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Pitcher safety against liners still issue for MLB

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Ben Zobrist (18) come sin to comfort Kansas City Royals' Eric Hosmer (35) as they watch medial personnel treat Rays starting pitcher Alex Cobb after Cobb was hit by a line drive by Hosmer during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 15, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher.

Cleveland Indians reliever Vinnie Pestano has a recurring dream. A batter hits a line drive right back up the middle and it's screaming toward his head.

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White Sox' fade continues in setback to Twins

MINNEAPOLIS - The Chicago White Sox continue to give general manager Rick Hahn little reason not to break up their current 25-man roster.
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Samardzija's gem helps Cubs to victory over Cardinals

ST. LOUIS - The Cubs and Cardinals have played 20,321 games since 1876, but few have had stranger endings than Tuesday night's affair at Busch Stadium.
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Finding closer no easy task: Cubs failures point to difficulty

ST. LOUIS - The Chicago Cubs went through Carlos Marmol, Kyuji Fujikawa and a closer-by-committee strategy the first two weeks of the season before rescuing Kevin Gregg from the scrap heap in mid-April and watching him succeed in his old role.
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Giants escape Padres to end losing skid

Manager Bruce Bochy isn't afraid to acknowledge that the Giants are "fortunate" to be in as good of shape as they are in the NL West despite a prolonged rough stretch.
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Athletics continue dominance over Darvish in defeating Rangers

Yu Darvish has pretty much had his way in his first year and half in the major leagues.
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Mariners defeat Angels in 10 innings

Navigating a bullpen minefield without his closer is something Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge had spent the past week dabbling in.
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Eovaldi 'impressive' in Marlins' loss to Diamondbacks

PHOENIX - The final score revealed a 3-2 loss for the Miami Marlins. Paul Goldschmidt crushed a Chad Qualls fastball off the batter's eye in center at Chase Field, giving the Diamondbacks a walk-off victory.
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Cardinals fall to Samardzija and Cubs

By the time Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright righted his wayward mechanics before the start of the second inning Tuesday, it was already too late.
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Angels fall to Mariners after Morales puts hurt on former team

Just when it seemed Josh Hamilton's dismal season couldn't get any worse, the Los Angeles Angels right fielder grounded into three double plays and struck out twice Tuesday night in a 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Seattle Mariners in Angel Stadium.
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Twins eke past White Sox

Glen Perkins, a relief pitcher himself, instinctively stuck up for the relief pitcher.