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Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Munoz staying at short as Cards think offense for final game with Marlins  —  Yairo Munoz made three errors on Wednesday night, the first Cardinal shortstop to do that since Aledmys Diaz in 2016, but he's back in the lineup on Thursday as the Cardinals think offense for the final game of their series with the Marlins.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   “It would be impossible to explain what he means to all of us.”
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Schoendienst Passes Away
Joe Harris / Associated Press:   Dietrich homers, gets 4 hits as Marlins beat Cardinals 11-3
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Baseball family remembers Schoendienst with affecton
Ian Harrison / Associated Press:
Judge, Stanton homer in 13th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 3-0  —  TORONTO (AP) In two days, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went from terrible to triumphant.  —  Judge hit a two-run homer to snap a scoreless tie in the 13th inning, Giancarlo Stanton went deep moments later and New York beat …
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge busts out of slump in big way to make Yankees', young fan's day
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
MLB, take note: Yankees aren't a team you let hang around
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
Ian Harrison / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Judge, Stanton homer in 13th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 3-0
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Steve Buffery / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays sinking fast but Donaldson still believes
Will Graves / Toronto Sun:
Pirates break out of funk, topple Dodgers 11-9  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle had a sense of deja vu while watching his team take and then threaten to blow three four-run leads during an 11-9 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
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Associated Press:
Dodgers put reliever Cingrani on DL with shoulder discomfort  —  PITTSBURGH — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed left-handed reliever Tony Cingrani on the disabled list Thursday with discomfort in his throwing shoulder.  —  Cingrani left Wednesday night's 11-9 loss to Pittsburgh after making …
Associated Press:   MLB notebook: Cespedes is close to return with Mets
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Ibandel Isabel has seven homers in seven games for Daytona Tortugas  —  The Cincinnati Reds couldn't have received that much in return for a pitcher they designated for assignment after he posted a 5.18 ERA and walked 22 in 24 1/3 innings for the team last season and was optioned to Triple-A Louisville in early March, right?
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey could start rehab assignment in 4 or 5 days  —  When Homer Bailey throws his next pitch in a game, it'll be as a starter on a rehab assignment in the minor leagues.  —  Bailey, who was taken out of the rotation when Anthony DeSclafani returned from an oblique injury …
Mike Shalin / UPI:
Red Sox hope to keep flow going vs. Tigers  —  BOSTON — Jalen Beeks was not the first member of his family to learn the young left-hander was going to the major leagues to start for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.  —  And you can thank social media for that.
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Chris McCosky / Detroit News:
Tigers can't overcome 4-run third inning, take another beating in Boston
Associated Press:
Butler's homer leads Pawtucket to 8-1 win over Louisville
Associated Press:   Espinal leads Salem to 9-4 win over Winston-Salem
Coley HarveyESPN / ESPN:
Thor, deGrom to Bronx?  Yankees' hunt for arms just got real  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees' hunt for starting pitching just got more intense.  —  When the organization learned this week that left-hander Jordan Montgomery would undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his 2018 season …
ESPN:
Angels' Shohei Ohtani exits game with blister on right middle finger  —  Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani left Wednesday night's game against the Kansas City Royals with a blister on his right middle finger.  —  He was warming up for the fifth inning and left the field accompanied by trainer Eric Munson.
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Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Angels hold on to win after Shohei Ohtani leaves with a blister
Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers Reaction: Big Sexy's historic win  —  It took him three starts but Bartolo Colon finally got it.  The Rangers' 45-year-old starting pitcher tied Juan Marichal with his 243rd career win Wednesday night.  They're tied for the most wins by a Dominican Republic native.
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Associated Press:   Colon matches Marichal with 243rd victory as Rangers top A's
Bradford DoolittleESPN / ESPN:
Buyers, sellers and holders: Where does your team fit?  —  Amazingly, very little has changed since last month's Stock Watch.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  What's the ceiling for these former top prospects whose stats suggest they were touted for more than they could deliver?
Associated Press:
Garlick leads Okla. City over Sacramento 9-3  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Garlick hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the Oklahoma City Dodgers topped the Sacramento River Cats 9-3 on Wednesday.  —  Trailing 2-0 in the second, Sacramento cut into the lead when Tyler Beede hit an RBI single, driving in Myles Schroder.
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Associated Press:   Wren's homer leads Col. Springs to 6-1 win over Fresno
Peter Baugh / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Former Grizzlies pitcher Richards set to join Marlins  —  If you look northwest of the Gateway Grizzlies' ballpark, you get a can see a vivid outline of the St. Louis skyline.  It's a 15 minute drive to Busch Stadium, but for most Grizzlies' players, the journey is nearly impossible.
Daily Record:
Rutgers baseball adjusting after MLB draft  —  Even before the Major League Baseball draft, Rutgers head baseball coach Joe Litterio had a plan for the future.  But he didn't expect to lose both his catchers.  —  Centerfielder Juwan Harris — who has one season of eligibility remaining …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Guerra's double leads DSL Padres to 6-3 win over DSL Orioles  —  , (AP) — Emmanuel Guerra hit a two-run double in the first inning, leading the DSL Padres to a 6-3 win over the DSL Orioles on Thursday.  —  Jose Garcia got Oscar Olivares to hit into a forceout with runners on first and third …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves' draft picks include 4 from Georgia  —  The Atlanta Braves drafted 39 players in 2018.  The selections included 22 pitchers (five left-handers, 17 right-handers), four outfielders, four catchers, and nine infielders.  —  » More: How Braves drafted Soroka and Beck
Discussion: Talking Chop
David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Real or not?  Mets can't do much of anything right during brutal slump  —  How's the team song go? … Umm ... about those home runs ... there haven't been enough of them over the past week and definitely not enough of anything else.  The Mets have scored seven runs in their past six games, all losses.
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson's talent on full display in 5-2 win over Twins  —  Photos from the White Sox-Twins game at Target Field in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Tim Anderson drove in two runs in a four-run in sixth inning in the White Sox's 5-2 victory …
Tampa Bay Times:
Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast: Rays finally call up prized prospect Jake Bauers  —  The Rays lose their sixth straight game, but the biggest news is that highly acclaimed prospect Jake Bauers will be called up today.Plus, Rick Stroud clarifies why he thinks Jameis Winston will
 
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John Rowe / NorthJersey.com:
Mets' offense sputters again in shutout loss to Orioles
Associated Press:
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Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' draft picks include some familiar names
Associated Press:
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Andrew Seligman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Heyward hits walk-off slam in 9th, Cubs beat Phillies 7-5
Associated Press:
Lowe, Sullivan and Lukes lead Montgomery in win
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox's late draft full of surprises and one feel-good story in Matt Klug
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Journal: Rockies' 2018 success riding on better location by Bryan Shaw and rest of bullpen
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