Jasson Dominguez tripled in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored on a single by Austin Wells as the Somerset Patriots beat the Portland Sea Dogs 2-1 in an Eastern League game on Friday in Bridgewater, New Jersey, to draw eight. Sea Dogs game. winning streak.
Somerset took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth on a Jeisson Rosario home run. Portland tied it in the sixth on an RBI double by Izzy Wilson.
Portland starting pitcher Sterling Sharp allowed one run in five innings, allowing three hits, while striking out four and walking one. Somerset’s Clayton Beeter went five scoreless innings, allowing two hits, while striking out seven and walking two.
Portland and Somerset close out the regular season with games Saturday and Sunday, then face each other in a first-round playoff series starting Tuesday in Portland.
NBA: Point guard Dennis Schröder is returning for another stint with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The German guard spent the 2020-21 season with LeBron James and the Lakers, averaging 15.4 points and 5.8 assists per game. Los Angeles offered him a four-year contract extension worth more than $80 million during the offseason, but he turned it down, seeking more money in free agency.
But Schröder opted out of the deal and signed a $5.9 million deal with the Boston Celtics, who then traded him to Houston late last season in exchange for Daniel Theis.
NASCAR XFINITY: Noah Gragson held off Brandon Jones on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway to win his third consecutive Xfinity Series race.
Gragson won his sixth series race of the season driving a Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. He was helped when teammate Justin Allgaier was flagged for speeding during the final stops under caution; Gragson didn’t crash and restarted the race in the lead.
Gragson and his JRM crew climbed the Bristol fence in celebration, then Gragson sat breathlessly on the wall to collect himself.
NHL: Evander Kane and the San Jose Sharks have reached a settlement regarding the grievance he filed regarding the termination of his contract last season.
The Sharks announced the deal which they said had been approved by the NHL and Players Association, saying they were “satisfied that its terms will not negatively impact the team, financially or competitively, this season or in the future.”
The Sharks terminated Kane’s contract in January for violating virus protocol with their major minor league affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League. The contract termination cost Kane a little less than $23 million from the seven-year, $49 million contract he signed in May 2018.
Kane and the NHL Players’ Association filed a complaint saying the Sharks did not have sufficient grounds to make the move. While that process was underway, he signed for the remainder of the season with the Oilers and re-signed for $20.5 million over four years in Edmonton.
PGA: Max Homa came into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 in Napa, California to share the early 36-hole lead with Danny Willett in the PGA Tour season opener.
Homa, last season’s two-time winner and the captain’s pick for next week’s Presidents Cup, had an eagle, four birdies and a bogey – the first of the week – for two days of 12 under 132 at Silverado Resort &. ; Spa.
LIV: Dustin Johnson birdied nine, none longer than about 12 feet, and posted a 9-under 63 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, to take a three-shot lead after the first of three round in the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago.
British Open champion Cameron Smith found his putting form towards the end of the round and finished with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 second hole for a 66.
EUROPEAN: Rory McIlroy (66) produced an eagle for the second day in a row and Matt Fitzpatrick (69) had five straight birdies in the second round as they stand 1-2, respectively, near the Italian Open’s midpoint in Guidonia Montecelio , Italy. . The round was suspended due to darkness for the second straight day.
McIlroy – playing in Italy for the first time as a pro driver specifically to familiarize himself with the Ryder Cup course – had a total of 9 under 133 and Fitzpatrick one stroke behind.
LPGA: Esther Henseleit rolled in 10 birdie putts on her way to an 8-under 64, giving the 23-year-old German a share of the lead with Lilia Vu entering the weekend.
Vu and Henseleit were at 10 under 134.
They were one ahead of Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, who had 66. Among the big group at 8 under 136 was former amateur No. Another 1, Andrea Lee, and one of the hottest players on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in Sweden’s Maja Stark.
PRELIMINARY: Fulham scored three goals in the space of six minutes to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in an entertaining match between the teams with contrasting success since promotion to the English Premier League.
Tosin Adarabioyo, Joao Palhinha and Harrison Reed scored in a whirlwind spell from the 54th minute at the City Ground, helping Fulham move up to sixth.
• Aston Villa eased the pressure on manager Steven Gerrard with a shock 1-0 win over Southampton in the English Premier League which was scored by Jacob Ramsey in the 41st minute.
World Cup: Yunus Musah will miss the U.S.’s final two World Cup warm-up games with a left groin injury, leaving the Americans without a chance for their top midfield trio to play together before the competition in November.
Johnny Cardoso of Brazilian club Internacional replaced Musah on the roster for the games against Japan on September 23 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Saudi Arabia four days later in Murcia, Spain.
DAvis Cup: Felix Auger-Aliassime ruined Carlos Alcaraz’s homecoming after fighting back to beat the world’s best player 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 as Canada beat Spain at 2-1 in Davis. Cup in Barcelona, Spain.
Roberto Bautista gave Spain the first point after fighting back to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Vasek Pospisil, who needed medical treatment on his upper left thigh.
With no time to recover, Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil showed no sign of being worn down as they came from behind to beat Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the decider.
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