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Katherine Fitzgerald / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers … At 12-15, the Dodgers are currently fourth in the NL West and seven games behind the Diamondbacks.  Despite that, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn't worried.  —  In fact, on Sunday, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times tweeted out that Roberts …
Discussion: ESPN and DodgerBlue.com
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Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Dodgers' Seager needs surgery; out for season  —  Dodgers star shortstop Corey Seager will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season.  —  The team announced Monday that Seager was going on the 10-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain.
J.P. Hoornstra / Orange County Register:
Dodgers' Corey Seager to have Tommy John surgery, miss rest of 2018 season  —  PHOENIX — The Dodgers learned Monday that Corey Seager's season is over, dashing their dreams of reprising their 2017 success with the same nucleus that ended their 29-year World Series drought last autumn.
Associated Press:   Rockies place 2B LeMahieu on DL with hamstring injury
Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Discussion: True Blue LA and MLB Daily Dish
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Carlos Gonzalez hopes his return wakes up Colorado Rockies' historically bad offense
Discussion: Purple Row
Associated Press:
Morton, Astros end Yanks' 9-game win streak with 2-1 victory  —  Houston Astros' starting pitcher Charlie Morton (50) throws against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, April 30, 2018, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Gerrit Cole flourishing with Astros, as Yankees are left to wonder what could have been
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:   Yankees' Sonny Gray will keep pitching to backup catcher Austin Romine
Pete Caldera / Daily Record:   Yankees winning streak ends at 9 as they can't solve Charlie Morton, fall to Astros
Dan Arritt / UPI:   Slumping Los Angeles Angels return home to face Baltimore Orioles
Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Injuries lead to auditions for Phillies |  Extra Innings  —  Suddenly, the Phillies are enduring their share of injuries, which also means some guys are getting to audition.  Monday, reliever Victor Arano, who had allowed just one run on five hits in 10 relief appearances …
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Associated Press:
Anderson's 4 RBIs lead Marlins to 3rd straight win  —  Fish beat Phillies 804  —  MIAMI - Brian Anderson homered, drove in four runs and made a diving catch in right field with the bases loaded to preserve a lead, helping the Miami Marlins beat Jake Arrieta and the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 Monday night.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Steven Wine / Baltimore Sun:   Marlins beat Arrieta and Phils 8-4
Matthew DeFranks / Orlando Sentinel:   In Dan Straily's return, Brian Anderson helps lift Marlins to third straight win
Brian Hall / Associated Press:
Smoak, Martin homer as Blue Jays hold on to beat Twins 7-5  —  MINNEAPOLIS  —  Even with Josh Donaldson missing 16 games on the disabled list, Jose Bautista gone and Kendrys Morales off to a slow start, the Toronto Blue Jays are powering up again and supplying the offense they've become used to north of the border.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
A ‘timely’ trip to the DL for struggling Blue Jays outfielder Grichuk
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:   Blue Jays looking for consistency from starting rotation
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards' Reyes is ‘itchy’ to start rehab assignment  —  When John Mozeliak, the Cardinals' president of baseball operations, reached out to prospect Alex Reyes to explain the reason and repercussions of moving him to the 60-day disabled list, it wasn't difficult to see the righthander's disappointment.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
For several Cardinals, spring has finally sprung — in the regular season  —  For the entirety of spring training, Greg Holland didn't have a clubhouse to share, teammates to meet, a uniform to button, or a game to attend, so he did what he could to create competition against hitters who also didn't have something he recognized.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Cards notebook: J. Martinez ‘working every day’ on his defense
Associated Press:
LEADING OFF: Kershaw faces D-backs; Verlander vs Yankees  —  A look at what's happening all around the majors today:  —  ___  —  GOT YOUR NUMBER  —  Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (1-4, 2.84 ERA) tries to slow down A.J. Pollock and the first-place Diamondbacks (20-8) in Arizona.
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Associated Press:   Cubs beat Rockies for fifth straight win
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide  —  Jordan Zimmermann acknowledged he had been “scrambling” over the first month of the season.  That's why Monday's start was so encouraging for him and the Detroit Tigers.  —  Zimmermann limited the Tampa Bay Rays to two hits and one walk over seven shutout innings at Comerica Park …
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Detroit News:
Next Slide  —  Detroit — The irony of it is, he came into the game …
Discussion: DRaysBay
Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide  —  Detroit Tigers left-handed pitcher Daniel Norris …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Series preview: Cardinals vs. White Sox  —  • The Chicago White Sox will be the first interleague visitors for the Cardinals for a two-game set, which will be reprised in Chicago in July.  The White Sox are 3-2 at Busch III but 5-9 in St. Louis overall and 11-15 against the Cardinals since interleague play began.
Discussion: South Side Sox
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Bucky Dent / UPI:
Cardinals try to get back on track vs. White Sox  —  After a lost weekend in Pittsburgh, the St. Louis Cardinals will try to get back on track at Busch Stadium with a week full of games against both of Chicago's big league teams.  —  First on the docket are the White Sox and their 8-18 record …
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Robbie Ray lands on disabled list with oblique strain  —  Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo on injury to Robbie Ray Richard Morin, azcentral sports  —  After suffering a right oblique strain on Sunday in Washington, D.C., the Diamondbacks placed left-hander Robbie Ray on the 10 …
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:   Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati.com:
Next Slide  —  Eugenio Suárez, the man known simply and affectionately as “Geno” by his Cincinnati Reds teammates, is back.  —  He showed that again Monday night with a two-hit, four-RBI performance in a 6-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in game one of a three-game series and a nine-game homestand at Great American Ballpark.
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
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Adam Baum / Cincinnati.com:   Cincinnati Reds 2018 notes: Rookie Alex Blandino proving he belongs
Michael Wagaman / Associated Press:
Hundley's pinch-hit single in 9th rallies Giants past Padres  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Pinch-hitter Nick Hundley lined a two-run single off San Diego Padres closer Brad Hand with two outs in the ninth inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 6-5 comeback victory Monday night.
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: Seager Sidelined  —  Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.  —  The Dodgers are off to a sluggish 12-16 start this season and are already eight games behind the Diamondbacks in the National League West.  If they thought things couldn't get worse, well, they were wrong.
Discussion: Star Tribune
Associated Press:
Cleveland Indians rally for 7-5 win over Texas Rangers  —  The Tribe scored four times in the 8th inning to take the lead for good against Texas.  —  CLEVELAND (AP) - Jose Ramirez's RBI double broke an eighth-inning tie and the Cleveland Indians rallied for a 7-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Discussion: Associated Press
 
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