FSU opens season with no-hitter against Maine
Drew Parrish and relievers Conor Grady and Chase Haney combined for Florida State’s 10th no-hitter in the host Seminoles’ 11-0 season-opening victory over Maine on Friday.
Parrish went five innings, striking out five and walking one. Grady struck out four and walked one in three innings, and Haney had a strikeout and a walk in the ninth.
“This was so much fun,” said coach Mike Martin, beginning his final season with the Seminoles. “It’s very special. The closest that I think we’ve come to a no-hitter on opening day was us getting one-hit.”
Freshman designated hitter Robby Martin was 3 for 4 with RBI, and Reese Albert and J.C. Flowers homered.
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College basketball: Nick Perkins matched his career high with 26 points — hitting four three-pointers in the second half — to help the No. 25 Buffalo men beat host Toledo 88-82. The Bulls (22-3, 10-2 Mid-American Conference) fell behind 10-0 and 17-4 in the first half, but Toledo (20-5, 8-4) never came all that close to delivering a knockout blow. Buffalo star CJ Massinburg picked up three fouls in the first half and finished with only 14 points, but the Bulls calmly worked their way back after their poor start . ... Tiana England scored 20 points and host St. John’s (13-12, 6-8 Big East) rallied from a double-digit deficit to upset No. 8 Marquette (21-4, 12-1) women 81-74 for the Red Storm’s first victory over a top 10 team in nearly seven years.
NHL: Rookie Alexandar Georgiev stopped 31 shots, including 13 in the final period, and the New York Rangers rolled to a 6-2 win over the host Buffalo Sabres. Vladislav Namestnikov scored twice in the final four minutes, while also adding an assist. Jesper Fast and Boo Nieves staked the Rangers to a 2-0 lead in the first period, and Jimmy Vesey and Pavel Buchnevich also scored. New York improved to 8-5-1 in its past 14 and earned its 58th point to move into 12th in the Eastern Conference standings . ... The Pittsburgh Penguins activated defenseman Justin Schultz off injured reserve after he fractured his left leg four months ago.
Soccer: Etienne Capoue sent Watford into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup by securing a 1-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers. Capoue’s volley through a crowded box following a corner in the first minute of stoppage time allowed the Premier League side to see off the second-tier hosts . ... Bayern Munich survived a scare in winning 3-2 at Augsburg to close the gap on Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund to two points. ... Juventus warmed up for the Champions League round of 16 in the best possible way, easing to a 3-0 win over Frosinone to move 14 points clear at the top of Serie A. The result was decided early after goals from Paulo Dybala and Leonardo Bonucci in the first 16 minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo then added his league-best 19th goal as Juventus continued its seemingly unstoppable march to a record-extending eighth successive Serie A title.
College football: Steve Sarkisian is returning to Alabama as offensive coordinator, a position he held for the 2016 team for the national championship game loss to Clemson.
Sailing: Olympic gold medalists Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge dominated the opening day of the inaugural SailGP races for their respective teams in light winds on Sydney (Australia) Harbour. Skippered by 2012 Olympic Laser champion Slingsby, Australia finished fourth out of six in the first race Friday before winning the last two. Japan, skippered by Outteridge, won the opening race and also recorded two second placings to take the lead after the first day. SailGP is the sailing league founded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison and five-time America’s Cup winner Russell Coutts. It features many of the world’s top sailors racing 50-foot, wing-sailed catamarans that fly across the top of waves on hydrofoils. After the first day, Japan led with 28 points, followed by Australia with 27, Britain with 22, the United States with 20 and France and China with 19 points each.
Skiing: Henrik Kristoffersen gave Norway its second individual gold medal of the world championships at Are, Sweden, by toppling an under-theweather Marcel Hirscher to win the giant slalom.
Bobsled: Elana Meyers Taylor and Lake Kwaza of the U.S. won a women’s World Cup bobsled race at Lake Placid, New York. In the two-man race later, Francesco Freidrich of Germany won for the seventh time in as many races this season. Friedrich teamed with Thorsten Margis to prevail by about one-quarter of a second over France’s Romain Heinrich and Dorian Hauterville.
Olympics: Toshiro Muto, the chief executive of the games, told executive committee members the cost for the opening and closing ceremonies would be capped at $118 million — an increas of about 40 percent. Tokyo estimated that cost about $82 billion in 2013 when it was awarded the games.