Texas pitcher fans nine in win
New Hampshire routs Oregon, 14-6
Texas beat New Jersey, 21, behind a nine-strikeout effort from starting pitcher Dylan Regala over 4⅓ innings in the Little League World Series Tuesday in South Williamsport, Pa.
Texas scored one each in the first and second innings. Regala helped his own cause with an RBI triple in the second, scoring leadoff hitter Cason Parrish.
In the nightcap, New Hampshire torched Oregon, 14-6. Tristan Lucier had four RBI, and Mason DeVall added three more. DeVall, Calen Lucier, Tristan Lucier and Ryson Michaud each hit home runs for New Hampshire on the same day as the Little League home run derby.
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The Washington Wild Things (43-35) beat the Tri-City ValleyCats (39-38), 5-2, at Wild Things Park. Grant Heyman hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to seal the win.
Basketball
Briann January scored a season-high 19 points, DaWanna Bonner added 18 and the Connecticut Sun clinched a WNBA playoff berth with a 76-62 win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces.
• Allie Quigley scored 21 points and Candace Parker
added 18 to help the Chicago Sky beat host Atlanta Dream 86-79.
• Myisha Hines-Allen scored 19 points and Elena Delle Donne added 18 to help the host Washington Mystics beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-68.
• Sylvia Fowles scored 29 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Lynx to a 76-70 win over the visiting Seattle Storm.
Tennis
Players at the U.S. Open will have access to licensed mental health providers and quiet rooms as part of an initiative announced Tuesday by the U.S. Tennis Association.
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus defeated fifthseeded Nadia Podoroska of
Argentina, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals at Tennis in the Land in Cleveland. Top-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Russia rallied for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 33 Caty McNally in the round of 16.
Hockey
Hilary Knight became the all-time scoring leader in women’s hockey world championship history with her 45th goal during the United States’ 6-0 victory over
Russia in Calgary, Alberta.
Colleges
Jerry Harkness, who led Loyola Chicago to a barrierbreaking national basketball championship and a was civil rights pioneer, has died. He was 81. A two-time AllAmerican at Loyola, Harkness was part of the 1963 team that won a national championship with four Black starters and played in what became known as the Game of Change.