BASEBALL

Roldani Baldwin drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and three Portland relievers combined for 5 1/3 scoreless innings Thursday night as the Sea Dogs beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-1 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Denyi Reyes (4-2) got the win in relief of Brayan Bello, allowing three hits in 3 2/3 innings. Frank German pitched the ninth for his first save.

PARALYMPICS

TOKYO GAMES: Clara Brown of Falmouth finished sixth Friday morning in the women’s C1-3 cycling road race at Fuji International Speedway in her final appearance at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Keiko Sugiura of Japan won the 39.6-kilometer race in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 55 seconds, with Anna Beck of Sweden and Paige Greco of Australia taking silver and bronze in a photo finish, 16 seconds back, edging out Xiaomei Wang of China.

Brown, who was as close as fourth in the final lap, crossed the line second among a group of four riders who were 2:43 behind Sugiura.

COLLEGES

FIELD HOCKEY: Lindsay Bruns scored an unassisted goal 3:34 into the second half to lift the University of New England to a 2-1 win over Keene State in a season opener at Keene, New Hampshire.

UNE’s Georgia Eson opened the scoring 5:40 into the contest. Keene State’s Maggie Cahoon finished off a feed from Irini Stefanakos with 2:28 left in the first half.

FOOTBALL: C.J. Stroud passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns in his debut as the Ohio State starter and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes kept Coach Ryan Day unbeaten in Big Ten play with a 45-31 victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis.

• Grayson McCall threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and No. 22 Coastal Carolina scored on its first seven possessions in a season-opening 52-14 victory over The Citadel in Conway, South Carolina.

• The season-opening game between Temple and Rutgers scheduled for Thursday night in Piscataway, New Jersey, was postponed until Saturday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over parts of the Northeast.

SOCCER

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING: The United States was held to a 0-0 draw at El Salvador in its pandemic-delayed World Cup qualifying opener.

The U.S., trying to rebound from its failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, is now winless in six straight road qualifiers dating to 2016 (two losses, four draws).

• Sweden came from behind to beat Spain 2-1 in Stockholm and leapfrog the visitors for first place in their European qualifying group.

Sweden has nine points from three games. Spain fell to second place with seven points from four games.

Only the group winners directly qualify for the World Cup. Second-place finishers face a playoff.

• Pelted with plastic cups after goals, England weathered a hostile atmosphere to beat Hungary 4-0 in Budapest.

Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane and Harry Maguire scored in a 14-minute flurry and Declan Rice added a fourth second-half goal as England secured a fourth straight victory, extending its group lead to five points. Poland is in second place after beating Albania, 4-1.

• Romelu Lukaku scored twice as top-ranked Belgium came from an early goal down to beat Estonia 5-2 in Tallinn, Estonia, and stay atop its group.

With 10 points from four games, Belgium retained a three-point lead over the Czech Republic, which defeated Belarus, 1-0.

• Newly-crowned European champion Italy was held to a disappointing 1-1 draw against Bulgaria in Florence, Italy, but matched Spain’s record run of 35 matches unbeaten, set between 2007 and 2009.

• Australia beat China 3-0 in the opening round of Asian World Cup qualifying, while Japan surprisingly lost 1-0 to Oman.

ENGLAND: Cristiano Ronaldo was released from Portugal’s squad, freeing the forward to join up earlier than expected with new club Manchester United.

Ronaldo became the highest-scoring player in the history of men’s international soccer by netting his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in a 2-1 win over Ireland in a World Cup qualifying match on Wednesday. He also got booked in that match, meaning he has to miss the qualifier against Azerbaijan on Tuesday through suspension.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Fully vaccinated players and coaches are not expected to be subject to regular coronavirus testing this season, the league told its teams Thursday.

Exceptions to that policy will include situations such as a player or coach showing symptoms generally associated with the coronavirus or being exposed to an unvaccinated player who tests positive for COVID-19. Those who are not fully vaccinated will need to be tested on all days involving practice or travel and likely will be tested twice on game days. They’ll also have to wear masks at team facilities and during travel.

And everyone, regardless of vaccination status, will be expected to submit to an antibody test before the season “to better identify individuals with a limited or waning immune response to vaccination,” the league said.

HOCKEY

NHL: The Buffalo Sabres locked up two youngsters considered integral to their rebuilding plans by re-signing center Casey Mittelstadt and defenseman Henri Jokiharju to three-year contracts, each worth $7.5 million.

Both were restricted free agents, and their signings leave Buffalo focused on getting defenseman Rasmus Dahlin under contract before training camp opens in about three weeks. Dahlin is also a restricted free agent. He’s been the Sabres top offensive defenseman since being selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft.

• The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Joel Farabee to a $30 million, six-year contract extension that kicks in for the 2022-23 season.

Farabee, 21, led the Flyers with 20 goals and had 38 points in 55 games last season.

CYCLING

SPANISH VUELTA: Primoz Roglic moved closer to clinching his third consecutive title, increasing his lead on the final test in the high mountains, while Miguel Ángel López won the demanding 18th stage.

López held off a late attack by Roglic to win the 100-mile stage that crested three mountain passes before a finish atop the beyond-category Altu d’El Gamoniteiru.

Roglic added a few seconds to his lead in the overall standings. Enric Mas is his nearest chaser at 2:20 minutes behind with three stages to go.