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Larry Fleisher / UPI:
New York Yankees look to move ahead of Boston Red Sox — NEW YORK — If the New York Yankees noticed they once trailed the Boston Red Sox by 7 1/2 games in the AL East, manager Aaron Boone did his best to conceal knowledge of the fact. — Yet that is how the divisional standings looked …
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Pinstripe Alley
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Inside the Yankees historic stretch of 16 wins in last 17 games, by the numbers
Associated Press:
Homer-happy D-backs beat Dodgers 8-5 in 12 innings — LOS ANGELES — A belief they're going to win, even when they blow the lead or trail in a game. That confidence used to belong to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now, it's owned by the Arizona Diamondbacks — David Descalso hit a tiebreaking …
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Beth Harris / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Homer-happy D-backs beat Dodgers 8-5 in 12 innings
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AZ Snake Pit and True Blue LA
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds took a risk on Matt Harvey, will be it rewarded? — Every trade involves an element of risk. — The Reds took a big one Tuesday when they sent Devin Mesoraco to the New York Mets for troubled pitcher Matt Harvey. — In terms of baseball, it's not much of a risk at all.
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Red Reporter
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Andrew Joseph / USA Today:
The Mets sparked so much confusion after hitting out of order — Out of all the complicated rules in baseball, the concept of batting in the correct order is pretty easy to follow. There's a lineup card in the dugout. There's a graphic on the videoboard. It would take a major blunder to mess that up.
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The Guardian, MLB Baseball News …, The Comeback, Amazin' Avenue and Chicago Sun-Times
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Mets bat out of order in first inning against Reds — The New York Mets' downward spiral continued with a Little League blunder Wednesday afternoon in Cincinnati when they batted out of order in the first inning against the Reds. — The lineup handed to the umpires had Asdrubal Cabrera hitting second and Wilmer Flores batting third.
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Arizona Sports
ESPN:
Closer Corey Knebel off 10-day disabled list but starter Wade Miley sidelined — The Milwaukee Brewers activated closer Corey Knebel from the 10-day disabled list Wednesday and placed left-hander Wade Miley on the DL in his place. — Knebel has been sidelined with a hamstring injury and he hasn't pitched since April 5.
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Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:
Wins and answers in short supply as Orioles' 2018 season careens toward disaster … BALTIMORE — It was somewhere around the seventh batter of the game Tuesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards that the sheer, historic depth of the Baltimore Orioles' hopelessness revealed itself.
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Camden Chat
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Heather Tucker / USA Today:
Orioles' Dylan Bundy gives up four home runs without recording an out vs. Royals
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CBSSports.com, Camden Chat and NESN.com
Associated Press:
Cubs beat Marlins 4-3, benches clear in 4th — Bryant scores go-ahead run in 8th — CHICAGO - Kris Bryant slid home safely with the go-ahead run on Victor Caratini's grounder to the right side in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright: Cards ‘being real hush-hush’ about his return — No decision may be reached on the return of Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright, who has been disabled with a sore elbow, until after he throws a bullpen session Thursday in San Diego. — “They're being real hush-hush about it,” said Wainwright.
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Associated Press:
Reliever Brent Suter homers, helps Brewers beat Indians 3-2 — MILWAUKEE — Pitcher Brent Suter hadn't hit a home run since high school. — Imagine his surprise and delight when he went deep on AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber. — This wasn't just a shot that curled around the foul pole …
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Let's Go Tribe and Brew Crew Ball
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Associated Press:
Springer gets 2 more hits, Astros beat A's 4-2 — George Springer kept up his hitting surge with two hits and two RBIs, Alex Bregman homered and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As happy as AJ Hinch has been with the top of his lineup …
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Tom Schad / USA Today:
At 53, Rafael Palmeiro says he's joining professional independent league team in Texas — Rafael Palmeiro says he is returning to professional baseball at the age of 53. — The longtime Texas Ranger and Baltimore Oriole told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that he has agreed to play …
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Michael Kelly The / Associated Press:
Rockies top Angels, win sixth in row … Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani heads to first on a ground-out against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) — JACK DEMPSEY
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Minor League Ball and MLB Baseball News …
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Bernie Wilson / The Charlotte Observer:
Hellickson throws 6 perfect innings in Nationals' 4-0 win — SAN DIEGO — Jeremy Hellickson didn't give the San Diego Padres a chance over the first six innings. — It was 18 up and 18 down for the Padres, who only four nights earlier had been no-hit by four Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Gaslamp Ball and Federal Baseball
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Martin Fennelly / Tampa Bay Times:
Under the cover of Lightning, the Rays aren't as bad as previously thought — ST. PETERSBURG — Rays left-hander Blake Snell, off to a great start in 2018, was talking about his team's life as a Tampa Bay second banana. He spoke at his locker, next to and nearly behind a blue banner that hung from the ceiling in the home clubhouse.
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Bill Plaschke / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Injury leaves more questions than answers for Dodgers' Kershaw — LOS ANGELES_Clayton Kershaw politely invited the media to his locker Tuesday afternoon for his first interview since being diagnosed with biceps tendinitis. But, his left shoulder hurting, he wasn't really in the mood.
Dom Amore / New York Daily News:
For ex-Mets skipper Terry Collins, Matt Harvey's fall has been hard to watch — One fateful Sunday night in New York, Matt Harvey wanted to keep the ball, and Terry Collins would not take it away. — “He walked up to me in the dugout and said, 'This is my game, I want to go back out there …
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ESPN:
Why a 21-K game is MLB's best record that can actually happen — The coolest individual accomplishment we could reasonably hope to see this baseball season is a 21-strikeout start*. This is just my opinion, which you might not share, and ordinarily that disagreement would be fine and we'd walk away friends.
Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Aaron Nola dominates; Hector Neris rebounds | Extra Innings — Aaron Nola pitched, and the Phillies won. That combination is starting to become as commonplace as peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, and surf and turf. The Phillies have won five of Nola's last six starts, but his brilliance dates to June 22 of last season.
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The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
ESPN:
A's place Trevor Cahill on DL, recall prospect Dustin Fowler — The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Trevor Cahill on the 10-day disabled list with an elbow impingement and called up outfield prospect Dustin Fowler on Wednesday. — The move with Cahill was made retroactive to Sunday.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Anthony Rizzo showing signs of overcoming his early struggles — Chicago Tribune — For one of the few times in his career, Anthony Rizzo took his eye off the flight of his single in the sixth inning Tuesday night. — Rizzo found some relief to his rough start as he pointed toward manager Joe Maddon …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yoenis Cespedes out of Mets' lineup vs. Reds with quad issue — CINCINNATI — Yoenis Cespedes rested his aching quad Wednesday. Battling a tight right quad since Sunday, Mickey Callaway gave the left fielder the day off with the idea of getting him off his feet for two straight days.
Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Dylan Cozens finding his groove again at triple-A Lehigh Valley — ALLENTOWN - Dylan Cozens is in the same place he was a year ago and still, he is in a far better place. — In a perfect world, the 23-year-old slugger would have moved in unison to the major leagues with fellow bash brother Rhys Hoskins last season.
