Baseball

Ducks roll in home opener — Oregon scored 10 runs in the second inning and six Ducks pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout in a 14-0 win over Seattle on Tuesday night at PK Park in Eugene. The victory came in the 2018 home opener for the Ducks, who benefited from 10 walks and two hit batters in their third straight win. Spencer Steer was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs to lead Oregon at the plate, and Kyle Kasser had two hits and drove in two runs. The Ducks (5-2) are at home again Friday to open a four-game series against Florida Atlantic.

Jack Hamilton known for one fateful pitch — Jack Hamilton, whose errant inside pitch damaged the eyesight of Boston’s Tony Conigliaro in 1967 and caused a premature end to the career of the Red Sox star, died Thursday. He was 79. Hamilton died at the Shepherd of The Hills Living Center in Branson, Missouri, the Greenlawn Funeral Home said. Signed by St. Louis ahead of the 1957 season, he was selected by Philadelphia in a minor-league draft after the 1960 season. Hamilton pitched in the major leagues from 1962 to 1969 and was 32-40 with a 4.53 ERA in 65 starts and 153 relief appearances for the Phillies (1962-63), Detroit (1964-65), the New York Mets (1966-67), the California Angels (1967-68), Cleveland (1969) and the Chicago White Sox (1969). He went 9-12 as a rookie, leading the National League in walks with 107 and wild pitches with 22. Hamilton was traded from the Mets to the Angels in June 1967 and had won eight of his first 10 decisions overall that year going into a start at Boston’s Fenway Park on Aug. 18, 1967. He threw a pitch in the fourth inning that fractured Conigliaro’s left cheekbone, dislocated his jaw and left him with retina damage and blurred vision. An All-Star who at 22 became the youngest American League player to reach 100 home runs, Conigliaro had helped put the Red Sox in position to win their first pennant since 1946.

Rangers reach deal with Lincecum — According to two major league sources, the Rangers have agreed to a deal with right-hander Tim Lincecum on a major league deal. The deal is still pending a physical. Lincecum, whom the Rangers once eyed for their No. 1 draft pick, would join Bartolo Colon in camp to give the club a pair of former Cy Young winners in their spring clubhouse. Both pitchers won the Cy Young Award between 2005 and 2009. Lincecum is expected to move to the bullpen after a decade as a starter. He was out of baseball in 2017 after an abortive stint with the Los Angeles Angels in 2016. Lincecum had hip surgery in 2015 to repair a torn labrum and did not have good velocity in 2016. According to scouts who saw him earlier this month in a showcase, however, his velocity was back to the 90-93 mph range.

Mixed Martial arts

Jon Jones fined $205K, has MMA license revoked — The California State Athletic Commission revoked Jon Jones’ mixed martial arts license and fined him $205,000 Tuesday after his failed doping test last year. The decision against the former UFC light heavyweight champion was made after a hearing in Anaheim. The ruling means Jones’ remarkable MMA career is still on hold indefinitely, pending additional disciplinary action by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency later this year. Jones tested positive for a steroid in a test administered shortly before his victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 in Anaheim on July 29. The test failure was the second of his MMA career, and the California commission’s fine is 40 percent of his disclosed $500,000 purse, plus an additional $5,000. The 30-year-old Jones (22-1, 1 no-contest) vehemently denied taking any steroids knowingly but could not explain how the failure occurred.

Boxing

Alvarez, Golovkin vow there will be no draw in rematch — Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin do not intend to draw again. The Mexican superstar and the Kazakh middleweight kingpin faced off Tuesday night before a lively crowd in downtown Los Angeles as they formally announced their rematch for May 5. Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) both still feel they won their first meeting last September. But one of the most entertaining fights of 2017 ended in a split draw, with one curious pro-Alvarez scorecard overshadowing the excitement of the event. Golovkin and Alvarez cannot control who judges the rematch, but they both intend to fight for a knockout that will make the judging irrelevant. “It’s a new fight, and the same thing won’t happen this time,” Golovkin said.

— From staff and wire reports