Landon Alphin struck out 10 and Zeke Brock had an inside-the-park home run as Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity baseball team closed its regular season with an 11-1 Sandhills Athletic Conference win at Berean Baptist on Friday. … East Carolina came back from a 4-0 deficit after a half-inning of play for a 9-7 American Athletic Conference victory over Cincinnati on Friday night. The Pirates are 9-4 in the AAC and share the league lead with Central Florida. … In the NBA playoffs on Friday night, Memphis advanced to the second round with a 114-106 win at Minnesota. … In the Mexico Open, Jon Rahm shot a 66 Friday to get to 12-under par for a 2-shot lead going into today’s third round (CBS, 3 p.m.). … Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz combined for a no-hitter as the host New York Mets topped Philadelphia, 3-0, on Friday night. … The Carolina Hurricanes will take on Boston in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. … The Carolina Panthers drafted Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral in the third round on Friday.