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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Choices by Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac to break protocol caused rift within Cleveland Indians — During a testy meeting Friday, Cleveland Indians players scolded teammates Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac for breaking protocol and going out in Chicago, and at least one player …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Option Oscar Mercado — The Indians announced this morning that they've optioned struggling center fielder Oscar Mercado to their alternate training site. A corresponding move has yet to be announced but will come before tomorrow's game. — Mercado becomes the third notable Indians player …
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Carlos Monarrez / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers yield five homers, swept in series and lose 20th straight to Cleveland — There's hemlock, arsenic and Kryptonite. — Then there's the Cleveland Indians. — For the Detroit Tigers, no poison is more potent. They proved as much when they lost to their AL Central Division rivals …
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Zack Wheeler holds Mets to two runs over seven innings, gets win as Phillies finish sweep — PHILADELPHIA — The baseball gods laughed at the Mets' misery on Sunday. — As they lost to the Phillies, 6-2, to complete the series sweep, the Mets struggled with hitting, pitching …
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Phillies getting exactly what they paid for with Zack Wheeler, who helps complete sweep of Mets
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Steven Matz can't get out of fifth in 6-2 loss to Phillies
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Ronald Blum / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Happ, Ford lead Yanks to 9th straight win over Red Sox, 4-2 — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … J.A. Happ won in his return to New York's rotation after being skipped for a turn, Mike Ford drove in three runs and the — Yankees beat Boston 4-2 Sunday night for their ninth straight victory over the
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
How the Red Sox can climb back out of their vortex of ugliness — The dramatic competitive retreat of the Boston Red Sox was probably inevitable to some degree because of choices made five, four and three years ago. But the rapidity of the team's decline is still stunning, given that 22 months ago …
Associated Press:
Cardinals pitcher Roel Ramirez allows four home runs in row in MLB debut — MLB, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox — CHICAGO — St. Louis Cardinals reliever Roel Ramirez became the first pitcher to allow four straight home runs in his major league debut when the Chicago White Sox hit him around in the fifth inning Sunday.
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Ian Hamilton Out With Shoulder Soreness
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Alex Butler / UPI:
Max Scherzer strikes out 10, Nationals hold off Orioles — Max Scherzer had 10 strikeouts and the Washington Nationals held off a late rally from the Baltimore Orioles to earn a road victory Sunday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. — Scherzer picked up the win despite allowing eight hits …
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds awaiting more COVID-19 testing results, won't play Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday — After one Cincinnati Reds player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night, the team sat in a holding pattern while awaiting more test results. — The wait will continue for at least one more day.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Lift off: Diamondbacks win fourth in a row, sweep Padres, climb to .500 — The smiles were ear-to-ear, the joy palpable. Eduardo Escobar had blasted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning on Sunday and the Diamondbacks' dugout couldn't have been happier.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tommy Pham Diagnosed With Broken Hamate Bone — Padres outfielder Tommy Pham has been diagnosed with a broken hamate bone in his hand, manager Jayce Tingler said in an appearance with Jim Duquette on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (Twitter link). He'll head to the injured list …
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Jordan Godwin / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Tucker hits game-ending homer as Astros sweep Mariners 3-2 — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Kyle Tucker hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, and the — Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth straight win. — Tucker drove a 96-mph fastball from
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