WCL BASEBALL

The Pac-12 Conference in its current form will cease to exist next fall. Ten of the 12 teams will join other conferences in the fall, leaving Oregon State and Washington State as the only teams remaining. The Pac-12 Conference will be the “Pac-2.”

The West Coast League’s Portland Pickles, paying respect to the demise of the conference, announced Friday they will hold a “Pac-2 Memorial Night” to give Oregon State and Washington State fans a place to “drown your sorrows together.”

The “Pac-2 Memorial Night” is scheduled for June 3 at Walker Stadium in Southeast Portland.

The Oakland Athletics have selected the contract of Australian native Jack O’Loughlin and recalled fellow pitcher Tyler Ferguson from Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday. The moves came after the A’s placed pitcher Ross Stripling on the 15-day injured list with a strained elbow and designated right-handed pitcher Brandon Bielak for assignment.

O’Loughlin was a non-roster invitee with the A’s this spring after signing a minor league contract on Nov. 13. The 24-year-old will be making his big league debut when he plays. He was 1-2 with a 5.12 ERA in 10 appearances, including eight starts with Las Vegas.

O’Loughlin is 16-20 with a 3.76 ERA in 98 games, including 66 starts in six seasons in the minors. He was signed by Detroit at age 16 on July 16, 2016, and spent two seasons in the Australian Baseball League before coming to the United States in 2018.

GOLF

Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray has died at the age of 30. The PGA Tour and his management company GSE Worldwide confirmed the death Saturday. There were no immediate details how Murray died. He opened with a 68 at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial. The next day he was 5 over for his round when he withdrew with two holes to play. Murray won the Sony Open this year with a 40-foot birdie putt in a playoff. He also won the Barbasol Championship in 2017. Murray made his Masters debut in April.

BASKETBALL

The heat is off Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. The WNBA rookie sensation and her team won their first game of the season on Friday. The Fever rallied from 11 points down in the first half to beat Los Angeles 78-73 and snap a five-game skid in front a Sparks home record crowd of 19,103 at Crypto.com Arena. Clark had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first WNBA double-double. She hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes after missing her first seven attempts from long range. She had eight assists and just two turnovers.