Texas Tech baseball outlasts UConn in offensive show
UConn (4-9) scored seven runs over the final two innings but couldn’t quite catch up, falling 15-13 to Texas Tech in a nonconference baseball game Sunday in Lubbock, Texas.
Texas Tech (13-3) built an 8-1 lead after four innings. UConn starter Austin Peterson (1-1) lasted just 1 ⅓ innings, giving up three hits and three earned runs. Jimmy Wang followed, allowing four hits and three runs in 1 2/ 3 innings, and Sam Favieri allowed two runs in one inning, walking three. Next to the mound for the Huskies was Brendan O’Donnell, who lasted the longest, allowing four hits and four runs, three earned, in two innings.
Jace Jung and Cal Conley were both 3-for-4 with two RBI for Texas Tech. Jung hit a home run.
For UConn, T.C. Simmons was 3-for-3 with two RBI, KevinFerrerwas2-for-4with three RBI and Kyler Fedko was 2-for-6 with four RBI.
CCSU 4, Stony Brook 1: Central Connecticut (3-2) rallied past Stony Brook (4-5) to close out the weekend series at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain. The Blue Devils scored two runs each in the seventh and eighth innings to cap off a strong pitching performancebyfreshman Anthony Mozzicato.
Stony Brook got its only run in the top of the second when Johnny Decker led off with a single and moved to third base before scoring on a wild pitch to make it 1-0.
Central, which was hitless through the first four innings, came to life in the seventh. Senior Buddy Dewaine hit a one-out single to left and moved to third on a double by senior Dave Matthews. With two outs, junior Sam Loda roped a single to left field to drive in two runs and give CCSU a 2-1 lead.
The Blue Devils tacked on two more runs in the eighth. Sophomore Dan Covino led off with a walk and moved to third on a sacrifice and a groundout. Dewaine followed with a two-out single to drive in Covino, before coming home on a double by Matthews to make it 4-1.
Mozzicato gave up four hits in seven innings, striking out six.
Football
Sacred Heart 35, LIU 7: In a reversal from last week, the Sacred Heart was dominant on third down, while junior running back Julius Chestnut was his same old self as the Pioneers (1-1, 1-1 Northeast Conference) picked up their first win of the season.
Chestnut rushed for 203 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries and caught two passes for 46 yards.
After allowing Duquesne to convert 9 of 14 third downs last week, Sacred Heart did not allow LIU (1-1, 1-1) to get a third-down conversion the entire game. The Sharks were limited to 97 yards passing and 84 yards rushing.
On the offensive side the ball, Sacred Heart racked up 504yards andconverted 13 of 21 third downs(63.1 percent).
LIU was moving the ball well on its opening drive, getting into Sacred Heart territory, before sophomore cornerback Randy Brito picked off LIU quarterback Conor Regan for his first collegiate interception.
Ashanked punt set up the Pioneers at the LIU 34 at the 6:26 mark of the first quarter. Quarterback Marquez McCray hit Troy Holland for a 15-yard pass, then Chestnut scored on a 2-yard run.
Sacred Heart went into the locker room with a 21-0 lead thanks to a pair of second-quarter touchdowns. McCray hooked up with Rob DiNota with a 13-yard touchdownscore. Onathirdand-12, Chestnut ran 69yards for his second score.
The Pioneers iced the game with Chestnut TD runs of 9 and 19 yards in the third quarter.
McCray had the best game of his early career, throwing for a career-high 222 yards on personal-best 18-for-25.
Martin Truex Jr. pulled away in the final laps Sunday at Phoenix Raceway for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season and 28th overall.
Truex beat the four championship finalists from last year. He had failed to advance into the season-ending finale for the first time in four years and could only watch as Chase Elliott beat Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski for the title at the desert oval. All four tailed Truex across the finish line.
Phoenix Raceway will again host the championship race in November.
“To come here and win this, I wish it was November,” Truex said. “Hopefully, we can come back in November and have a shot at the championship.”
Boxing: Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday. He was 66. Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on
Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page.
MLB: Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg left his second spring training start in the third inning Sunday because of a problem with his left calf that he called “nothing major.”
NBA: DraymondGreenhad his 26th career triple-double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists and the Warriors held off the NBA-leading Utah Jazz 131-119 on Sunday to end a season-worst fourgame losing streak. Green also had four steals in his second triple-double of the season. Stephen Curry had 32 points with six 3-pointers to go along with nine assists.
NHL: Dougie Hamilton and Nino Niederreiter scored, Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves and the Hurricanes beat the Red Wings 2-1 on Sunday night for their eighth consecutive victory. The Hurricanes moved into the Central Division lead at 20-6-1, a point ahead of the Lightning and Panthers.