LEADING OFF: Yankees-Red Sox calm?  Arenado awaits decision  —  A look at what's happening all around the majors Thursday:  —  FENWAY FISTICUFFS  —  The Yankees and Red Sox meet in the series finale, a day after their Beantown Brawl.  Are the longtime rivals done tangling?

Ohtani RBI and pickoff in Angels' 7-2 win for sweep at Texas  —  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Shohei Ohtani never saw such a quick pickoff move by Chris Martin when they were teammates in Japan.  —  Ohtani had an RBI single in the second inning that put the Los Angeles Angels ahead to stay …

MLB notebook: Marlins pitcher lifted after six no-hit innings  —  In first MLB start, Miami pitcher lifted in no-hitter  —  Marlins lefthander Jarlin Garcia was taken out after allowing no hits in six innings against the New York Mets.  —  The Marlins led 1-0, and Garcia threw 77 pitches in his first major league start.

Detroit Tigers' send Mikie Mahtook to Triple-A Toledo for bullpen help  —  CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers, in need of immediate bullpen help, sent struggling left fielder Mikie Mahtook down to Triple-A Toledo following a 5-1 loss to the Indians on Wednesday.

Rockies, Padres deliver first bench-clearing fight of 2018 season … Nolan Arenado charged the mound to fight Luis Perdomo, sparking a bench-clearing brawl between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres.  —  The scuffle went down in the third inning of the Rockies' 6-4 win Wednesday at Coors Field in Denver.

Mets use four-run eighth inning to back Zack Wheeler's strong outing in 4-1 victory over Marlins  —  MIAMI — Just Amazing.  After being no-hit for six innings Wednesday night, the Mets rallied for four runs in the eighth and pulled out their major-league leading sixth come-from-behind win of the season.

While the rest of MLB goes young, the Giants are doubling down on players in their 30s  —  Editor's note: This story originally ran on Feb. 23, 2018.  —  The San Francisco Giants sold out 530 straight games before their streak ended in July, and they feel obliged to put a competitive product …

Cincinnati Reds swept by Philadelphia Phillies in walk-off  —  PHILADELPHIA - The Cincinnati Reds are headed home after the first road trip of the season ended in more disappointment.  —  The Reds went 1-6 on their first road stint and Wednesday fell to the Philadelphia Phillies …

Bader blames himself for defeat  —  Hernan Perez's 441-foot homer off the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright in the second inning Wednesday was a bomb that gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 1-0 lead.  Eric Thames' 358-foot homer in the third was a high fly ball that went off the glove of right fielder Harrison Bader …

SEE IT: Trayce Thompson, brother of Warriors star Klay Thompson, robs Yasiel Puig of a home run  —  Klay isn't the only Thompson making a splash in the Bay Area.  —  Trayce Thompson, the brother of the Golden State Warriors star, robbed Yasiel Puig of a home run during Wednesday night's A's-Dodgers game.

Rays to face a familiar face in Kapler  —  ST. PETERSBURG - Mickey Callaway has had the best start of the three former Rays players hired this winter — obviously by coincidence not prerequisite — as first-time managers, and all in the National League East, leading the Mets to a baseball-best 10-1 mark.

Cardinals continue to play reliever roulette, recall Mike Mayers  —  CINCINNATI  • The constant rotation of relievers the Cardinals expected to have this season by choice has been forced upon them by injury, and sometimes out of convenience.  —  Just days after sending him to Class AAA Memphis …

Anthony Rizzo blames Cincinnati hotel bed for back injury, DL stint  —  The Chicago Cubs apparently did not enjoy their recent visit to Cincinnati - for several reasons.  —  The team was scheduled to play two games in the Queen City.  They lost the first game, 1- - one of just two Reds wins …

Cubs starter Jon Lester aiming to lower his high walk total  —  Chicago Tribune  —  A three-run home run to Sean Rodriguez inflated Jon Lester's pitching line Wednesday night, but the Cubs' left-handed ace seemed more concerned with a disturbing trend dating back to last season when his ERA swelled by nearly two runs.

Tracking the so-called greatest free-agent class ever  —  The so-called greatest free-agent class ever took a hit when Charlie Blackmon signed a long-term deal to remain with the Colorado Rockies rather than hit free agency after this season, but it's still a deep class with lots of volume — if now slightly less star power.