Detroit’s Blashill out after 7 years

Cardinals rally to top Missions

San Antonio used a six-run seventh inning to erase a 5-0 deficit, only to see Springfield rally with two runs in the eighth inning for a 7-6 victory over the Missions in front of a sellout crowd at Wolff Stadium Friday night.

Tirso Ornelas had two hits and drove in a run for the Missions and Yorman Rodriguez had two hits and two RBIs. Esteury Ruiz contributed a two-run single.

The Detroit Red Wings fired Jeff Blashill on Saturday, moving on from the coach tabbed to guide the storied NHL franchise through a long rebuilding process.

General manager Steve Yzerman said the team was not renewing the contracts of Blashill, assistant Doug Houda and goaltending coach Jeff Salajko.

The Red Wings went 204-261-72 since Blashill took over in 2015.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Hall of Famer Stringer retires

Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball on Saturday.

She had 1,055 wins — fourth all-time among Division I women’s basketball coaches. Stringer also had four Final Four appearances and reached the NCAA Tournament 28 times while leading Cheney State, Iowa and Rutgers.

Halep surprises No. 2 Badosa

Simona Halep played some of her best tennis at the Madrid Open again in defeating home crowd favorite Paula Badosa in straight sets to reach the last 16 on Saturday for the seventh time in 11 appearances.

The two-time Madrid Open champion had 21 winners as she defeated No. 2-ranked Badosa 6-3, 6-1 on the Caja Magica center court.

“I knew that I have to be for every point focused and to give everything I have, and I did it great today,” the 21stranked Halep said. “I’m really pleased with the way I played.”

Badosa converted only one of her seven break points against Halep. The Spaniard broke through last year with a run to the Madrid semifinals as a 62nd-ranked wild card.

“She’s played at a really good level, and I haven’t played very well,” Badosa said. “I missed everything. That’s why I was only able to win four games.”