Matthew Lugo leads Sea Dogs to 9-3 win over Fightin' Phils

baseball

Matthew Lugo went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and an RBI as the Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Reading Fightin' Phils 9-3 on Friday night at Hadlock Field in Portland.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lugo hit his sixth home run of the season, giving Portland a 5-1 lead. He also added an RBI in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Portland scored four runs.

Blaze Jordan and Nick York each added two hits and two RBIs, and Alex Vinellas hit a triple. Roman Anthony had two hits and Marcelo Mayer scored two runs and scored one point.

Sea Dogs starting pitcher Hunter Dobbin pitched five innings, allowing four hits and one run, with eight strikeouts.

tennis

Italian Open: Carlos Alcaraz, ranked third in the rankings, has already missed the Monte Carlo and Barcelona tournaments due to an injury to his right forearm, and announced he will withdraw from the Italian Open.

The announcement came two days after Alcaraz's bid for a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrei Rublev in the quarterfinals.

“After playing in Madrid, I felt some pain and discomfort in my arm. I did some tests today and they found muscle edema in my pronator teres muscle due to a recent injury,'' Alcaraz said. he wrote on his social media channels. “Unfortunately I won't be able to play in Rome. I need to rest so that I can recover and play 100% pain-free.”

Alcaraz, the current Wimbledon champion and 2022 U.S. Open champion, will next compete at the French Open, which begins May 26. He lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of last year's Roland Garros.

madrid open: Andrei Rublev defeated Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final in Madrid, where he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Auger-Aliassime won after Jiri Rehekka retired at 3-3 in the first set of the semi-final, joining the list of injured players in the tournament.

The men's final of the clay court competition will be held on Sunday.

college

Men's basketball: Clemson's All-Atlantic Coast Conference center P.J. Hall has entered the NBA Draft.

Hall announced the decision on social media. The 6-foot-10 Hall led the Tigers this season with 18.3 points per game and 51 blocks per game. He helped the team advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, but lost to Alabama for a spot in the Final Four.

soccer

Premier League: Luton earned a vital point in their bid to avoid relegation after drawing 1-1 away at Everton.

Luton remain third-to-last, trailing Nottingham Forest in 17th place on goal difference alone. Luton have two games left. Everton have already guaranteed their survival.

Awards: Manchester City forward Phil Foden has been named England's player of the year.

Foden's award comes after an excellent season for the defending champions, who have scored 16 goals in the Premier League so far. He also has 10 assists in all competitions for City.

For City, Khadijah “Bunny” Shaw won the women's award, making her a double winner of the individual award.

car racing

Indy car: Chevrolet has denied any knowledge of the IndyCar cheating scandal within Team Penske and said it has hired an independent law firm to investigate whether General Motors employees were involved.

General Motors President Mark Reuss said last week that the manufacturer would not accept IndyCar after winner Josef Newgarden and Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin were disqualified from the season opener on March 10. He said that he respects his “decisions and actions.”

IndyCar comes nearly two months after Penske's push-to-pass software system in all three cars was manipulated to override series rules and allow drivers to take advantage of horsepower boosts on restarts. discovered.

IndyCar doesn't release the data, but Newgarden, the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner, said he used the button inappropriately three times and assumed there was a change in the rules because it worked. Ta. McLaughlin, who was stripped of his third-place finish, said he pressed the button once out of habit but was unable to gain any advantage on the track.

horse racing

Kentucky Oaks: Filly Soaped Anna wins wire-to-wire at the 150th Kentucky Oaks in Louisville, Kentucky, by 4 3/4 lengths over hot pursuit Just Foey on the slopes of Churchill Downs. I won.

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