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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Where do the Mets go from here after getting swept by the rival Braves in Atlanta? — PITTSBURGH — The Mets have suffered a lot of comically bad losses throughout franchise history. They've been handed ugly losses and heartbreaking losses. They've also fielded blatantly bad teams that played blatantly bad baseball.
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Tylor Megill roughed up as Mets losing streak hits 7 with ugly 14-7 loss to the Pirates — PITTSBURGH — Against one of the most beautiful backdrops in baseball, the Mets played one of the ugliest games of the season. — One night after dropping a devastating extra-inning contest to the Atlanta Braves …
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets place Pete Alonso on injured list after new tests reveal bone bruise, sprain of left wrist — PITTSBURGH — The freefalling Mets are facing the possibility of being without their best hitter for 3-4 weeks. The extra imaging on Pete Alonso's left wrist showed a bone bruise and a sprain …
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets suffer heartbreaking loss after Ozzie Albies hits walk-off bomb to complete comeback for Braves — ATLANTA — Everything went wrong for the Mets in Atlanta this week. Just when it finally looked as though things would go right, the Mets somehow found a way to lose in an even more heartbreaking fashion than the two games prior.
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Luis Robert Jr.'s walk-off single gives Chicago White Sox their 6th win in last 7 games to stay 3½ games out of 1st in AL Central — Elvis Andrus was on second, representing the game-winning run for the Chicago White Sox with one out in the ninth inning.
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Doubleheader split puts Chicago White Sox 3½ games out of 1st in AL Central — but Eloy Jiménez exits with a leg injury — NEW YORK — The sky cleared up enough for the Chicago White Sox to resume their series with the New York Yankees. — Instead of the haze the smoke …
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Andrew Birkle / Detroit Free Press:
5 Detroit Tigers players that matter most in 2023 season — This is Part 2 of the Free Press' “Five most important players” series, in which we'll take a look at the x-factors for the six major beats. Freep Tigers beat writer Evan Petzold consulted on this list. Part 1 on the Detroit Lions can be viewed by clicking here.
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
After Buck Showalter calls a meeting, Mets snap seven-game losing streak with win over Pirates — PITTSBURGH — Buck Showalter did Friday night what no manager wants to have to do: Convey his anger and disappointment by conducting a closed-door meeting with the entirety of his badly underperforming roster after another loss.
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Danny Davis / Austin American-Statesman:
In opener of Stanford super regional, Texas stages a ninth-inning comeback — STANFORD, Calif. — Down to their last three outs, the Texas Longhorns fought back on Saturday. — Texas scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to stun eighth-seeded Stanford 7-5 in the opener of their best …
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Jacob Calvin Meyer / Baltimore Sun:
Gunnar Henderson hits go-ahead 2-run homer in 8th as Orioles rally late to beat Brewers, 6-3, avoid sweep — MILWAUKEE — Gunnar Henderson made a defensive blunder that was a catalyst for the Brewers' three-run first inning. — Playing shortstop, the 21-year-old went up the middle …
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Jacob Calvin Meyer / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles crushed by Brewers, 10-2, as Corbin Burnes dominates and Joey Wiemer stars again
Orioles crushed by Brewers, 10-2, as Corbin Burnes dominates and Joey Wiemer stars again
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
The Aaron Boone Show? Manager turning run-ins with umps into an ‘art form’ — Tennis- NCAAF- NCAAM- NCAAW- Sports Betting- Boxing- CFL- Cricket- F1- Golf- Horse- MMA- NASCAR- NBA G League- Olympic Sports- PLL- Racing- RN BB- RN FB- Rugby- WNBA- WWE- X Games- XFL — The Aaron Boone Show?
Matthew Postins / Sports Illustrated:
Three New York Yankees Prospects In Top 100 List — Even with the graduation of Anthony Volpe from the prospect rankings, the Yankees have plenty of high-end talent in the Top 100. — Three New York Yankees prospects remained among the Top 100 prospects in baseball, according to a re-rank of the Top 100 by Baseball America.
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Red Sox say Chris Sale has stress reaction in shoulder blade — NEW YORK — Boston left-hander Chris Sale will be sidelined until at least August because of a stress reaction in his left scapula, the latest in a series of setbacks since the Red Sox agreed to a long-term deal before the 2019 season that guaranteed him $160 million.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
Hall of Fame antidote: Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw slows Elly De La Cruz, Reds — It took three days, but the megabucks, star-studded Los Angeles Dodgers finally figured out how to stop Elly De La Cruz and, by extension, the Cincinnati Reds. — Hall of Fame pitching.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz does it again, and then some in tape-measure encore
Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz does it again, and then some in tape-measure encore
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