Baseball

Negotiators for baseball’s major and minor leagues appeared to move closer to an agreement that would end their dispute over finances and control. Bill Murray, director of baseball operations for the commissioner’s office, and Mike Moore, secretary and chief administrative officer for the National Assn., baseball’s minor league network, met for five hours and said progress had been made.

Moore said the two sides were still separated in four major areas--term of the agreement, number of games, money and the commissioner’s role in the operation of the minor league teams.