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Pirates beat White Sox, but bigger concern remains health of Oneil Cruz

PITTSBURGH — Johan Oviedo was absolutely dominant for large chunks of Sunday’s series-deciding game against the Chicago White Sox, yet his performance isn’t the biggest talking point from this one. The same for the Pirates taking a second consecutive series during a better-than-anticipated start to the season.

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Mics picked up what a livid Seby Zavala said to Oneil Cruz before benches cleared in Pittsburgh

That explains why benches cleared.

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The Yankees’ Clay Holmes stunned MLB fans with a gravity-defying 98 mph sinker for a strikeout

That pitch is actually unfair.

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White Sox’ Luis Robert Jr., one of baseball’s best so far in 2023, gets a day off

“If you focus on Luis and his day, you realize these days are needed,” Grifol said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Shaikin: Shohei Ohtani's star power transforms Angels into international tourist attraction

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The sign was written by hand, with love, not on an enormous poster but on a sheet torn from a notebook. "We're here on our honeymoon!"

Los Angeles Times

Bill Madden: What we’ve learned from the opening week of the MLB season

NEW YORK — One week into the MLB season and we’ve already learned a lot about what will transpire over the entire 162. Even the tiniest of snapshots has provided plenty of evidence for what’s in store for the Yankees and Mets this season.

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How MLB teams are changing under baseball’s new rules

CHICAGO — Here’s what you need to know about the impact of baseball’s big rule changes: Action and offense is up; game time is down. The latter significantly.

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Angels blow six-run lead and lose to Blue Jays in extra innings

Sunday's matinee could have resulted in a third straight series win to open the season for the Angels. Instead, they squandered an early six-run lead against the Toronto Blue Jays, then tried to win from behind but ultimately fell short in extra innings.

Los Angeles Times

Noah Syndergaard’s struggles doom Dodgers in loss: ‘Just poor execution’

PHOENIX — Every time the Los Angeles Dodgers offense inched a small step forward Saturday night, their pitching staff quickly took a disastrous step back.

Los Angeles Times

Rockies’ rally comes up short in 7-6 loss to Nationals

DENVER — The Rockies rocked LoDo Saturday night with a four-run ninth inning.

The Denver Post

Michael Wacha, Padres win with the runs they’re given

ATLANTA — Michael Wacha and three relievers were good enough Saturday night that the Padres didn’t need the run Rougned Odor didn’t score nor the one that he did score.

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Pirates’ Vince Velasquez struggles in 2nd start, departs early from blowout loss to White Sox

PITTSBURGH — Vince Velasquez had an early opportunity to show his former team why he’s deserving of a rotating spot. The brain trust of his previous employer, the Chicago White Sox, likely didn’t feel it had let one get away Saturday night.

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Nolan Arenado, Jordan Montgomery launch Cardinals to 6-0 victory vs. Brewers

MILWAUKEE — A mix of milestones ranging from the deeply personal to the potentially historic to the absolutely necessary merged together for the complete kind of game the Cardinals have promised.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

South Side hit men? Sox pile up 14 more in 11-5 win against Pirates

The Sox lead the majors with eight games of 10 or more hits, and this one was their sixth in as many road games. Tim Anderson, Luis Robert, Andrew Benintendi, Andrew Vaughn, Yasmani Grandal and Oscar Colas each had two.

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How will Seiya Suzuki’s imminent return affect the Cubs’ roster?

Inserting Suzuki in right field and in the middle of the order might cut into playing time for a few players.

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Mariners walk tight rope in win over Guardians, clinch first series victory of season

CLEVELAND — As he caught the short underhand toss from Ty France and stepped on first base for the final out of the Mariners’ 3-2 victory that clinched a series win over the Guardians, Paul Sewald held the ball in his glove, put his arms in a cradle position and…

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Minor League Team Miraculously Wins Game, Scores Seven Runs Without Getting a Hit

There may never be another baseball game like this one.

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Rangers’ sloppy loss to Cubs shows difficulty of Bruce Bochy’s task to turn team around

CHICAGO — The Rangers officially welcomed Bruce Bochy to his mission Saturday. For the six months since they started recruiting him to turn the franchise around, they’ve focused on everything that could go right.

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Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson a ‘player who makes things happen’

Swanson scored from first base on a single and a throwing error in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 10-3 victory Saturday against the Rangers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ninth-inning rally fuels 3-2 Phillies win over Reds and revives a packed Citizens Bank Park

PHILADELPHIA —There were times, last season when it felt like the crowd was willing the Phillies to win.

Boston Herald

Rafael Devers, Adam Duvall power Red Sox past Tigers, 14-5

A week and change into the season, the 2023 Red Sox are a mystifying group.

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Kodai Senga shines in Citi Field debut as Mets top Marlins, 5-2

NEW YORK — Citi Field got its first haunting of the season.

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Jeffrey Springs, Rays thump A’s, roll to 8-0 start

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It may not have been a hitless outing, but Jeffrey Springs was dominant again. The lefty continued his strong start with seven more scoreless innings Saturday as the Rays rolled over the A’s, 11-0, in front of a crowd of 15,880 at Tropicana Field to continue…

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Salvador Perez belts clutch 3-run homer as Royals beat Giants on wild pitch

SAN FRANCISCO — The Royals have found something that they like at Oracle Park in San Francisco. In front of a lively crowd of 35,126, Bobby Witt Jr. and Franmil Reyes connected on solo home runs, while Salvador Perez drilled a game-tying three-run shot with two out in the eighth.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Kopech suspects he tipped pitches, knows he must execute them better

White Sox righty Michael Kopech looks to rebound from an awful start.

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