Region 4, with baseball players from Harnett Central and Triton, completed the State Games in Greensboro with a 4-1 win over Region 1 (northeast N.C) on Friday to finish 2-2 for the competition. … Coastal Carolina and LSU begin a best of three series for the College World Series baseball championship in Omaha tonight (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … Cal Raleigh of Seattle hit his 29th home run of the season on Friday, the most by a catcher before the all-star break in MLB history as the Mariners won, 9-4, over the host Chicago Cubs. … Alec Burleson (East Carolina) had a double and a sacrifice fly for St. Louis in a 6-1 win over visiting Cincinnati on Friday night. … Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) hit a 2-run homer for the host Athletics in a 6-1 win over Cleveland. … Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood are tied for the lead at 9-under par in the PGA Tour event in Cromwell, Connecticut, going into the third round today (CBS, 3 p.m.).