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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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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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Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
Marcus Stroman continues to show he's one of the best pitchers in MLB. Soon, the Chicago Cubs will face a tough decision. — SAN FRANCISCO — Every start Marcus Stroman makes further complicates a tough decision that awaits the Chicago Cubs next month. — The Cubs ended their four-game …
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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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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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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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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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Gary Phillips / New York Daily News:
Rafael Devers' continued success against Gerrit Cole helps Red Sox beat Yankees — Nearly a year ago, Rafael Devers left Gerrit Cole searching for solutions. — “I'm open to suggestions,” the Yankees ace said when asked how he planned to get Devers out moving forward.
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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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