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The Chicago Cubs won Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.

Magneuris Sierra hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Marlins overcame Toronto's seven home runs to outlast the Blue Jays 14-11 Wednesday night in the final game of their season-opening, three-week odyssey.

Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly had his suspension for throwing pitches near the heads of Astros hitters reduced to five games on appeal, the team confirmed Wednesday.

Dodgers hard-throwing reliever Joe Kelly has had his eight-game suspension for throwing at Astros players reduced to five on appeal, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel.

The Yankees ruled Aaron Judge out with lower-body tightness. His status beyond Wednesday's game was uncertain.

Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, who is hitting just .103 in 52 plate appearances this season, was placed on the 10-day IL on Wednesday after suffering a strained right rib cage on Tuesday.

The 17 Marlins players who tested positive for COVID-19 and were transported back to Miami are asymptomatic and "feel like they're ready to go," with some applying for reinstatement, manager Don Mattingly said.

The Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2020 has to wait a year to get inducted because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the careers of Derek Jeter, Ted Simmons, Larry Walker and Marvin Miller are already being celebrated at the shrine.

The Tampa Bay Rays placed Andrew Kittredge on the 45-day injured list Wednesday after he was diagnosed with a sprain of his right ulnar collateral ligament.

From runners on base to start extra innings to the universal DH, 2020 is full of new experiments on the baseball field.

As hard as it is to hit for average in today's game, the professional hitter in the Rockies' lineup could be the man to make shortened-season history.

Daniel Bard's save drought is finally over after the righty reliever fanned Arizona Diamondbacks pinch hitter Stephen Vogt to cap the Colorado Rockies' 8-7 comeback win and earn his first save since 2011 while with the Boston Red Sox.

The Padres acquired first baseman Yonder Alonso from the Braves on Tuesday.

How much should we read into Houston's problems at the plate and in the pen after an offseason in the headlines?

Indians starter Adam Plutko said after Tuesday's 7-1 win over the Cubs that pitchers Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac will need to earn the team's trust back.

Ramon Laureano was suspended six games and Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron 20 games for their roles in Sunday's benches-clearing incident.

Starting pitchers Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac were placed on the restricted list Tuesday by the Indians after they broke team rules by leaving their hotel in Chicago last weekend.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone confirmed Tuesday that slugger Giancarlo Stanton has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, an injury with a "reasonable" recovery timeline of three to four weeks.

The Pirates placed starting pitcher Joe Musgrove on the 10-day injured list because of right triceps inflammation.

The White Sox activated shortstop Tim Anderson from the 10-day injured list Tuesday while placing utility man Leury Garcia on IL due to a sprained thumb.