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Tom Schad / Des Moines Register:
Astros' Alex Bregman rips umpires with profane rant after fan-interference call — Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman responded with a string of expletives Wednesday when asked for his reaction to his sixth-inning triple, which was later overturned due to fan interference.
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Sporting News
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Toronto Sun:
After rainout, Red Sox return home to face Twins — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox were in a lousy mood when they left Baltimore on Wednesday night. — Ahead 5-0 in the second inning on home runs by Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts, the first-place Red Sox had the game …
ESPN:
Red Sox not happy with O's handling of Wednesday's postponed game — Red Sox manager Alex Cora was not happy with the Baltimore Orioles' handling of Wednesday's game, which was postponed by rain following a 2-hour, 33-minute delay that began immediately after Boston took a 5-0 lead in the second inning.
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MLB Baseball News … and Twinkie Town
Mark Dunphy / Boston Globe:
Morning sports update: Alex Cora ‘not happy about’ how the Red Sox rainout was handled
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Union-News, Over the Monster and NESN.com
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Red Sox fume after Orioles call game in second inning with 5-0 lead
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Baltimore Sun and CBS Boston
Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: The Eovaldi Gambit — Less than 24 hours after the New York Yankees gave up a trio of prospects, including highly-touted righty Dillon Tate, to acquire Zach Britton from the Orioles, the Red Sox responded with their own AL East rental agreement, picking up right-handed starting …
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Over the Monster
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies reportedly acquiring RHP Seunghwan Oh from Blue Jays
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MLB Baseball News …, Bluebird Banter, MLB Trade Rumors, FanGraphs Baseball and Toronto
R.J. Anderson / CBSSports.com:
MLB trade rumors roundup: Seung-Hwan Oh deal close, Yankees leading chase for J.A. Happ?
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Royals Review, Talking Chop, Bluebird Banter and NBCSports.com
Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated:
MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Heavily Pursuing Blue Jays Pitcher J.A. Happ
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MLB Baseball News …, Bleacher Report, MLB Trade Rumors and Brew Crew Ball
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees are one of the two front-runners for J.A. Happ
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NESN.com, MLB Trade Rumors and Pinstripe Alley
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Hernandez “has got to be better” in Blue Jays outfield
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MLB Baseball News …
Jill Painter Lopez / Associated Press:
Trout, Pujols and Ohtani homer as Angels rout White Sox 11-3 — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) With their three biggest stars all shining Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Angels put on quite a show. — Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani homered in the same game for the first time …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Acquire Joakim Soria — The Brewers have officially agreed to a deal to acquire righty Joakim Soria from the White Sox, as first reportedy by MLB.com's Mark Feinsand (via Twitter). Former first-round pick Kodi Medeiros is one piece in the deal, per Chris Cotillo of MLive.com …
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Al's Ramblings and Sox On 35th
Bob Keisser / Chicago Tribune:
Carlos Rodon gem against Angels was White Sox starter's third straight strong outing
Alan Robinson / UPI:
Mahle, Reds to face another rookie in Phillies' Suarez — The Cincinnati Reds certainly have seen this before. In fact, they keep seeing it and seeing it. — For the third time in four games Thursday, Cincinnati will go up against a pitcher making his first major league start.
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The Good Phight
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Memphis ace Hudson pulled early from start as Cardinals consider move — CHICAGO • In a move that appeared to be equal parts theater and congratulations, Class AAA Memphis manager Stubby Clapp abruptly walked to the mound in the second inning Wednesday night of Dakota Hudson's start at Salt Lake City …
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Viva El Birdos
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
'We've just got to win, bro': Cardinals running out of time to contend
Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Olney: Archer? Thor? What the heck are the Padres thinking? — Over the next five days, deals based in logic will continue to go down. The Dodgers, having already added Manny Machado to plug the hole created the Corey Seager injury, will add another reliever.
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Associated Press:
Versatile Romo helps hold off Yanks for 3-2 win — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sergio Romo relieved in the eighth inning, shifted to third base when Jonny Venters replaced him in the ninth, then struck out Brett Gardner to end the game with two on and give the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Trade talk we're hearing: Will the Rays deal Chris Archer?
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Fish Stripes, MLB Baseball News …, Sun-Sentinel and Phillies Nation
Dennis Georgatos / Associated Press:
Blackmon's homer in 9th gives Rockies 3-2 win over Astros — DENVER (AP) Charlie Blackmon didn't have to wait long for a shot at redemption. — The night after Blackmon made a costly error in center field, he hit a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning …
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Baseball Prospectus
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David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Is it time to trade deGrom? The Mets have a big choice to make — I'm not advocating that the Mets trade Jacob deGrom. I'm not advocating that the Mets keep Jacob deGrom. This isn't a hot take. There are plenty of those all over talk radio or the internet or your local bar …
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Amazin' Avenue
Stan Awtrey / UPI:
Albies set to return as Braves take on Dodgers — It appears the Atlanta Braves' offense will get a lift, just in the nick of time. — The Braves are expected to get second baseball Ozzie Albies back in the lineup when the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town to begin a four-game series at SunTrust Park.
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True Blue LA
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Phillies ride big fifth inning to statement-making series victory over Dodgers
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Philly.com and DodgerBlue.com
ESPN:
Bartolo Colon, Hall of Famer? Maybe it's not so crazy — Bartolo Colon is a joy to watch, a wild outlier, a historically significant major leaguer, one of the best pitchers of his generation and clearly worse than the average Hall of Fame starter. — That last clause might end the conversation.
Yahoo Sports / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Albert Pujols hits 631st career home run, passing Ken Griffey Jr. for No. 6 on all-time list — Albert Pujols' already impressive MLB career just became a little bit better. — The — Los Angeles Angels first baseman drilled a home run deep over the left field wall in the second inning
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Sporting News, Halos Heaven and South Side Sox
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Ben Pope / Philly.com:
Hector Neris is trying to regain his shutdown power in Lehigh Valley — ALLENTOWN — Hector Neris doesn't want to think anymore. — If his most tumultuous of summers — headlined by two demotions to Lehigh Valley in the second half of June alone — has taught him anything …
Mitchell Gladstone / Philly.com:
Lehigh Valley's Dean Anna knows what life is like as a career minor-leaguer — Dean Anna got the call to Joe Girardi's office during the last week of spring training in 2014. The shortstop, after toiling in the minors, independent leagues, and internationally for a half-dozen years …
