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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
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:   MLB notebook: Cespedes is close to return with Mets
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.
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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
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Baseball family remembers Schoendienst with affecton
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
ESPN:
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny frustrated over lack of communication  —  St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny voiced his frustrations Wednesday over the importance of players “being honest with us” about injuries and that he “can't read their minds.”  —  His comments come on the heels …
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Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Munoz staying at short as Cards think offense for final game with Marlins
Joe Harris / Associated Press:   Dietrich homers, gets 4 hits as Marlins beat Cardinals 11-3
Brian Murphy / Twin Cities:
Twins ride Jose Berrios to 7-2 win over White Sox  —  Jose Berrios is heating up just as the Twins were cooling down.  —  The right-handed starter retired the first 14 White Sox hitters he faced Thursday afternoon en route to a 10-strikeout, complete-game gem as Minnesota cleaned up its act …
Discussion: South Side Sox
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Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson's talent on full display in 5-2 win over Twins
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Purchase Contract Of Xavier Cedeno
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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
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 …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
What the Yankees are talking about ahead of weekend Subway Series with Mets  —  This isn't exactly the Subway Series everyone was hoping for.  Not with the Yankees surging and the Mets reeling.  Still, at least from a fan perspective, there are bragging rights at stake.
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John Rowe / NorthJersey.com:   Mets' offense sputters again in shutout loss to Orioles
Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Angels hold on to win after Shohei Ohtani leaves with a blister  —  ANAHEIM — Two days in a row, the Angels have gotten a win with an asterisk.  —  The Angels' 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night included Shohei Ohtani walking off the mound with a recurrence of his blister problem.
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ESPN:
Angels' Shohei Ohtani exits game with blister on right middle finger
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?
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
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.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
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
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 …
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
Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Olney: My new MLB rule — four pitchers per nine innings, max  —  Over the past 18 months, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has been all but begging major league players for ideas and input on ways to make the product better.  He seems ready to discuss even radical ideas …
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 …
 
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Tampa Bay Times:
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
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Andrew Seligman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
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