RELIEF ACE PERRANOSKI DIES AT 84

Ron Perranoski, the lefthanded ace of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen who helped them win a pair of World Series championships in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.

He died Friday night at his home in Vero Beach, Fla., of complications from a long illness, his sister Pat Zailo told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Perranoski is the third former Dodgers player to die a week, along with outfielders Jay Johnstone and “Sweet” Lou Johnson.

Perranoski played in the major leagues from 1961-73 for the Dodgers, Twins, Tigers and California Angels. He had a career record of 79-74 with 178 saves and a 2.79 ERA.

Perranoski’s best year with the Dodgers came in 1963, when he was 16-3 as a full-time reliever and earned a save in relief of Johnny Podres in Game 2 of the World

Series against the Yankees. He had 21 saves to go with a 1.67 ERA.

“Ron Perranoski played a major role in the success of the Dodgers as a great reliever and a mentor to many great young pitchers over his 30-year career in the organization,” team president and CEO Stan Kasten said.

Following his career, Perranoski served the Dodgers’ minor league pitching coordinator from 1973-80. He was their pitching coach from 1981-94 and was instrumental in the success of Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela.

NHL

The Pittsburgh Penguins are putting their faith and their money in goalie Tristan Jarry. The Penguins awarded the first-time Allstar a three-year contract. The deal, which carries an average annual value of $3.5 million, likely means Pittsburgh is ready to move on from twotime Stanley Cup-winning netminder Matt Murray.

The Vegas Golden Knights re-signed goaltender

Robin Lehner to a $25 million, five-year contract that carries a $5 million annual salary cap hit.

The Arizona Coyotes placed Michael Grabner on waivers Saturday for the purpose of buying out the speedy forward’s contract. He had one year left at $3.775 million in salary and a cap hit of $3.35 million.

The Philadelphia Flyers signed backup goalie Brian Elliott to a $1.5 million, oneyear contract extension.

International soccer

Napoli could be forced to forfeit its Serie A match at Juventus. Defending champion Juventus issued a statement saying its players will go onto the field for the game against Napoli despite its opponents reportedly being banned from traveling because of coronavirus cases. Serie A’s governing body also said that the match was still scheduled to go ahead the following evening. This could force Napoli to forfeit the match 3-0.

New signing Pedro scored a stunning goal as Roma won 1-0 at Udinese in

Serie A for its first victory of the fledgling season.

Pep Guardiola was frustrated by the strength of guru Marcelo Bielsa’s Premier League newcomers as Manchester City was held 1-1 by Leeds. Leeds is five points behind Everton as is Chelsea, which swept to a 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace, and Newcastle, which beat Burnley 3-1.

American teen Gio Reyna set up three goals for Borussia Dortmund in a 4-0 win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga.

MLS

Alejandro Pozuelo scored in the 76th minute, rallying Toronto FC (9-2-4) to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union (8-3-4) at East Hartford, Conn.

John Gallagher scored a pair of goals and visiting Atlanta United (5-8-2) dominated D.C. United (2-8-5) from the outset in a 4-0 win.

Joe Willis made three of his five saves in a four-minute span as visiting Nashville (45-5) and New England (5-3-7) played to a scoreless draw.

Ron Perranoski