Liner breaks Bumgarner’s hand

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. —San Francisco left-hander Madison Bumgarner is hurt for the second straight year, breaking a bone in his pitching hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield during a spring training game on Friday.

The Giants said X-rays showed the 28-year-old had a broken bone on the outside of his left hand.

Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP, missed nearly three months last season after a dirt bike accident on April 20 during an off day in Colorado.

DODGERS: Clayton Kershaw finished spring training with a 0.00 ERA. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner stretched his scoreless streak to 21⅓ innings with 6⅔ innings against Kansas City in his final tuneup for Thursday’s opener against San Francisco. He allowed a leadoff single to Jon Jay and no other hits.

Kershaw allowed 12 hits in six starts, struck out 23 and walked four. The lefthander was pitching for the first time since turning 30 on Monday.

TWINS: Third baseman Miguel Sano will not be suspended by Major League Baseball after being accused of assault due to “insufficent evidence,” the commissioner’s office said.

A photographer who has covered the Twins posted on Twitter that the AllStar third baseman forcibly attempted to kiss her following an autograph session at a mall in 2015.

RED SOX: Pitcher Steven Wright has accepted a 15-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy following his arrest on Dec. 8. Wright publicly apologized to his wife, Shannon, after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the penalty Friday. ROCKIES: Outfielders Noel Cuevas and Jordan Patterson and pitchers Yency Almonte and Sam Howard have been optioned to Albuquerque.