BASEBALL
Matthew Lugo’s two-run double capped a four-run first inning for the Portland Sea Dogs in a 7-5 Eastern League victory Friday night against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in Binghamton, New York.
Ceddanne Rafaela was 3 for 4 with a run scored, and Corey Rosier was 2 for 3 with two sacrifice flies. Rafaela, Rosier and Phillip Sikes all stole two bases.
Ryan Miller got the win in relief of Grant Gambrell, who allowed three runs on four hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. Luis Guerrero got the last four outs for his 11th save, though he gave up a home run with two outs in the ninth.
HOCKEY
NHL: Ekman-Larsson had four years and $29 million remaining on the eight-year, $66-million contract he signed with Arizona in 2018. The former Portland Pirates defenseman had two goals and 20 assists in 54 games for the Canucks last season, missing the final 27 games because of an ankle injury.
GOLF
LPGA: Ayaka Furue of Japan shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan, to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend in the Meijer LPGA Classic.
Part of a five-way tie for the first-round lead, the 5-foot Furue had an 11-under 133 total in the final event before the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship next week at Baltusrol in New Jersey.
Hyo Joo Kim (65), Leona Maguire (65), Carlota Ciganda (66) and Amy Yang (67) were a stroke back. Defending champion Jennifer Kupcho (69) was 9 under, along with Manon De Roey (65), Aditi Ashok (67), Minjee Lee (67), Emily Kristine Pedersen (68) and Lindsey Weaver-Wright (69).
TENNIS
STUTTGART OPEN: Marton Fucsovics prevented an all-American semifinal, upsetting Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 7-5, after Frances Tiafoe won his quarterfinal in Germany.
The third-seeded Tiafoe, the highest-ranked player left in the draw, beat Lorenzo Musetti, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Home favorite Jan-Lennard Struff and fourth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz also advanced.
NOTTINGHAM OPEN: Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage and Heather Watson – all ranked outside the top 100 in the world – won their quarterfinals to ensure there will be a British finalist, continuing a week of surprises at the Wimbledon warmup event.
Alize Cornet of France is the other semifinalist.
SOCCER
U.S. WOMEN: U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn has a right foot injury that will keep her out of the Women’s World Cup.
The U.S. is expected to unveil its 23-player roster for the World Cup next week. The two-time defending champions will play a send-off match against Wales in San Jose on July 9 before departing for the tournament, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The United States opens the World Cup with a match against Vietnam on July 22 in Auckland.
EURO 2024 QUALIFYING: Strikers Olivier Giroud and Harry Kane extended their national team scoring records as France and England maintained perfect starts to European Championship qualifying with third straight wins.
Giroud took only three minutes to head home Kingsley Coman’s right-wing cross to make it 54 goals for France in a 3-0 win at Gibraltar.
Kane’s penalty in a 4-0 romp at Malta made it 56 goals for England.
Switzerland also has a maximum nine points after a 2-1 success at Andorra.
COLLEGES
BASEBALL: Blaze Brothers hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the ninth inning after an Oral Roberts pitching meltdown in the eighth, and the Golden Eagles continued their surprising postseason run with a 6-5 victory over TCU in the opening game of the College World Series at Omaha, Nebraska.
The Eagles, the lowest seed to make it to Omaha since 2012, had just gone down three runs before they scored four in the ninth. Drew Stahl’s RBI single pulled ORU within 5-3, and then Brothers drove an 0-1 pitch out to left for his first homer since May 24.
• Jac Caglianone scored on Luke Heyman’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning after Ty Evans and Wyatt Langford homered to tie it, and Florida rallied to beat Virginia, 6-5.
NCAA: An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization’s list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances.
The proposal released from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting cannabis tests at such events until a final decision is made, likely this fall.
Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions. Administrators in Divisions II and III had asked the committee to study the issue.
CYCLING
SWISS RIDER DIES: Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse.
The 26-year-old Mäder crashed after a left-hand turn on a fast downhill road approaching the end of the mountainous fifth stage into La Punt. His fall of about 30 meters was stopped by a stream.
Medical staff who reached Mäder found him motionless in the water, race organizers said. CPR was performed before he was airlifted to the hospital.
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