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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — No. 9 batter Matt McDermott hit for the cyle and Coastal Carolina held off Coppin State 8-6 in an elimination game at the Greenville Regional. Coastal Carolina (37-19-1) will play the loser of Saturday’s nightcap between No. 8 overall seed East Carolina and Virginia in an elimination game Sunday morning. The

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Brayden Taylor and Kurtis Byrne homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning and TCU stayed alive in the College Station Regional with a 3-1 win over Oral Roberts. Taylor homered to right field on a 3-1 pitch from Isaac Coffey (7-6) with two down in the sixth to break

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hatcher hit two home runs and Nick Hassan’s two-run single in the seventh inning was the difference as Kennesaw State stayed alive in the Austin Regional on Saturday with a 9-8 win that eliminated Army. Both teams used big innings to stay in the game. Army (31-25) had a five-run

EPPING, N.H. (AP) — Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan took the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday for Tony Stewart Racing at the NHRA New England Nationals. Hagan’s Friday run of 3.878 seconds at 332.51 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat stood up Saturday during the final two sessions for his second straight No.

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Joe Cordina knocked out Kenichi Ogawa in the second round to take the IBF super featherweight title from the Japanese boxer. Cordina thrilled the crowd in his Cardiff hometown to earn his first world title. Ogawa lost his first defense of the title. It was also only Ogawa’s second loss in

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — There’s no panic in the Tampa Bay Lightning. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions are down 2-0 to the New York Rangers in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal but remain confident they have what it takes to climb back into the best-of-seven series. Game 3

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings to get the win against his former team, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk backed him with two-run homers and the Toronto Blue Jays hammered the Minnesota Twins 12-3. Bo Bichette also homered as the streaking Blue

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Ukraine plans to resume competitive football in the country in August despite being under attack by Russia after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave approval. Andriy Pavelko, the president of Ukraine’s football federation, revealed details to The Associated Press about his talks with Zelenskyy and the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brittney Griner hasn’t been forgotten at the NBA Finals. The WNBA star has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days — wrongfully so, U.S. officials insist — and some members of the Boston Celtics are using their platform at the NBA’s title series

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino combined with two relievers on a one-hitter to continue New York’s run of outstanding starting pitching performances as the Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0. Aaron Judge hit his MLB-best 21st homer on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning. The

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Premier Lacrosse League has started its fourth season before a near sellout crowd in Albany, New York. The league has a new television contract with ESPN that will make its games available in more than 170 countries. World Lacrosse also has inked a deal

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Savier Pinales had three hits, including a two-run double in the seventh inning that rallied Gonzaga to an 11-9 win over Wright State in a loser-out game of the Blacksburg Regional.The Raiders (30-27) took a 9-4 lead with a six-run third inning, but Owen Wild was outstanding in relief for the

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Brandon Birdsell threw seven shutout innings and Texas Tech used a wild pitch and a throwing error to score two runs on the same play as the Red Raiders defeated UNC Greensboro 2-0 in an elimination game of the Statesboro Regional. Texas Tech (38-21) will play the loser of Saturday’s nightcap

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — No. 9 batter Josh McAllister had two of Georgia’s seven home runs and the Bulldogs eliminated Hofstra in the Chapel Hill Regional with a 24-1 romp. McAllister was 4-for-6 with five RBIs and four runs scored as the Bulldogs totaled 24 runs on just 16 hits, 11 for extra bases.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Corey Heim got the caution flag he needed with three laps to go in the NASCAR Truck Series race on Saturday. Then he got another one to end it with him in front. Heim was fortunate to get the bottom lane for the final green-white-checkered

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Swarmer followed up his first major league start with his first big-league win and Frank Schwindel homered in a three-hit showing to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.   Swarmer (1-0) allowed two hits and one earned

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colby Shade hit a three-run homer, Brennan Milone had five hits and Oregon rolled to an 18-6 win over Southeast Missouri State on Saturday in a loser-out game of the Louisville Regional. The Ducks face the loser of the Louisville-Michigan game in another elimination game on Sunday. Oregon (36-24) pounded out

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Tennis Hall of Famer and equal rights advocate Billie Jean King thinks the French Open should have scheduled more women’s matches for the high-attention night sessions. King also said at a news conference Saturday at Roland Garros that she thinks new tournament director Amelie Mauresmo will

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — England players were jeered while taking the knee ahead of a Nations League loss at Hungary where the crowd of 30,000 was mainly filled with children. The youngsters were allowed into the stadium despite Hungary being ordered to play the game without fans as a punishment for racially abusing opposing players

LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino combined with two relievers on a one-hitter to continue New York’s run of outstanding starting pitching performances as the Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0.. Aaron Judge hit his MLB-best 21st homer on the game’s first pitch and the Yankees won their fifth straight and