Kluber shuts down Rockies

Corey Kluber was in fine form during another spring training tuneup, tossing seven innings and striking out eight, allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits and walking one, as the Indians dispatched the Rockies, 8-3. Abraham Almonte went 3-for-3 with a run and two RBI for the Indians, and Richie Schaffer went 2-for-3 with a double, his fifth of the spring, a run and an RBI.

Golf

SPIETH REBOUNDS IN MATCH PLAY » With a big lead on the back nine, Jordan Spieth put the ball in water again. Gulp. This time, there was no collapse, just a grind-itout “must win” to beat Japan’s Yuta Ikeda in Thursday’s second round at the Dell Technologies Match Play in gusty wind that lived up to the legendary tough conditions of Texas golf. Spieth beat Ikeda 4-and-2 at the Austin Country Club a day after losing his first-round match by the same score to Japan’s Hideto Tanihara.

College basketball

GEORGETOWN FIRES THOMPSON III » John Thompson III was fired as Georgetown’s basketball coach after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship.

Thompson said in a statement released by agent David Falk that he was “honored” to have been the Hoyas’ coach and proud of what his players have “accomplished on the court and how they are thriving since leaving Georgetown.”