COLLEGES
Jeremiah Jenkins hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, and Caleb Leys and Justin Baeyens combined on a 4-hitter as Maine sophisticated to the championship game of the America East baseball tournament with a three-1 win more than UMBC in Binghamton, New York.
The top rated-seeded Black Bears (31-19) will have two possibilities to win the title Saturday against either UMBC or Binghamton, who meet in an elimination game Friday afternoon.
Leys (five-) permitted a household run to Anthony Swenda in the third inning but otherwise held the Retrievers (30-26) in verify as he faced only 28 batters more than eight innings. He struck out eight and walked two. Baeyens pitched a ideal ninth inning for his second save of the tournament and eighth of the season.
Maine tied the game in the bottom of the third when Jake Marquez hit a leadoff double and at some point scored on Quinn McDaniel’s sacrifice fly.
In the sixth, McDaniel drew a leadoff stroll, and Jenkins followed with his 19th household run of the season.
GOLF: Caleb Manuel of Topsham shot an even-par 70 and Cole Anderson of Camden opened with a three-more than 73 in the very first round of the NCAA championships in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Manuel, a junior at Georgia was in the top rated ten at two below till he created back-to-back bogeys on Nos. six and 7 – his 15th and 16th holes of the round. With quite a few golfers nonetheless on the course, he was six shots behind leader Ross Steelman of Georgia Tech.
Anderson, a redshirt junior at Florida State, also began on the back nine and was 1 more than via 15 holes just before producing a double bogey on No. 7.
The person competitors continues via Monday. The top rated 15 teams soon after Monday advance to the final two days of group competitors.
TENNIS
GENEVA OPEN: Grigor Dimitrov sophisticated to his very first final on the ATP Tour in a lot more than 5 years, beating Taylor Fritz three-six, 7-five, 7-six (two) in Switzerland.
Dimitrov will play the title Saturday against unseeded Nicolás Jarry, who defeated third-seeded Alexander Zverev 7-six (three), six-three in a rematch of their 2019 final.
GOLF
EUROPEAN TOUR: Spanish golfer Jorge Campillo saw his lead at the KLM Open trimmed to two strokes soon after shooting 1-below 71 in the second round at Cromvoirt, Netherlands.
Campillo is ten below general. His nearest challenger is Renato Paratore, a 455th-ranked Italian, who shot 68.
CYCLING
GIRO d’ITALIA: Geraint Thomas maintained his bid to develop into the oldest Giro d’Italia champion, while his lead was reduce slightly by Primož Roglič throughout the toughest stage of the race.
Roglič crossed the summit finish of the so-referred to as “Queen Stage” 3 seconds ahead of Thomas at the finish of the race’s final mountain road leg – a 114-mile route from Longarone to the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, which had gradients of up to 18%.
The 19th stage was won by Santiago Buitrago, who completed 51 seconds ahead of Derek Gee.
Thomas, 37, is 26 seconds ahead of Roglič going into what will be a decisive mountain time trial on Saturday.
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