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Ben Joyce throws MLB's fastest pitch in Angels' victory — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ben Joyce retired all four hitters he faced in 1⅓ innings for his first big league save, and concluded the effort with a 104.7 mile per hour fastball, the fastest pitch in the majors this season …
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Pete Alonso homers and newcomer Paul Blackburn strikes out 6 for Mets in 5-1 victory over Angels — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Pete Alonso homered for the third time in five games and Paul Blackburn allowed only one run in his Mets debut as New York beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Friday night.
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Giants' Blake Snell throws 1st career no-hitter in 3-0 win over the Reds — CINCINNATI — Blake Snell was one out away from pitching the first no-hit game in his illustrious career and had to get power-hitting Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz one more time.
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11 MLB hot takes with baseball entering dog days of summer — The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone, the pennant races don't shift into high gear for another month, and while the clock is ticking on Chicago's South Side, there hasn't been a managerial or GM firing this season.
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MLB Power Rankings Week 18: Who got most help from the deadline? — The MLB trade deadline is in the rearview mirror — and a number of teams look fairly different because of it. — Two of our top-10 teams — the Dodgers and Padres — went for it at the deadline and were considered …
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Blue Jays intentionally walk Yankees' Judge with no one on in 2nd — NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider had seen enough by the time Aaron Judge stepped to the plate in the second inning Saturday. — The New York Yankees' otherworldly slugger, fewer than 24 hours …
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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Suffered Unfortunate Career First in Brutal Padres Start — Kershaw missed the first half of the season recovering from shoulder surgery. — The Los Angeles Dodgers got the starting pitching reinforcements they so desperately needed in the form of Clayton Kershaw's return after the All-Star break.
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MLB postseason schedule allows for earlier World Series — Major League Baseball's new postseason schedule includes the flexibility for an earlier start to the World Series if the league championship series finish early, preventing a longer layoff for the two pennant winners.
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Angels' Mike Trout out for season with another meniscus tear — Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout suffered another meniscus tear in his surgically repaired left knee and will not play the remainder of this season, yet another crushing development for the generational superstar …
