Sandhills took advantage of five walks and a hit batter in a 5-run fourth inning to take an 11-1 Old North State League baseball win in eight innings at Shallotte on Friday night. … Coastal Carolina and LSU begin a best of three series for the College World Series baseball championship in Omaha tonight (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … Cal Raleigh of Seattle hit his 29th home run of the season on Friday, the most by a catcher before the all-star break in MLB history as the Mariners won, 9-4, over the host Chicago Cubs. … Alec Burleson (East Carolina) had a double and a sacrifice fly for St. Louis in a 6-1 win over visiting Cincinnati on Friday night. … Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) hit a 2-run homer for the host Athletics in a 6-1 win over Cleveland. … Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood are tied for the lead at 9-under par in the PGA Tour event in Cromwell, Connecticut, going into the third round today (CBS, 3 p.m.).
Saturday, June 21
