Garrido dies at age 79

Augie Garrido, who won five College World Series titles with two schools and still ranks No. 1 on the career victories list in college baseball, died Thursday. He was 79.

The University of Texas, where he wrapped up his extraordinary career that spanned six decades, announced the death and said Garrido had recently been hospitalized following a stroke.

Garrido won three national championships with Cal State Fullerton in 1979, 1984 and 1995. He also won titles at Texas in 2002 and 2005. He last coached the Longhorns in 2016, leaving the game with 1,975 career wins dating to 1969. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.

SOCCER

The Baltimore Blast scored three unanswered goals in the fourth quarter en route to a 10-6 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Wave in the MASL’s Eastern Conference Final.

Vinicius Dantas had a hat trick for Baltimore. Ian Bennett tallied twice for the Wave.

AUTO RACING

Martin Truex Jr. claimed the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Auto Club 400 after a qualifying session Friday in which 13 drivers didn’t complete a lap.

He turned a lap at 186.567 mph in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota, claiming his 17th career pole on the weathered 2 miles of asphalt at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

Kyle Busch was second in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 186.437 mph, and defending Fontana champion Kyle Larson was third.

Pro Stock Motorcycles: Hector Arana Jr. became the first racer to top 200 mph at an NHRA event when he broke the elusive barrier at Gainesville Raceway.

Arana reached 200.23 mph during his second qualifying run for the Gatornationals in Gainsville, Fla.

Five drivers, including Arana, had previously topped 199 mph in the quarter-mile.

BASEBALL

Ed Charles, the third baseman known as “The Glider” who helped lead the Miracle Mets to the 1969 World Series title with his veteran guidance and poetry, has died. He was 84.

Charles was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1952 and spent nearly a decade in the minor leagues before he was traded to the Kansas City Athletics after the 1961 season. He made his big-league debut with the A’s that April at age 29 but is most known for his time with the Mets, who acquired him on May 10, 1967, for outfielder Larry Elliot and $50,000.

Charles hit just .207 with three homers and 18 RBI in 169 at-bats in 1969, which turned out to be his final season, but he inspired his young teammates with his poetry and came up with the occasional big hit.