BASEBALL

The Hartford Yard Goats scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning before the game against the Portland Sea Dogs was called because of heavy rain, giving the Yard Goats a 3-0 win in Hartford, Connecticut.

Mike Shawaryn surrendered only four hits in his four-plus innings for the Sea Dogs, striking out seven without any walks.

Portland managed just a third-inning double by Austin Rei and a pair of singles.

The Sea Dogs return home to play the Reading Fightin Phils on Friday.

SOCCER

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Real Madrid substitute Marco Asensio scored a second-half winner on Wednesday to end Bayern Munich’s unbeaten record at home this season and give his side a 2-1 win in the first leg of their semifinal.

Joshua Kimmich put the home side in front, but Marcelo equalized before halftime against the run of play. Asensio then came on after the break and Lukas Vazquez set up the 22-year-old 12 minutes into the second half.

The result puts the two-time defending champions in a favorable position for the second leg in Madrid next Tuesday.

U.S. MEN: Teenage star Christian Pulisic will rejoin the national team for a May 28 friendly against Bolivia, his first appearance since the Americans failed to qualify for the World Cup last fall.

Dave Sarachan, the interim coach, said the 19-year-old attacker from German club Borussia Dortmund plans to report to training camp in Philadelphia following Dortmund’s friendly at Los Angeles FC on May 22. It remains undecided, however, whether Pulisic will remain with the U.S. squad for friendlies at Ireland and France in early June.

HOCKEY

NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins Coach Mike Sullivan said forward Evgeni Malkin will not play against Washington in Game 1 of the second-round series Thursday night, but his status for Game 2 is uncertain.

Malkin, who is dealing with an apparent leg injury, did not play in Pittsburgh’s first-round, series-clinching win over Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh will also be without forward Carl Hagelin, who left Game 6 because of an upper body injury.

TENNIS

BARCELONA OPEN: Novak Djokovic lost to 140th-ranked Martin Klizan 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in the second round, while Rafael Nadal beat Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 6-4.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR: Matt Kenseth will return this season in a reunion with Roush Fenway Racing, the team that gave him his Cup start in 1998.

Kenseth, 46, will split the No. 6 Ford with Trevor Bayne, who has been the full-time driver since 2015. Kenseth’s return will come next month at Kansas Speedway. Roush did not announce how many races Kenseth will drive.

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