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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Tylor Megill's unlucky 4th inning leads to 7-2 loss, ends Mets' 5-game winning streak — CHICAGO — It felt like the Mets could do no wrong for five games. — Then suddenly, it all went wrong in Chicago and the Mets' winning streak came to an end. The comeback kids from last week …
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Tylor Megill to start series opener vs. Cubs after Kodai Senga's outing gets pushed back due to rest — CHICAGO — The Mets are making a pitching tweak to start a six-game road trip against the Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies. Right-hander Kodai Senga is being pushed back by one day to allow …
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Gary Phillips / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe propel Yankees past Orioles despite Gerrit Cole's rough night — Just before the Yankees began a three-game series with the second-place Orioles, Aaron Boone emphasized that he believes the American League East rival is for real. — “They're a really good team …
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles twice blow leads in 6-5 series-opening loss to Yankees in 10 innings — NEW YORK — The Orioles were two outs from handing one of the best pitchers in baseball his first loss. One of the best hitters in baseball made sure it didn't happen. — Baltimore built a four-run lead off …
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Michael Kopech ‘in complete control’ for the Chicago White Sox: 3 hits, 19 strikeouts over 15 straight scoreless innings — CLEVELAND — Michael Kopech had quite the encore. — In his first start since taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, the Chicago White Sox right-hander retired …
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Updated top 50 2023 MLB prospects, according to Kiley McDaniel — We're almost two months into the 2023 MLB season, and several of the best prospects from my offseason top 100 list have now graduated from eligibility, which makes it a perfect time for an updated look at the best young players currently starring in the minors.
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Keith Law / The Athletic:
Keith Law's first 2023 MLB Mock Draft sends Dylan Crews to the Pirates at No. 1 — It's early, and yet the college regular season is done, most high school players have wrapped and after this week's college tournaments we'll have just 64 teams still playing.
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Tim Reynolds / Associated Press:
Jayson Tatum scores 34, Celtics stave off elimination by topping Heat 116-99 in Game 4 — MIAMI — Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their season was completely on the brink. — Three minutes later, everything looked different.
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Jared Weiss / The Athletic:
Celtics' Malcolm Brogdon playing through right arm injury: Sources — BOSTON — Malcolm Brogdon has been playing through a partial tear in the tendon coming out of his right elbow that leads into his forearm, team sources told The Athletic. — Brogdon suffered the injury in Game 1 …
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NorthJersey.com:
NJ baseball tournament: North Jersey first-round highlights — MONTVALE — St. Joseph didn't enjoy the same arms-preserving first-round bye as rivals Bergen Catholic and Don Bosco. — Solution? Say hello to promising sophomores Brendan Lewis, Carter Grande and Neylin Navarro …
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Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
Former Chicago Cubs prospect sought by police in Dominican Republic in connection with a shooting death — Dominican Republic national police are searching for a former Chicago Cubs minor-leaguer in connection with a homicide. — The Cubs signed outfielder Josefrailin Alcántara …
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Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Pinch-hit home run from Zack Short blasts Detroit Tigers to 6-4 win over Kansas City Royals — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch pushed the right button at the right time when he brought Zack Short off the bench in Wednesday's series finale at Kauffman Stadium. — “What's the movie line?
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