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Royals rally for 4-2 victory over White Sox — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Luis Mendoza is pitching so well the Kansas City Royals are having some fun with his unorthodox hairstyle. — Mendoza tossed seven effective innings, Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking two-run double and the Royals rallied …
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baseballmusings.com and Associated Press
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Rochester Red Wings, Twins renew affiliation for 2 more years — The Red Wings are ready to begin another decade as Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. — The clubs jointly announced a two-year extension of their player development contract on Friday, ensuring the Twins will be in Rochester through at least 2014.
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Rockies' Jhoulys Chacin pitching Tuesday against Mets in New York — Chacin set to rejoin rotation Tuesday vs. Mets in New York — Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin is returning to the Rockies' rotation, giving him an opportunity to make something out of his lost season.
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HardballTalk


C.J. Nitkowski ‘in the conversation’ to join NY Mets rotation says team officials — 'If he keeps doing what he's doing, he'll be up,' one team official said — Terry Collins runs into some trouble upon arriving to the nation's capital. — WASHINGTON — The Mets' most interesting September call …
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Metsblog, New York Post, HardballTalk, New York Times, ESPN and New Jersey Online

Cain Is Dominating in Giants' 10-1 Win Over Padres — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Cain pitched eight dominating innings and the San Francisco Giants scored eight runs in the third inning to move into first place in the NL West with a 10-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
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MLB Daily Dish, McCovey Chronicles and Associated Press


Mariners give up runs, but still beat Twins 5-3 — SEATTLE—John Jaso and Miguel Olivo homered, and Hisashi Iwakuma pitched seven strong innings to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 on Friday night. — Iwakuma (4-3) gave up four hits, but didn't allow an earned run …
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Twinkie Town

Club paying for David Ortiz's absence — NEW YORK — For 31⁄2 months, David Ortiz [stats] was as powerful a force in the middle of the Red Sox [team stats] batting order as he ever has been. — But his true value has been seen over the past four weeks.
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Boston Globe

Francisco's Single Gives Braves 4-3 Win Over LA — ATLANTA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Juan Francisco's two-out single in the 11th inning gave the Atlanta Braves their fourth straight win, 4-3 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. — Backup catcher David Ross and light-hitting Paul Janish kept …
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Talking Chop and True Blue LA

Happ gets payback against Rangers striking out eight — J.A. Happ remembers well the last - and only other - time he had faced the Texas Rangers. — It still makes him squirm. — Friday night was payback time. — Happ was superb in outpitching Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers …
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Bluebird Banter

Wells finds contentment in new role — ANAHEIM — For essentially the first time in his baseball-playing life, Vernon Wells is a part-time player. So, since being activated from the disabled list exactly three weeks ago, the 33-year-old Angels outfielder has tried to adjust to an entirely different …
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Halos Heaven

Pirates Edge Cardinals 2-1 Behind James McDonald — ST. LOUIS (AP) — James McDonald halted a string of ineffective starts with six innings of two-hit ball, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 Friday night in a matchup of NL Central playoff contenders.
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Associated Press and Bucs Dugout

Braun's 32nd Homer Lifts Brewers Over Phillies 6-2 — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun hit his NL-leading 32nd home run, Yovani Gallardo won his fourth straight start, and the Milwaukee Brewers extended their home winning streak to nine with a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
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Brew Crew Ball and Associated Press