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Associated Press:
Gleyber Torres, Aaron Judge and streaking New York Yankees top Cleveland Indians 7-6 — The Indians rallied back twice to tie the game, but couldn't stop New York from a walk-off win. — NEW YORK (AP) - Rookie Miguel Andujar flared an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees …
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Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Youngsters Miguel Andujar, Gleyber Torres propel Yankees to win — NEW YORK — As soon as he saw the ball fall into a patch of Yankee Stadium outfield grass and out of nearby defenders' reach, Miguel Andujar took a quick peek over his shoulder. — With a glance toward the New York Yankees dugout …
Amara Grautski / New York Daily News:
Miguel Andujar's game-winning hit saves Yankees following bullpen implosion against Indians
Miguel Andujar's game-winning hit saves Yankees following bullpen implosion against Indians
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Pinstripe Alley
ABC News:
Cole fans career-high 16 in 1-hitter, Astros rout D-backs — Gerrit Cole called his gem Friday night “probably my best” of his 134 career major league starts. — The best of a lot of very good ones lately. — Cole struck out a career-high 16 in a one-hitter and the Houston Astros routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 Friday night.
Discussion:
AZ Snake Pit, MLB Baseball News … and The Crawfish Boxes
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Houston Astros … CONNECT — If it feels as though pitchers have frequently been flirting with no-hitters at Chase Field this season, it's because they have. Friday night was no exception in front of a crowd of 29,463. — Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole …
Tim Booth / Associated Press:
Albert Pujols becomes 32nd player in 3,000-hit club — SEATTLE (AP) - Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols got his 3,000th hit, reaching the mark with a broken-bat single Friday night against Seattle and becoming the 32nd player in major league history to join the exclusive club.
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MLB Baseball News …, Halos Heaven and McCovey Chronicles
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Associated Press:
Bautista debuts, Acuna draws fans but Braves lose to Giants — ATLANTA — Braves manager Brian Snitker liked what he saw from Jose Bautista, Atlanta's new third baseman. — Even though the Braves' five-game winning streak was snapped, Snitker watched Bautista double off the wall …
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Talking Chop
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Guy Curtright / UPI:
Ex-AL homer champ Jose Bautista adds punch to Atlanta Braves lineup
Stu Durando / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Freak injury keeps Leone from throwing a pitch — Nothing seemed out of the ordinary as Dominic Leone went through his warmups in the bullpen during the eighth inning Friday night. — Through 15 appearances this season, one of the workhorses of the Cardinals bullpen had been fine in terms of his health.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Steve Habel / UPI:
J.D. Martinez paying dividends for Boston Red Sox — When Boston signed J.D. Martinez in February, he was quickly penciled in as the team's primary designated hitter and chief home run threat, a weapon the Red Sox needed after belting a major-league low 168 long balls in 2017.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers Rangers: A connection to Harvey, but how much would be gained by adding him?
Rangers Rangers: A connection to Harvey, but how much would be gained by adding him?
Discussion:
Dallas Morning News, Bluebird Banter and Lone Star Ball
Matt Collins / Over the Monster:
Daily Red Sox Links: David Price, Mookie Betts, Blake Swihart
Daily Red Sox Links: David Price, Mookie Betts, Blake Swihart
Discussion:
Boston Herald, Union-News and Surviving Grady
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire takes blame as bullpen blows game — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It unraveled in typical Tigers bullpen fashion, late in the game, after a big hit to take the lead. — And it will, undoubtedly, happen again this season — likely many more times.
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UPI:
Detroit Tigers discover what life is like without Miguel Cabrera — The four-game series between the Tigers and Royals continues Saturday with some new faces, but also without Miguel Cabrera, a feared bat in the middle of the Detroit lineup. — The Royals have won the first two games …
Discussion:
Royals Review
Associated Press:
Indians acquire reliever Oliver Drake from Brewers for cash — NEW YORK — Reliever Oliver Drake has been acquired by the Cleveland Indians from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash. — The 31-year-old right-hander is 1-0 with a 6.39 ERA in 11 games this year. He has 15 strikeouts in 12 2/3 innings.
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Kyle Downing / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Acquire Oliver Drake From Brewers — Right-hander Oliver Drake, whom the Brewers designated for assignment on Tuesday, has been traded to the Indians for cash considerations. The move was announced by Milwaukee via its Twitter account. The Indians have yet to announce a corresponding move.
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News … and Let's Go Tribe
Associated Press:
Christian Villanueva: Playing MLB game in Mexico ‘dream come true’ — MONTERREY, Mexico — San Diego third baseman Christian Villanueva will become just the third Mexican to play a regular-season major league baseball game on home soil when the Padres begin a weekend series against the Dodgers on Friday.
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MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Harper homers twice, Nationals beat Phillies 7-3 — WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper wasn't impressed to learn the distance of his mammoth home run in Friday night's 7-3 win over the Phillies. — Told his second homer of the game had travelled 473 feet, Harper replied: “It's not how far. It's how many.”
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, The Good Phight, ESPN and Federal Baseball
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Chris Thompson / Deadspin:
Bryce Harper Makes For One Badass Leadoff Hitter
Bryce Harper Makes For One Badass Leadoff Hitter
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Mikolas remains undefeated in St. Louis' win over Chicago — ST. LOUIS (AP) - Miles Mikolas continued his early season dominance of the National League Central, throwing seven shutout innings in the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue and Viva El Birdos
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mikolas, Pham team up to beat Cubs
Tampa Bay Times:
For starters: Rays vs. Blue Jays, with Faria on the mound — The Rays are looking to make it two straight over the Blue Jays tonight when they send RHP Jake Faria to the mound for a 6:10 first pitch.Faria (2-1, 4.60) is coming off arguably the best start of hi
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Andrew Wagner / UPI:
Brewers host Pirates with Chacin starting in place of Davies — Jhoulys Chacin will start Saturday in place of Zach Davies when the Milwaukee Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park. — Davies was placed on the disabled list during the team's off-day Thursday because of inflammation in his right shoulder.
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Howie Kussoy / New York Post:
Zack Wheeler does best Harvey impersonation as Mets fall again — Zack Wheeler and Michael Conforto didn't finish Friday night looking much better than Matt Harvey. — While Wheeler buried the Mets before their first at-bat and allowed five runs in the first inning, Conforto sunk deeper …
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Associated Press:
Franco's home run leads San Jose over Lancaster in 10 innings — LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Wander Franco hit a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to lead the San Jose Giants to a 7-6 win over the Lancaster JetHawks on Friday. — The home run by Franco scored Jalen Miller.
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Promising pitchers face off in Cincinnati Reds-Miami Marlins game — Caleb Smith and Tyler Mahle are making up for bad starts by themselves and by their respective teams with the kind of pitching that offers hope for the future. — The Miami Marlins opened the season 5-17 …
Discussion:
Red Reporter
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Three up, three down: Ichiro Suzuki heads to front office; Astros closer Ken Giles struggles again — A look at who's hot and who's not in Major League Baseball: — THREE UP — Domo arigato: One of the most entertaining careers in major league history came to an unofficial end Friday …
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Lowrie's sixth-inning single deciding run, A's beat Orioles — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking two-out single in the sixth, Khris Davis launched an earlier three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Friday night.
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MLB Baseball News …