Sox’ Kopech, Lopez, Ruiz get new deals
The White Sox announced Saturday that they agreed to terms on one-year contracts with starter Michael Kopech and relievers Reynaldo Lopez and Jose Ruiz, avoiding arbitration. They also made official the one-year deals for starters Lucas Giolito and Dylan Cease that were reported Friday.
Lopez will make $3.625 million in 2023, Kopech $2.05 million and Ruiz $925,000. Lopez had a career-low 2.76 ERA in a careerhigh 61 appearances last season, including one start. Kopech had a
3.54 ERA in 25 starts, fanning 105 in 119⅓ innings. Ruiz appeared in 63 games, second-most on the team behind Kendall Graveman (Lopez was third), striking out 68 in 60⅔ innings.
The Sox said Giolito will make $10.4 million next season and Cease, the American League Cy Young runner-up, will make $5.7 million. The team has no remaining arbitration-eligible players for 2023.
GOLF
Two eagles on back nine lift Buckley into lead
Hayden Buckley started and ended the back nine at Waialae with eagles for a second consecutive 6-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead and creating some separation going into the final round of the Sony Open in Honolulu. Buckley holed out a wedge from 133 yards on the 10th hole. He finished his day with an approach to 2 feet on the par-5 18th hole. He was at 15-under 195, and his two-shot lead might have been the biggest surprise in a third round that at one point featured an eight-way tie for the lead.
TENNIS
Bencic cruises in Adelaide women’s final
Belinda Bencic beat Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 6-2 to win the Adelaide International women’s title in Australia, her sixth on the WTA Tour. The 13th-ranked Swiss player took barely an hour to beat the eighthranked Kasatkina. In the men’s title match, Soonwoo Kwon, who lost in qualifying but was a late callup to the main draw due to an injury withdrawal, defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4).
MISCELLANEOUS
Wolves fire blanks in loss to Griffins
Cross Humas’ goal four minutes into the game stood up in the host Griffins’ 1-0 victory over the Wolves (12-16-3-1). Wolves goalie Zachary Sawchenko stopped 19 shots. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 27 for the Griffins (14-19-1-1).
♦ Federica Brignone of Italy won a World Cup super-G in St. Anton, Austria, for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season. American Mikaela Shiffrin skipped the race.
♦ Aleksander Aamodt Kilde captured Switzerland’s marquee World Cup race in Wengen by a large margin for his fourth win in six downhills.