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Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

Chicago Sun-Times and WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale.
The headline split The left frames it as "White Sox salvage Crosstown season series split, return home with four-game lead in AL Ce...". The center frames it as "Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale".
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Left / center-leftWhite Sox salvage Crosstown season series split, return home with four-game lead in AL Central

Chicago Sun-Times · Center-left · News report

CenterCrosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) · Center · News report

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WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago)News report · Aug 19, 9:47 PM

Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago White Sox salvaged Game 3 in the latest iteration of the Crosstown Classic behind José Urquidy's best pitching performance in years and timely hitting from the l...

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Chicago Sun-TimesNews report · Aug 19, 11:20 PM

White Sox salvage Crosstown season series split, return home with four-game lead in AL Central

A laugher would have been nice. Even just a stiff breeze behind Jake Rogers’ seventh inning fly out to the wall, or a bloop hit with the bases loaded in the ninth, could have saved relief a...

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Details58/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
58/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Aug 19, 9:47 PM: WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) joined the source map.

Aug 19, 11:20 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 58/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.