Monday's Report: LAFC/Macon/Mercer, Bacon win, Henley survives; Braves, Dream/Gray, Tech; New NCAA, NBA, US Open,NHL, MLB, CWS, WNBA, racing, soccer
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Macon 8, HP Thomasville 4
A pair of 2-run innings put Macon in control en route to its second win in three games.
Christian Smith drove in 5 runs on 2 hits for the Bacon, which got 2-hit games from Tanner Waldrop, Jaxon Murphy, and Austin Lemon.
Macon (5-8) hosts Boone at 7 p.m. on Monday.
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Around/About Central Georgia
Henley survives brutal Oakmont with respectable week
Making a run became moot pretty early for Russell Henley at the U.S. Open on Sunday.
He wasn’t alone.
The goal for Henley and about 50 or so other players was to get out of Oakmont with no figurative bruises and with some confidence.
Considering only five players started Sunday at even or better, escaping was going to be a task.
Henley escaped Oakmont tied for 10th with a 5-over 285, with Ben Griffin, each taking home $485,000.
Henley’s final round was pretty much the same for most golfers throughout the week: all over the place.
Bogeys on No. 2 and 3 dropped Henley to 6 over, and he got one back with a nice birdie on par-5 No. 4, and sat in the pack tied for 15th.
He followed a bogey on 7 with four pars and a birdie. Then, on the final six holes: bogey, birdie, par, par, birdie, bogey, pushing him over par for the day.
Henley fell from a possible top-5 finish, but not very far.
But it was quite the week.
Weather stopped play on Sunday, but the tournament pressed on, and a little improbably was completed. At 7 p.m., leader Sam Burns was 4 over for the day and even for the tournament. The only player in the field at even or better for the weekend.
At the end of the night, he was under par, thanks to a whopping tee shot on 17 that led to a birdie, and then by dropping a mind-blowing 65-footer for a birdie on 18 to clinch it.
Henley is back in action this week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
Around/About Georgia
McMahon hits go-ahead homer in 7th as Rockies beat Holmes and Braves
Holmes’ ‘special’ game with 15 strikeouts is wasted in loss as Braves shift focus to visit from Mets
Washington County grad Gray scores career-high 32, Dream hit 18 3-pointers to rout Mystics
BKW-Tech alum Donehew joins Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
College Sports, the changing landscape
The road ahead after the NCAA settlement comes with risk, reward and warnings
NIL Go's unspoken goal — prevent booster payments to athletes
NBA/Basketball
Pacers coach Carlisle offers defense of Foster after referee receives criticism
Pacers and Thunder are set for a pivotal Game 5 in an NBA Finals that has been back and forth
Durant isn't the player he once was, and that makes any potential deal tricky
Magic land Bane in a trade with the Grizzlies for Anthony, Caldwell-Pope and draft picks
U.S. Open
Spaun weathers the worst of wet Oakmont to win US Open
MacIntyre made Spaun earn the U.S. Open title, nearly pulling off a record-tying comeback
Hatton, Ortiz and Hovland had a shot at the US Open. Then Oakmont happened
Final pairing of Scott and Burns turns into a rain-soaked afterthought
NHL/Hockey
Oilers dealing with Stanley Cup Final goalie debate. Panthers, 1 win from repeating, have Bobrovsky
Florida’s third and fourth lines are grinding down Edmonton in the Stanley Cup Final
College World Series
Coastal Carolina’s 6-2 win over Oregon State at College World Series extends its streak to 25 games
Louisville strikes for 6 runs in 8th to eliminate Arizona from College World Series with an 8-3 win
Father’s Day surprise: Torey Lovullo’s son gets ejected from game and copies dad
Baseball/MLB
Red Sox trade Devers to the Giants in a blockbuster deal
Swept by Rays, Mets look ahead to 10 games against NL East rivals Atlanta and Philadelphia
Bullpen games have provided quite a relief for the Rangers with a pair of non-starter wins
Castellanos hits a grand slam and Phillies complete 3-game sweep of Blue Jays
Civale gets a little wild in White Sox debut after trade from Brewers
Rocker gets assist from pickle juice in win as Rangers top White Sox
Wagaman’s 2 RBIs, Meyers’ solo HR help Marlins sweep Nationals
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Collier’s efficient 32 points sends Minnesota past Los Angeles
Sabally’s 22 points lead Phoenix Mercury past Las Vegas Aces
Reese has triple double, Van Lith scores career-high 16 points and Sky defeat Sun
Golf
Ciganda wins Meijer LPGA Classic for her first LPGA Tour victory in more than 8 1/2 years
Auto Racing
Van Gisbergen’s emotional win in Mexico City locks him into NASCAR playoffs
Two-time Indy 500 winner Newgarden flips car, walks away from wreck in IndyCar race at Gateway
Russell holds off Max Verstappen for Canadian GP win as McLarens collide
Allmendinger believed "there was no way" he'd be in NASCAR Cup for almost 20 years
Soccer
Palmeiras and Porto draw 0-0 in their first Club World Cup match
US hopes 5-0 win over Trinidad starts upswing after longest losing streak since 2007
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