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(MLB Draft)…Top Names Taken in Draft
1-Detroit..Casey Mize-P-Auburn
2-Giants..Joey Bart-C-Georgia Tech (.359-16HR)
3-Phillies..Alex Bohm-3B-Wichita State..(.339-16HR)
4-White Sox..Nick Madrigal-SS-Oregon State (.406)
5-Reds..Jon India-3B-Florida (.364-18HR)
6-Mets..Jared Kelenic-OF-Wisconsin
7-Padres..Ryan Weathers-P-Tennessee (10-0)
8-Braves..Carter Stewart-P-Florida
9-A’s-..Kyle Murray-OF-Oklahoma (.295)-QB at Oklahoma
10-Pirates..Travis Swaggerty-OF-SAlabama (.356-60RBI)

13-Tampa..Matt Liberatore-P-Arizona
15-Texas..Cole Winn-P-Orange Lutheran

17-Angels..Jordyn Adams-OF-North Carolina
30-JT Ginn-P-Mississippi (6’2-205)
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Padres-W-Braves…San Diego explodes for 7R-5th inning….Eric Hosmer HR-2R-double…Raffy Lopez HR…Corey Spangenberg HR-RBI-triple..led (11-3) at press time.

San Diego-Atlanta..Tuesday matchup Jordan Lyles (2-1)-vs-Sean Newcombe (6-1).

Padres…Christian Villanueva -bruised ankle from 2-foul balls over weekend.

Padres…Manager Andy Green has gotten away from use of shift in his 3rd year on job…..Padres ranked 26th-use shift just (8%) at bats….in 2017..ranked 9th (13%)….in 2016-ranked 7th..(19%)….Houston leads baseball this year using shift (43%) of time.

Padres…MLB Draft
1..Ryan Weathers-P-Tennessee…son of former major leaguer David Weathers….(6’2-205)…was (10-0) 0.09-ERA…had 146K-78 innings
38.Xavier Edwards-SSS-Florida High School ranks-gifted on defense…hit (.285)
74.Grant Little-OF-Texas Tech…hit (.321)……

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Dodgers…Off day Monday

Dodgers-Pirates…Road trip opener..Ross Stripling (2-1) 1.68-vs-Joe Musgrove (2-0) 0.64-ERA.

Dodgers..Callup P-Caleb Ferguson…had (1.23-ERA) at AA-AAA.

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Angels-Royals..Halos trailed (5-3) at press time…KC roughed up Nick Tropeano (4inn-5R-9H).

Halos-Kansas City..Tuesday matchup Andrew Heaney (2-4)-vs-Brad Keller (1-1).

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(Scoreboard)

Yankees-W-Tigers..Andrew Romine 3R-HR…Luis Severino (9-1) with 10Ks in opening game of doubleheader.

Yankees-L-Tigers…Detroit hits 3-run scoring doubles in nitecap..

Arizona-L-Giants…Andrew Mccutcheon-Pablo Sandoval-Brandon Crawford hit HRs…SF 7R in 4th inning..

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(Injuries)

Washington…MRI-P-Jeremy Hellickson-hamstring.
A’s..P-Daniel Gossett-elbow tightness
Tampa Bay..MRI-P-Chris Archer-groin
Mets..Activate P-Anthony Swarczack from DL
Tampa Bay…P-Anthony Banda-surgery-elbow.

(Roster Moves)

Tigers..Sign FA-P-Junichi Tazawa-ex Miami..had (9.00-ERA)
Miami..Release P-Jacob Turner
Orioles..Sign FA-P-=DJ Snelton-ex Giants.

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…….(Basketball)………

Cavaliers-Golden State….off day in playoffs…Series resumes on Wednesday with Warriors leading (2-0) heading into Cleveland.

Philadelphia….76ers hire independent Law Firm to investigate GM-Bryan Colangelo and his wife for use of 5-rogue twitter accounts that criticized players and organization.

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…..(Football)……..

Chargers..OLB-Melvin Ingram takes part in 1st OTA workouts after sitting out 3-weeks of drills.

(NFL)

Eagles…President Donald Trump cancels Eagles visit to White House after learning only 10-players were coming for Super Bowl celebration….says the Eagles stance on the continued National Anthem controversy led him to decide to cancel the team being honored…..Congressmen from Pennsylvania say they will invite the team to visit Washington, DC….and State Capitol officials in Harrisburg want to honor the team.

49ers…Mourn passing of legendary TE-Dwight Clark…died at (61) of ALS disease.

Patriots..TE-Rob Gronkowski joins OTA workouts for first time.

NYG..Hire Mark Konz-Director Player Personnel-ex Carolina Panthers

Alliance of American Football…..announces 7th franchise-will be located in Birmingham.

(Roster Moves)

Bears..Sign FA-TE-Zach Miller-had severe knee injury last year.
Browns..Sign FA-LB-Mychal Kendricks-ex Eagles
Lions..Sign FA-TE-Wes Sexton-ex Redskins
Giants..Sign FA-TE-Gazrrett Dickerson-Northwestern (87R)
Atlanta..Sign FA-TE-Taj Wilson-TCU (41R)

49ers..Release CB-Trovon Reed-ex Chargers

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…….(Hockey)……..

(NHL Playoffs)

Las Vegas-L-Washington (6-2)…..Capitals score 3-goals in 9-and-half minutes in opening period….score 3-power play goals in lopsided win….Evgeny Kuznetsov 4-assists in the win….Caps lead (3-1)….they are 1-win away from 1st cup victory in 44-years of operation…..Series goes back to Las Vegas for Game 5.

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(General)

French Open…Serena Williams withdraws with injured pectoral muscle in shoulder…undergoing ultrasound and MRI….injured in 3rd round match…serve fell to just 80mph….Cancelled match an hour before she was to play Maria Sharapova.

French Open…Top seed Simona Halep-vs-Angelique Kersber on Wednesday…..Carolina Wozniacki-lost to Dana Kasatkina….Rafael Nadal-Juan Martin del Potro post wins on men’s side.

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