Two former Campbell players are on major league baseball rosters to open the 2020 season. Right-handed pitcher Ryan Thompson is with the Tampa Bay Rays and outfielder Cedric Mullins is with the Baltimore Orioles. … The New York Yankees got a 2-run homer from Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning and went on to a 4-1 win over the host Washington Nationals in the MLB opener on Thursday night. The game was shortened to six innings due to weather. … Mookie Betts scored the go-ahead run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-1 win over visiting San Francisco. … N.C. State has added junior college safety Rakeim Ashford of Jones College in Ellisville, Mississippi, to its 2020 signing class. … North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams is contributing $600,000 for scholarships for UNC spring sport seniors whose 2020 seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. … Former Oklahoma football coach John Blake has passed away at age 59. … Richy Werenski shot an 8-under par 63 to lead after the first round of the 3M Open at the TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine, Minnesota.
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