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Josh Dubow / Toronto Sun:
Giants beat Diamondbacks 10-3 to get back to .500 — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Andrew McCutchen and Brandon Crawford opened a seven-run fourth inning with back-to-back home runs, and the San Francisco Giants got back to .500 on the season by beating the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks 10-3 on Monday night.
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What to expect in Madison Bumgarner's return to the mound — Madison Bumgarner will make his first start of the season for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday opposite the Arizona Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin. — Bumgarner began the season on the disabled list with a fractured finger on his left hand.
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Bochy's aggressive call pays off, Giants extend win streak to five games
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McCovey Chronicles
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Aaron Judge becomes first player to strike out 8 times in a doubleheader — DETROIT — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge became the first player ever to record eight strikeouts in a doubleheader, including five punchouts in the nightcap, on Monday against the Tigers.
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Judge sets doubleheader K record as Yanks and Tigers split — DETROIT (AP) — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge became the first player to record eight strikeouts in a doubleheader, including five punchouts in the nightcap as the Detroit Tigers beat New York 4-2 for a day-night split Monday.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Casey Mize: Draft ‘probably the best moment of my life’
Detroit Tigers' Casey Mize: Draft ‘probably the best moment of my life’
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Bless You Boys and The Athletic
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Slumping Phillies get hot Cubs next | Extra Innings — Monday was an off day for the big-league club, but a vital one for the organization. With Johnny Almaraz overseeing his fourth draft as the Phillies' amateur scouting director, the team used the third overall pick to select Wichita State third baseman Alec Bohm.
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Cubs ready to welcome Jake Arrieta back to Wrigley Field
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Law: Winners and losers from Day 1 of MLB draft — Day 1 of the 2018 MLB first-year player draft is in the books, with 78 picks and two rounds completed. Here are the highlights of what happened Monday night and a brief look at the best names still on the board for Tuesday. — Best Day 1 picks
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Batter's Box Interactive … and Bless You Boys
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Nationals pick pitchers Denaburg, Cate in first two rounds of MLB Draft
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Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks select SS Matt McLain with No. 25 pick in MLB draft
Diamondbacks select SS Matt McLain with No. 25 pick in MLB draft
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AZ Snake Pit and Lone Star Ball
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Daily Dose: Luis Luis — Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. — Most of the attention when it comes to the Yankees revolves around their lineup which features outstanding, mostly-young talent. They've got a pretty outstanding young starting pitcher, as well.
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MLB Baseball News … and South Side Sox
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‘This is a pure all-around baseball player:’ White Sox take infielder Nick Madrigal at No. 4
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Trout helps lift Angels to 9-6 win over Royals — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Give the Los Angeles Angels enough opportunities and they find ways to score runs. — It's a lesson they have taught the Kansas City Royals plenty of times this season. — Mike Trout had three hits …
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Baseball notebook: Yankees irate that game is moved to ESPN's ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ — The New York Yankees won't play on that Sunday night without a fight. — Still irate over ESPN's decision late last week to get MLB to move their originally scheduled afternoon game July 8 on the road …
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Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Yankees echo Joe Maddon's ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ schedule gripe, weigh ESPN boycott
Column: Yankees echo Joe Maddon's ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ schedule gripe, weigh ESPN boycott
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Bluebird Banter
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Two-time World Series champion Bruce Kison dies at 68 — Bruce Kison, the lanky right-hander who was part of two Pittsburgh Pirates World Series-winning teams in 1971 and 1979, died Saturday at the age of 68. — Kison was the winning pitcher in the first night game in World Series history …
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Shelly Anderson / UPI:
Dodgers rising, Pirates falling at start of series
Toronto Sun:
Mariners, Astros battle for AL West supremacy — HOUSTON — In the span of nine days, the Houston Astros transitioned from the hottest team in the American League to second place in the AL West behind a rival riding a crest of momentum. — In Seattle on Sunday, the Mariners (37-22) …
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Botte Shots: Why does baseball have such a hard time finding stars with top overall pick? — The numbers suggest that Casey Mize has a better chance of turning out to be Paul Wilson or Mark Appel than he does to be Ken Griffey Jr. or Chipper Jones. — The latter two superstars incredibly …
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Molina's return brings much more than his bat — The way Bengie Molina recalled it, his father, Benjamin, didn't want the youngest of the three brothers to miss valuable innings behind the plate so he put Yadier, just 15, in a Puerto Rican amateur league with adults, some of whom were twice his age.
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Cubs' draft features a West Coast lean — Chicago Tribune — The first night of the amateur draft featured a West Coast tilt for the Cubs. — Their top four picks hail from California and Arizona, with some intrigue. — In a twist from past drafts, the Cubs opted …
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Teheran gives up 3 homers, exits early — SAN DIEGO — Braves pitcher Julio Teheran left Monday night's game against the Padres after allowing three home runs in the first four innings and issuing a four-pitch walk to Jose Pirela to start the fifth inning. — There was no immediate …
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Gaslamp Ball and Talking Chop
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Report: Rays' Anthony Banda to undergo Tommy John surgery — Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Anthony Banda will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the left-hander's pitching elbow, according to the Tampa Bay Times. — Banda, who joined the Rays in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks in February …
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Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollock, Steven Souza still limited in rehab work — SAN FRANCISCO - After another round of tests, Diamondbacks outfielders A.J. Pollock and Steven Souza Jr. will remain limited in their activities as they work their way back from injury, manager Torey Lovullo said.
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Mets, Orioles open brief interleague series — After a rough weekend in which they committed plenty of self-inflicted mistakes against pennant contenders, the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles will hope a brief interleague series against each other provides the cure — or at least a temporary respite …
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Amazin' Avenue and Camden Chat
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Corey Kluber aims to pick off where he left off as Indians host Brewers — After a historic month of May, two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber will make his first start in the month of June on Tuesday night as the Cleveland Indians host the Milwaukee Brewers in a brief two-game interleague series.
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Brew Crew Ball and The Good Phight
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Series preview: Cardinals vs. Marlins — Scouting Report — After trading away standouts Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna, Christian Yelich and Dee Gordon in the offseason, the Marlins are off to as poor a start as you would expect. They have the worst record in the National League …
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Oregon State's Luke Heimlich not selected during MLB draft's first day — Luke Heimlich, the Oregon State pitcher who pleaded guilty to molesting his 6-year-old niece when he was a teenager, was not selected in the first 78 picks of Major League Baseball's draft on Monday.
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Seneca's Nick Decker picked by Boston Red Sox in second round of MLB Draft — Nick Decker remembers walking onto the field at Fenway Park in the summer of 2016 and being awestruck at its history. — A century of baseball legends had taken their turn on the fabled diamond, and Decker is now positioned to join them.
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