Baldelli, BC edge Clemson in 11
Dante Baldelli capped a two-run 11th inning with an RBI single as Boston College topped Clemson, 7-5, yesterday in the opening game of the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament in Durham, N.C.
The Eagles (30-26) earned their first tournament win since 2010 after the Tigers rallied from 5-2 with a three-run eighth. Lucas Stahlman scored BC’s go-ahead run on a first-base fielding error before Chris Galland added an insurance run on Baldelli’s single to right off Carson Spiers (2-5).
Joey Walsh (5-6) pitched 3⅓ scoreless innings for the win, allowing two hits and striking out four for the Eagles, who will face topseeded Louisville today in Pool A play.
BC finished with 11 hits, including two homers by Cody Morissette and solo shots by Joe Suozzi and Peter Burns that provided the initial lead. Clemson (33-24) rallied on Jordan Greene’s two-run double to center but left 11 runners on base, including two in the bottom of the 10th.
Cooley stays at PC
Providence coach Ed Cooley agreed to a multiyear contract extension to remain with the Friars and withdrawn his name from consideration for the top job at Michigan . ...
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said former NBA coach of the year Sam Mitchell is no longer part of his staff . ...
Mississippi State football coach Joe Moorhead signed a contract extension through the 2022 season that will pay an average base salary of $3.2 million. Moorhead originally signed a fouryear deal worth an average of $2.75 million when he was hired following the 2017 season . ...
Washington State has fired baseball coach Marty Lees after four disappointing seasons.
Canada blanks U.S.
Pierre-Luc Dubois scored early to back the shutout goaltending of Matt Murray, sending Canada past the United States, 3-0, at the world hockey championships in Kosice, Slovakia. Both teams already were assured quarterfinal berths and were competing for seeding.
Canada won Group A and will next play Switzerland. The Americans, who had five won straight, will face the high-scoring and undefeated Russians tomorrow. Finland will face Sweden, while the Czech Republic plays Germany in the round of eight.
Kyle Turris also scored in the first period for Canada, beating Cory Schneider, and Turris assisted on Jared McCann’s goal in the second period . ...
Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird needs arthroscopic surgery on her left knee and will be out indefinitely, another big blow for the defending WNBA champs.
Bridget Namiotka, one of the former skating partners of two-time U.S. pairs champion John Coughlin, accused him in a series of Facebook posts of sexually assaulting her over a twoyear period.
DaMarcus Beasley said he will retire after 20 years in professional soccer when the Houston Dynamo finish their season.