Sports briefs
College baseball
California posted a split of a PSAC West doubleheader against Gannon at Wild Things Park on Saturday. The Vulcans dropped the opener 3-2 before getting a 4-3 walk-off victory in the second game.
Cal is 1-5 in the conference and 10-9 overall. Gannon is 3-3, 8-12.
In the second game, Cal’s Ryan Callahan blasted a walk-off solo home run over the left-field fence in the bottom of the seventh to give the Vulcans the victory.
In the NHL
Charlie Coyle scored the game-winning shootout goal Sunday as the Boston Bruins recovered from blowing a 3-0 lead to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 for its 60th win of the season. Linus Ullmark made 35 saves and stopped all three St. Louis shootout attempts to lead Boston to its third straight win.
n Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko scored goals just over two minutes apart, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 to snap a two-game skid.
In auto racing
Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward swapped the lead over and over, each driver refusing to give an inch at Texas Motor Speedway.
With two laps to go to reach victory lane, they even touched wheels.
“We’re going wheel to wheel like 226 miles an hour or something,” O’Ward said. “It’s pretty insane, I have to say.”
Their thrilling race came to an abrupt end when Romain Grosjean crashed with one lap remaining, moments after Newgarden had surged ahead of O’Ward. Newgarden crossed the finish line under caution for a second consecutive victory at Texas, the third of his career.
In college basketball
Providence suspended guard Alyn Breed after he was charged with pointing a gun at his girlfriend and other crimes over the weekend.
Breed, 22, is charged with using a firearm in a violent crime, carrying a dangerous weapon during the commission of a violent crime, carrying a firearm without a license, unlawful entry of a home, domestic robbery, domestic vandalism and driving a vehicle without consent of the owner.
In the NBA
Trae Young made two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime to give Atlanta the lead and the Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 132-130 Sunday night to keep pace in the Eastern Conference play-in race.