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8:55 PM ET, April 22, 2023

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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Pete Alonso homers again, Joey Lucchesi delivers career performance as Mets blank Giants, 7-0  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Mets had a likely hero and an unlikely one in their 7-0 win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night at Oracle Park.  —  Pete Alonso hit his 10th home run of the season …
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Joey Lucchesi's seven scoreless innings, Pete Alonso's 10th HR power Mets past Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO — With their rotation in tatters and their bullpen stressed, the Mets reached deep down their depth chart Friday for yet another starting pitcher.  They wound up with a savior for a night.
Gary Phillips / New York Daily News:
Yankees Notebook: Josh Donaldson out for a couple weeks  —  The Yankees initially expected Josh Donaldson back by now.  —  But after one rehab game at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, the third baseman is on the mend again.  Donaldson reaggravated his right hamstring injury that night.
Adam Lichtenstein / Sun-Sentinel:
‘Protect home court’: Heat look to regain momentum in Game 3 vs. Bucks  —  The Heat went to Milwaukee hoping to take one game from the top-seeded Bucks.  They accomplished that, winning Game 1.  —  An opportunity presented itself to come back home up 2- with Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo …
ESPN:
Outfielder Kris Bryant leaves Rockies' 4-3 loss to Phillies  —  Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant left Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning with pain on his left side.  —  Bryant, 31, struck out swinging in the first inning and grimaced on the final strike.
Discussion: Denver Post and MLB Trade Rumors
ESPN:
Drew Smyly loses perfect-game bid on infield collision in Cubs win  —  CHICAGO — Drew Smyly and Yan Gomes tumbled to the grass under a sunny sky at a picturesque Wrigley Field.  Reclining on his side for one brief moment, Smyly grinned.  —  It was over, but it was a really fun afternoon for the Chicago Cubs.
Kevin Acee / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres notes: Musgrove readying for the run; Weathers to pen, Martinez to follow  —  Abundant off days, Musgrove's return takes away need for six-man rotation for at least the next several weeks  —  The toe is good.  The arm and the body are good.  The mechanics are good.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Gaslamp Ball
New York Times:
With Las Vegas Land Deal, Athletics May Finally Leave Oakland  —  After years of tense negotiations to remain in the Bay Area, the A's said they had reached a deal to acquire a stadium site near the Las Vegas Strip.  —  For more than half a century, the Oakland Athletics …
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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Nets crumble late and lose to Joel Embiid, Sixers, 102-97, and fall into 3-0 series hole  —  Spencer Dinwiddie looked at the scoreboard, the time left on the clock, and slapped his hands in frustration.  —  Brooklyn's starting point guard just blew it — and he knew it.
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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Run, pass, special teams: Nets defensive scheme is working, but not winning games
Discussion: New York Post
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
When will we know if the Chicago Cubs are for real — or if their hot start is a mirage?  —  The Chicago Cubs returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday on the heels of a 5-1 West Coast trip, looking very much like a team determined to prove its hot start is not a fluke.
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
MSG crowd rattles misfiring Cavs in big Knicks playoff victory  —  It was sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful and overall dominant from the Knicks.  —  New York didn't win style points Friday night but dominated where it mattered most — on the scoreboard — riding a resurgent RJ Barrett …
J.C. Carnahan / Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando area high school spring football game schedule  —  Florida High School Athletic Association football programs close out spring practices next month with exhibition games.  Below is the game schedule for Orlando area programs.  —  Tohopekaliga at Hagerty, 7  —  Pierson Taylor at The Master's Academy, 7
Discussion: Boston Herald
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
A story of atonement: Former Heat player Meyers Leonard's path from anti-Semitic slur to rabbinical embrace as Miami's playoff opponent  —  MIAMI — This was not how Meyers Leonard envisioned his return.  —  Foremost, because he never wanted to leave.  —  And yet in the wake of the shame …
Discussion: Denver Post
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers bring ‘increased competitiveness’ into six-game road trip vs. winning teams  —  BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers, one of the hottest teams in baseball, nearly carried a six-game winning streak into their two-city, six-game road trip against the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers.
 
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