AROUND THE HORN

Yankees: Yankees reliever Michael King instantly knew something was very wrong. Walking off the mound after a pitch Friday night, the righthander simply said to manager Aaron Boone: “My elbow.” Boone’s worst fears were realized Saturday when the valuable member of the Yankees’ bullpen was ruled out for the season with a fractured right elbow. The injury occurred when he threw an 0-2 slider to the Orioles’ Ramón Urías. “It’s part of baseball, it’s part of sports,” Boone said in the dugout at Camden Yards. “You’re going to face some adversity usually on the injury front that you have to be able to deal with handle and move on from.”

Red Sox: The Red Sox put All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of right hamstring inflammation, making the move after his early exit in a blowout loss. Devers was pulled in the fifth inning of a 28-5 blowout loss to the Blue Jays on Friday night. The Red Sox began the day trailing the Blue Jays by 2

½ games for the third and final wild-card spot in the American League. Devers experienced tightness in his hamstring on a swing during his final at-bat Friday night. Manager Alex Cora said he noticed something when Devers doubled in the first inning.in his pitching wrist, the team said Friday. The team said he is responding well to an anti-inflammatory injection and is expected to resume throwing this week.

Brewers: Left-hander Aaron Ashby and the Brewers agreed Saturday to a $20.5 million, five-year contract through 2027, and the NL Central leaders made a short-term addition in former Giants reliever Jake McGee. Ashby’s deal includes club options for 2028 and 2029. The

23-year-old is 2-7 with a

4.56 ERA and one save in 12 starts and six relief appearances, striking out 83 in 69 innings. McGee, who turns

36 on Aug. 6, was 1-2 with a

7.17 ERA and three saves in

24 games for the Giants this year. That followed a 2021 season in which he had 31 saves and a 2.72 ERA.

Mets, Pirates: The Mets acquired catcher Michael Perez from Pittsburgh for cash on Saturday, the second day in a row the NL East leaders made a trade with the Pirates. The 29-year-old Perez was designated for assignment on Friday. A lefty hitter, he batted .150 with six home runs and 11 RBIs in 39 games and 107 at-bats this season. In parts of five seasons with the Pirates and the Rays, he is hitting .175 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs.

Guardians: Josh Naylor snapped a ninth-inning tie with a pinch-hit single, and the streaking Guardians beat the White Sox 7-4 on Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader. Steven Kwan had three hits and José Ramírez drove in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies as Cleveland matched a season high with its fifth straight win. Amed Rosario had two hits and two RBIs.

Astros: Justin Verlander became the major leagues’ first 13-game winner, striking out nine and topping

99 mph in his final inning to lead the Astros over the Mariners 3-1 on Saturday. Verlander (13-3) allowed four hits in seven innings to win his fifth straight start and lower his ERA to 1.86, second in the American League to Shane McClanahan’s 1.71 for the Rays. A 39-year-old, who missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, Verlander averaged 96.3 mph with his fastball, 1.4 mph above his season average coming in.