MLB pushes labor-deal deadline to Tuesday for March 31 start

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball extended its deadline for salvaging opening day and a 162-game season until Tuesday at 5 p.m. after a marathon of 13 bargaining sessions over 16 1/2 hours produced progress toward a deal but left the sides still far apart.

Players and management started their eighth straight day of bargaining Monday at 10 a.m. and didn’t recess talks until 2:30 a.m.

They agreed to resume at 11 a.m., leaving them just six hours to reach a deal that would end the lockout on its 90th day.