— West Brunswick had a 6-match winning streak end with a 5-0 loss at Laney in its Carolina Coastal Conference opener on Tuesday night as the Bucs won their ninth straight.
— The UNC Wilmington men’s soccer team played to a 3-3 draw at No. 1 Wake Forest (5-0-2) on Tuesday night as Christian Acevedo had a tieing penalty kick for the Seahawks (1-2-2) in the 90th minute.
— Jeff Hoffman (East Carolina) got his 31st save for Toronto in a 6-5 win at Tampa Bay with a pair of game-ending strikeouts to strand the potential tieing run at second base as the Blue Jays maintained a 5-game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League East Division.
— Alec Burleson (East Carolina) had two hits and scored a run for St. Louis in a 3-0 win over visiting Cincinnati.
— Cal Raleigh hit two homers for Seattle in a 12-5 win at Kansas City to bring his season total to 56 and tie Ken Griffey Jr. for the franchise record.
— Games on the MLB Network today include the Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh at 12:35 p.m., San Francisco at Arizona at 3:40 p.m. and Philadelphia at the Los Angeles Dodgers at 10:10 p.m.
— Hoggard is ranked No. 1 in volleyball in the 910 area code by HighSchoolOT and No. 17 in the state.
