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The Australian Baseball League’s player agreement with Major League Baseball has been extended for a further three seasons, paving the way for an influx of high-quality prospects to take part in the 2020/21 season.

Baseball Australia chief executive Cam Vale said MLB organisations had never been more interested in sending prospects to play in the ABL, cementing the league’s status as the premier baseball competition in the Southern Hemisphere.

Oakland extended its winning streak to eight games and its lead atop the American League West to 4 1/2 games with a 3-1 win over Houston at the Coliseum on Sunday morning (Australian time).

The A’s rode a strong outing from Frankie Montas and fifth save of 2020 from West Australian Liam Hendriks to victory, extending its Major League-best winning run.

West Australian Liam Hendriks moved into a tie for second in Major League Baseball after recording his fourth save of the season earlier this morning.

Hendriks worked around a lead-off single to toss a scoreless top of the ninth as Oakland downed Texas 6-4 to complete a series sweep and secure a sixth-straight win.

New Zealand’s 1 News is reporting two-time World Series champion Manny Ramirez will play for Auckland in the 2020/21 Australian Baseball League season.

Ramirez, 48, is a 12-time All-Star and was named MVP in Boston’s 2004 World Series title.

Oakland outfielder Stephen Piscotty’s walk-off grand slam handed West Australian Liam Hendriks his first win of the MLB season on Wednesday afternoon.

Piscotty went deep with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift the A’s to a 5-1 win over Texas in game one of their series at the Oakland Coliseum.

Victorian Lewis Thorpe took a no-decision in his first start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season after Minnesota surged late to claim a walk-off win over Pittsburgh at Target Field on Tuesday (Australian time).

The 24-year-old lasted four innings in his third career big league start, allowing three runs on six hits, ahead of Nelson Cruz’s deep single giving the Twins a 5-4 walk-off win.