Jockey Carrasco gets 1st Md. win since injury
Victor Carrasco guided 9-5 second choice Daily News ($5.80) to a decisive three-length victory in Laurel Park’s second race Friday, the jockey’s first local win since returning Sept. 16 from a foot injury. Carrasco, the Eclipse Award-winning apprentice of 2013, had gone winless through 13 mounts at Laurel with three third-place finishes over three racing days before scoring on his first try Friday atop the 4-year-old gelding, who he had been aboard in his previous six starts. MORE FROM LAUREL PARK: Tommy Ligon’s Totally Drenched took the lead from pace-setting Amherst Street with 2 furlongs to run and turned away a stretch bid from Saucy Don to win the eighth race. Ridden by Gabriel Saez for trainer Larry Jones and favored at 4-5 in a field of seven, Totally Drenched ($3.80) ran 6 furlongs in 1 minute, 9.80 seconds over a fast main track in the $47,000 third-level optional claiming allowance. ... There will be carryovers in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and $1 Super Hi-5 for today’s 11-race Commonwealth Day program featuring eight stakes, three graded, worth purses of $850,000 to be contested over Laurel’s world-class turf course. Firstrace post time is 1:10 p.m. NFL: Wide receiver DeSean Jackson is expected to play for the Washington Redskins at the New York Giants on Sunday. After sitting out practice earlier in the week because of knee and ankle injuries, Jackson participated Friday and coach Jay Gruden said afterward: “Based on the injury report, he’ll be ready to roll.” Players listed as questionable include center Kory Lichtensteiger with back spasms, rookie receiver Josh Doctson with an Achilles tendon injury, rookie linebacker Su’a Cravens with a hip problem and defensive lineman Chris Baker with rib, elbow, toe and knee problems. The Redskins (0-2) will try to avoid falling three games behind the Giants (2-0) in the NFC East. ... Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs ( Maryland) was fined $12,154 by the NFL for coming off the sideline to join an altercation in Sunday’s win over the Green Bay Packers. ... Denver Broncos safety Darian Stewart, a former Raven, was fined $9,115 for a forearm shot to the quarterback. BASEBALL: The Chicago Cubs activated former Orioles right-handed reliever Pedro Strop off the 15-day disabled list. MEN’S LACROSSE: Tickets for the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame induction Dec. 9 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel were put on sale Friday. The inductees, announced last month, are Henry Ciccarone Sr., Bud Beardmore, Howdy Myers, Tony Seaman, Jerry Schmidt, Willie Scroggs, Paul Doherty and Renzie Lamb. The cost $155 per person. For more information, go to hopkins sports.com. COLLEGE SWIMMING AND DIVING: Scranton named Mark Yankovich men’s and women’s coach and aquatics director. Yankovich, who graduated from McDaniel in 2007, has coached at Lafayette, Washington College and LaSalle. ... UMBC senior Emily Escobedo was named to CollegeSwimming.com’s list of preseason AllAmericans. WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Mount St. Mary’s freshman Maddie Kole was named Northeast Conference Athlete and Rookie of the Week. COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY: Lebanon Valley senior goalkeeper Sarah DiMaggio (Fallston) was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Region Defensive Player of the Week. WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Navy sophomore forward Anabell Motley was named espnW NCAA Player of the Week. —