Shallotte’s first loss in Old North State League collegiate baseball play was a tough one on Saturday at Sandhills as the Bogeys tied the score with two out in the bottom of the ninth on a home run before taking a 5-4 walk-off win in the 10th. Ryder Whitaker (Brunswick Community College) had a good effort in relief for the Shallywags (3-1), pitching four and one-third innings. He struck out nine while allowing one run on two hits. … Arizona won the Chapel Hill Super Regional in the NCAA baseball tournament with a 4-3 victory Sunday as Mason White had a go-ahead 2-run single in the eighth and Tony Pluta picked up his 14th save by retiring UNC in order in the ninth. … Also winning Super Regionals on Sunday were Arkansas, Louisville, LSU, Oregon State and UCLA. … Duke bids for a College World Series berth as it hosts Murray State for a deciding game three tonight (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … Boston took a deciding game three in its series with the New York Yankees, 11-7, on Sunday night as the Red Sox hit five home runs at Yankee Stadium. … Oklahoma City evened the finals in the NBA playoffs at 1-1 with a 123-107 win over visiting Indiana as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 34 points, eight assists and four steals. … Carlos Alcarez captured the French Open men’s tennis singles on a fifth-set tiebreaker after losing the first two sets to Jannik Sinner. … The championship series of the Stanley Cup playoffs resumes tonight at Florida with the Panthers and Edmonton tied, 1-1 (TNT, 8 p.m.). … Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. … Ryan Fox of New Zealand won the Canadian Open at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon, Ontario, with a birdie on the fourth playoff hole with Sam Burns after both finished regulation play at 18-under par.
Monday, June 9
