BASEBALL
Jon Berti hit a three-run homer while on a rehab assignment from the New York Yankees, leading the Somerset Patriots to a 8-4 win over the Portland Sea Dogs in an Eastern League game Saturday night at Hadlock Field.
Berti’s home run capped a four-run fourth inning that broke a 2-2 tie.
Max Ferguson and Phillip Sikes each hit a two-run homer for the Sea Dogs, who lead Somerset by 4 1/2 games in the Northeast Division second-half standings.
LITTLE LEAGUE: Luis Calo hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning as Lake Mary, Florida, beat Boerne, Texas, 10-7, to reach the Little League World Series championship game in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Florida will take on Taiwan, a 4-1 winner over Venezuela, on Sunday afternoon. It will be the first appearance by a Florida team in the title game since 2003.
COLLEGES
FOOTBALL: Aidan Birr made a 44-yard field goal as time expired, and Georgia Tech upset No. 10 Florida State 24-21 in Dublin in the first major college football game of the season.
Coming off an undefeated regular season, but with a remade roster, Florida State tied the game at 21 with 6:33 left on a 15-play touchdown drive that included two fourth-down conversions by quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.
Jamal Haynes ran for 75 yards and two touchdowns for Georgia Tech.
AUTO RACING
INDYCAR: Santino Ferrucci won the first pole of his IndyCar career and gave AJ Foyt Racing the top starting spot for Sunday’s race at Portland International Raceway.
Ferrucci, benefiting from a first-year alliance between Foyt and Team Penske, beat Will Power to give Foyt its first pole since Takuma Sato at Detroit a decade ago.
Alex Palou, a two-time Portland winner, qualified third despite going off course early in the final group.
FORMULA ONE: Lando Norris produced a blistering lap to qualify on pole position ahead of three-time world champion Max Verstappen in the Dutch Grand Prix.
With gusts of wind off the North Sea creating unpredictable conditions for the drivers, Norris’ final lap was far ahead of anyone else’s pace, beating second-place Verstappen by .356 of a second.
Verstappen has won all three of the races held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the F1 schedule in 2021.
NASCAR: Three-time Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen will drive full time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025 for Trackhouse Racing.
The 35-year-old New Zealander will drive the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse, taking over a number that was last used in the series by Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Hendrick Motorsports.
Van Gisbergen will join Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez to give Trackhouse an expanded, three-car team.
SOCCER
ENGLAND: Joao Pedro was left unmarked to head home the winning goal in the fifth minute of injury time, giving Brighton a 2-1 home win over Manchester United.
• Erling Haaland made sure Manchester City joined Brighton on six points through two games, scoring his seventh Premier League hat trick in a 4-1 win over Ipswich.
ITALY: Christian Pulisic netted his first goal of the Serie A season but couldn’t prevent AC Milan losing 2-1 at Parma.
CYCLING
SPANISH VUELTA: Primoz Roglic grabbed his second stage victory of the 2024 Spanish Vuelta as the three-time champion cut Ben O’Connor’s overall lead.
Roglic, of Slovenia, attacked on the final ascent at the end of a hilly 159-kilometer ride from Ubeda to Cazorla.
Including a 10-second time bonus, Roglic took a 55-second bite out of O’Connor’s lead. The Australian leads Roglic by 3 minutes, 49 seconds.
HORSE RACING
TRAVERS: Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the race at Saratoga Springs, New York, in over a century.
Ridden by John Velazquez, Fierceness ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.79. He paid $9.80, $5.70 and $3.40. Last year’s 2-year-old champion, Fierceness was the beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby in May.
Thorpedo Anna returned $5 and $3.20. Sierra Leone, runner-up in the Kentucky Derby, was third as the 8-5 favorite in the field of eight and paid $2.20 to show.
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