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Urías homers and Blue Jays beat Nationals 3-2 in Scherzer’s return to Washington

Washington's Top News (WTOP) and Toronto Sun describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Luis Urías homered, Myles Straw had a double and a run-scoring single, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Max Scherzer's return to Washington with a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday night.
The headline split The center frames it as "Urías homers and Blue Jays beat Nationals 3-2 in Scherzer’s return to Washington". The right frames it as "Blue Jays earn rare win in Max Scherzer’s birthday return from the IL".
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CenterUrías homers and Blue Jays beat Nationals 3-2 in Scherzer’s return to Washington

Washington's Top News (WTOP) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightBlue Jays earn rare win in Max Scherzer’s birthday return from the IL

Toronto Sun · Right · News report

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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Jul 28, 2:14 AM

Urías homers and Blue Jays beat Nationals 3-2 in Scherzer’s return to Washington

Luis Urías homered, Myles Straw had a double and a run-scoring single, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Max Scherzer's return to Washington with a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday n...

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Toronto SunNews report · Jul 28, 2:06 AM

Blue Jays earn rare win in Max Scherzer’s birthday return from the IL

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source On his 42nd birthday, future first-ballot hall of famer Max Scherzer made his seventh start of the season and first since June 10...

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Details63/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
63/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Now: Wording Gap is 63/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.