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9:25 AM ET, April 23, 2023

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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Mets' David Peterson hammered right off the bat in loss to Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Mets, currently flailing to keep five starting pitchers in some semblance of a rotation, might have a David Peterson problem.  —  Peterson got crushed by the Giants in a 7-4 loss Saturday …
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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 …
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.
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo again ruled out vs. Heat due to back injury  —  Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out for a second consecutive game against the Miami Heat on Saturday due to a lower-back bruise.  —  “He's just not ready to go,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said.
Discussion: Denver Post
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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 …
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox suffer a crushing 8-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays — allowing 3 runs in the 9th: ‘Just turn the page’  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Chicago White Sox were three outs from perhaps a momentum-turning victory Friday.  —  But three big swings from the Tampa Bay Rays turned the game into a crushing defeat.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he is cancer-free after treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma  —  Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks announced he is cancer-free in an Instagram post Thursday.  —  “It's official.  I'm cancer free,” Hendriks wrote.  —  Hendriks began treatment in January for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
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