National Sports

HAMILTON — Seth Small came up big for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. Small booted four field goals as Hamilton earned an important 18-14 home win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

EDMONTON — The dress rehearsals are over, and you can count Connor McDavid among those raring to get going for real.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Duncan Robinson scored 29 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 111-108 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Robinson shot 7 for 11 from the field, including 5 for 7 on 3-pointers.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Jodi Ewart Shadoff started out Friday as hot as she finished the day before at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She finally hit a few bumps, but not before expanding her lead with a 3-under 69.

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings spotted the Toronto Maple Leafs an early 2-0 lead, but managed to claw back and beat their longtime rival 4-2 in NHL pre-season action on Friday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mito Pereira of Chile led a parade of players from the International team at the Presidents Cup in the Shriners Children's Open on Friday, making birdie on half of his holes for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead.

TORONTO — A rough opening inning proved costly for ace Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The way Seattle starter Luis Castillo was pitching, there was no room for error.

TORONTO — Whit Merrifield has waited the better part of a decade to make his first appearance in a Major League Baseball playoff game.

TORONTO — Jersey-clad fans of all ages descended on downtown Toronto Friday afternoon to cheer on the Blue Jays in the opening game of the wild-card American League series.

ŁÓDŹ, Poland — Canada pushed host Poland to a fifth and deciding set at the FIVB Women's World Volleyball Championship on Friday, but ran out of gas much to the delight of 10,000 screaming fans in Lodz, Poland.