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Ben Walker / Boston Globe:
Just Chillin': Players, fans, and dogs bundle up at MLB parks — Skip the concession stands. There were plenty of chilly dogs in the seats at Globe Life Park in Texas. — All over the big leagues, players and fans and even pooches bundled up Saturday at icy stadiums.
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Minor freezes up Jays for 1st win as starter since '14 — Mike Minor pitched two-hit ball over six innings to win a start for the first time since 2014 and the — Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 Saturday night in one of the coldest games ever at Globe Life Park. — It was 42 degrees when Minor threw …
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Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Padres 1B Hosmer overruns popup in 10th, Astros win 1-0 — HOUSTON (AP) - Four-time Gold Glove first baseman Eric Hosmer overran a towering popup with two outs in the 10th inning Saturday night, allowing the ball to fall without being touched and giving the Houston Astros a bizarre 1-0 win over the San Diego Padres.
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The Crawfish Boxes and Gaslamp Ball
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MoiseKapenda Bower / UPI:
Astros' Morton tries to continue success vs. Padres — The rationale behind the Houston Astros acquiring right-hander Gerrit Cole during the offseason was on full display Saturday night at Minute Maid Park, with Cole playing the role of stopper in a rotation that features other pitchers who have held that same job in previous seasons.
Alan Saunders / Associated Press:
Suarez powers Reds past Pirates 7-4 — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-4 victory on Saturday night. — Pittsburgh opened the season with six wins in seven games …
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Bucs Dugout
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Pitcher Mike Mayers just keeps waiting — The scoreboard above the bullpen that catalogs time, temperature, and the name of any reliever warming up announced late Thursday, during the home opener, that Mike Mayers had started getting ready, presumably for an appearance. — Not so.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Norris relishes getting his first NL save with Cards — After David “Bud” Norris had frozen slumping Arizona slugger Paul Goldschmidt with a second consecutive fastball for strike three to end the game Saturday, the Cardinals' righthander pointed skyward. — It was the 20th save of his career …
Associated Press:
Just chillin': Record low cold in Minny, Mariners win — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Playing in a Twins-record low of 27 degrees, the Seattle Mariners eventually heated up at the plate as Kyle Seager and Guillermo Heredia homered Saturday in an 11-4 win over Minnesota.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Michael Wagaman / Associated Press:
McClutch! McCutchen HR in 14th lifts Giants over Dodgers 7-5 — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer to cap a 12-pitch at-bat in the 14th inning, giving him a career-high six hits and the San Francisco Giants a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
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True Blue LA and McCovey Chronicles
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Associated Press:
Red Sox beat Rays 10-3 for 7th straight win — BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Mark Gonzales / Baltimore Sun:
Ian Happ's two-run single in ninth helps lift Cubs to 5-2 victory — Chicago Tribune — Ian Happ's extended pause seemed as long as the wait for the Cubs' first clutch hit or the gap since closer Brandon Morrow's last appearance. — But the suspense was lifted in a manner that brought relief …
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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Franco, Altherr hit slams and Phillies rout Marlins 20-1 — PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Long counts and long drives helped the Philadelphia Phillies to an easy win. — Maikel Franco and Aaron Altherr each hit a grand slam, Carlos Santana and Jorge Alfaro also went deep and the Phillies routed the Miami Marlins 20-1 Saturday night.
Discussion:
The Good Phight, Fish Stripes, MLB Baseball News … and Phillies Nation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Baseball notes: Sabathia goes on DL for banged-up Yankees — Banged-up Yankees put hurler Sabathia on the disabled list — The New York Yankees placed pitcher CC Sabathia and third baseman Brandon Drury on the 10-day disabled list. The moves Saturday came a day after New York lost to Baltimore 7-3 …
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Mike Lupica / New York Daily News:
These Mets have the potential to make it feel like 2015 all over again in Queens — The Mets are good. Now they play the season to find out how good. Do you make lasting judgments about anybody before 10 games have been played? Come on. But you can see good things early.
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Arnie Stapleton / Associated Press:
Rockies walk away with win … DENVER — Tony Wolters drew a bases-loaded walk off Arodys Vizcaino with two outs in the 10th inning, sending the Colorado Rockies to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. — After Carlos Gonzalez doubled down the left field line with one out …
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ABC News and Talking Chop
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Nick Groke / Denver Post:
Tony Wolters' plate patience, Chad Bettis' consistency lead the Rockies by the Braves in extra innings — They tried to manufacture a run by calling for Charlie Blackmon to bunt. They survived the first blown save from their high-priced new closer. They wriggled away from a runner …
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Talking Chop
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Healthy Miguel Cabrera back smiling and hitting for Detroit Tigers — CHICAGO — Miguel Cabrera emerged from the Tigers' clubhouse on Saturday morning with a smile on his face. The temperature was 29 degrees at Guaranteed Rate Field, but he did not care. There was a baseball game …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox starter Lucas Giolito still searching for consistency — Chicago Tribune — After a strong spring performance when he looked as if he could have been named the opening-day starter, Lucas Giolito has struggled with control issues in his first two outings of the regular season.
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South Side Sox and MLB Baseball News …
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Martin Gallegos / Sacramento Bee:
Trayce Thompson arrives to A's clubhouse with something to prove — ANAHEIM, CALIF. — There's another Thompson coming to Oakland that will be looking to make a splash of his own. — Trayce Thompson, brother of Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson, was officially added to the A's 25-man roster Saturday afternoon.
Jim Ingraham / UPI:
The cold facts: Indians host Royals — CLEVELAND — After two days of bitterly cold baseball, the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians on Sunday will play the final contest of a three-game series that has seen very little offense, thanks in part to some frigid temperatures.
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Tom Withers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Duda's homer carries Royals past Indians 1-0
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MLB Baseball News …
Associated Press:
Assad leads South Bend to 1-0 win over West Michigan — SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Javier Assad allowed just three hits over five innings, leading the South Bend Cubs over the West Michigan Whitecaps in a 1-0 win on Saturday. — Assad (1-0) picked up the win after he struck out five.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
