Sarah Schmelzel birdied her final two holes for a 5-under 67 to take a two-shot lead midway through the second round of the the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Friday in Sammamish, Wash.

Schmelzel, winless in six seasons on the LPGA Tour, led at 6-under 138 after making six birdies and one bogey in her morning round at tree-lined Sahalee.

Three former major champions were two shots back: first-round leader Lexi Thompson (72), Jin Young Ko (68) and Hinako Shibuno (70). Also, Amy Yang had moved into that group through eight holes Friday when this edition went to press.

The afternoon wave included Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world who shot 69 in the first round. But Korda, who had missed her previous two cuts, was on the verge of missing a third at +7 for the day and +4 through 11 holes at press time. The projected cut is +4 and ties.

Thompson, 29, who recently announced this season will be her last playing a full schedule, lost a playoff last week at the Meijer LPGA Classic. She hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since June 2019 and claimed her lone major a decade ago at Mission Hills. She shot a first-round 68 on Thursday.

• Abraham Ancer shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Friday to take the first-round lead in LIV Golf Nashville, with Bryson DeChambeau three strokes back during his personal celebration tour that started with his second U.S. Open victory.

Hershey pulls even with Coachella Valley in AHL finals

Joe Snively broke a third-period tie on a power-play scramble and the defending champion Hershey Bears held off the Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 4 to tie the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup final.

After Ryker Evans tied it for Coachella Valley 32 seconds into the third, Snively beat goalie Chris Driedger at 4:21 to help the Bears hand the Firebirds their first home loss of the playoffs.

Game 5 is tonight at 6 p.m. at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms. The series then shifts back to Hershey, Pa., for Game 6 on Monday night and, if necessary, Game 7 on Wednesday night.

Last season in the final, Hershey beat first-year Coachella Valley 3-2 in overtime in Game 7 for its record 12th title. Firebirds coach Dan Bylsma is in his final games with the second-year team before fully taking over as coach of the parent Seattle Kraken.

Ethen Frank and Hendrix Lapierre each had a goal and two assists for Hershey, the Washington Capitals’ top farm team. Shane Wright also scored for Coachella Valley. Driedger made 22 saves.

• The Ducks named Richard Clune as an assistant coach to Greg Cronin, the team announced in a news release on Friday.

Clune, 37, was part of the Kings organization from 2008 to 2013, including a 14-game stint with the parent club during the 2009-10 season.

— Andrew Knoll

Bulls trade Caruso to Oklahoma City for Giddey

The Bulls and Thunder finalized a deal sending Josh Giddey to Chicago and Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City on Friday, with the Thunder granting the 21-year-old Giddey’s trade request after he resisted the team’s plans to use him off the bench.

Giddey, a 6-foot-8 point guard from Australia, gets a fresh start after a challenging season in which his numbers dropped and he lost his starting job in the playoffs.

McGregor says broken toe forced him out of UFC 303

• Conor McGregor posted on Instagram on Friday that a broken toe was the reason he had to pull out of his headline UFC 303 bout against Michael Chandler after previously not specifying the injury.

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will face top-ranked challenger Jiri Prochazka in the June 29 main event in Las Vegas in place of the McGregor-Chandler match.

• Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders said he “experienced a health scare related to my heart” last weekend.

“It was unexpected and served as a reminder of the importance of staying vigilant about our physical well-being, even when we are feeling fine,” Sanders, 55, a former Detroit Lions great, said in a statement.

The Lions issued their own social media post saying, “Get well soon Barry.”