After one season, Bryan Price is out as the Giants’ pitching coach.

And after four years serving as a deputy, J.P. Martinez was elevated to take his place on Bob Melvin’s coaching staff, the Giants announced Friday.

It should be a smooth transition, as Martinez already possesses a deep understanding of the Giants’ personnel and pitching philosophy, having joined the organization in 2021 and taking on a broad range of responsibilities as the assistant first to Andrew Bailey and then Price in 2024.

The shakeup is the third within the Giants’ pitching department since Dave Righetti was shown the door after 18 seasons in the role after the 2017 season.

The departure of Price, 62, shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, though. In its release, the club noted that he made the decision to step down.

Motor sports

Verstappen wins US Grand Prix sprint race >> Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the United States Grand Prix sprint race to earn his first victory of any kind in nearly four months and keep McLaren’s Lando Norris from chipping away at his lead in the Formula 1 season championship.

Norris kept Verstappen in sight for 18 of 19 laps at the Circuit of the Americas after he launched from fourth to second out of the race start. But Norris made a costly mistake in the first turn of the final lap that allowed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to slip into second.

Golf

Poston, Schmid share lead in Las Vegas >> J.T. Poston had three birdies and an eagle over the final six holes Saturday morning to complete a 6-under 65 and share the 36-hole lead with Matti Schmid in the wind-delayed Shriners Children’s Open.

Schmid, who came into the FedEx Cup Fall portion of the season trying to secure a full PGA Tour card for next year, had a bogey-free 65 in windy conditions at the TPC Summerlin.

Pro football

Titans place Burks on IR >> The Tennessee Titans placed wide receiver Treylon Burks on injured reserve and promoted quarterback Trevor Siemian from the practice squad, putting Will Levis’ status against Buffalo in question.

Sailing

New Zealand three-peat America’s Cup >> New Zealand’s reign as the master of high-speed yachting remains intact. Britain’s long, long wait goes on.

Emirates Team New Zealand clinched match point in the 37th America’s Cup, beating INEOS Britannia 7-2 in the best-of-13 final off Barcelona’s beachfront.

The team led by Grant Dalton won its third consecutive cup, adding to wins in 2017 in Bermuda and 2021 in Auckland.

New Zealand’s eight-man crew embraced and cheered on the deck of the 75-foot Taihoro after holding Britannia off to win Race 9.

Basketball

Cavaliers Strus out for six weeks >> Cavaliers small forward Max Strus will miss at least six weeks with a right ankle injury sustained during a recent workout, an early blow to a Cleveland team ravaged by injuries last season.

The Cavs said that Strus, who has been slowed by a hip injury he got in the team’s exhibition opener, got hurt during an individual workout on Thursday. He’ll be reassessed after six weeks.

Soccer

Arsenal fall to Bournemouth >> Arsenal blew the chance to go top of the English Premier League after a shock 2-0 loss to Bournemouth.

In one of the biggest upsets of the burgeoning season, 10-man Arsenal lost for the first time.

Mikel Arteta’s team finished runner-up in the last two years and could have leapfrogged leader Liverpool and defending champion Manchester City in second place with a win at Bournemouth.