Sports digest: Puerto Rico overcomes late 3-0 deficit, ousts Italy in World Baseball Classic

With the score tied and two outs, Alex Rios kept running from second base. He scored the go-ahead run without a play, and Puerto Rico rallied to oust Italy from the World Baseball Classic with a 4-3 win Wednesday in Miami.

The Puerto Ricans overcame a 3-0 deficit by scoring once in the sixth inning and three times in the eighth.

Rios crossed the plate standing up for the final run on Andy Gonzalez's grounder to shortstop, which Jack Santora backhanded before throwing wide to first for an infield hit.

Puerto Rico advanced to Friday's game against Thursday's winner between the United States and Dominican Republic

In the eighth, Carlos Beltran led off with a walk, took third on a Yadier Molina single and scored on Mike Aviles' ground out. Rios' single put runners at the corners, and Rios took second when Luis Figueroa hit a sacrifice fly.

Detroit released former Cal outfielder Brennan Boesch. He'll receive 30 days' termination pay, $377,049, rather than his $2.3 million salary. Also, Toronto released former Bears first baseman David Cooper.

Milwaukee and outfielder Carlos Gomez, 27, agreed to a new $28.3 million, four-year deal.

Winter sports

class="bodytext">Two-time defending champion Patrick Chan of Canada set a scoring record for the short program (98.37 points) at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario. American Max Aaron, who knocked his head against the boards when he fell during warm-ups, was eighth (78.20). Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the pairs short program. Americans Alexa Scimeca and Christopher Knierim were 12th.

Former champion Mitch Seavey, 53, won the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of the test of endurance. Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line with a time was nine days, 7 hours and 39 minutes. Aliy Zirkle, last year's runner-up, finished 24 minutes after her rival. Seavey won $50,400 and a 2013 Dodge Ram.

Fog canceled racing at Lenzerheide, Switzerrland, giving Lindsey Vonn her sixth straight World Cup downhill title. Five weeks ago, Vonn suffered a season-ended knee injury. She finished a point ahead of overall champion Tina Maze. Vonn raced in five of the seven downhills, winning twice.

College basketball

Tony Snell scored 15 points, and No. 15 New Mexico (27-5) led from start to finish, defeating Wyoming 59-46 in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals in Las Vegas.

James Southerland had 20 points as No. 19 Syracuse (24-8) posted a 75-63 win over Seton Hall (15-18) in the Big East tournament in New York. Also, Pat Connaughton scored 21 points and Notre Dame (24-8) beat Rutgers 69-61.

Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel is "doing fine" after surgery on his left knee, coach John Calipari said. Noel's rehab is expected to take six to eight months.

Former NBA star Michael Cooper resigned as USC's women's coach after an 11-20 season.

Tennis

Defending champion Roger Federer rallied for a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 win over Swiss countryman Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Maria Kirilenko ousted Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the women's semifinals.