Myrtle Beach improved to 11-2 for the second half of the Carolina League baseball season with an 8-6 Fourth of July win over visiting Charleston on Friday night. … Right-handed pitchers Jason DeCaro (UNC) and Jacob Dudan (N.C. State) are repeat selections to the Collegiate National Team which will play a series in Japan beginning July 8. The team also includes right-handers Ryan Lynch (UNC) and Blake Morningstar (Wake Forest) as well as lefties Ryan Marohn (N.C. State) and Ethan Norby (East Carolina). … Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) hit a 2-run homer for the host Athletics in an 11-2 win over San Francisco on Friday night. … Cedric Mullins (Campbell) hit a 2-run homer for Baltimore in a 3-2 win at Atlanta. … The Chicago Cubs hit a team record eight home runs — including three by Michael Busch and two by Pete Crow-Armstrong — in an 11-2 win over St. Louis at Wrigley Field. … Joey Chestnut won the hit dog eating contest at Coney Island for the 17th time, consuming 70.5 in 10 minutes. … The Los Angeles Dodgers host Houston tonight (FOX, 7 p.m.). … The 112th Tour de France bicycle race gets underway (NBC, 8 a.m.). … Doug Ghim leads the John Deere Classic by one shot at 12-under par going into the third round of the PGA Tour event in Silvis, Illinois, today (CBS, 1 p.m.).
Saturday, July 5
