HOCKEY
Ashton Carter scored five goals, and the Worcester Railers rallied from a 4-1 deficit to pick up a 9-5 victory over the Maine Mariners in an ECHL game Sunday afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Railers erupted for five straight goals in the second period – three by Carter, who also assisted on the go-ahead goal by Christian Krygier.
Bennett Stockdale, Brooklyn Kalmikov, Ethan Ritchie, Sebastian Vidmar and Tyler Drevitch scored for Maine, and Adam Mechura had three assists.
The Mariners and Railers are now in a virtual tie for third place in the North Division with a winning percentage of .507, just ahead of Trois-Rivières (.500), which ends its season with three games against Worcester. Maine has four games remaining, against first-place Adirondack. The top four teams in the division qualify for the playoffs.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR: William Byron took the lead with 73 laps to go and held onto it during a two-lap overtime finish as Hendrick Motorsports, celebrating the 40-year anniversary of its first victory, swept the top three positions at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.
It was Byron’s third win this season, and his second career victory on the 0.526-mile, paper-clip shaped oval. He beat teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott.
FORMULA ONE: Max Verstappen’s record-breaking dominance resumed with a victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, leading basically led from start to finish except briefly after a pit stop.
He was followed across the finish line by Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez – 12.5 seconds behind – and Carlos Sainz of Ferrari.
GOLF
LPGA: Nelly Korda won the T-Mobile Match Play to become the first LPGA Tour player in 16 years to win four straight starts, taking four of the first seven holes and going on to beat Leona Maguire 4 and 3 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lorena Ochoa in 2008 was the last player to win four consecutive starts. Korda, the world’s top-ranked player, will try to tie the record of five – set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Annika Sorenstam in 2004-05 – in two weeks at the season’s first major, The Chevron Championship.
PGA: Akshay Bhatia made a 12-foot birdie putt to force a playoff, then birdied the first playoff hole despite an ailing shoulder to win the Texas Open in San Antonio and earn a trip to the Masters.
Denny McCarthy, winless in 174 career PGA Tour starts, was six shots behind going to the back nine before he birdied eight of the nine holes – including the last seven – for a 9-under 63. But he chunked his approach on the playoff hole into the water, opening the door for the 22-year-old Bhatia.
LIV: Dean Burmester of South Africa won for the first time on the LIV Golf League by closing with a 4-under 68 and beating Sergio Garcia in a playoff when the Spaniard hit into the water on the second extra hole in Doral, Florida.
Garcia badly missed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole to drop into a tie with Burmester at 11-under 205, then blundered again after both players parred the first playoff hole.
TENNIS
CHARLESTON OPEN: Danielle Collins powered to her second straight WTA title, defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 in South Carolina for her 13th consecutive match victory.
Collins became the first player since Serena Williams in 2013 to win Miami and Charleston in consecutive weeks.
U.S. CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, in Houston.
SOCCER
ENGLAND: Mohamed Salah converted an 84th-minute penalty to salvage a 2-2 draw for Liverpool at Manchester United in the Premier League.
The result moved Liverpool level on points with first-place Arsenal and one point ahead of third-place Manchester City.
• Tottenham got second-half goals from Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro and moved up to fourth place with a 3-1 win against Nottingham Forest.
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUES: The Atlanta Braves placed ace right-hander Spencer Strider on the 15-day injured list and recalled right-hander Allan Winans from Triple-A Gwinnett.
The move with Strider was expected after an MRI on Saturday revealed a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. No decision on possible season-ending Tommy John surgery is expected before Strider is evaluated further.
COLLEGES
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Tennessee hired Marshall’s Kim Caldwell as only its fourth head coach in the NCAA era.
Caldwell succeeds Kellie Harper, who was fired after five seasons at her alma mater and a 108-52 record. Pat Summitt and Holly Warlick were the only other head coaches for the Vols.
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