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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 …
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 …
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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Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
'We've got to be more accountable to our at-bats.' Finding the right offensive balance is proving to be elusive for Chicago Cubs.
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Where all 30 MLB teams stand as trade deadline inches closer  —  Welcome to the beginning of the middle of the 2023 MLB season.  Much has changed since we first tried to slot teams into their expected destinies before the season.  That's been great for some teams (Texas Rangers …
Discussion: FanSided
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.
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.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and The Athletic
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.
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
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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