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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
LOS ANGELES — Here's are some statistics that will make you wince if you're a Red Sox fan: — Carl Crawford has hit .301/.332/.443 with 64 stolen bases, 12 home runs and 61 RBIs in 145 games against the Red Sox. — In 161 games for the Red Sox from 2011-12, Crawford hit .260/.292/.419 with 23 stolen bases, 14 home runs and 75 RBIs.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Game 131: Red Sox at Dodgers — Good afternoon. Here are the lineups: — RED SOX (75-55) — Ellsbury CF — Victorino RF — Pedroia 2B — Napoli 1B — Gomes LF — Drew SS — Middlebrooks 3B — Ross C — Pitching: LHP Jon Lester (11-7, 4.09). — DODGERS (76-52)
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Fox Sports:
Kershaw in line for record windfall — Clayton Kershaw, $200 million man? — The idea nearly became reality earlier this season, when Kershaw was close to signing a record-setting, seven-year extension in the $210 million range, according to major league sources.
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Chris Iseman / MLB.com:
Tigers cautious after Avila experiences headache — NEW YORK — Tigers catcher Alex Avila played in a rehab game on Thursday for Triple-A Toledo, but the night didn't go as Detroit would've hoped. — Avila, who's been on the disabled list since Aug. 11 with delayed concussive symptoms …
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Canadian Press:
Richards outduels Hernandez as Angels knock off Mariners — SEATTLE — Chris Nelson hit a two-run homer off Felix Hernandez and the Los Angeles Angels ruined Eric Wedge's return to the dugout with a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. — Wedge managed the Mariners …
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MLB Rumors and Lookout Landing
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Mets recall Lucas Duda, option Mike Baxter to Triple-A Las Vegas — The Mets have recalled Lucas Duda from Triple-A Las Vegas. — To make room on the active roster for Duda, the Mets optioned OF Mike Baxter to Triple-A Las Vegas. — Duda went on the Major League disabled list with a strained intercostal muscle in late June.
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Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Rays' Archer Beats Yankees for the Third Time — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Chris Archer beat the New York Yankees for the third time, Evan Longoria hit one of four homers off Hiroki Kuroda and the Tampa Bay Rays topped their AL East rivals 7-2 on Friday night.
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Rays Acquire David DeJesus
Rays Acquire David DeJesus
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Stuck ball leads to inside-the-park HR, Ventura ejection — CHICAGO — Robin Ventura was ejected by third-base umpire Greg Gibson during the third inning of Friday night's series opener between the Rangers and White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Ventura was thrown out for the second …
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South Side Sox
Canadian Press:
Venable helps Padres rally for win over Cubs — SAN DIEGO — Will Venable had three hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and the San Diego Padres rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Friday night. — Jedd Gyorko homered twice and drove …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and Gaslamp Ball
Canadian Press:
Barmes hits big homer in seventh as Pirates defeat Giants — SAN FRANCISCO — Clint Barmes hit a three-run home run, Charlie Morton pitched eight strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night. — Andrew McCutchen and Josh Harrison each …
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McCovey Chronicles and CBSSports.com
Associated Press:
Wheeler's RBI Double in Eighth Lifts Rockies — MIAMI — Ryan Wheeler hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth to help give the Colorado Rockies a 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. — Jhoulys Chacin (12-7) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings for the Rockies.
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Purple Row and Fish Stripes
Associated Press:
Phillies down D-backs on bases-loaded walk — PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. — Cody Asche led off the ninth with a single and went to third on Jimmy Rollins' single.
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AZ Snake Pit and The Good Phight
Scott Miller / CBSSports.com:
Angels' tense times nearly included Pujols, Hunter fight in 2012 — The two-year downhill toboggan run of owner Arte Moreno's broken franchise has created a suffocatingly tense atmosphere throughout the organization best illustrated by a team meeting last August, in which All-Star Torii Hunter …
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The Strike Zone, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors