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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Athletics' season could have gone any number of ways last season, most not good, but manager Mark Kotsay kept his players unified and focused.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had imaging on his right elbow, and he expects to know more about the situation in the next couple of days.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago White Sox infielder Chase Meidroth left Saturday's spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of cramping in his calves.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Jacob deGrom and Wyatt Langford each made their first spring training appearance with the Texas Rangers on Saturday. DeGrom struck out three while pitching two perfect innings against Kansas City.

CLEARWATER — The Philadelphia Phillies took an early 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday in spring training action. J.T.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar left their spring training game on Saturday with a jammed left wrist. Profar got hurt in the fourth inning against Pittsburgh.

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles reliever Andrew Kittredge will miss the start of the season after he had left knee surgery. Kittredge had the debridement procedure on Friday. The Orioles said Saturday the operation was done by Dr.

TAMPA — The New York Yankees scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn an 8-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training game Friday. Toronto had scored twice in the top of the inning for a 7-6 advantage.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Athletics will play in Northern California for at least the next three seasons, but will also represent their future home in Las Vegas and brought four of their star players to drive home that point.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton will return to New York for a third round of platelet-rich plasma injections in his ailing elbows on Monday, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. Stanton was back at the Yankees' spring training complex on Friday.