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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Texas Rangers add chapter to ‘intense’ series, force Game 7 — HOUSTON — Adolis Garcia stood at home plate to watch his ninth-inning grand slam soar toward the Crawford Boxes in left field at Minute Maid Park on Sunday night, and in that moment, the perspective of everyone in the building seemed to shift.
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Houston pitcher Abreu disciplined — Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu has received a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing at Adolis García of the Texas Rangers during the bottom of the eighth inning of Friday's Game Five of the American League Championship Series …
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Astros' Bryan Abreu facing 2-game suspension for plunking Adolis Garcia — HOUSTON — Astros relief pitcher Bryan Abreu has been handed a two-game suspension in the wake of his controversial hit by pitch of Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia, which sparked a benches-clearing incident …
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Bryan Abreu receives two-game suspension after hitting Adolis García with pitch
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber launch Phillies to 3-2 NLCS lead — PHOENIX — Slugging and running their way to within one victory of a return trip to the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Saturday night in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series to take a 3-2 series lead.
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Jason Wolf / Arizona Republic:
DBacks' Corbin Carroll, teammates ignore doubters, confident NLCS isn't over — Corbin Carroll knows you probably didn't believe in the Diamondbacks. — Sure, they swept the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers to reach the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2007, a stunning turn of events.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
DBacks hit wall in NLCS Game 5 as Phillies hit 3 homers to take 3-2 series lead — Both pitches were blasted to right field, and both times Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen gave them a quick glance knowing full well where they would land. Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber's drive in the sixth cleared the pool at Chase Field.
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Kevin TresoliniDelaware / delawareonline:
NLCS live update: Kyle Schwarber homers, hustles home to give Phillies lead in 6th
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
DBacks even NLCS with 3-run rally in 8th fueled by Alek Thomas, Gabriel Moreno
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Jason Wolf / Arizona Republic:
Phillies NLCS Game 5 starter Zack Wheeler: Managers ‘holding back’ on pitchers
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Craig Kimbrel melts down as Diamondbacks rally to beat Phillies, even up NLCS
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The Athletic:
Bob Melvin emerges as Giants' top managerial candidate after Padres allow him to interview: Sources — The Giants have requested and received permission to interview Padres manager Bob Melvin for San Francisco's managerial opening, The Athletic has learned, potentially paving the way for Melvin …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Padres grant permission for Bob Melvin, Giants interview — The San Diego Padres granted permission for manager Bob Melvin to interview with the San Francisco Giants, sources told ESPN, paving the way for an interdivision managerial change and the end of a contentious two-year relationship between Melvin and the Padres.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Jason Varitek a candidate for Giants' managerial job
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Adam Grosbard / Orange County Register:
Rams collapse in fourth quarter of loss to Steelers — INGLEWOOD — The final knife, the one the Rams couldn't control, came in the form of a generous fourth-down spot. — The Pittsburgh Steelers, with 2:24 left in the game, tried a quarterback sneak. From replays, it appeared Kenny Pickett …
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Eric He / Orange County Register:
UCLA routs Stanford behind Steele's three touchdowns, Garbers at QB — Dante Moore was “banged up a little” during the week following the Oregon State game last week — STANFORD — Looking to steady an offense that has been up-and-down this season, UCLA made a rather surprise change …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
20 years after shocking World Series title, ex-owner Jeffrey Loria reflects on Marlins tenure — PHILADELPHIA — Former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria had no idea. It was complete news to him. The word hadn't spread to Paris, apparently. — Just three years after being lauded …
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Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Free Press:
Synagogue president fatally stabbed in Detroit; police investigating motive — A politically connected Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death Saturday morning outside her home in the city's Lafayette Park neighborhood, east of downtown. — Samantha Woll, 40 …
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