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Baseball notebook: Piscotty's return an emotional night — Wherever he went on the field, Stephen Piscotty felt his mother's presence. — Two days after Gretchen Piscotty died from Lou Gehrig's disease, her son was back at work for the Oakland Athletics. Full of sadness, but enveloped in love.
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Blue Jays rally late to beat Mariners — TORONTO (AP) - Yangervis Solarte hit a game-tying double in the eighth inning and Justin Smoak followed with a go-ahead double as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-2 on Wednesday night. — Toronto started the eighth …
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Blue Jays get INF Urshela from Indians for player or cash — TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired infielder Gio Urshela from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named or cash. — Urshela hadn't played in the majors this season after a hamstring injury set him back in spring training.
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Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians trade Giovanny Urshela to Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations — The Cleveland Indians have trade Giovanny Urshela to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations. — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians traded infielder Giovanny Urshela to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Jerry McDonald / Mercury News:
A's Stephen Piscotty reflects on mother's life, outpouring of support — Pleasanton outfielder will go on bereavement leave, join teammates in Boston — OAKLAND — When the Athletics departed for a 10-game road trip Wednesday following a 4-1 loss to the Houston Astros, Stephen Piscotty stayed behind.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers … LOS ANGELES - Steven Souza Jr.'s aggressive slide into third base in the fifth inning on Tuesday night drew an angry reaction from the Dodgers' dugout, but the Diamondbacks right fielder wasn't about to apologize for the play.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers … LOS ANGELES - Through his five innings on Wednesday night, Patrick Corbin did not exhibit good command. He could not generate his normal velocity. And he was unable to get the Los Angeles Dodgers to offer at his best pitch the way other teams have for most of the season.
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Associated Press:
Carlos Santana drives in 5, Phillies beat Giants 11-3 — PHILADELPHIA — Carlos Santana's line drives are starting to find open ground. — Santana had three hits and five RBI, Nick Pivetta struck out seven in five scoreless innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 11-3 Wednesday night.
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Stephen Pianovich / UPI:
Blach, Giants aim to avoid sweep vs. Phillies — Ty Blach is coming off his best start of the season. The San Francisco Giants could use another strong outing from the left-hander as they try to avoid a sweep against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon.
Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Today's Phillies-Giants game available only on Facebook — Once again, good luck trying to find Thursday's Phillies game on television. — For the third time this season, fans hoping to watch the Phillies take on the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park at 1:05 p.m. will have to log into Facebook to actually see the game.
Kerry Crowley / Mercury News:
Giants blown out for second time in three nights, losing skid hits three games — PHILADELPHIA-In the midst of a 98-loss season in 2017, an early June visit to Philadelphia left a scuffling Giants team dejected as they dropped two of three to the last-place Phillies.
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MLB Baseball News … and McCovey Chronicles
Jake Seiner / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Gardy Party! Yankees rally past Red Sox 9-6 for 17-1 surge — New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, left, congratulates right fielder Aaron Judge, center, after Judge made a diving catch during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
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Joe Kay / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Oops! Mets bat out of turn, Reds rally for 2-1 win in 10th — Cincinnati Reds' Adam Duvall (23) is doused by his teammates after hitting a walk-off home run off New York Mets relief pitcher AJ Ramos in the 10th inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mikolas is a changed pitcher — Miles Mikolas last pitched on the Petco Park mound on July 31, 2013. Then a reliever for the San Diego Padres, he retired Cincinnati's Chris Heisey on a fly ball to right in the ninth inning. Soon thereafter he was dispatched back to Class AAA Tucson, where he completed a season of 26 saves.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Mark Zagunis relieved after getting first major-league hit — Photos from the Cubs-Marlins game at Wrigley Field on May 9, 2018. — Chicago Tribune — Mark Zagunis looked around the top shelf of his locker but didn't see the baseball he hit Wednesday for his first major-league hit.
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Walter Villa / UPI:
NL East-leading Braves visit Marlins — MIAMI — The Atlanta Braves, who put together an incredible run of 14 consecutive division titles from 1991 to 2005 (omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season), may be on their way back to baseball glory. — The Braves (21-14), who visit the Miami Marlins …
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Michael Wagaman / WRALSportsFan.com:
Cole strikes out 9 as Astros win 4-1, sweep A's — OAKLAND, CALIF. — Any questions the Houston Astros had about Gerrit Cole's ability to bounce back from his first career shutout were answered when the right-hander pumped a 99.4 mph fastball past Matt Chapman for a strikeout.
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Associated Press:
Choi leads Col. Springs to 6-5 win over Nashville — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ji-Man Choi hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, leading the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to a 6-5 win over the Nashville Sounds on Wednesday. — Mike Zagurski got Nick Martini to fly out with a runner …
Kevin Acee / Kansas City Star:
Andy Green's moves actually lead to Padres victory over Nationals — SAN DIEGO — Andy Green hasn't been able to pull enough of the San Diego Padres' tenuous strings to change many results so far this frustrating, talent-thin, injury-riddled season. — For a change on Wednesday …
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Decker's homer leads Reno to 6-3 win over Albuquerque — RENO, Nev. (AP) — Cody Decker hit a two-run homer in the second inning, leading the Reno Aces to a 6-3 win over the Albuquerque Isotopes on Wednesday. — The home run by Decker started the scoring in a five-run inning and gave the Aces a 2-1 lead.
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