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12:42 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pirates utility infielder Phillip Evans will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a concussion and fracturing his jaw in a collision with teammate Gregory Polanco in foul territory. Director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Sunday that Evans was in good spirits but is still dealing
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11:26 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates‘ flight to St. Louis on Sunday has been canceled and their game on Monday against the Cardinals has been postponed, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. By Sunday, the teams will have a better sense as to whether they’ll play Tuesday and Wednesday, sources told Passan. The Cardinals’ three-game series
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8:25 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gerrit Cole came within one strike of earning his 20th straight regular-season win before getting pulled, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 Saturday in the opener of a seven-inning doubleheader. Cole, who had won his first three starts since signing a
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1:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Friday’s series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed after at least one more positive COVID-19 test in the St. Louis clubhouse, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Cardinals have not played since July 29 due to positive coronavirus tests. The team previously announced
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6:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins will play seven times in five days as part of Major League Baseball’s reconfigured schedule released Thursday to account for 21 coronavirus-caused postponements in the first two weeks of the season. The Marlins, who had their season suspended for more than
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6:51 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left his start for the Nationals against the New York Mets after just one inning Wednesday night. Washington did not immediately announce why Scherzer was taken out of the game after merely 27 pitches. He was replaced in the top of
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11:18 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat as a father, turning on a 2-2 slider from the Mariners‘ Mike Dunn and launching it 407 feet in the first inning of Tuesday’s game at Seattle. Trout, six days removed from his previous game, entered Tuesday batting .324/.428/.639 for his
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5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The delay in the Miami Marlins‘ first game back after a COVID-19 outbreak on the team put their season on pause has been resolved, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Major League Baseball released a statement around three hours before the scheduled 7:35 p.m. start saying the game
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12:58 AM ET Nothing says watching Major League Baseball in 2020 quite like watching Monday’s New York Mets–Atlanta Braves game in Atlanta, hearing a loud clap of thunder and having Mets announcer Gary Cohen explain that the thunder was actually from Citi Field in Queens, where he, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez were broadcasting the
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4:04 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals are the latest team to suffer a coronavirus outbreak, resulting in their four-game series in Detroit being postponed. “The Cardinals have had 13 members of the organization test positive for COVID-19 in the last week, including seven players and six staff members,” the league said in a statement.
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