HOCKEY
The Maine Mariners begin their ECHL first-round playoff series on Friday night against the Reading Royals of Pennsylvania, starting a best-of-seven series that could include five games in a six-day stretch.
Reading grabbed home-ice advantage for the North Division semifinals with a win Saturday night, knocking off No. 1 Maine. 3 seeds. The Royals will host Games 1 and 2 on Friday and Saturday before the series shifts to Portland. Assuming no team sweeps the series, Games 3, 4 and 5 will be played on consecutive days – April 24-26 – at the Cross Insurance Arena.
Games 6 and 7, if necessary, return to Pennsylvania on April 29-30.
BASEBALL
EASTERN LEAGUE: Five New Hampshire pitchers combined for a six-hitter as the Fisher Cats ended a three-game winning streak over the Portland Sea Dogs with a 3-2 victory in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Nick Yorke hit his first home run of the season for the Sea Dogs. Niko Kavadas drove in Portland’s other run with one out in the eighth.
TENNIS
MONTE CARLO MASTERS: Andrey Rublev rallied from 4-1 down in the final set to defeat Holger Rune 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in Monaco for the first Masters title of his career.
SOCCER
ENGLAND: Arsenal conceded two more goals to draw 2-2 at West Ham, leaving the Premier League leaders with just a four-point advantage over Manchester City, who have played one less game.
A week after drawing Liverpool to the same score, Mikel Arteta’s side were held by relegation-fighting West Ham at the London Stadium.
Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard scored for Arsenal, but West Ham responded with a Said Benrahma penalty and another goal from Jarrod Bowen.
• Antony scored one goal and set up another, and Manchester United moved into third place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
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