Baseball

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.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker received some good news regarding the oblique issue that has limited him this spring training. Walker had flown back to Houston to get the oblique examined.

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Starter Grayson Rodriguez and reliever Andrew Kittredge will miss the Baltimore Orioles' opener because of injuries. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters Friday that Rodriguez has pitching elbow discomfort.

Outfielder Lawrence Butler agreed to a $65.