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NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a game-ending infield single with one out in the 11th inning and the New York Yankees outlasted the Kansas City Royals for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night. “I was willing to pass the baton if I didn’t get a pitch to hit.” Chisholm batted cleanup for the second time since being acquired from …

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Mookie Betts, above working out before a game at Dodger Stadium in July, is getting closer to coming back from a broken hand. One of the greatest defensive right fielders in baseball history, Mookie Betts moved to second base last year because the Dodgers needed him to. But look at the players the Dodgers picked up before the trade deadline, …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — An infield fly and interference call loomed large in a game for the second time in less than a week. Umpires called an infield fly, but Soto bumped into Angels shortstop Zach Neto with his hip as he tried to get back to second base, causing Neto to lose track of the ball and it landing in …

Mookie Betts, throwing to first base in a game against the Kansas City Royals on July 1, has made 19 starts at second base and 12 at shortstop for the Dodgers this season. “All the way out there and back 18 times,” Betts said last week, pointing to the Dodgers’ dugout and out to right field. “Not just today, but …

Dodgers second baseman Mookie Betts celebrates his third inning home while Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning and catcher Matt Thaiss look away at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Mookie Betts made his fourth consecutive start in the infield Friday night, a move that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said had more to do with second baseman Miguel Vargas’ month-long slump than Betts’ …

Miguel Vargas of the Dodgers runs the bases after hitting the first home run of his career, against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 24, 2022. But it won’t deter the Dodgers, who will open spring training in Phoenix this week with highly touted prospect Miguel Vargas, the best pure hitter in their farm system, penciled in at second base, …