Right-handed pitcher Logan Bender (Triton) has announced that he plans to transfer from Campbell after earning freshman All-America honors with the Camels in 2018. Bender was 5-2 with a 3.42 earned run average as CU won the Big South Conference tournament and played in the Athens Regional of the NCAA Tournament. He had 64 strikeouts in 47 and one-third innings. … The Buies Creek Astros finished the first half of the Carolina League baseball season with a 4-2 loss at Potomac on Sunday. The Astros (37-32) were 3.5 games behind first place Winston-Salem in the Southern Division. The league All-Star game is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Five County Stadium in Zebulon. … Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open golf tournament for the second straight year.
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