Baseball

Ducks rally to beat Gonzaga — Oregon overcame a 3-0 deficit with a six-run seventh inning, and Kenyon Yovan struck out five batters over the final two innings to earn his fifth save as the Ducks defeated Gonzaga 6-3 on Tuesday night at PK Park in Eugene. In its final game before the start of Pac-12 play, Oregon came alive in the seventh inning with two-run doubles by Daniel Patzlaff and Spencer Steer and an RBI double by Evan Williams. Gonzaga’s lone error of the game contributed to three unearned runs for the Ducks. Hunter Breault, the fifth of six UO pitchers, worked a scoreless seventh inning and earned the victory. Oregon (12-4) opens conference play with a three-game series at Arizona State beginning Friday night.

Dog sledding

Norwegian musher holds commanding Itidarod lead — Joar Ulsom said a few words in English but used his native Norwegian to heap praise on his dog team Tuesday as he arrived at the second-to-last checkpoint in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Ulsom held a commanding lead in the world’s most famous sled dog race, and after a mandatory eight-hour rest, he was hours from the finish line in Nome, Alaska. He arrived in White Mountain just before 8 a.m., and left shortly before 4 p.m. For being first to the checkpoint, he picked up a $2,500 check. Ulsom arrived in the checkpoint with a nearly three-hour lead on the second-place musher Nic Petit, a native of France living south of Anchorage. Barring any catastrophes, Ulsom, a native of Norway who has been living in Willow, Alaska, the dog mushing capital of the United States, is on track to reach the finish line sometime early Wednesday.

SOCCER

Club punished for letting chicken loose at match — Uruguay’s football association has sanctioned first-division club Fenix after two chickens were let loose on the pitch in a game against Racing on Sunday. The incident has also made club director Gaston Alegari a target of criticism from animal rights groups and fans after he violently kicked the chickens off the pitch. The Uruguayan association decided on Tuesday that Fenix will have to play one match away from its home stadium because of the incident. The two chickens were painted in white and green, the colors of Racing. Racing won 1-0 after scoring five minutes before the final whistle.

— From staff and wire reports