J.C. Cloney pitched a four-hitter and Ryan Aguilar drove in a pair of runs to lead Arizona to a 3-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in Game 1 of the College World Series finals Monday night in Omaha. The Wildcats (49-22) can wrap up their second national championship in five years with a win Tuesday. Cloney, a junior lefthander from Castaic, Calif., who transferred to Arizona from the College of the Canyons, extended his scoreless innings streak at the College World Series to 16. He pitched seven innings in the Wildcats’ 3-0 win over UC Santa Barbara last Wednesday. Monday, he allowed just four singles, walked three, and struck out six in the second complete game of his career . . . The Nationals plan to recall top prospect Lucas Giolito to make his major league debut Tuesday against the Mets. Giolito, the No. 16 pick in the 2012 amateur draft, is 5-3 with a 3.17 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 71 innings at Double A Harrisburg this season. The 21-year-old righthander is ranked the No. 1 prospect in the Nationals’ organization by Baseball America.
A spot opened in Washington’s rotation when righthander Stephen Strasburg was placed on the disabled list Sunday because of an upper back strain. Strasburg was scratched from his last two starts and underwent an MRI exam Monday.
football
Manziel lawyer resigns
A lawyer who accidently sent the Associated Press a text message with details related to Johnny Manziel’s domestic violence case has resigned from the defense team, a Manziel spokeswoman said. Denise Michaels confirmed her earlier tweet that Bob Hinton had withdrawn from the defense, which is being led by El Paso attorney Jim Darnell. The AP reported last week that Hinton’s inadvertent text indicated that he had doubts about Manziel’s ability to stay clean, and that he was given a receipt that allegedly shows Manziel may have spent more than $1,000 at a drug paraphernalia store the day following a hit-and-run crash. Manziel faces a misdemeanor assault chart on allegations of hitting and threatening former girlfriend Colleen Crowley in January.
. . . Retired player Herschel Walker says he’s being dropped from speaking engagements because of his relationship with Donald Trump. In an interview on the ‘‘TMZ Sports’’ TV show, the Heisman Trophy winner and former ‘‘Celebrity Apprentice’’ contestant said that he’s known Trump since ‘‘before he became ‘The Donald,’?’’ and that the presumptive Republican nominee is not racist. Trump has faced sharp criticism for his statements on immigration and his plan to build a wall along the US border with Mexico.
basketball
Grizzlies get musical assist
The Memphis Grizzlies’ pitch to keep free agent guard Mike Conley in the fold includes a short video with an introduction from singer Justin Timberlake. The 2-minute, 44-second video, titled ‘‘Our Conductor,’’ features an orchestra playing over highlights of Conley in action. It includes testimonials from Grizzlies teammates Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, and Tony Allen. Randolph calls Conley the ‘‘Memphis maestro.’’ At the start of the video, Timberlake says, ‘‘When we show love to one of our own, it’s all hands on deck.’?’’ . . . Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is bringing in two new minority partners to his ownership group, including the NBA’s first Chinese owner, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press. Shanghai investor Lizhang Jiang and New Jersey real estate mogul Meyer Orbach are joining the Timberwolves’ ownership group, the person said on condition of anonymity.
golf
Club wants revote on women
Muirfield, the renowned Scottish golf club, intends to stage another vote on whether to admit female members after being stripped of its right to host the British Open. The club failed in May to get the two-thirds majority required of its membership to change its policy, drawing disapproval from across the golfing world. Now the club will seek approval from its membership to hold a fresh vote before the end of the year, which could lead to the club returning to the British Open rotation . . . Former PGA Tour player Omar Uresti shot a 5-under-par 67 at Turning Stone in Verona, N.Y., to take the second-round lead in the PGA Professional Championship. The final top 20 will earn spots next month in the PGA Championship at Baltusrol. The 47-year-old Uresti, a PGA Life Member from Austin, Texas, had a 9-under 135 total. Rich Berberian Jr. of Derry, N.H., was 7 under after a 69 at Kaluhyat.
miscellany
Yankees, StubHub reconcile
The New York Yankees have announced a partnership with StubHub whereby the online ticket seller will become the team’s official resale marketplace. Before this season, the team had introduced mobile ticketing as the primary method for entry to Yankee Stadium, eliminating acceptance of print-at-home tickets in a move perceived to cut out secondary market sellers like StubHub. Over the first three months of the season, fans had voiced complaints of problems with the mobile ticketing system and frustration over not being able to use print-at-home tickets . . . Spencer Gallagher apologized for his role in a fight with John Wes Townley during NASCAR’s Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois. The two were involved in a pair of on-track incidents that culminated in a scuffle during Saturday night’s race. In a statement, Gallagher apologized to Townley, his team, and fans. ‘‘The incident earlier in the race was not intentional and certainly was not meant to cause bigger problems later in the event,’’ he said. NASCAR chairman Brian France said jokingly on Sirius NASCAR Radio that neither driver has a future as a UFC champion.
