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Mangum and Baz help the Rays beat the Pirates 7-0

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Mangum collected three more hits and Shane Baz struck out a career-high 10 in six innings, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 on Tuesday night.

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Bichette gets tiebreaking hit in eighth, Blue Jays beat Nationals 5-3 for 3rd straight win

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two out in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays won their third straight game by beating the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Tuesday night.

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Mets pitcher Sean Manaea shut down from throwing after setback in recovery from oblique injury

MIAMI (AP) — New York Mets left-hander Sean Manaea had a setback in his recovery from a right oblique strain and won’t throw for two weeks.

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Alcantara tosses 5 solid innings for 1st win since 2023 as Marlins beat Mets 4-2

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched five effective innings for his first win in 19 months and the Miami Marlins beat the New York Mets 4-2 on Tuesday night despite getting only three hits.

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Eovaldi pitches majors' 1st complete game this season as the Rangers beat the Reds 1-0

CINCINNATI (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched a four-hitter for the majors' first complete game of the season, and the Texas Rangers beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Tuesday night. Eovaldi struck out eight and walked none in his fifth career complete game.

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Jokes abound as Dodgers' Freddie Freeman misses 2nd game while recovering from shower slip and fall

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman is hearing it after he slipped and fell in the shower, injuring his surgically repaired right ankle and missing his second straight game for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton says he'll continue using torpedo bats upon return from injury

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton said he'll continue using a torpedo bat whenever he returns from pain in both elbows, but also declined to say whether he thought using the new model might have caused his injury.

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Blue Jays' Max Scherzer says sore right thumb feeling better following cortisone injection

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer said Tuesday he hopes to be able to play catch in the next few days following a cortisone injection to treat his sore right thumb.

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Jays pitcher Max Scherzer day to day after receiving cortisone injection to thumb

TORONTO — The pain of a cortisone injection to his ailing thumb isn't what has Max Scherzer hurting. "It doesn't feel good," he said of the injection, "but you'll take any pain to get out there. The pain's not the problem.

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Reliever Adam Ottavino returns to the Yankees, agrees to a 1-year contract

NEW YORK (AP) — Right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino is returning to the New York Yankees, agreeing Tuesday to a one-year contract. Ottavino gets $1 million while in the major leagues and $150,000 while in the minors.

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