BASEBALL

Tyler Miller hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning after a leadoff double by newcomer Drew Ehrhard ignited a four-run rally, and the Portland Sea Dogs extended their winning streak to eight games with an 8-5 win Friday night against the Erie SeaWolves at Hadlock Field.

Miller, Kristian Campbell and Kyle Teel all drove in two runs for the Sea Dogs. Roman Anthony and Luis Ravelo each had two hits and scored twice.

MLB: Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active career strikeout leader Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right shoulder fatigue.

Scherzer (2-4) has made only eight starts since his season debut June 23 following offseason back surgery and then dealing with a nerve issue in his arm.

The Rangers announced the move before their homestand opener against Boston. It was retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Scherzer didn’t pitch past the fourth inning for the third time in a span of four starts.

• Infielder J.D. Davis was released by the New York Yankees after hitting .105 with one RBI in 22 plate appearances over seven games.

Davis, 31, was acquired from Oakland on June 23 for minor league infielder Jordan Groshans. He made six starts for the Yankees, four at first base and two at designated hitter.

• Gerrit Cole plans to return Sunday for the New York Yankees’ series finale against Toronto after missing one turn because of body fatigue.

The 33-year-old right-hander and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner made his season debut June 19 after recovering from right elbow inflammation that sidelined the six-time All-Star since spring training.

• The Houston Astros claimed right-handed pitcher Janson Junk off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Junk, 28, was 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA in five relief appearances for the Brewers. He also was 3-3 with a 2.55 ERA at Triple-A Nashville in 18 appearances, including three starts.

GOLF

U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S OPEN: JoAnne Carner, at 85 years old, shot a 9-over 80 in the second round in Pittsburgh.

A day after matching her age with an 85, Carner had consecutive birdies on the par-5 second and par-3 third on her second nine.

The Hall of Famer has shot her age or lower eight times in the tournament first played in 2018 – seven times in her last eight rounds.

COLLEGES

NCAA: Kentucky and the NCAA reached a settlement over infractions that included 11 football players getting paid for work they did not perform in 2021 and ’22.

The negotiated resolution said the school agreed with the NCAA Committee on Infractions that some football players received impermissible benefits and that rules violations took place in the school’s swimming program.

Kentucky agreed to spend two years on probation, pay an undisclosed fine and vacate records of any games in which ineligible football players competed.

Of the 11 players paid for not working, eight played and received “actual and necessary expenses while ineligible.” The school and the NCAA agreed that no member of the athletic department knew or should have “reasonably” known about the no-show jobs.

Kentucky agreed with the NCAA regarding the swimming infractions, which involved men’s and women’s swimmers who weren’t given required days off and who exceeded practice hours for three years.

The school agreed that it failed to monitor its swimming and diving program and that the head coach was responsible for the violations.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR: Juan Pablo Montoya will return to NASCAR for the first time since 2014 when he races for 23XI Racing at Watkins Glen International next month.

23XI, the team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, said Friday that Montoya would drive the No. 50 Toyota in support of Mobil 1’s 50th anniversary. It is the third time the car will run this season as part of the collaboration. Kamui Kobayashi drove the car at Circuit of the Americas in March and Corey Heim drove it at Nashville Superspeedway in June.

Montoya, a NASCAR regular from 2007 to 2013, will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start since the 2014 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner has competed full-time in Formula One, CART, IndyCar, and IMSA. He won the CART championship in 1999, the IMSA championship in 2019 and is a three-time winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Montoya has 12 overall starts at Watkins Glen in four different series. He won the Cup race on the road course in 2010 and has three top-fives, and five top-10 finishes in his seven starts there in NASCAR.