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Ross McKeon / UPI:
Ty Blach, San Francisco Giants throttle Chicago Cubs — SAN FRANCISCO — In a San Francisco Giants season reduced to a series of silver linings, left-hander Ty Blach has gone above and beyond. — Basically, he has been golden. — Supported by a first-inning, three-run homer from Buster Posey …
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MLB Daily Dish
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Associated Press:
Buster Posey's three-run homer helps lift Giants past Cubs — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey twice watched plays he was part of go to replay, first on a three-run homer that held up and then a stolen base. A rare stolen base for San Francisco's catcher, who now has five to move within one of his career high set last season.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Buster Posey homers, Giants' de facto staff ace Ty Blach baffles Cubs yet again — SAN FRANCISCO - Madison Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto opened the season as one of baseball's best and most accomplished 1-2 punches - a pair of aces that could match up against anyone in the major leagues.
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McCovey Chronicles
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' sloppy defense irks Joe Maddon — Cubs manager Joe Maddon discusses the team's sloppy play in a loss to the Giants on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune) — Cubs reliever Koji Uehara left in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's 6-3 loss to the Giants because of neck stiffness …
Jack Magruder / UPI:
Jake Lamb's two homers help Arizona Diamondbacks cool off Los Angeles Dodgers — PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Jake Lamb once got mad when teams intentionally walked a batter to face him. He respects the choice now, and he is slowly learning to get even.
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Kershaw throws on flat ground, bullpen likely by weekend — PHOENIX (AP) Clayton Kershaw threw aggressively off flat ground on Tuesday but Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts says the team will take a cautious approach to the Dodgers' ace's return to the rotation.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, FanRag Sports and AZ Snake Pit
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
BAR: When should you pinch-run for Joey Votto? — Which ballpark has the safest food? Which should make you at least slightly wary? We ranked the best and worst MLB stadiums based on their most recent food safety inspections. Time_Sports — CONNECT … Joey Votto is the slowest baserunner on the Cincinnati Reds.
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Jim Ingraham / UPI:
Cleveland Indians beat Colorado Rockies behind Yan Gomes' three-run HR in ninth — CLEVELAND — For nine innings, Corey Kluber looked unbeatable. — The Colorado Rockies got to within one out of beating him, but the Rockies never got the out. — Yan Gomes' three-run home run with two outs …
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Purple Row
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Associated Press:
Bridwell haunts former team in Angels' 3-2 win over Orioles — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Parker Bridwell, a right-hander the Angels picked up simply for cash in mid-April from the Orioles, came back to haunt his former team Tuesday night in a 3-2 victory for Los Angeles over Baltimore.
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Fox Sports, Halos Heaven and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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Gideon Rubin / Associated Press:
Martin powers Mariners past A's 7-6 in 10 — Leonys Martin insists he wasn't swinging for the fences. — But a good swing got the job done at the most opportune of times for the Seattle Mariners. — Martin homered in the top of the 10th inning as the Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit …
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Lookout Landing
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
CC Sabathia's injury one of many concerns as Yankees continue to chase Red Sox in AL East — TORONTO — CC Sabathia has meant to so much to the Yankees this season. — And yet here he is, injured again, frustrated that his right knee — the one he has the brace on — is giving him trouble once more.
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Ken Davidoff / New York Post:
Yankees' season has reached a tipping point
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MLB Trade Rumors and FanRag Sports
Dick Scanlon / Associated Press:
Sale strikes out 13 Rays, Red Sox win seventh straight, 2-0 — Working on six days' rest, Chris Sale followed up his worst start of the season with one of his best. — Sale allowed two hits and struck out 13 in eight innings, and the Boston Red Sox won their seventh straight, 2-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
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MLB on Yahoo! Sports, Camden Chat, Over the Monster and DRaysBay
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Scoring binge makes Cardinals look more like contenders — KANSAS CITY • Placing into perspective the Cardinals' recent robust slugging, consider that they didn't score as many as six runs in any game covering a nine-game span from July 27 to Aug. 5.
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Viva El Birdos
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Instant Replay: Another Joey Gallo blast one of few highlights in loss to Mets — Instant replay and observations from the Rangers' 5-4 loss to the New York Mets Tuesday night at Citi Field: — What you need to know: There are eight teams in the majors who began Tuesday at least nine games below .500.
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Amazin' Avenue
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Chris Kuc / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox offense provides pleasant aberration, snapping six-game skid — White Sox catcher Kevan Smith discusses his 4-RBI performance against the Astros on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (Chris Kuc/Chicago Tribune) — Chicago Tribune — Scoreboard watching is all the rage across baseball …
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South Side Sox and The Crawfish Boxes
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Associated Press:
Rangers sell Ernesto Frieri to Seattle for $1 — NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Ernesto Frieri was sold by the Texas Rangers to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday for $1. — Signed by the Rangers as a minor league free agent on June 15, the 32-year-old was 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA in six relief appearances for Texas.
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Yardbarker, Bleacher Report and Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
McCutchen, Kuhl lift Pirates over reeling Tigers 6-3 — PITTSBURGH (AP) — The first RBIs of Chad Kuhl's major league career came at the end of a sequence that mirrored the Pittsburgh Pirates' yo-yo season: one ugly moment quickly followed by something considerably more effective.
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Bucs Dugout, Bless You Boys, MLB Daily Dish and MLB on Yahoo! Sports
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Jason Martinez / MLB Trade Rumors:
Knocking Down The Door: Acuña, Borucki, Calhoun, Crawford, Hoskins — “Knocking Down the Door” is a regular feature that identifies minor leaguers who are making a case for a big league promotion. — Ronald Acuña, OF, Atlanta Braves (Triple-A Gwinnett) | Braves Depth Chart
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Philly.com
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards prospects (and minor-league managers) fill up annual ‘tools’ survey — ST. LOUIS • The cover of the current issue of Baseball America features former Cardinals' bannerman Albert Pujols and describes him as “The Best (First Baseman) of all Time.”
Cleveland Indians / TribeVibe:
MLB, MLBPA announce creation of Players Weekend; check out Cleveland Indians players nicknames — Major Leaguers will let their personalities and passions shine during Players Weekend, a newly-created event taking place during all MLB games scheduled between August 25-27.
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Federal Baseball
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Transfer Troy Tulowitzki To 60-Day DL, Select Contract Of Nick Tepesch — The Blue Jays announced Wednesday that they've selected the contract of right-hander Nick Tepesch and cleared space on the 40-man roster by moving Troy Tulowitzki to the 60-day disabled list.
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Sportsnet.ca
