Stanford to host NCAA baseball regional

Stanford was named a regional host in the NCAA baseball postseason, which begins Friday.

The national seeds and schedule won’t be finalized until Monday, but the No. 8 Cardinal (40-14) will host a double elimination regional that could play through next Monday.

In rowing, Cal’s women’s varsity eight placed third and the Bears finished the NCAA championships in West Windsor, N.J. Washington won the NCAA title, which was the Pac-12’s 500th national title, most of any conference.

The Stanford men’s golf team was eliminated at the NCAA championships in Sugar Grove, Ill.

Cardinal senior Maverick McNealy, playing in his final college tournament, also shot 74 and finished at 5-over.

In men’s tennis, Stanford’s Tom Fawcett lost 6-3, 6-2 to Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski in the NCAA semifinals in Athens, Ga.

The Houston Astros placed right-hander Charlie Morton on the 10-day DL with a strained muscle in the right side of his back.

Soccer: A United States team reduced to 10 men won Group F of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Daejeon, South Korea.

Cal goalkeeper Johnathan Klinsmann made a big second-half save and Brooks Lennon’s first-half goal secured the vital point for the U.S. to set up a second-round matchup with New Zealand on Thursday.