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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Erik Bedard In Three-Team Deal — Southpaw Erik Bedard hasn't pitched into August since 2007, but the Red Sox are hoping he can bolster their rotation for the rest of the season. The Sox acquired Bedard from Seattle today in a complicated trade:
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Trade deadline updates — Welcome everyone. We'll update you leading up to the 4 p.m deadline.... 4:54 PM — Think Tim Federowicz and Chih-Hsien Chiang are going to be pretty good players. Federowicz was certainly the Sox' most complete catcher. Chiang's taken a while to get going, but now a pretty good player.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Trade deadline updates: Bedard to Red Sox, Ludwick to Pirates … A lot of players that were talked about did not move today: Heath Bell, B.J. Upton, Wandy Rodriguez, Drew Storen-for-Denard Span. — The Padres say the draft picks they can receive if Heath Bell leaves as a free-agent …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 5, White Sox 3
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Epstein On Bedard, Harden, Fields, Buchholz
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Deal For Harden Falls Through
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Red Sox back out of Harden deal
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's don't trade Rich Harden to Red Sox
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Associated Press:
Castro, Cubs solve Westbrook to earn victory over Cardinals — ST. LOUIS — Starlin Castro and Marlon Byrd had key hits as the Chicago Cubs broke up Jake Westbrook's perfect game with a four-run sixth inning and held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 Sunday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals sending Class AA outfielder to LA for Furcal — ST. LOUIS • To complete the deal with Los Angeles for shortstop Rafael Furcal the Cardinals will send Class AA outfielder Alex Castellanos to the Dodgers. — Castellanos, who turns 25 next week, hit .319 for Double-A Springfield this season.
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Evan Grant / Rangers Blog:
Rangers acquire Mike Adams from San Diego for minor league pitchers — TORONTO - The Rangers announced Sunday, just 90 minutes ahead of the expiration of the non-waiver trading period, that they had acquired San Diego RHP Mike Adams in exchange for minor league pitching prospects LHP Robbie Erlin and RHP Joe Wieland.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Mike Adams — The Rangers' bullpen may be a strength instead of a weakness for the final two months of the season. A day after acquiring Koji Uehara from the Orioles, Texas obtained Mike Adams from the Padres. Pitching prospects Robbie Erlin and Joe Wieland go to San Diego in the deal, the Padres announced.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Diamondbacks Acquire Brad Ziegler — 12:07pm: The A's will receive first baseman Brandon Allen and reliever Jordan Norberto, reports MLB.com's Steve Gilbert. — 11:53am: The D'Backs acquired Ziegler, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown. — 11:47am: The Diamondbacks are likely …
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Associated Press:
Athletics trade reliever Ziegler to Diamondbacks
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Steve Gilbert / Inside the D-backs:
D-backs acquire Ziegler
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Braves Acquire Michael Bourn — After seeing top outfield trade candidates Carlos Beltran and Hunter Pence land with National League rivals, Braves GM made a splash today by acquiring center fielder Michael Bourn and cash from the Astros for center fielder Jordan Schafer …
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Associated Press:
Brewers win 6th straight, complete sweep of Astros
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Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Infante among Braves' options before deadline
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Associated Press:
Jeter hit by pitch, leaves with bruised finger — NEW YORK—Derek Jeter has left a game against Baltimore after being hit by a pitch on the knuckles of his right hand. — Jeter was hit by the first pitch from Orioles starter Jake Arrieta in the third inning Sunday.
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NY Daily News:
Harper: A ‘Major League’ insult to Mets … BEST OF NYDN.COM … MORE FROM JOHN HARPER
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Associated Press:
Marlins beat Atlanta 3-1, Braves' 10,000th loss — ATLANTA - Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and the Florida Marlins handed the Braves the 10,000th loss in franchise history, beating Atlanta 3-1 Sunday. — The Braves began the day savoring a deadline trade …
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Associated Press:
Johnny Cueto pitches Reds to sweep of Giants — CINCINNATI - Johnny Cueto pitched a three-hitter, Joey Votto added a three-run homer and tied his career high with five RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 9-0 win on Sunday.
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tough trade deadline for Friedman: Saturday night appendectomy — The trade deadline turned out to be a painful experience for Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman, who was hospitalized on Saturday and underwent an appendectomy Saturday night, then conducted business today from his hospital room.
Associated Press:
Francoeur, Gordon hit home runs to lift Royals past Indians — CLEVELAND — Danny Duffy pitched into the sixth inning starting for the injured Kyle Davis and Jeff Francoeur and Alex Gordon homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
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Associated Press:
Justin Verlander flirts with no-hitter, Tigers top Angels — DETROIT - Justin Verlander came within four outs of another no-hitter, outpitching an angry Jered Weaver as the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Sunday in a testy game that grew particularly heated in the late innings.
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