National Sports

PHILADELPHIA — Zach Eflin struck out nine in a four-hitter, Bryce Harper hit another homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — HFX Wanderers forward Akeem Garcia and midfielders Marco Bustos of Pacific FC and Kyle Bekker of Forge FC are finalists for the Canadian Premier League Player of the Year Award.

Toronto FC expects to play six regular-season games at its home away from home in East Hartford, Conn.

VANCOUVER — Ranko Veselinovic has pinballed around North America during his brief tenure with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

EDMONTON — It's not only two American Sunbelt teams facing off Saturday in the NHL's Stanley Cup final, it's also a matchup of two head coaches who once worked together, but with the student now trying to outshine the mentor.

SALZBURG, Austria — Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith rallied from a 5-1 deficit to edge Fallon Sherrock 6-5 Friday in first-round play at the 300,000-pound ($511,7260) Bwin World Series of Darts Finals.

FORT ERIE, Ont. — It seems a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown is on Mighty Heart's radar. The Queen's Plate winner was among nine horses nominated for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.

Rugby Canada has added former Canadian international Phil Mack to its coaching staff. Mack, who turned 35 on Friday, joins the coaching staff of the Rugby Canada men's development academy in Langford, B.C.

ROME — Canada's Denis Shapovalov is heading to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. The No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., rallied to beat world No.

The Canadian Premier League's Island Games wrap up in Charlottetown on Saturday with Forge FC bidding to defend its title against a HFX Wanderers side looking to go from worst to first.