Western Harnett’s 10-and-under softball all-stars defeated Wilkes County, 4-0, and downed Shelby, 7-0, in the Tar Heel League state tournament in Benson on Friday. The area team takes on Ahoskie in the winners bracket at noon today. Western’s 12-U stars have an elimination game at 2 p.m. against the Foothills-Tar River winner. The 16-U team from Western has an elimination game at 11 a.m. against Cleveland. … Ryan Thompson (Campbell) pitched a scoreless inning for Arizona in a 5-2 win over the host Chicago Cubs on Friday and lowered his earned run average to 1.99. … Zach Neto (Campbell) went 3-for-4 with a home run for the Los Angeles Angels in a 13-3 loss at Oakland on Friday night. … Shane Lowry has a 2-shot lead at 7-under par in the British Open at Royal Troon going into the third round today (NBC, 7 a.m.). … Boston visits the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight (FOX, 7:15 p.m.). The Dodgers topped the Red Sox, 4-1, on Friday night on an eighth-inning grand slam by Freddie Freeman.