Howie Kendrick, an All-Star in Anaheim in 2011, said his single greatest memory from his Angels days “was sweeping the Red Sox in ’09 in the playoffs,” because they had knocked the Angels out of the postseason in previous years.

Left-hander Scott Kazmir allowed one run over six innings and the Oakland A’s defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-2 in the opener of the Bay Bridge Series at AT&T Park on Thursday night.

Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat at Angel Stadium this year and Yasiel Puig exited after a scary collision with Howie Kendrick on Thursday night, as the Angels beat the Dodgers, 3-2, in the opener of the three-game, exhibition Freeway Series.

Dexter Fowler is looking forward to playing on a Cubs team with lofty goals and expectations this season.

A Mike Trout fly ball was coming down between Yasiel Puig and Howie Kendrick when Kendrick’s left elbow hit Puig in the throat area. The ball dropped for a triple.

Corey Seager may have been sent to Minor League camp earlier this spring, but he wasted no time making an impression in big league camp. In 14 games of Cactus League play, Seager hit .333 (6-for-18) with three doubles and seven walks. Add that to the .349 combined batting average he compiled in 2014 between Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga, and you can see why he’s the Dodgers’ No. 1 overall prospect.

Hisashi Iwakuma kept things brief in his final spring tuneup before the regular season, throwing two scoreless innings against the Padres’ Triple-A club on Thursday night at the Peoria Sports Complex.

After getting a few looks at Trevor Cahill over the past month, the Braves determined they were willing to give him a chance to rebound as a member of their starting rotation.

The D-backs finalized a deal on Thursday night to send Trevor Cahill and $6.5 million to the Braves in exchange for Minor League outfielder Josh Elander. With the deal, the D-backs have saved $5.5 million of the $12 million owed to Cahill in 2015, the final year of his contract, and the move also opens a spot in the rotation for top prospect Archie Bradley.

Jon Lester is an Opening Day fixture, but when he throws the first pitch of the season for the Cubs against the Cardinals on Sunday night at Wrigley Field, it will set the tone for a new wave of Game 1 starters with their present Major League clubs. All 30 Opening Day starters have been announced now, and 19 of those clubs have a new person filling the role — the most since 2005.

Yasmany Tomas stepped into the batter’s box Thursday against the White Sox at Salt River Fields not knowing if he was going to break camp with the big league team or start the season in the Minor Leagues.

Justin Brantley jogged in from the bullpen on Thursday afternoon in the Indians 4-3 win over the Reds, preparing for his first taste of the big leagues. When the Minor League pitcher reached the infield, he looked up and saw his cousin, All-Star Michael Brantley, waiting for him on the mound.

Rob Manfred, in his first network broadcast appearance since becoming Commissioner of Major League Baseball, will appear on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, before Opening Night of the 2015 season.

The Red Sox have cleared the logjam in their outfield by optioning Rusney Castillo and Jackie Bradley Jr. to Triple-A Pawtucket.

Teams are gradually breaking camp at Spring Training, Major League ballparks are being spruced up for their openers, and on Thursday, there was still another key annual harbinger of the imminent arrival of Opening Day. MLB Advanced Media is giving the Opening Day updates to its four cornerstone mobile apps for millions of fans throughout the day.

Kris Bryant was “extremely disappointed” when the Cubs told him he would be opening the season at Triple-A Iowa, but the top prospect said he’ll use that as motivation to get to the big leagues.

In his first slate of appearances since Tommy John surgery, Mets right-hander Matt Harvey put up a spring line that is hard to ignore. Over 22 2/3 innings, he posted a 1.19 ERA, regularly hit 98 mph on the radar gun, struck out 21 batters and walked just one.