Tyler Dearden lifts Sea Dogs past Patriots

BASEBALL

Tyler Dearden was 3 for 4 with two RBI and two runs scored as the Portland Sea Dogs earned their second straight win, beating the Somerset Patriots, 8-3, on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field.

Dearden hit the first of his two doubles in the second inning, driving in a run that gave the Sea Dogs a 3-1 lead. Nathan Hickey led off the second with a solo homer to tie the game, and Alex Binelas made it 2-1 with an RBI single.

Dearden added an RBI double in the fifth.

Matthew Lugo and Nick Yorke each contributed an RBI double.

Hunter Dobbins improved to 5-5 with Portland, allowing three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

COLLEGES

FIELD HOCKEY: Tereza Holubcova and Mallory Mackesy both scored two goals and set up another, leading Maine to a 5-3 win over Ohio in Orono.

Saylor Kuefler also scored for the Black Bears (2-2), who jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 18 minutes.

Katelyn Whittle, Pauline Hartlied and Meela Koop scored for Ohio (1-2).

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Abbey Thornton scored as Maine played to a 1-1 tie with Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Grace O’Hara scored for Sacred Heart (0-3-2). Kira Kutzinski made two saves for Maine (3-0-3).

MEN’S SOCCER: Joseph Perron scored in the first half and Liam Foley made six saves as St. Joseph’s (0-1-1) played to a 1-1 draw with Wheaton (0-0-1) in Standish.

Wheaton’s Robert Lloyd tied the game with about 10 minutes remaining.

BASKETBALL

WORLD CUP: The U.S. is going to the Paris Olympics next summer. Lithuania made sure that was the only good development for the Americans on Sunday night when it pulled off a World Cup stunner.

Vaidas Kariniauskas scored 15 points, Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 14, and Lithuania beat the U.S. 110-104 in a second-round game at Manila, Philippines.

The loss came on a night when the Americans officially clinched a berth in the Paris Games. The U.S. was already assured of advancing to the quarterfinals and will play Italy on Tuesday.

SOCCER

ENGLAND: Declan Rice scored his first Arsenal goal deep into injury time and Gabriel Jesus added another one past the 100th minute mark to give Arsenal a 3-1 win over Manchester United.

• Odsonne Edouard scored twice for Crystal Palace in its 3-2 win over Wolverhampton, helping his team earn a second victory in the Premier League this season.

• Mohamed Salah put aside intense speculation about his future by scoring again for Liverpool in its dominant 3-0 win over Aston Villa that made it three straight victories for Jürgen Klopp’s team.

GOLF

EUROPEAN TOUR: Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg surged to a two-shot win at the European Masters in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, and right into the Ryder Cup picture for Europe when the six captain’s picks are announced Monday.

Aberg stunned leader Matt Fitzpatrick by reeling off four straight birdies from Nos. 14 to 17 to card a 6-under 64 for a 19-under total of 261. Fitzpatrick faded to a tie for third, three shots back.

CYCLING

SPANISH VUELTA: German rider Lennard Kämna won the hilly ninth stage while American Sepp Kuss held on to the overall lead.

Kämna separated from a breakaway group on the final ascent to win the 115-mile ride from Cartagena to Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca in southeastern Spain. Matteo Sobrero crossed 13 seconds behind, with the next riders finishing a minute later.

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