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On a day in Southern California when temperatures exceeded 100 degrees in many locations, Teagan O’Dell of Santa Margarita High turned the pool at Mt. San Antonio College into her personal cool sandbox, swimming to two records during the Southern Section Division 1 finals.

Bound for the California Golden Bears and competing in her final section championship, O’Dell set the Division 1 record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1 minute, 53.43 seconds, only five one-hundredths of a second from her national record set when she was a sophomore. She also set a record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.09.

She helped Santa Margarita win two relay events.

Santa Margarita won the girls’ and boys’ Division 1 team championships and will be trying to win a state championship next weekend in Clovis.

Track and field

It was so hot on Saturday that a more than three-hour heat delay was imposed in the middle of the Southern Section Division 3 track and field preliminaries at Yorba Linda. Running competition began at noon but was halted 90 minutes later while monitoring the heat index to make sure it was safe to resume. Action resumed at 5 p.m.

Servite’s 4×100 relay team, the fastest in the state, qualified first in 40.27 before the delay occurred.

Newbury Park’s Nicholas Durbiano (second from left) ran a 10.54 100 meters qualifying time at the Southern Section Division 2 prelims.

(Nick Koza)

In Division 2 in Ontario, Newbury Park’s Nicholas Durbiano ran 10.54 seconds in the 100 meters to lead qualifiers. Bishop Alemany’s Demare Dezeurn cruised to 10.56 at Carpinteria in Division 4. In Division 1 at Trabuco Hills, Julius Johnson ran a wind-aided 10.34 seconds.

Journey Cole from Redondo Beach ran the fastest girls’ 100 in Division 1 with a qualifying time of 11.49.

Jaslene Massey of Aliso Niguel had the second-best mark in the state this year in the girls’ discus at the Division 1 prelims at 159 feet, 8 inches.

The Division 1 200 prelims saw Jack Stadlam of Temecula Valley run 21.03.

Lacrosse

Loyola has advanced to the Southern Section Division 1 championship match in boys’ lacrosse after an 11-9 win over Foothill. Cash Ginberg scored four goals and Tripp King had three goals and one assist.

Shane Lowry will go into the final day of the Truist Championship in the joint lead with his European Ryder Cup team-mate Sepp Straka.

Irishman Lowry carded a three-under par 67 in a third round that included five birdies and two bogeys.

The last of his five birdies came on the 17th and moved him level with Austrian Straka, who hit a 66, on 14 under at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course.

“I’m driving the ball pretty straight, not very far but it’s going on the fairway, and once I get myself on the fairway I can be dangerous,” said Lowry.

“If I can hole a few putts [on Sunday] you never know.”

He added: “This is a tough game and a tough tour and it’s hard to win out here. You just have to keep putting yourself in position week after week and do your best. I’m going to give it my best.

“I’m playing a good friend of mine in Sepp, my Ryder Cup partner. Hopefully, one of us can get the job done.”

Defending champion Rory McIlroy, who has won this event four times when it has been played at Quail Hollow, the venue for next week’s US PGA Championship, is six off the lead after an up and down 69.

McIlroy beat England’s Justin Rose in a play-off to complete the career Grand Slam with victory at the Masters last month.

Rose played the first two rounds of this event and was seven over par but withdrew prior to the third round of the no-cut tournament.

“After becoming progressively ill over the past few days, I have made the unfortunate decision to withdraw,” he said.

“It’s best for me to focus on a quick recovery prior to next week.”

Fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood went round in a three-under par 67 as he moved onto seven under.

Japan’s Hideki Matsyama hit one of the rounds of the day, a 63 which included nine birdies and two bogeys, as he improved to 10 under.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS

CITY SECTION

OPEN DIVISION

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, 3 p.m.

No. 8 Chatsworth at No. 1 Venice

No. 5 Sylmar at No. 4 Cleveland

No. 6 Poly at No. 3 Birmingham

No. 7 Granada Hills at No. 2 El Camino Real

Note: Semifinals, Saturday; Final, May 24.

DIVISION I

First round

Tuesday, 3 p.m.

No. 17 Los Angeles CES at No. 16 Franklin

No. 21 North Hollywood at No. 12 Legacy

No. 20 Hamilton at No. 13 Southeast

No. 15 Marshall at No. 14 Roosevelt

No. 18 Wilson at No. 16 South Gate

Second round

Thursday, 3 p.m.

No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Banning

No. 9 San Fernando at No. 8 Garfield

No. 12/21 winner at No. 5 Verdugo Hills

No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 San Pedro

No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 Narbonne

No. 11 Taft at No. 6 Bell

No. 10 Kennedy at No. 7 Palisades

No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 Carson

Note: Quarterfinals, Saturday; Semifinals, May 21; Final, May 24.

DIVISION II

First round

Tuesday, 3 p.m.

No. 17 Eagle Rock at No. 16 Fremont

No. 20 Sun Valley Magnet at No. 13 Reseda

No. 19 Stella Charter at No. 14 Harbor Teacher

No. 18 Arleta at No. 15 Sherman Oaks CES

Second round

Thursday, 3 p.m.

No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Maywood CES

No. 9 Torres at No. 8 Monroe

No. 12 Marquez at No. 5 Bravo

No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 Chavez

No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 Van Nuys

No. 10 Grant at No. 7 Port of Los Angeles

No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 King Drew

DIVISION III

First round

Tuesday, 3 p.m.

No. 17 Rise Kohyang at No. 16 Lakeview Charter

No. 20 Lincoln at No. 13 Jordan

No. 19 Fulton at No. 14 Locke

No. 18 Middle College at No. 15 Downtown Magnets

Note: Quarterfinals, Saturday; Semifinals, May 20; Final, May 23.

Second round

Thursday, 3 p.m.

No. 16/17 winner at No. 1 Jefferson

No. 9 University Prep Value at No. 8 East Valley

No. 12 Collins Family at No. 5 Huntington Park

No. 13/20 winner at No. 4 WISH Academy

No. 14/19 winner at No. 3 Triumph Charter

No. 11 L.A. Leadership Academy at No. 6 Diego Rivera

No. 16 CALS Early College at No. 7 Kennedy Community

No. 15/18 winner at No. 2 University

Note: Quarterfinals, Saturday; Semifinals, May 20; Final, May 23.

Derry’s Paul Hughes got back in the win column with an explosive 42-second knockout victory over Bruno Miranda in Belfast.

Hughes soaked up an electric atmosphere inside the SSE Arena before producing a performance that matched it.

The 28-year-old lightweight, who dropped Miranda with a huge left hand, said: “I wish it went on a little longer, I know people wanted to see a scrap, but what do you do? I just hit too hard.

“I made my professional debut in this arena over eight years ago and every single time I drove past it I said I am going to fight there [again] and my dream came true.

“We’re a small country but we’re dong big things on the world stage. I hope I represent you all well, because I am going to the top.”

Fighting on home soil for the first time since 2019, Hughes might have felt the weight of a nation on his shoulders.

After a narrow defeat by former Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in January, Hughes needed a big performance on home soil to stake his claim for a rematch.

But there was zero sign of nerves from Hughes, who wore a broad smile from the moment he emerged from backstage.

Hughes appeared alongside local musician Foy Vance, who sang a live version of the Dubliners ‘Grace’.

The crowd sang the lyrics back to Hughes after relentlessly booing Miranda a few moments before.

Hughes entered the cage to ‘Oles’ nd there was no time for even a slight lull in atmosphere as Hughes took advantage of a lazy kick from Miranda by catching it and delivering his knockout blow.

As Miranda collapsed and Hughes unloaded, the referee stepped in to stop the contest.

“Usman Nurmagomedov, you can run and you can try delay this rematch as long as you want, but your day is coming,” Hughes said in the aftermath.

Hughes improved his record to 14 wins and two losses and will consider himself in pole position to fight Nurmagomedov in the near future.

Venice, having one of its best baseball seasons in school history with a 26-2 record, has been seeded No. 1 for the City Section Open Division baseball playoffs that end on May 24 with the championship game at Dodger Stadium.

Despite playing in a stronger West Valley League, El Camino Real drew the No. 2 seed by virtue of a common opponent. Venice beat Sun Valley Poly and El Camino Real lost to Poly.

The eight-team bracket, down from 12 teams, begins play on Wednesday and includes five West Valley League teams. The matchups: No. 8 Chatsworth at No. 1 Venice; No. 5 Cleveland at No. 4 Sylmar; No. 6 Poly at No. 3 Birmingham; No. 7 Granada Hills at No. 2 El Camino Real.

So there’s a good chance the top two teams from the West Valley League, El Camino Real and Birmingham, could meet again in semifinals at Cal State Northridge on May 20. El Camino Real just swept the Patriots this week behind shutouts from Luke Howe and Devin Gonor.

Banning is seeded No. 1 for a strengthened Division I 16-team bracket. Action begins Thursday. Defending Open Division champion Bell is seeded No. 6 in Division I. There are five play-in games on Tuesday.

Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery praises the “fantastic” Ollie Watkins as the striker becomes the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Premier League with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium.

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Tomoyuki Sugano gave up one run and three hits in 7 ⅓ innings, Gunnar Henderson hit a solo homer and drove in an insurance run in the ninth with a triple, and the Baltimore Orioles broke a five-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Angels on Friday night.

Sugano (4-2) used a six-pitch mix to strike out five and walk none during a 93-pitch effort in which he threw 65 strikes.

Yennier Cano replaced Sugano with one out in the eighth and gave up a single to Jo Adell and a walk to pinch hitter Jorge Soler. But the right-hander won a 13-pitch duel with Zach Neto, who fouled off six two-strike pitches before whiffing on a 95-mph sinker.

Felix Bautista struck out two of three batters in the ninth for his seventh save.

Henderson’s first-inning homer came off Angels right-hander Kyle Hendricks (1-4), who gave up three earned runs and six hits in five innings, striking out five and walking three.

Ryan O’Hearn and Tyler O’Neill walked to open the second, and Jackson Holliday’s RBI single pushed the lead to 2-0. Emmanuel Rivera’s RBI single to left made it 3-0.

The Angels cut the deficit to 3-1 in the seventh when Yoán Moncada tripled and scored on Taylor Ward’s groundout.

The Angels’ Reid Detmers, who was rocked for 12 runs and 11 hits while retiring one batter in his previous three appearances, relieved Hendricks with two on and no outs in the sixth. The left-hander struck out Holliday, got Ramon Laureano to fly to center and Rivera to line out to second to keep the Angels close.

Henderson’s fourth homer of the season ended a streak of 16 straight games in which the Orioles had not scored in the first inning.

Up next: RHP Kyle Gibson (0-1, 14.09 ERA) will start Saturday night’s game for the Orioles against Angels RHP Jack Kochanowicz (1-5, 5.79).

Saracens: Goode, Elliott, Daly, Tompkins, Segun; Burke, Van Zyl; Mawi, Dan, Clarey, Itoje, Isiekwe, McFarland, Gonzalez, Earl.

Replacements: George, Crean, Beaton, Willis, Onyeama-Christie, Bracken, Johnson, Hall.

Newcastle: Obatoyinbo, Hearle, Clark, Arnold, Stevenson; Connon, Stuart; Brocklebank, Blamire, McCallum, De Chaves, Hawkins, Lockwood, Neild, Chick.

Replacements: Fletcher, Rewcastle, De Bruin, Usher, Gordon, Davis, Pepper, Spencer.

Referee: Jack Makepeace.

Attention Dylan Hernández! Cannot agree. No time to panic, just yet. Leave Shohei Ohtani alone in his DH status. Dodgers are correct in letting him ease into his pitching until after the All-Star break. We still have plenty of decent arms to carry the load until then.

Aside from the first three quarters of an NBA game, the most meaningless stats in sports are baseball standings from April to July!

Marty Zweben
Palos Verdes Estates

The Dodgers continue to find ways to successfully fill holes in pitching, hitting and fielding. The latest arrival, Hyeseong Kim, has demonstrated potential with the bat and in the field. Perhaps, Dave Roberts may want to think about moving him to third base.

Mark Mallinger
Malibu

Entering Friday’s game against Arizona, the two players who primarily bat at or near the bottom of the Dodgers’ lineup (and ahead of Shohei Ohtani starting from his second at bat) were hitting .188 and .135. Although not even a quarter of the season has been played, strong consideration should be given by the Dodgers to making changes at the bottom of the lineup, and/or to moving Ohtani to second or third in the order, so that his batting talents can be maximized.

Ken Feldman
Tarzana

Hull KR have gone 40 years without a major trophy and lifted their only Challenge Cup even further back, in 1980.

But hopes are sky high in Humberside, with Rovers sitting top of Super League and now in their ninth Challenge Cup final after an emphatic second-half display.

KR showed first as both sides ignored the unusually high spring temperatures and went full-tilt in a breathless first half.

Batchelor chased down Lewis’ kick through to score after Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet failed to punch the ball out of the in-goal area, and then added a hotly-debated second try after a lengthy video review.

Matthieu Laguerre appeared to ground the ball at the same time as the second-rower, but video referee Ben Thaler could not overrule Chris Kendall’s on-field decision to award the try.

Dragons offered little in attack in the opening 15 minutes but then exploded into life, as Smith cut back inside to split open the Rovers defence and cross near the posts.

And when Keary chased down a chip ahead soon after, Thaler did this time overrule Kendall – who had called offside – as the Dragons pinched the lead.

Catalans went close to extending that lead moments later, but Julian Bousquet’s rash flicked offload just metres from the line instead found a Rovers hand.

But the match turned again before half-time as Jai Whitbread’s brilliant offload in the tackle sent Lewis flying over to restore the Hull KR advantage.

Lewis booted a penalty as Rovers piled on the pressure after the restart and then cracked the French side when Broadbent spotted a gap and launched a scorching diagonal run through to the posts.

Jez Litten’s thrilling run from his own half sparked a breathless move which fell just short, but KR killed the game with 10 minutes left as Catalans visibly wilted.

Kelepi Tanginoa was sent clear by Lewis’ cut-out pass and fed Burgess, whose pass inside gave Broadbent a clear run to the line. Burgess then ran in at the left corner for try number six.

On a scorching Friday afternoon at L.A. Valley College, Loyola and Harvard-Westlake High tennis players gathered for a moment of silence wearing T-shirts that read “Live Like Braun,” in honor of Loyola captain Braun Levi, who was killed last weekend in Manhattan Beach while walking on a street.

A 33-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and homicide.

Loyola players decided after much reflection and mourning to play Friday’s Southern Section Open Division playoff match against Harvard-Westlake.

“We want to play for Braun,” coach Brian Held said.

A moment of silence was held. Levi’s mother, Jennifer, was there receiving hugs and support.

All week at Loyola, students have been supporting each other trying to heal. A celebration of Levi’s life will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Loyola.

In an email, Sylvia Almanzan, the grandmother of a Loyola student, wrote, “The Loyola faculty has been amazing during this time of providing counselors and support not only to the students but families as well. I just wanted to state how this remarkable young man touched so many lives especially my grandson’s in such a positive way.”

Levi’s doubles partner, Cooper Schwartz, was originally not going to play on Friday as a way to not tarnish his memory winning the Mission League title with Levi. He changed his mind and played with a new partner. They won their matches 7-5, 7-6 and 6-4 and on match points, Schwartz used Levi’s racket.

Harvard-Westlake won the match 14-4 to advance.

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Leeds: Stead; Bryer, Greening, Boyd, Whitbread; Howard, Walker; Sykes, Bennett, Northrop, Lacey, Murray, Dainton.

Interchanges: Bruce, Donnelly, Glynn, Short.

Wigan: Banks; Davies, Wilson, Jones, Derbyshire; Foubister, Rowe; Coleman, Wilton, Speakman, Hunter, Power, Williams.

Interchanges: Marsh, Thompson, Casey, Veivers.

Referee: Tara Jones

Before the Chargers put diamonds in any Super Bowl rings, Jim Harbaugh is looking for diamonds on the practice field.

“Rare gems, they don’t just hop out of the ground and into your pocket,” the Chargers coach said as the team began rookie minicamp Friday. “You gotta dig.”

The Chargers are searching for their hidden gems through a unique rookie minicamp. Harbaugh is doing away with most 11-on-11 periods during the three-day tryout period. He will instead rely primarily on individual drills to evaluate which rookies would be best suited for a team hoping to end a six-year playoff win drought. The coaching staff will teach two drills that directly apply to the Chargers’ scheme on offense or defense and special teams and three drills by position, then evaluate each prospect compared to his counterparts.

The system, which Harbaugh admitted he has never tried before, is intended to provide a fair way for rookies to compete while also letting the staff see each player’s pure talent.

It’s the coach’s way of “mining for gold,” he said.

“Picture a 90-minute meeting to go over offense and defense, and then go out on the field. Then we’re judging who learned the system better,” Harbaugh said. “But we’re not seeing the capabilities, what they have talent wise.”

The Chargers already know what they have with their nine draft picks, including seven who signed rookie contracts Friday. Even before officially signing their deals, first-round pick Omarion Hampton and second-rounder Tre’ Harris still participated in Friday’s three-hour session. The three-day work weekend is primarily a show for the team’s 18 undrafted free agents and 23 tryout players.

Harbaugh said he would keep a close eye on undrafted free agent running back Raheim Sanders, whose 4.46-second 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine equaled Hampton’s despite the 230-pound Sanders being 10 pounds heavier. Kansas receiver Luke Grimm and tight end Stevo Klotz also stood out to Harbaugh on tape.

While unheralded players fight for opportunities, even the drafted players realize the importance of making a good first impression.

“A lot of the D-line guys, we were competing against each other,” said defensive lineman Jamaree Caldwell, the Chargers’ third-round draft pick. “Not everybody gets a job at the end of the day. Nobody has secured a job, even me. That’s how I look at it.”

Caldwell, a 6-foot-1, 340-pound defensive tackle out of Oregon, worked individually with defensive line coach Mike Elston and assistant defensive line coach Will Tukuafu while the majority of the rookies were working on special teams drills. Nearby, outside linebacker Kyle Kennard honed his pass-rushing technique with defensive assistant Dylan Roney.

The transition to the NFL has already delivered several surreal moments for Kennard. The Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year heard his name called as a fourth-round pick, then soon got a text from Chargers star edge rusher Khalil Mack.

Mack, who Kennard praised as “one of the greatest to do it,” congratulated the 125th pick on his selection but advised Kennard to not celebrate for too long. The rookie listened.

“Khalil Mack told me not to celebrate, I’m going to stay in the house and go to sleep,” said Kennard, who met Mack briefly in the locker room Friday and shared a welcoming embrace.

The rookies who pass the three-day minicamp will join veterans during next week’s organized team activities. During the first portion of the voluntary workouts, the Chargers experimented on the offensive line with Zion Johnson at center. Harbaugh said the team has alternated between last year’s configuration that had Johnson at left guard next to center Bradley Bozeman and reversing the two offensive linemen to put Johnson at center for the first time in his NFL career. Bozeman hasn’t played guard in an NFL game since 2020.

Despite Johnson’s inexperience at the position, his technique is impeccable, Harbaugh gushed. The snaps are popping off his hand, and the 25-year-old is one of the team’s most athletic and intelligent offensive linemen.

The change comes at a critical time during Johnson’s career. The Chargers didn’t pick up the 2021 first-round pick’s fifth-year option, leaving him to potentially prove himself at a brand new position.

“He’s going to be starting at one of those two positions,” Harbaugh said. “It just adds versatility. … We’ll get our best five eventually, but I know he’s going to be one of them.”

PHOENIX — One pitch. One swing. One pure, unmistakable sound.

On a night the roof was open, the air was hot and the Dodgers were engaged in a Chase Field classic against the Arizona Diamondbacks, that’s what the craziest game of their season came down to.

The crack of Shohei Ohtani’s bat — punctuating a riveting contest in early May with another indelible moment of on-demand magic.

“You guys have heard me say how many times?” teammate Max Muncy marveled. “Sho keeps getting put in these spots that you expect the incredible — and he rarely disappoints.”

Indeed, with two on and one out and the score tied in the ninth, Ohtani completed a wild six-run rally with a go-ahead three-run home run deep to right field.

It lifted the Dodgers to a 14-11 win, one that felt impossible after they squandered a five-run lead earlier in the game. It left Ohtani seemingly trying to lift off himself, stretching his arms and flapping his hands after chucking his bat and gliding up the first-base line.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits a three-run home run in the ninth inning against the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Up to that point, Friday’s intradivision shootout already featured everything else.

Wild lead changes and sudden momentum shifts. Line-drive rockets and towering home runs. Even the ejection of Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior, when a bad ball-strike call contributed to his team’s mid-game collapse.

Most of all, however, there was Ohtani — meeting yet another moment, rising once again to the occasion.

“For us to score a lot, for them to come back, for us to come back again,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton, “it was a game with a lot of passion.”

Added manager Dave Roberts: “He sees his teammates fighting and guys trying to keep us in the ballgame, so that was kind of the climax of that moment. It’s good to see him show emotion like that. It was great.”

Ohtani was having a big night before the ninth, doubling twice during an early offensive onslaught that gave the Dodgers (26-13) an 8-3 lead.

The Diamondbacks (20-19) responded, scoring eight unanswered runs over the next five innings to flip the score in their favor, 11-8.

Four batters into the ninth, however, the Dodgers had tilted the seesaw again.

Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates after hitting a three-run home run in the ninth inning against Arizona on Friday.

(Darryl Webb / Associated Press)

A leadoff infield single from Freddie Freeman was followed by consecutive run-scoring doubles from Andy Pages and Kiké Hernández, trimming what was an 11-8 deficit to 11-10. Muncy knotted the score by knocking a single to right. Then, when Michael Conforto was hit with a pitch with one out, the Diamondbacks faced a decision.

Arizona could have pitched to Ohtani carefully, and risked a walk that would have loaded the bases but also set up a force out at every bag. Instead, they replaced closer Kevin Ginkel with sidearm right-hander Ryan Thompson, letting him attack the reigning National League MVP in hopes his funky delivery could keep Ohtani off balance.

He couldn’t. In a 1-and-2 count, Thompson threw a splitter that stayed up over the middle. Ohtani clobbered it 426 feet to the right-field bleachers. The sound off the bat alone left little doubt about where it would land.

“Between him and Barry Bonds, they’re the two best players I’ve ever seen,” Roberts said, when asked if Ohtani’s heroics ever cease to amaze. “I played with Barry. But what Shohei does in the clutch — I’ve never seen anything like what he does in the clutch.”

Shouting across the room in the Dodgers’ postgame clubhouse, backup catcher Austin Barnes summed it up even more succinctly.

“The monster,” he yelled, “comes through again!”

Even before first pitch, Friday had the makings of a high-scoring affair.

Eduardo Rodríguez, the veteran left-hander who two seasons ago blocked an agreed-upon deadline day trade from Detroit to the Dodgers, entered the night with a 5.92 ERA and was facing a right-handed-heavy Dodgers lineup, with slumping lefty sluggers Muncy and Conforto dropped to the bench.

Roki Sasaki, meanwhile, was pitching on five days of rest (as opposed to six) for the first time in his career. He was throwing in a dry Arizona climate that can often influence the execution of breaking pitches. And, as a result, there was added importance on a fastball that has disappointed so far this season, averaging well below the triple-digit readings he was hoping to rediscover.

Right from the jump, the Diamondbacks took advantage.

While Rodríguez gave up one run in the first inning after a leadoff double from Ohtani, Sasaki was ambushed for three. Ketel Marte hit a solo home run around the right-field foul pole. Eugenio Suárez belted a two-run blast.

The homers were the fifth and sixth that Sasaki has given up in his last five outings. And all of them have come against his fastball, a pitch that has yielded a lot of hard contact while getting very little swing-and-miss — including no whiffs Friday.

“Just really still in this process of finding out what the root cause [is],” said the 23-year-old right-hander, who finished giving up five runs in four-plus innings to raise his ERA to 4.72.

The Dodgers had an answer of their own in the second, tying the game on Hernández’s sixth home run of the season and Ohtani’s second double in as many innings.

Then, in the third, the Dodgers seemingly took control of the game, exploding for five runs on four hits and three walks while sending 11 batters to the plate — in an inning where the three outs were recorded by Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freeman no less.

In his first at-bat of the inning, Freeman roped a double down the line to put two runners in scoring position. Pages followed with a two-run single to left. Hernández and Miguel Rojas loaded the bases with a single and a walk. Still with no one out, James Outman hit the ground ball Arizona was looking for, but an errant throw to the plate allowed two more runs to score. Betts later tacked on a sacrifice fly.

That should’ve been enough for the Dodgers, carrying the ensuing 8-3 lead into the fourth.

But on this night, no lead was ever safe.

Sasaki was pulled after issuing a leadoff walk in the fifth, the lead having been trimmed to 8-4 by that point. His replacement, Anthony Banda, failed to stem a turning tide.

Within three batters, the Diamondbacks had the bases loaded. With two outs, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. swung big at a down-and-in sinker. Banda turned to watch it fly for a tying grand slam, evening the score at 8-8.

Arizona’s Lourdes Gurriel Jr., left, pumps is fist after hitting a grand slam off Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda, right, during the fifth inning Friday.

(Darryl Webb / Associated Press)

“I just felt that the offense did enough to win the game at that point in time, and to not pitch well, it’s frustrating,” Roberts said. “I just feel that we’re better than we’ve pitched.”

The Diamondbacks’ go-ahead run scored amid more contentious circumstances, as right-hander Luis García tried to escape another bases-loaded, two-out jam he inherited from Banda in the sixth.

In a full count with Suarez, he threw a high sweeper that appeared to catch the top of the strike zone. Home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak, however, ruled it a ball that walked in a run.

After the inning, Prior barked at Rehak from the dugout, triggering his ejection. Roberts then ran toward Rehak for an animated talk.

“There were some pitches that swung counts, and certainly that Luis García at-bat to Suárez, that changed that inning, the scoreboard,” Roberts said. “It gets emotional, always. And so obviously, it’s nothing personal. You can’t argue balls and strikes.”

In the eighth, it was the Diamondbacks’ turn to seemingly put the game out of reach, hitting back-to-back home runs off Alex Vesia for an 11-8 lead.

But, once again, no lead on this night ever proved to be secure.

Especially not once the Dodgers got Ohtani back up to the plate.

Teenager Braxton Sorensen-McGee scored two tries on her Test debut as New Zealand opened their Pacific Four Series campaign with a 38-12 win over Australia.

The Black Ferns took charge with Ayesha Leti-I’iga scoring two tries in Newcastle before 18-year-old full-back Sorensen-McGee claimed her opening score.

That gave the visitors a 19-0 lead at half-time, which they soon extended with a try from Chryss Viliko right after the break.

The Wallaroos gave themselves hope of a fightback with Eva Karpani and Ashley Marsters both getting over to cut the score to 26-12.

But late tries from Sylvia Brunt and Sorensen-McGee ensured that the six-time world champions claimed a 28th straight Test win over their trans-Tasman rivals.

Reigning champions Canada kicked off this year’s Pacific Four Series with a 26-14 win over the United States last week and will visit Christchurch to face New Zealand next Saturday.

Sorensen-McGee graduated to Auckland’s Super Rugby Aupiki squad this year and helped the Blues retain their title.

She will hope to be selected for this year’s World Cup in England from 22 August-27 September, when New Zealand will aim to claim a third straight title.

Angel City defender Savy King collapsed on the field and medical staff appeared to do chest compressions on her before she was carted off during a 2-0 win over Utah at BMO Stadium on Friday night.

Angel City assistant coach Eleri Earnshaw told reporters after the match that King was transported to a Los Angeles hospital, evaluated and is responsive.

“Her family is with her, as is our medical staff, so she’s in good hands,” Earnshaw said.

Players were visibly shaken as trainers rushed to King’s side after she went down in the 74th minute. She was attended to for roughly 10 minutes before she was taken off the field.

Utah’s Alex Loera prays with players after Angel City defender Savy King collapsed on the field during Friday’s game at BMO Stadium.

(Luiza Moraes / NWSL via Getty Images)

Both teams gathered in a circle on the field after the match to pray for King, and teams throughout the National Women’s Soccer League, along with the league office, offered support for King via their social media channels.

King, 20, was the second overall pick in the 2024 NWSL draft by expansion Bay FC and played 18 games for the club. She was traded to Angel City in February and has started in all eight games this season.

Christen Press came off the bench in place of Claire Emslie in the 65th minute. Twenty-five seconds after stepping onto the field, Press outfoxed Madison Pogarch then curled the ball into the top left corner of the goal. Alyssa Thompson scored in second-half stoppage time.

It was the first shutout of the season for Angel City (4-2-2).

Utah (1-6-1) has lost six of its last seven matches.

The Lisbon derby is one of the fiercest in Europe and before the game fans of the away team will march the couple of miles through the city to the opposition ground.

It is a rivalry that dates back more than a century, with the sides who would become officially known as Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sport Lisboa e Benfica first meeting in 1907 at a time when there was a huge class divide between them.

Sporting, bankrolled by the Viscount of Alvalade, had already riled their rivals by taking eight of their players on the promise of better facilities and won 2-1.

Benfica’s image as the people’s club was, meanwhile, encapsulated in 1954 by their fans helping to build the original Estadio da Luz, a stadium that boasted its record attendance of 135,000 for a game against Porto in 1987 and was their home until the new ground was built before Euro 2004.

Then there was the legendary Eusebio, who played for Sporting’s feeder club Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques in Mozambique but ended up signing for Benfica and helping them to 11 league titles and a European Cup in 15 seasons, while also winning the Ballon d’Or.

This will be their third meeting this season, with Benfica beating Sporting on penalties in the League Cup final in January, and they will meet again at the Jamor National Stadium in the Portuguese Cup final on 25 May.

“Of course, the entire country is very excited for this,” Ingles said.

“Around 90% of Portuguese people support Benfica, Porto or Sporting, so this is not only a Lisbon derby, but a national derby.

“Two thirds of our population support Benfica and Sporting so the country will literally stop to see this.

“Imagine Manchester and Liverpool, or Arsenal and Tottenham meeting at game 37 and whoever wins the game, wins the league,

“It’s massive and the atmosphere in the stadium and in the country will be electrifying.”

Friday’s Results

BASEBALL

City Section

Bravo 4, Eagle Rock 2

Canoga Park 14, Northridge Academy 3

Carson 7, Bell 6

Cleveland 9, Sylmar 5

Collins Family 20, Central City Value 6

Downtown Magnets 22, Animo Bunche 8

Franklin 8, Marshall 4

Garfield 3, Kennedy 1

Granada Hills 6, Taft 1

LA Leadership Academy d. Animo De La Hoya, forfeit

Palisades 12, Fairfax 1

Poly 7, San Fernando 3

Reseda 12, Fulton 2

Santee 24, West Adams 7

SOCES d. East Valley, forfeit

University 3, LACES 2

Van Nuys 2, Monroe 0

Vaughn 6, Grant 3

Wilson 13, Lincoln 0

WISH Academy 18, Middle College 13

SOFTBALL

City Section

Animo Watts 29, AHSA 13

Bravo 7, Marshall 0

Chavez 14, Poly 4

Diego Rivera 6, Santee 2

Discovery 15, Locke 4

Eagle Rock 11, Wilson 1

El Camino Real 9, Cleveland 2

Garfield 9, South East 5

Granada Hills 8, Taft 2

Harbor Teacher 15, Fremont 5

Kennedy 11, San Fernando 8

LA Leadership Academy 16, Alliance Bloomfield 11

Lincoln 4, Franklin 3

Marquez 20, Maywood CES 0

Maywood Academy 28, Elizabeth 2

Monroe 20, Canoga Park 12

Narbonne 20, Jefferson 7

Northridge Academy 22, East Valley 1

Sotomayor 20, Torres 14

South Gate 15, Huntington Park 5

Sun Valley Magnet 17, Bert Corona 1

Sylmar 18, Van Nuys 2