Saturday, June 27

by | Jun 27, 2026 | Quick Hits

— Kevin Schnall, formerly of Coastal Carolina, is the new baseball coach at South Carolina. The Chanticleers have promoted Chris Lemons to head coach and are bringing in Jake Gautreau from East Carolina as hitting coach.

— The Shallotte Shalywags took an 11-4 nonconference win over the visiting Carolina Yankees for their fifth win in 11 games after an 0-12 start. Shallotte is 2-17 in the Old North State League, which has its all-star game tonight at 7 p.m. at Huntersville Athletic Park.

— Jaden Gummersback, an outfielder from Mount Dora, Florida, will represent Shallotte in the all-star contest, which will feature a Home Run Derby at 5:30 p.m.

— Graham Pauley (Duke) had an RBI double in the eighth inning for the go-ahead run in a 4-0 Miami win at St. Louis on Friday night.

— Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) had two hits, two runs and two RBIs for the Athletics in a 9-3 victory over the host Los Angeles Angels. Zach Neto (Campbell) had a hit and scored a run for the Angels.

— Trea Turner (N.C. State) had two hits with a double and an RBI for visiting Philadelphia in a 2-1 win over the New York Mets.

— Boston took its second straight win over the New York Yankees, 6-1, at Fenway Park. The Red Sox are managed by Chad Tracy (East Carolina).

— Cedric Mullins (Campbell) homered for host Tampa Bay in a 6-1 win over Arizona.

— In World Cup soccer on Friday, France downed Norway, 4-1, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

— Belgium defeated New Zealand, 5-1, in Vancouver.

— Egypt and Iran played to a draw at 1 in Seattle.

— Spain took a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Zapopan, Mexico.

— Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia played to a scoreless draw in Houston.

— Senegal was a 5-0 winner against Iraq in Toronto.

— World Cup matches on FOX today include Panama vs. England in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at 5 p.m., Colombia vs. Portugal in Miami Gardens at 7:30 p.m. and Jordan vs. Argentina in Arlington, Texas, at 10 p.m.

— Matches on Fox Sports 1 include Croatia vs. Ghana in Philadelphia at 5 p.m., DR Congo vs. Uzbekistan in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. and Algeria vs. Austria in Kansas City at 10 p.m.

— Scottie Scheffler shot a 10-under par 60 on Friday to take a 2-shot lead at 16-under par in the PGA Tour event in Cromwell, Connecticut, going into the second round today (NBC, 3 p.m.).