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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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Albies hits 3-run homer in 10th, Braves rally to beat reeling Mets 13-10 for 3-game sweep
Albies hits 3-run homer in 10th, Braves rally to beat reeling Mets 13-10 for 3-game sweep
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Pete Alonso leaves early in loss vs. Braves with left wrist contusion, considered day-to-day
Pete Alonso leaves early in loss vs. Braves with left wrist contusion, considered day-to-day
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Abbey Mastracco / New York Daily News:
Mets lose 5th straight despite valiant effort from Tommy Pham in place of injured Pete Alonso
Mets lose 5th straight despite valiant effort from Tommy Pham in place of injured Pete Alonso
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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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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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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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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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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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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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