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NBCSports.com: HardballTalk (Drew Silva) —
According to the club’s official Twitter feed, the Cardinals placed Lance Berkman on the 15-day disabled list Sunday afternoon with a right knee injury and purchased the contract of first base prospect Matt Adams from Triple-A Memphis. Berkman was pulled from Saturday’s game against the Dodgers after stretching awkwardly at first base to grab a throw from…
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A’s right-hander Brandon McCarthy was scratched from a scheduled outing earlier this month due to right shoulder discomfort. He’s made two starts since then, including a 10-strikeout gem against the Tigers, but that shoulder issue is still barking. The A’s threw McCarthy on the 15-day disabled list Sunday morning, according to the club’s official Twitter…
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Astros manager Brad Mills told Brian McTaggart of MLB.com that outfielder Jordan Schafer is “likely out until Wednesday” because of a strained leg muscle. Schafer suffered the injury Saturday after running into teammate Justin Maxwell while trying to track down a David Murphy line drive. The ball got past both of them and resulted in an…
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Marlins second baseman Omar Infante was scratched from the Marlins’ lineup Sunday against the Indians and placed on a flight to Venezuela after recieving news that his grandfather had died. This according to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. Infante, 30, has posted a strong .326/.357/.568 batting line, six home runs and 20 RBI in 140…
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“Guys don’t want to come over here and people wonder why,” Indians closer Chris Perez told the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram after Saturday’s defeat of the Marlins, attended by just over 29,000 fans. “Why doesn’t Carlos Beltran want to come over here? Well, because of that. That’s part of it. It doesn’t go unnoticed—trust us. That’s definitely…
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Sean Marshall has surrendered 22 hits and eight earned runs in 14 1/3 innings this year, struggling to solidify the Reds’ ninth-inning role. So changes are being considered at the end of the Cincinnati ‘pen. According to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Reds manager Dusty Baker spoke Saturday “about switching Aroldis Chapman into the…
Yahoo.com: Big League Stew (Kevin Kaduk) —
They say that like attracts like, but this is ridiculous: _ The coincidental collision took place in the fifth inning of the game between the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday with the baseball-seeking baseball coming off the bat of Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman. Given that the rest of the party patrons in Tropicana Field's 162 landing had beans made of breakable...
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Nationals manager Davey Johnson told Amanda Comak of the Washington Times on Saturday that right-hander Chien-Ming Wang will pitch out of the bullpen when he’s cleared to return (sometime next week) from his badly-strained left hamstring. Wang has been making starts in the minors and has appeared in relief only five times in his MLB…
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From Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald comes word that the Marlins have placed outfielder Emilio Bonifacio on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 19, because of a sprained left thumb. Chris Coghlan was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans in a corresponding 25-man roster move. Bonifacio suffered the injury Friday night while trying to steal…
Yahoo.com: Big League Stew (Kevin Kaduk) —
By securing tickets and taking a trip to Yankee Stadium, this Cincinnati Reds father-son duo — would already have had some lifetime memories no matter what happened during Friday's game between the Reds and Yankees. But watch what happens as a foul ball off the Joey Votto's bat comes their way ... There's really so much to like about that clip and I'm not sure that I've ever seen a fan...
NBCSports.com: HardballTalk (Drew Silva) —
The Cardinals are suddenly taking punches. First baseman Lance Berkman had to be helped off the field Saturday night at Dodger Stadium after losing his balance while stretching for a throw from shortstop Rafael Furcal. It appeared that his right knee buckled under him, and he was clearly in pain as he carefully made his…
NBCSports.com: HardballTalk (Drew Silva) —
The Orioles picked up their fifth consecutive victory on Saturday night, besting the regional-rival Nationals by a score of 6-5 in front of the second-largest crowd in the short history of Nationals Park. Orioles center fielder Adam Jones led the way, blasting his 14th home run of the season while collecting his 28th and 29th…
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LOS ANGELES -- Matt Kemp has told Magic Johnson he could beat him in basketball. "He doesn't believe I can," Kemp said Saturday, sitting in front of h...