Jose Abreu went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBI Thursday to support five Houston Astros pitchers who combined to shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on in a spring training game in Sarasota, Fla.

Astros starter Ronel Blanco got the win after allowing three hits and no walks while fanning five in 3 1/3 innings. Blanco was followed by Austin Davis (2/3 of an inning), Ty Buttrey (one inning), Spencer Arrighetti (three) and Matt Ruppenthal (one) in keeping the Cardinals off the scoreboard.

Yainer Diaz went 2-for-3 as Houston totaled 10 hits.

Brendan Donovan went 2-for-3 with a double as the only St. Louis player with multiple hits in an eight-hit team effort.

Rays 5, Braves 1

Manuel Margot went 2-for-2 with a double and homer, scoring two runs and driving in three to carry a Tampa Bay split squad past visiting Atlanta in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Rays starter Jeffrey Springs struck out seven, walked one and scattered three hits in 4 1/3 innings to earn the win. Six Tampa Bay pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts in the seven-hitter.

Cade Bunnell drove in the lone run for Atlanta, whose starter Charlie Morton was touched up for four runs, three hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Rays 2, Twins 0

Josh Fleming and Cooper Criswell each struck out five batters as a Tampa Bay split squad used four pitchers for a two-hit shutout over host Minnesota in Fort Myers, Fla.

Fleming (four innings) and Criswell (three) each allowed one hit, while Braden Bristo and Chris Muller pitched one perfect inning apiece.

Tristan Gray homered for Tampa Bay, which totaled six hits. Kyle Garlick (double) and Nick Gordon (single) had the hits for Minnesota.

Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 1

Caleb Roberts hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning to power visiting Arizona past Chicago in Mesa, Ariz.

Phillip Evans went 2-for-4 with a double and a run, and Corbin Carroll also doubled and scored for the Diamondbacks. Right-hander Brandon Pfaadt earned the save by pitching the last four innings, yielding one run and three hits with seven strikeouts.

Cody Bellinger homered for the Cubs’ run, while Patrick Wisdom went 2-for-3 with a double.

Guardians 5, White Sox 1

Josh Naylor hit a grand-slam home run in the first inning and Cleveland took it from there to down Chicago in Goodyear, Ariz.

Naylor (2-for-3, one run, four RBIs) led the Guardians and Myles Straw and Amed Rosario also had two hits apiece.

Triston McKenzie scattered five hits in four innings while striking out five for the Guardians. Elvis Andrus, Gavin Sheets and Moises Castillo each doubled for the Sox.

Royals 2, Athletics 0

Seven Kansas City pitchers combined to shut out Oakland on five hits and six walks while striking out 15 in Surprise, Ariz.

The Royals scored the only runs in the fifth inning on a leadoff double by Freddy Fermin, and singles by Jackie Bradley Jr., Matt Beaty, and Franmil Reyes (who went 3-for-3).

Ramon Laureano, Esteury Ruiz, Nick Allen and Kevin Smith doubled for the Athletics.

Angels 3, Brewers 2

Andrew Velazquez’s sacrifice fly scored Chad Wallach in the eighth inning for the go-ahead run as Los Angeles edged Milwaukee in Phoenix.

Wallach had led off the eighth with a single and moved to third on Livan Soto’s single to right.

Angels starter Reid Detmers went five strong innings, allowing one run and two hits with no walks and six strikeouts.

Luke Voit hit a solo homer for Milwaukee.

Padres 7, Rockies 1

Jake Cronenworth and Ha-Seong Kim had three hits apiece as San Diego piled up 16 in a dominating Colorado in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Trent Grisham and Cronenworth homered for the Padres, whose starter Michael Wacha yielded one run, four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Kris Bryant was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Rockies.

Giants 0, Mariners 0

San Francisco and Seattle played to a scoreless tie in Peoria, Ariz.

The Giants used two pitchers, Alex Cobb (five innings, three hits, no walks, five strikeouts) and Sean Hjelle (four, two, two, four) for their half of the shutout.

Seattle used six pitchers who allowed seven hits and one walk while fanning 10 Giants. Starter George Kirby went 3 1/3 innings, scattering four hits with four strikeouts.

Orioles 7, Blue Jays 4

Austin Hays socked a three-run homer, his fourth long ball of the spring, to guide Baltimore past Toronto in Sarasota, Fla.

Franchy Cordero went 3-for-3 for the Orioles, and Hays and Ryan Mountcastle added two hits apiece. Blue Jays starter Zach Thompson gave up four runs in three innings.

Phillies 10, Tigers 1

Cade Fergus’ ninth-inning grand slam capped Philadelphia’s blowout of Detroit in Lakeland, Fla.

Bryson Stott had three hits, including a homer, and Darick Hall and Jim Haley added home runs for the Phillies. Nick Maton collected two of the Tigers’ five hits.

Pirates 9, Yankees 6

Carter Bins doubled twice and knocked in three runs for Pittsburgh in a victory over New York at Tampa.

Drew Maggi added a two-run homer for the Pirates. Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt threw five perfect innings, striking out seven.

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Washington Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli, the team’s top prospect who was expected to join the rotation at some point this season, will undergo Tommy John surgery.

Cavalli, 24, was diagnosed with a Grade 3 UCL sprain and will be lost for the season, the team announced Thursday.

A first-round draft pick out of Oklahoma by the Nationals in 2020, Cavalli needed just 44 minor league starts over two seasons to find his way to the major leagues. He had a disappointing big league debut in August, giving up seven runs on six hits and two walks against the Cincinnati Reds. He didn’t pitch again with shoulder inflammation.

Cavalli is among a group of highly regarded Nationals pitchers that are close to emerging after the team’s rebuild following their 2019 World Series title. Cavalli, Josiah Gray and MacKenzie Gore are expected to form the core of the Nationals rotation of the future.

In 20 starts at Triple-A Rochester last season, Cavalli went 6-4 with a 3.71 ERA and 104 strikeouts with 39 walks in 97 innings.

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New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz sustained a full thickness tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee, an injury that will require surgery, and he’s expected to miss the 2023 season.

The Mets announced Diaz will undergo surgery Thursday. Recovery timeline is approximately eight months, six months in some cases.

“We won’t update Edwin’s timeline for a while,” Mets GM Billy Eppler said Thursday.

Diaz was injured Wednesday night while celebrating Puerto Rico’s victory over the Dominican Republic in Miami. The right-hander closed out the game and was celebrating with his teammates in a huddle when he injured his knee.

He dropped to the ground in a heap and was carried off the field to a wheelchair. His brother, Puerto Rico teammate and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Alexis Diaz, could be seen crying as Edwin Diaz was wheeled away.

Edwin Diaz, who turns 29 on Wednesday, is one of baseball’s top closers. He posted 32 saves in each of the past two seasons with the Mets, earning his second All-Star Game nod in 2022. He was an All-Star with the Seattle Mariners in 2018, when he led the majors with 57 saves.

He’s 16-29 with a 2.93 ERA with 205 saves in seven seasons.

Diaz signed a five-year, $102 million contract with the Mets in the offseason.

–Field Level Media

Major League Baseball has partnered with Zoom to take MLB Network and Apple viewers behind the scenes of replay reviews.

Viewers will be able to see into the replay room — the Zoom Replay Operations Center — and who’s on the other end of communications with on-field umpires. A rules analyst will also walk viewers through the discussions.

The idea is to provide more transparency for viewers on those platforms.

“We are always looking for innovative ways to leverage best-in-class technology to advance the MLB experience and deliver more to our fans,” MLB chief operations and strategy officer Chris Marinak said in a news release on Thursday.

–Field Level Media