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New York Daily News:
Yankees have tough decision to make with way Miguel Andujar has been playing — ANAHEIM — Miguel Andujar has turned into a doubles machine, with 11 two-base hits in his last 11 games. The rookie record for doubles in a season is 52, by the way, held by 1929 Brooklyn Dodger Johnny Fredrick, according to baseball-almanac.com.
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
It's Didi Gregorius's world and the NY Yankees are loving it — ANAHEIM, Calif. - After launching a go-ahead home run in Friday night's 10th inning, Didi Gregorius was transported back to the Bronx. — A vocal crowd of Yankees fans at Angel Stadium kept it up, chanting his name.
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Pinstripe Alley
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Didi Gregorius' home run in 10th carries Yankees over Angels for seventh straight win — ANAHEIM — Didi Gregorius got another curtain call on Friday night — only this one was 3,000 miles away from home. — Gregorius continued his torrid start to the season, blasting a go-ahead solo homer …
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Didi Gregorius on pace to do something Derek Jeter never did ... win an MVP award — You watch Didi Gregorius these days and it's clear we've moved on from the matter of how the Yankees stole this guy in a trade for Shane Greene. No, the question now rises to a higher level: — Can he win an MVP award?
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets' Matt Harvey getting over the anger of bullpen demotion, now he needs to learn to get outs — SAN DIEGO - The first stage is over. Matt Harvey's phase of being pissed off about being demoted to the bullpen seems to be over. — After making his second appearance out of the bullpen Friday night …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom dominates over seven innings as Mets beat Padres, 5-1 — SAN DIEGO — Jacob deGrom gave the Mets 7.1 scoreless innings and Asdrubal Cabrera made sure he got the win. The veteran second baseman hit a three-run homer to insure the Mets 5-1 win over the Padres at Petco Park Friday night.
UPI:
Jason Vargas makes his Mets debut vs. Padres — Left-hander Jason Vargas makes his long-awaited, 2018 season debut for the New York Mets Saturday night at Petco Park as he goes up against San Diego Padres left-handed rookie Joey Lucchesi. — Signed to a two-year contract by the Mets …
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Asdrubal Cabrera continues hot start with three-run homer in 5-1 win over Padres
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MLB Baseball News … and Amazin' Avenue
Alan Eskew / UPI:
Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins set for doubleheader after playing extras — The Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals played 11 innings on Friday night before the White Sox prevailed, 7-4. — The two teams are scheduled to play 18 more innings Saturday in a day-night doubleheader.
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MLB Baseball News …, Royals Review and South Side Sox
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Associated Press:
Manaea follows no-hitter with another win for A's — HOUSTON (AP) — Sean Manaea followed up his no-hitter with seven solid innings, three Athletics homered and Oakland beat the Houston Astros 8-1 on Friday night for its fifth win in six games. — Manaea (4-2) no-hit Boston last Saturday …
Associated Press:
Marte's 11th-inning single rallies Pirates over Cardinals — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling Marte's game-ending single in the 11th inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. — David Freese drew a one-out walk from rookie Jordan Hicks …
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Viva El Birdos and Bucs Dugout
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals create room for Flaherty, more relief depth by sending O'Neill to Memphis — PITTSBURGH • With three extra-inning games in the previous four games and a rotating cast of relievers that could further constrict future transactions, the Cardinals opted to effectively add two pitchers with one more Saturday.
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds come back to beat Twins 15-9 — MINNEAPOLIS — It looked like the Reds were pretty well buried when starter Luis Castillo left without recording an out in the second inning. — But the Reds kept digging — and hitting and scoring. The result was a 15-9 comeback win …
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees get first look at both the potential and the risk of Shohei Ohtani's two-way experiment — ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani has already lived up to the hype and more — emphatically proving that he can hit and pitch in the majors. — Sho-Time was on full display Friday night …
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ESPN:
Mild ankle sprain sidelines Angels' Shohei Ohtani vs. Yankees — Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was not in the starting lineup for Saturday night's game against the New York Yankees after suffering a mild ankle sprain on Friday night. — The Angels listed Ohtani's status as day-to-day after Friday's game.
Bradley Doolittle / ESPN:
Kris Bryant, Ben Zobrist return to lineup for Cubs — CHICAGO — The Cubs will welcome back a pair of regulars on Saturday, with Kris Bryant and Ben Zobrist returning to the lineup against the Milwaukee Brewers. — Bryant has missed four games after being hit in the head by a pitch from the Rockies' German Marquez last Sunday.
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MLB Baseball News … and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Steve Herrick / Associated Press:
Corey Kluber strikes out 10, Cleveland Indians top Seattle Mariners 6-5 with 5 homers — Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley and Edwin Encarnacion homered in the first, and Yonder Alonso and Yan Gomes hit consecutive drives in the sixth. — CLEVELAND (AP) - Corey Kluber struck out 10 …
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Let's Go Tribe and Lookout Landing
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times:
Mariners needed to be nearly perfect against Indians and Corey Kluber. They weren't
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Lookout Landing
Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Patrick Corbin keeps adding zeroes to his next payday — When Major League Baseball front offices began looking forward to the 2018-2019 free-agent mega-class in spring training, Patrick Corbin appeared to rank well down the list of potentially available left-handed starters.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals … WASHINGTON - As A.J. Pollock raced toward the gap in left-center field, the game hung in the balance. It was the fifth inning. The Washington Nationals had loaded the bases again. And if Wilmer Difo's drive got down, it would have meant trouble for the Diamondbacks.
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Byron Kerr, Washington Times, Federal Baseball and AZ Snake Pit
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals
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AZ Snake Pit, Federal Baseball and MLB Baseball News …
Dave Del Grande / UPI:
West rivals Dodgers, Giants set to play two — The San Francisco Giants will take a bit of a worn-down bullpen into a rare double-header Saturday when they duel the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle two games of a four-game series at AT&T Park. — Five Giants relievers combined …
Discussion:
True Blue LA and McCovey Chronicles
Associated Press:
Brewers' Eric Thames out 6-8 weeks after thumb surgery — CHICAGO — Brewers first baseman Eric Thames had surgery on his left thumb, and Milwaukee said it expects him to return in six to eight weeks. — Dr. Donald Sheridan operated on Thames on Friday in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Christian Red / New York Daily News:
As MLB evolves, an inside look at how Scott Boras - baseball's super agent - remains at top of the game — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The black Range Rover with the Ferrari red interior is zipping north on the California freeways toward Angel Stadium in Anaheim, roughly a 45-minute long drive depending upon …
Joel Colomby / Toronto Sun:
Fantasy Fare: The sorry early state of the catching position — Don't like the numbers your catching duo is putting up so far? Chances are you're not alone. — Through the first month of the season, the catching position has been a veritable fantasy wasteland. The supposed studs are scuffling.
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays Tales: There's something familiar about that guy on the mound — The first few weeks of the new season have given the Rays a lot of reminders of their past. — Alex Cobb is the newest headliner in the club, the group of starting pitchers signed and raised by the Rays who moved on …
