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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Hall of Fame Day — The Hall of Fame welcomes six former player today: … Smith and Baines won election through the Today's Game Era Committee. This group obviously holds closers and designated hitters in higher regard than the sports writers. I suspect the Baines vote …
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MLB Baseball News … and Lookout Landing
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Mark Didtler / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Snell, d'Arnaud help Rays beat White Sox to end 5-game skid — Blake Snell struck out 10 in six scoreless innings, — Travis d'Arnaud hit his first grand slam and the — Tampa Bay Rays stopped their longest losing streak of the year at five games by beating the — Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sunday.
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South Side Sox
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Brewers' Woodruff leaves in 4th inning against Diamondbacks — Milwaukee Brewers All-Star right-hander — Brandon Woodruff has left his start against the — Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth inning with an abdominal injury. — Woodruff grimaced after throwing a second strike …
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Brew Crew Ball
David Ginsburg / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Wojciechowski starts 1-hitter as Orioles blank Red Sox 5-0 — Asher Wojciechowski took an unlikely no-hitter into the seventh inning, — Baltimore Orioles beat Boston 5-0 Sunday to win their first series from the — Red Sox in 11 tries since 2017. — Making his 15th career start …
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Camden Chat and Boston Red Sox News …
Steve Herrick / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Lindor hits foul ball that injures child; Indians top KC 5-4 — Francisco Lindor wasn't thinking about his home run that helped the — Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Sunday. Instead, the All-Star shortstop was only concerned about the young child who was struck by a line drive he hit.
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Let's Go Tribe
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Acquire Matt Magill — The Mariners announced the acquisition of right-handed reliever Matt Magill from the Twins in exchange for cash considerations. Minnesota designated Magill for assignment Thursday. As MLBTR's Mark Polishuk noted then, the Twins stood a good chance of losing the 29 year-old on waivers.
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Lookout Landing and Twinkie Town
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Designate Keon Broxton For Assignment — The Orioles announced today they've designated outfielder Keon Broxton for assignment. Right-handed reliever Branden Kline is up from Triple-A Norfolk to take Broxton's place on the active roster. — So continues a lost season …
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MLB Baseball News …
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Announce Drew Smyly Signing, Designate Fernando Salas — The Phillies announced the signing of left-hander Drew Smyly, who will start Sunday. The club designated reliever Fernando Salas for assignment to make room for Smyly. — This is already the second time the Phillies …
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MLB Baseball News …
MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Designate Derek Holland, Ryder Jones — The Giants have designated left-hander Derek Holland for assignment, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports. In addition, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets that Ryder Jones has also been designated for assignment …
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MLB Baseball News …
Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rockies Designate Mark Reynolds For Assignment — 10:38 am: Hoffman will work out of the Rockies' bullpen instead of replacing Senzatela in the rotation, tweets Nick Groke of the Athletic. The club's fifth starter, who is scheduled to start Thursday, remains up in the air.
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Purple Row
Patrick Dunne / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
New Red Sox starter Andrew Cashner has a ‘beard clause’ in his contract — has had a couple of rough starts for Boston but fits right into this pitching staff. Appearance-wise, at least. — The beefy (6-6, 235) right-hander sports one of the most impressive beards in baseball and now …
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Union-News, Over the Monster and MLB Trade Rumors
Will Graves / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Musgrove pitches, hits, runs Pirates past Phils for 5-1 win — Joe Musgrove scattered two hits over six innings, collected his first double of the season and scored on a textbook head-first slide to beat a throw by Philadelphia right fielder — Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win on Saturday night.
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The Good Phight, Bucs Dugout and Twinkie Town
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Giants vs. Mets lineups: Conner Menez, Zach Green make big league debuts — All good things come to an end. Such was the case with the Giants' winning streak Saturday, as Bruce Bochy's club was thumped 11-4 by the — New York Mets at Oracle Park. — The Giants will look …
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NBCSports.com and McCovey Chronicles