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Maria Torres / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Angels lineup vs. Texas Rangers: Patrick Sandoval takes the mound, Jo Adell returns — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Jo Adell returned to the lineup Saturday for the second game of the series against the Texas Rangers. He missed the previous two games nursing a sore right quad …
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Halos Heaven and Lone Star Ball
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Recall Patrick Sandoval For Start, Option Luke Bard — The Los Angeles Angels optioned Luke Bard to their alternate site today, recalling Patrick Sandoval in his place, per Jason Martinez of Roster Resource over at Fangraphs. — Sandoval made his major-league debut last season going 0-4 across 10 appearances (9 starts).
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MLB Baseball News … and Lone Star Ball
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays squeak out just enough offence for rare win … BOSTON - If the Blue Jays bats were booming the way they have in the past, they might have been in for some Fenway fun here on Saturday night. — Instead, it was another grinding sequence of frustration at the plate with just enough offence …
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Bluebird Banter
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Option Billy McKinney, Activate Chase Anderson
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Bluebird Banter
Will Graves / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Tigers hit 4 homers in 1st inning, drill Pirates 11-5 — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Jeimer Candelario all hit home runs in the first inning against Pittsburgh's — Tigers drilled the Pirates 11-5 on Saturday. — Detroit sent four of Holland's first 11 pitches …
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Yahoo! Sports, Bucs Dugout and Bless You Boys
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John Perrotto / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Tigers outslug Pirates 17-13 in 11 innings after layoff
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Bless You Boys and Bucs Dugout
Alex Pavlovic / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Giants acquire outfield prospect Luis Basabe in trade with White Sox — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — The Giants added an intriguing young outfielder to their 40-man roster Sunday in exchange for just cash considerations. — Luis Basabe, a 23-year-old who not too long ago played …
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Lone Star Ball, McCovey Chronicles and Yahoo! Sports
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cubs Release Derek Dietrich — The Cubs announced that utilityman Derek Dietrich has been released so that Dietrich can explore a Major League opportunity with another club. (MLB.com's Jordan Bastian was among those to report the news.) — Dietrich signed a minor league deal with Chicago …
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MLB Baseball News …
Mark Didtler / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Cole just misses 20th reg-season win in row, Yanks beat Rays — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Gerrit Cole came within one strike of earning his 20th straight regular-season win before getting pulled, and the — Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 Saturday in the opener of a seven-inning doubleheader.
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Yahoo! Sports and Pinstripe Alley
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Mark Didtler / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Perez hits sac fly in the 8th, Rays beat Yankees 1-0
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Pinstripe Alley and DRaysBay
Brian Witt / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Watch Giants' Austin Slater hit two home runs off Clayton Kershaw — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Austin Slater needs to play more. — He made a pretty convincing argument in the third inning of the Giants game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
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NBCSports.com, McCovey Chronicles and True Blue LA
Dennis Young / New York Daily News:
Mets' bats finally bust loose with three homers in win over Marlins — The Mets badly needed to start hitting homers, and they did it Saturday night. Pete Alonso and Michael Conforto beamed low-slung lasers out of the park, and J.D. Davis hit a late three-run homer to ice the team's 8-4 home win over the Marlins.
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Baseball Prospectus
Todd Dybas / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Nationals to ‘reassess’ Sean Doolittle's role after another poor outing — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Sean Doolittle is four appearances into what has become a mess. — Finding a path to outs is problematic. He's tried with a downtrodden fastball or still-to-be-refined off-speed pitches.
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Federal Baseball
Bernie Wilson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Marté, Vogt homer to carry Diamondbacks over Padres 3-2 — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Stephen Vogt homered off Chris Paddack in the sixth inning, and the — San Diego Padres 3-2 on Saturday night. — The Padres failed to capitalize on two more home runs by
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AZ Snake Pit
George Miller / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Recall Keegan Akin, Option Cedric Mullins — The Orioles announced today that they've promoted left-hander Keegan Akin to the Major League roster. To make room, outfielder Cedric Mullins has been optioned to the team's alternate training site. Akin, 25, is set to make his MLB debut.
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MLB Baseball News … and Camden Chat
Corey Seidman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Phillies beat Braves behind strong games from Jake Arrieta, Jay Bruce, J.T. Realmuto — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Jake Arrieta pitched a gem and the Phillies played longball en route to a 5-0 win over the — Braves in Saturday's series opener at Citizens Bank Park.
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Talking Chop and Phillies Nation
Howard Fendrich / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Even Davis gets 2 hits as O's total 19 in 11-0 win at Nats — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Chris Davis got in on the act for the suddenly slugging Orioles, doubling his season total by collecting two of Baltimore's 19 hits and raising his average from .087 to .143 in an 11-0 victory over the
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Camden Chat, Yahoo! Sports and Federal Baseball
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Stephen Strasburg To Make 2020 Debut Sunday
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Federal Baseball, MLB Baseball News … and MLB.com
