said reliever Jeff Weaver could very well pitch Sunday in a game his brother, Jered, is scheduled to start for the Angels, but he won't make an extra effort to match the two. — “I'm not saying he won't be in,” Torre said.
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TSN.ca:
BLUE JAYS LOOK TO AVOID THE SWEEP AGAINST ROCKIES — The Sports Network — (Sports Network) - The Colorado Rockies try to make it a clean sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays this afternoon as the two clubs clash in the finale of a three-game set at Coors Field in Denver.
Justin Feldkamp / WSET-TV:
Volquez Starts in Hillcats Win — Lynchburg, VA - In his first start since undergoing Tommy John surgery Edinson Volquez looked impressive. The 2008 All Star pitched three innings for the Reds High-A affiliate, the Lynchburg Hillcats Saturday night. Volquez threw 44 pitches in those three innings …
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez out until at least Tuesday — NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez is not in the New York Yankees' lineup on Sunday for the second consecutive game because of a sore right hip, but the Yankees say he could return against the Philadelphia Phillies following the team's regularly scheduled day off.
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Beltran is working hard to return ‘soon’ — Mets on Twitter — PORT ST. LUCIE — The swing looks like it never took an unwanted vacation: still short, still powerful, still capable of driving a ball back through the box with such force it nearly separates the head of a minor league pitcher named Guillaume Leduc from his shoulders.
TSN.ca:
CABRERA'S HOMER HELPS TIGERS COMPLETE SWEEP OF PIRATES — The Sports Network — Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-3 win at Comerica Park.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Bullpen setup faced by Sox isn't without precedent — The back end of the Red Sox bullpen couldn't be better right now with Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon. — But how long can you keep Bard, a setup man with 100-mile-per-hour heat, wondering about his future as a major league closer?
Woody Paige / Denver Post:
Gibson's catcher McCarver praises Rockies' Jimenez — It was a dark and stormy sixth inningstraight out of an Edward Bulwer-Lytton neo-Gothic novel — and the purple pros of Colorado were struggling against rain falling like rivets, the callous cold and the agitating Blue Jays from the North.
