Will Smith hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning as the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers posted a three-game, season-opening sweep with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Freddie Freeman had three hits, including an RBI double, starter Tyler Glasnow went six strong innings and new Dodgers closer Edwin Diaz picked up his second save in two nights.

Smith’s second home run of the season came one batter after Mookie Betts worked a two-out walk in the eighth against Juan Morillo (0-1). Smith lined a 2-2 fastball over the wall in center for the lead on a night when all fans in attendance received a bobblehead representing his go-ahead home run in the 11th inning of Game 7 in last season’s World Series.

Corbin Carroll had a hit, an RBI and a run scored and Venezuela’s World Baseball Classic hero Eduardo Rodriguez gave up an unearned run over five-plus innings in a no-decision for the Diamondbacks. Rodriguez held Team USA scoreless over 4 1/3 innings in Venezuela’s WBC title-game victory earlier this month.

For the third consecutive game, the Diamondbacks took an early 2-0 lead. Carroll beat out an infield single in the first inning, on a play that was overruled to a hit on replay. Carroll went to second on a Geraldo Perdomo groundout and scored on a single by Pavin Smith.

Arizona added a second run in the third when Jorge Barrosa doubled, went to third on a Ketel Marte groundout and scored on a Carroll sacrifice fly.

The Diamondbacks also led 2-0 in the season opener against the Dodgers on Thursday and 2-0 in the third inning of Friday’s game.

Rodriguez was removed by Arizona manager Torey Lovullo after Kyle Tucker reached base on an error by first baseman Carlos Santana to lead off the sixth. Tucker stole second base with one out and scored on a two-out Freeman double against right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga.

Alex Vesia pitched a scoreless seventh for the Dodgers before Will Klein (1-0) tossed a scoreless eighth. Diaz entered in the ninth to his regular greeting of trumpets and ended the game on a perfect ninth inning.

–Field Level Media

Marta Suarez scored a career-high 33 points, Olivia Miles added 28 in a near triple-double and third-seeded TCU ended Virginia’s magical NCAA Tournament run with a 79-69 victory in the Sweet 16 on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif.

Miles had 10 rebounds and eight assists and Suarez had 10 rebounds for the Horned Frogs (32-5), who will make their second straight Elite Eight appearance when they meet Sacramento Region 4 top seed South Carolina on Monday.

Miles’ two free throws with 26 seconds left for a 77-69 lead clinched it. She is one of four Division I players with at least 600 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists in a season.

Paris Clark had 20 points and Kymora Johnson had 18 for the Cavaliers (22-12), the lowest seed to reach the Sweet 16 since 2022. Clara Silva had eight points and eight rebounds for TCU, which had a 38-27 edge on the boards and limited Virginia to 41% shooting.

No. 1 South Carolina 94, No. 4 Oklahoma 68

Ta’Niya Latson scored 28 points to help the Gamecocks defeat the Sooners in a Sweet 16 matchup in Sacramento.

Latson set the tone from the start, scoring eight points during the Gamecocks’ 10-0 run to start the game. South Carolina (34-3) will take on No. 3 seed TCU on Monday in the Elite Eight, seeking its sixth consecutive Final Four appearance.

Latson finished 7 of 11 from the floor with five assists. The Gamecocks shot 50.7% from the floor. Raven Johnson added 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and Tessa Johnson scored 14. For Oklahoma (26-8), which finished with a season-low nine assists, freshman Aaliyah Chavez led the way with 21 points.

No. 1 Texas 76, No. 5 Kentucky 54

Jordan Lee scored 18 and Madison Booker had 17 as the Longhorns knocked off the Wildcats in Fort Worth, Texas, and advanced to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season.

Texas (34-3) will take on Michigan, the No. 2 seed in Fort Worth Region 3, on Monday with a Final Four berth on the line. The Longhorns got a scare in the opening quarter when starting point guard Rori Harmon suffered a jammed right middle finger and went to the bench for a stretch. She finished the game with 11 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and six steals with just one turnover.

Kentucky (25-11) was led by Clara Strack, who scored 16 points, and Asia Boone with 11. Teonni Key nearly chipped in a double-double with 10 points, albeit on 2-of-8 shooting, and nine rebounds.

No. 2 Michigan 71, No. 3 Louisville 52

Olivia Olson scored eight of her 19 points in the third quarter to help the Wolverines pull away for a win over the Cardinals in a Fort Worth Region 3 semifinal.

Syla Swords scored 16 points, Te’Yala Delfosse added 10 with eight rebounds and Brooke Q. Daniels added nine boards for Michigan (28-6), which has reached the second Elite Eight in program history.

Elif Istanbulluoglu scored 18 points with seven rebounds and Reyna Scot added nine points for the Cardinals (29-8), who were playing in their 15th consecutive NCAA Tournament.

–Field Level Media

Jalen Green scored 31 points and made five 3-pointers, Devin Booker added 26 points and the host Phoenix Suns tied their season scoring high in a 134-109 blowout of the tanking Utah Jazz on Saturday.

Grayson Allen scored 19 points and Oso Ighodaro had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Suns (41-33), who had lost six of seven.

Green was 13 of 22 from the field, 5 of 11 from 3-point range, and had six rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes. Booker had eight assists.

Kyle Filipowski had 26 points and nine rebounds, Brice Sensabaugh scored 26 points and Svi Mykhailiuk scored all of his 14 points in the second half for the Jazz (21-54), who have lost five in a row and 17 of 20.

The Suns opened a 37-17 lead late in the first quarter and were never seriously threatened. They led 73-45 at the break, their largest halftime lead of the season, and were up by as many as 34.

Phoenix is 3 1/2 games behind Houston (44-29) for sixth place in the Western Conference. The top six teams avoid the play-in round, which features the seventh through 10th finishers.

Allen had four 3-pointers and the Suns went 17 of 53 from distance. They shot 50.0% from the field (52 of 104) and attempted more threes than twos (51).

The Suns have won 12 of the last 13 in the series, their only loss coming when Lauri Markkanen scored 51 points in the Jazz’s 138-134 overtime win Oct. 27.

Utah rookie Ace Bailey, who had averaged 23.7 points in his last six games, had 13 points, all in the second half.

Suns rookie center Khaman Maluach had 12 points and nine rebounds, one board short of his first double-double.

Green made three of the Suns’ eight 3-pointers in the first quarter and Allen and Royce O’Neale had two apiece. Rasheer Fleming’s three made it 37-17 with 1:28 left in the period, which ended 39-21 and set the tone.

The Suns played without starters Dillon Brooks (hand) and Mark Williams (foot). Isaiah Collier (hamstring) and leading scorers Keyonte George (hamstring) and Markkanen (hip) were unavailable for Utah.

–Field Level Media