BASEBALL

Peter Dresser, who distinguished himself on baseball diamonds at Cape Elizabeth High, in a variety of Maine summer leagues and at the University of New Hampshire, died May 3. A resident of Lakeland, Florida, Dresser was 72.

Dresser was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. Known as a power pitcher and excellent hitter, the 5-foot-9 left-handed Dresser struck out 21 Freeport batters in a one-hitter and 20 batters in a no-hitter against Scarborough in high school. Cape Elizabeth won Triple-C championships in 1966 and 1967. In summer ball, Dresser helped his Portland Babe Ruth League team go 22-0 in 1966, throwing two no-hitters, then led the Deering all-stars to the state title. In 1967 and 1968 he was part of state American Legion champions playing for Stewart P. Morrill Post.

As a senior at UNH, Dresser went 6-2 with a 1.96 ERA and was selected in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played two years of professional ball, reaching Class AA in his first year in 1972. Arm trouble derailed his career. His final season was 1973 with the Class A Quincy (Illinois) Cubs.

EASTERN LEAGUE: Pitcher CJ Liu of the Portland Sea Dogs, who threw the sixth no-hitter in franchise history, has been named the Eastern League pitcher of the week for May 1-7.

Liu pitched a complete game, seven-inning no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader on May 5 against the Akron RubberDucks in Akron, Ohio. Liu walked two and struck out six.

In five games this season, the 24-year-old Liu has a 3-1 record with a 3.65 ERA with 29 strikeouts over 24.2 innings. Liu a native of Tainan City, Taiwan was signed by the Red Sox as an international free agent on Oct. 22, 2019.

GOLF

TIGER WOODS: A $30-million legal battle between Tiger Woods and his ex-girlfriend has escalated, with Erica Herman accusing the golf superstar of beginning their sexual relationship when she was his employee and threatening to fire her if she didn’t sign a nondisclosure agreement she now wants voided.

Herman, in court documents filed late Friday, also accused Woods of having his lawyer break up with her at an airport in October after falsely telling her they were going on a weekend trip. The lawyer then evicted her from Woods’ $54 million mansion north of Palm Beach.

The documents were filed in advance of a scheduled Tuesday hearing where Woods’ attorneys are expected to ask Circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger to halt Herman’s lawsuit against their billionaire client. They say the former couple’s nondisclosure agreement requires all disputes be settled privately by an arbitrator, not in court.

• Jordan Spieth withdrew from the AT&T Byron Nelson on Monday with an injury to his left wrist, raising questions about how fit he will be for the PGA Championship next week.

Spieth, a three-time major champion who grew up in Dallas, is coming off a missed cut at the Wells Fargo Championship last week.

SOCCER

MLS: Gerhard Struber is out as coach of the last-place New York Red Bulls and was replaced Monday by Troy Lesesne, the team’s 19th coach in 28 seasons.

The Red Bulls said Struber’s departure was mutual and assistant coach Bernd Eibler also had left. It was Major League Soccer’s first coaching change since the season began in late February.

• The struggling Chicago Fire fired Coach Ezra Hendrickson and replaced him with Frank Klopas for the remainder of the season.

The team also fired assistant coach Junior González on Monday. The Fire (2-3-5) are 14th of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference with 11 points. Only the New York Red Bulls (nine points, 1-4-6) trail Chicago, and New York parted with coach Gerhard Struber on Monday in what the team said was a mutual agreement.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Everton scored after 34 seconds on its way to a surprising 5-1 win at Europe-chasing Brighton that lifted the team out of the English Premier League relegation zone on Monday.

Abdoulaye Doucoure converted the 10th first-minute goal in the league this season and volleyed home a second in the 29th to give Everton a dream start at Amex Stadium.

• Leicester remained mired in relegation trouble in the English Premier League after conceding four goals in the first 51 minutes and losing at Fulham 5-3 in a wild match on Monday.

TRACK AND FIELD

DOPING: A man charged with providing banned substances to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare and another athlete has pleaded guilty, marking the first conviction under a landmark U.S. law designed to target wide-ranging doping schemes.

Eric Lira pleaded guilty Monday for his role in helping Olympic athletes obtain performance-enhancing substances before the Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. attorney in Manhattan called the plea “a watershed moment for international sport.” His office did not provide any information about the terms of the plea by Lira, a 43-year-old from El Paso, Texas. Violations of the Rodchenkov Act carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

CYCLING

GIRO d’ITALIA: Michael Matthews won a wet and long third stage of the Giro d’Italia on Monday while pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel extended his overall lead.

Matthews, who rides for Team Jayco-AlUla, edged out Mads Pedersen and Kaden Groves in a bunch sprint on the final kick up to the line. It was the Australian cyclist’s third Giro stage win and a first since 2015.

Evenepoel finished safely in the peloton and gained bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint  to extend his lead to 32 seconds over João Almeida, who moved into second despite being involved in a crash.