Sports briefs
College baseball
Senior Bryce Schnatterly threw his third career complete game to help No. 3-ranked Washington & to a doubleheader split with Oberlin Saturday at Ross Memorial Park.
Oberloin won the opener 5-4 but W&J used Schnatterly’s pitching to win the second game, 5-1.
The right-hander’s complete came on only 98 pitches. Schnatterly scattered three, walked two, struck out five and forced Oberlin to hit into four double plays. His nine innings pitched are a career high.
Offensively, W&J gave Schnatterly plenty of early run support by scoring four runs in the second inning. Dante Dalesandro had a two-run triple.
W&J trailed 5-0 in the opener before scoring four times over the last two innings. Dan Trettle had three hits and drove in two for the Presidents (4-2).
In the NBA
Dwight Howard had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Nic Batum flirted with a triple-double and the Charlotte Hornets held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 122-115 Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Batum added 29 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and Marvin Williams chipped in with 16 points as the Hornets won despite nearly squandering a 22-point fourth quarter lead to a Suns team playing without star Devin Booker.
Tennessee adds QB
Tennessee has added former Stanford quarterback Keller Chryst to its roster as a graduate transfer.
Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt has confirmed the addition of Chryst, who started seven games for Stanford last season before getting replaced by K.J. Costello .
Chryst transferred to Tennessee looking for an opportunity to compete. He announced after the 2017 season that he intended to graduate from Stanford in June and go elsewhere for his final season of eligibility.
Georgia fires Fox
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity believed this could be the year the Bulldogs returned to the NCAA Tournament and made a move to join the SEC’s elite.
Instead, a disappointing season led McGarity to decide Mark Fox wasn’t the right coach to help Georgia contend for championships.
McGarity fired Fox on Saturday, ending the coach’s nine-year stay that included only two NCAA Tournament appearances.
The decision to fire Fox came one day after the Bulldogs’ loss to Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Royals re-sign Moustakas
On the day the Kansas City Royals welcomed back Mike Moustakas, they found out Jorge Bonifacio will miss half the season.
Bonifacio was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Saturday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
The outfielder was banned after a positive test for Boldenone.
The ban will begin on opening day.
“It really kind of made me sick to my stomach,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.
The 24-year-old Bonifacio made his major league debut last season, hitting .255 with 17 home runs and 40 RBIs in 113 games.
Bonifacio’s suspension cleared a roster spot for Moustakas, who re-signed with the Royals this week after becoming a free agent last fall.
Moustakas set a Royals record with 38 home runs last season, then rejected a $17.4 million offer from the team. But the third baseman never received the multiyear, mega-million dollar contract he and his agent Scott Boras anticipated.
The Royals signed Moustakas to a one-year $6.5 million contract with a mutual option for 2019. He can make another $2.2 million in incentives this year based on plate appearances.