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Managers separated during Yanks-Indians melee — NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Cleveland counterpart Manny Acta got into a face-to-face screaming match when both benches and bullpens emptied after Mark Teixeira was hit by a fastball from Indians starter Fausto Carmona.
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Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Red Sox DH David Ortiz blames media for being hit with pitch by Yankees' CC Sabathia, Beckett agrees
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox wipe out Yankees
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Ortiz rips media after being hit by a pitch
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Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury lead Red Sox over Blue Jays — TORONTO - Clay Buchholz allowed three hits over seven innings, Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Friday night, the Red Sox [team stats]'s seventh straight win to match their season high.
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — In the category, really good pitchers on okay teams, Dillon Gee and the Mets take on Charlie Morton and the Pirates. Both team are close to .500 with 30 wins, but the Mets hold one more loss. Gee, a right-handed pitcher, has been particularly tough on left-handed batters this season, holding them to a .170 BA.
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Sizemore Has Three-Run Double in Ninth for A's — CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Sizemore hit a go-ahead three-run double in the ninth inning to rally the Oakland Athletics past the Chicago White Sox 7-5 Friday night, ending a 10-game losing streak. — The A's won their first game under Bob Melvin.
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Fox Sports:
Will Beane stick with struggling A's? — I'm not all that curious about whether Bob Melvin will be the Athletics' interim or permanent manager. — But I sure would like to know if Billy Beane is sick of being the team's GM. — Beane fired his manager and close friend, Bob Geren …
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Jake Arrieta, Nick Markakis carry Orioles past Rays 7-0 — BALTIMORE - Nick Markakis broke a prolonged power slump with a grand slam and a two-run double, Jake Arrieta took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the surging Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0 Friday night.
Greg Johns / Mariners Musings:
Wedge gives slumping Ichiro a rare day off — Eric Wedge hasn't hesitated to give players days off when they've struggled this season and that trend continued Friday when the Mariners skipper sat down Ichiro Suzuki, who has been fighting a lengthy batting slump.
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Craig Wolff / Wall Street Journal:
It's Time for the Sportswriters to Go — U.S. Media Sees Locker-Room Access as a Birthright, but It's Getting Harder to See the Point — The wait before a Knicks game earlier this season at Madison Square Garden began with me and five other reporters standing in a rough circle in the middle …
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions: June 1-7 — Players listed with an asterisk (*) signed minor league contracts, replacing major league pacts with the same organization. — A number of top prospects made their big league debuts in the past week, a list that includes Charlie Blackmon, Dee Gordon and Jemile Weeks.
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David Waldstein / New York Times:
Mets' Buffalo Pipeline Again Provides a Boost — PITTSBURGH — Dillon Gee made only two starts for the Class AAA Buffalo Bisons this year, one on April 7 and the other five days later. Playing with Gee in those games were five men who also served as his teammates Friday night with the Mets.
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Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Mets 4 Brewers 1
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Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Martin Prado diagnosed with staph infection, placed on DL — Martin Prado has been out of the Braves' lineup since being struck on the left knee by a throw while trying to steal second base Tuesday and today the Braves placed him on the disabled list ... with a staph infection ... in his other leg.
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Their ‘Free Agent Meter’ is running — Are five players who are franchise icons either helping or hurting their offseason value? — ESPN.com — Free agency may be five months away on a calendar near you. But thanks to warped perspectives that even modern medicine apparently can't cure, it's never far from our brains.
Associated Press:
Tony La Russa manages 5,000th game — MILWAUKEE — Tony La Russa said reaching 5,000 games as a manager is something that's a credit to everyone he's worked with in three different organizations. — La Russa became the second man to that milestone on Friday night when the St. Louis Cardinals started …
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Bucs place Meek on DL with shoulder tendinitis — Right-hander Wood promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis — PITTSBURGH — For the second time this season, right-hander Evan Meek has been placed on the disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis. The Pirates made the move on Friday …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Hairston feeling better — SAN DIEGO — Third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. didn't start on Thursday against the Padres because of lower back spasms, but was able to take batting practice and expects to play on Friday. — Hairston said he feels much better than he did the previous two days.
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