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MINNESOTA — About three hours before first pitch on Tuesday, Nick Gordon walloped a batting-practice gimme high into the cheap seats above right field, a blast so prodigious it got a reaction from his teammates surrounding the batting cage and some fans sitting nearby.

Cubs notes: Catcher Willson Contreras left the game with left ankle/foot soreness.

DETROIT — Didn’t take long for the playoff-contending team to distinguish itself from the team playing out the string.

Stroman held the Blue Jays to one run in five innings Tuesday.

MIAMI — Jose Siri had himself quite a night in Tuesday’s 7-2 win over the Marlins.

CLEVELAND — For the first 11 batters of Spenser Watkins’ night, the one run the Orioles scored in the second inning looked as if it might be enough. The right-hander cruised through the Cleveland Guardians order — until he didn’t.

SAN DIEGO — Padres infielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has served 17 of his 80-game doping suspension by Major League Baseball and forfeited the first installment of what could be $2.9 million in lost wages. He’s met with the owner, the general manager, teammates, the media, apologizing profusely for “my mistakes,”…

Of course the Red Sox weren’t going to fire Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora.

Tony Gonsolin leads MLB in ERA, wins, and walks and hits allowed per inning pitched. The Dodgers placed the right-hander on the injured list Monday with forearm tightness. For most teams, that would be a crisis. The Dodgers are treating it as a minor annoyance. Manager Dave Roberts said he…