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Pirates-Guardians Postponed by Poor Air Quality, Split Doubleheader Set for Saturday
Smoke from Canadian wildfires postponed Friday’s Pirates-Guardians game in Cleveland. The teams will play a split doubleheader Saturday at 1:10 and 7:10 p.m. ET.
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Jed Hoyer Says the Cubs Will Spend the Deadline on Pitching: ‘You Never Have Enough’
The Chicago Sun-Times reports Jed Hoyer will point the Cubs’ deadline resources at a pitching staff that entered Friday 21st in baseball with a 4.33 ERA, even with Matthew Boyd back and Jameson Taillon and Edward Cabrera due to return.
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Taylor Ward’s Eighth-Inning Homer Beats Astros 3-2 for Orioles’ Fifth Straight Win
Ward’s two-run shot off Bryan King in the eighth gave Baltimore a 3-2 win in Houston and a season-best five-game winning streak built almost entirely on pitching.
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Spencer Steer Homers Twice, Including Inside the Park, as Trade Interest Builds Before Aug. 3
Spencer Steer hit his 15th and 16th homers in Cincinnati’s 7-2 win at Coors Field, 17 days before a deadline that Bob Nightengale reports has the Blue Jays, Mariners and Yankees calling on him.
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Red Sox Sweep Doubleheader From Rays, Extend Winning Streak to 11 and Reach .500
Boston won 10-0 and 5-3 at Fenway Park on Friday for its 11th straight victory, the club’s longest run since 2016, and climbed back to .500 at 48-48.
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Cardinals Beat Diamondbacks 5-4 on Ivan Herrera’s Ninth-Inning Sacrifice Fly
St. Louis scored the go-ahead run off Paul Sewald in the ninth after Corbin Carroll had tied it an inning earlier, and Riley O’Brien closed out a 5-4 win in Phoenix for his 25th save.
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Garrett Mitchell’s 10th-Inning Single Gives Brewers a 2-1 Walk-Off Win Over the Marlins
Milwaukee’s bullpen threw five scoreless innings and Garrett Mitchell singled home Jackson Chourio in the 10th as the Brewers opened the second half with a 2-1 win over Miami.
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Astros Trade Lance McCullers Jr. to Milwaukee After He Waives His No-Trade Clause
Houston’s longest-tenured pitcher agreed to go to the Brewers at owner Jim Crane’s request, with Colton Gordon and cash going with him for Prince Fielder’s son.
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Chase Burns Got Paid. That Makes Hunter Greene the Reds’ Real Deadline Question.
With Burns locked up for seven years, MLB.com raises the possibility Cincinnati dangles Hunter Greene to free up payroll.
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Report: The Mets Are Open for Business, and Even Francisco Lindor Isn’t Formally Off Limits
SNY’s Chelsea Janes and Jon Heyman report the Mets have opened trade talks with a list of untouchables that runs four names deep.