Oral Roberts beats Oregon, advances to CWS

Jake Mcmurray went 4 for 5 with two RBIS and three runs, Mac Mccroskey had three RBIS and Oral Roberts beat Oregon 11-6 Sunday to win a back-and-forth best-of-3 Eugene Super Regional.

Oral Roberts (51-12) won the program’s first super regional title and advanced to the College World Series for the second time in school history, 45 years after its first trip to Omaha in 1978.

Mcmurray’s single drove in Jacob Godman and Justin Quinn’s bunt single loaded the bases before Matt Hogan drew a walk to bring home Blaze Brothers and give Oral Roberts its first lead of the game, and Mcmurray scored when Mac Mccroskey reached on a fielder’s choice to make it 5-3 in the top of the third inning.

Oregon’s Drew Cowley drew a walk to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh before Gavin Grant scored on a sacrifice fly by Sabin Ceballos. Tanner Smith drew a four-pitch walk to once again load the bases but Dalton Patten — who came on earlier in the inning with nobody out and runners on first and second — got Drew Smith (the potential goahead run) to fly out to end the inning with Oral Roberts leading 8-5.

Ceballos finished 2 for 2 with a solo homer and Tanner Smith hit a three-run shot for the Ducks (41-22), who were trying to make the CWS for the first time since 1954.

Oregon overcame an eight-run deficit to win Game 1 when Drew Cowley hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, snapping the Golden Eagles’ 21-game win streak. Oral Roberts won Game 2 on a two-rbi walkoff single by Justin Quinn after trailing 7-4 in the seventh inning.

Oral Roberts’ Jonah Cox went 1 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 47 games with a single in the third inning.

HORSE RACING Yet another horse has died at Belmont Park

Another horse has died after racing at Belmont Park, the second fatality in 24 hours after the Belmont Stakes.

Mashnee Girl fell near the quarter pole and sustained a catastrophic injury to her left front leg, according to New York Racing Association spokesman Pat Mckenna. The 5-year-old mare was euthanized due to the severity of the injury.

Mckenna said in a statement that a necropsy will be performed at Cornell University, with the results to be analyzed by Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) officials, as well as the New York State equine medical director.

NYRA, HISA and the New York State Gaming Commission will review the circumstances around the incident, he said.

Mashnee Girl had three wins in 19 career starts and earnings of $194,065, according to Equibase, the industry database.

She was trained by Mark Hennig, whose Excursionniste suffered a catastrophic left front leg injury in the 13th race on grass Saturday at Belmont, the final race on the Belmont Stakes card. Excursionniste had to be euthanized.

The latest death is the fourth at Belmont Park during the springsummer meet that began on May 4. A total of 1,670 horses have started in 214 races, Mckenna said.

AUTO RACING Truex Jr. wins at Sonoma

Martin Truex Jr. shows up at Sonoma Raceway each year brimming with the confidence only acquired by repeated success on a track.

Last summer, team owner Joe Gibbs admits he didn’t give Truex a car capable of demonstrating his driver’s mastery of this hilly road course. One year and innumerable Toyota improvements later, Truex roared right back to Victory Lane in wine country.

Truex won at Sonoma for the fourth time in his NASCAR Cup Series career Sunday, passing

Chase Elliott for the lead after a final-stage restart and holding off Kyle Busch.

The 42-year-old Truex confidently drove his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to another victory at the track where he also won in 2013, 2018 and 2019. Only Jeff Gordon has more victories (five) at Sonoma than Truex, who earned the 33rd win of his Cup career and his second in the last six races after winning at Dover.

Elliott finished fifth in his return from a one-race suspension for deliberately wrecking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte.

SOCCER Galaxy rally to tie St. Louis

Daniel Aguirre scored late in the second half to rally the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 1-1 draw with host St. Louis City on Sunday.

Aguirre took a pass from Douglas Costa in the 83rd minute and scored for the first time this season to help the Galaxy (3-9-4) earn a point on the road.

Nicholas Gioacchini gave St. Louis City (9-5-2) the lead in the 68th minute.

WNBA Sparks fall at Minnesota

Napheesa Collier had 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Minnesota rallied from a late 11-point deficit to defeat the L.A. Sparks 91-86 on Sunday, the day the Lynx honored Sylvia Fowles by retiring her No. 34 jersey.

A deep 3-pointer by Lexie Brown gave the Sparks an 83-72 lead with 3 1/2 minutes left before a 3-pointer by Minnesota’s Rachel Banham started the game-winning rally. Nneka Ogwumike scored 27 points for the Sparks.

GOLF Taylor wins from 72 feet

Nick Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his national open, holing a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to beat Tommy Fleetwood in the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday.

Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into the arms of his caddie after making the longest putt of his PGA Tour career, and fellow Canadian players Mike Weir, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin were among those who ran out to congratulate him.

• Ashleigh Buhai closed with a 6-under 65 and held off Hyo Joo Kim for a one-shot victory in the Shoprite LPGA Classic.

• Steve Stricker’s latest win on the PGA Tour Champions felt as big as any in his career, closing with a 3-under 69 to win his American Family Insurance Championship in his native Wisconsin for his fourth title this year.