Jordan Montgomery ‘should be good to go’ after taking comebacker to knee: Aaron Boone  —  Jordan Montgomery was back on the mound Wednesday, three days after taking a come-backer to the side of his left knee and needing to drain the fluid from it.  The left-hander threw his regularly scheduled bullpen hours …

Pete Alonso leads Mets to series win in Philly with 3-run homer, 5 RBI  —  PHILADELPHIA — It wasn't the cleanest baseball game the Mets will play this year.  But the Amazin's offense overcame their bullpen headache, managing to leave their first road trip of the year on a high note.

Eloy Jiménez leaves with a bruised left ankle after hitting 1 of 3 Chicago White Sox homers in a 6-4 win  —  The Chicago White Sox poured on multiple runs in multiple innings in the pouring rain Wednesday against 2021 American League Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray.

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw pulled after seven perfect innings in win vs. Twins  —  Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw came close to perfection in his season debut against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.  —  Kershaw had a perfect game through seven innings and looked ready to go the distance …

Red Sox stars in even worse contract talks than Yankees, Aaron Judge  —  While the Yankees and star outfielder Aaron Judge were about $75 million apart in negotiations, sources suggest that figure is dwarfed by the seeming gap in talks between Red Sox and their two young stars — Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers.

Giants' Antoan Richardson: Padres' coach's words had ‘undertones of racism’  —  Giants first base coach Antoan Richardson was ejected by crew chief Greg Gibson for a reason he explained long after Tuesday night's 13-2 win over the Padres.  —  Richardson said Padres third-base coach Mike Shildt used words …

Heat to face either Hawks or Cavaliers in first round of NBA playoffs, after Atlanta ousts Charlotte  —  The list of possible Miami Heat first-round playoff opponents has been whittled from four at the start of the NBA play-in round to two: the Atlanta Hawks or the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Kyle Hendricks hopes a bad start in the Chicago Cubs' 6-2 loss is a one-off: ‘Everything was out of whack’  —  PITTSBURGH — Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks knew he was out of sync from the onset of his start Wednesday.  —  Rushing to the plate.  No fastball command.

John Means exits early with left forearm tightness in Orioles' 4-2 loss to Brewers; ace to get further testing Thursday  —  ExpandAutoplay  —  1 of 17  —  Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Jorge Lopez (48), right, rubs his eyes as he's pulled out in the ninth inning, after allowing two Brewers runs.

Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant power Nets past Cavs in play-in game to secure 7th seed and date with Celtics  —  For two-and-a-half quarters of Tuesday's 115-108 play-in victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Nets gave the fans what they wanted: utter and uncontested command of the game.