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3 min ago | Bradenton.com

Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4

Joey Votto homered and Zack Cozart had a career-high four hits, all off Matt Harvey, in a game that featured a little bit of everything - including a testy exchange in the dugout between Cincinnati starter Mat Latos and teammate Jay Bruce.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Phillips, Zack Cozart, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, National League East, Cincinnati Reds, Joey Votto, Matt Harvey, Offbeat

1 hr ago | Sports Network

Braves eye sweep of Twins in matinee affair

Not that scoring two or more runs is difficult to do, but the Atlanta Braves are 5-0 when doing so with Paul Maholm on the mound.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Freddie Freeman, Baseball Players, Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, Jason Heyward

5 hrs ago | KARE-TV Minneapolis

Nats closer disses Harper after blown save

Misplaced pitches. Punishing walls. Unyielding lockers. All sorts of factors are conspiring against the Washington Nationals, who are finding new ways to turn big preseason expectations into sheer mediocrity.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, Yunesky Maya, Baseball Players, Ryan Mattheus, Washington Nationals

9 hrs ago | Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers Dominating with Strikeouts

The Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers are dominating in the first month and a half of the 2013 Major League Baseball season because they are striking out a majority of the batters they face.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Jason Grilli, Justin Wilson

13 hrs ago | Philly.com

In hindsight, Ryan Howard's contract an expensive mistake for Phillies

CONFESSION IS good for the soul, we are told. Besides, there is no realistic alternative, seeing as how the words written in 2010 will live forever in cyberspace.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ryan Howard, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, National League East

Tue May 21, 2013

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Stretching the Field: Displeasure settling in for Hamels

Victimized once again by an ineffective offense, Hamels had zero patience for anyone, including the media, following Monday's 5-1 road loss against the Miami Marlins.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Roy Halladay, Baseball Players, Domonic Brown, Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee, Kyle Kendrick

Rant Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs Series Preview

The 26-18 Pittsburgh Pirates will welcome the struggling Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh for a three-game series at PNC Park.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League Central, Starlin Castro, Baseball Players, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen, Jose Tabata

The Miami Herald

Philadelphia Phillies

Miami Marlins rookie starting pitcher Jose Fernandez hasn't had much trouble with the Philadelphia Phillies this season and will take the mound again in this series Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Domonic Brown, Baseball Players, Alex Sanabia, Philadelphia Phillies, Cole Hamels, Placido Polanco

St. Louis Cardinals

Rosenthal's heavy workload not a concern to Cards

With his third appearance in three days on Sunday, Trevor Rosenthal pushed his season total to 23.

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Related Topix: Sports, Trevor Rosenthal, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, David Freese, St. Louis Cardinals

CBS Local

Padres Hammer Nats, Haren in Lopsided Win

After losing to Stephen Strasburg on Thursday night and then blowing an extra-inning game Friday night, the San Diego Padres righted themselves rather nicely against the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals.

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Related Topix: Sports, Kyle Blanks, Baseball Players, Everth Cabrera, Stephen Strasburg, San Diego Padres, Major League Baseball, National League East, Will Venable

NOLA.com

Clayton Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Los Angeles Dodgers beat Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, plus more NL scores

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo reacts as Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp rounds the bases after Kemp hit a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 20, 2013, in Milwaukee.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League West, Major League Baseball, National League Central, Clayton Kershaw, Baseball Players, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Matt Kemp

Mon May 20, 2013

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Mattingly doesn't feel he's about to be fired

Officials at two hospitals say they're treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League West, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Dodgers GM says Mattingly "doing fine"

Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti says beleaguered manager Don Mattingly is "doing fine" and has kept the team steady despite its last-place showing in the NL West.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League West, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Baseball Players, Andre Ethier

Belleville News Democrat

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals have been road warriors so far this season, and they'll look to continue that trend on Monday as they visit Petco Park to open a three-game set with the San Diego Padres.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League Central, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Baseball Players, Kyle Lohse

Sports Network

D'Backs, Rockies battle for NL West supremacy at Coors

The Colorado Rockies take aim at the National League West Division lead on Monday when they meet up with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League West, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Juan Nicasio, Colorado Rockies, Troy Tulowitzki, Randy Johnson

Sports Network

Twins hope to recover in rare trip to Atlanta

Playing at home did no favors for the Minnesota Twins, so they'll try to find their way back to the win column on the road when they open a nine-game journey Monday against the Atlanta Braves.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Minnesota Twins, Baseball Players, Mike Minor, Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox

TwinCities

DH: NL's 40-year-old aversion weighs on Twins' Ron Gardenhire

The designated hitter is celebrating its 40-year anniversary this season, and while Major League Baseball's part-timers only work for half of its teams, they are protagonists in the eternal debate between the game's progressives and purists.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League Central, Houston Astros, David Ortiz

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Giants limp home after 1-5 trip

DENVER – Giants manager Bruce Bochy leaned back in his chair and tried to explain a week's worth of terrible starting pitching.

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Related Topix: Sports, National League West, Major League Baseball, Barry Zito, Baseball Players, Juan Nicasio, Colorado Rockies

Bradenton.com

Brewers end tough trip with 4-2 loss to Cardinals

"Certainly, it seems like we've been on the road for a month," said Ryan Braun, who grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to end the seventh inning of a 4-2 loss to the St.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jon Jay, Baseball Players, Pete Kozma, Kyle Lohse, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals

Sun May 19, 2013

The Miami Herald

Phillies look for road to .500 in Miami

It was 4:47 p.m. Sunday when a beaming Charlie Manuel sauntered into his team's clubhouse.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League East, Freddy Galvis, Baseball Players, Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Soccer Players, Cliff Lee