Cash benches Rays players

Rays teammates Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena had an altercation after a 4-0 loss to the Astros on Monday, partially prompting Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash to bench both players Tuesday in a 5-0 defeat to Houston. Arozarena said Wednesday there was no physical contact with Diaz, and that there were some things they needed to address. He said things were good between the pair.

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The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential GM and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity . ... The New York Mets set a major league record with 106 hit batters when Mark Canha was plunked twice for a league-high 24 times and Luis Guillorme once in a 6-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.