LOS ANGELES -- Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried exited Tuesday's start against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second inning after taking a line drive off his pitching hand.

X-rays came back negative and revealed that Fried suffered a contusion on his left hand.

Fried, born and raised in nearby Santa Monica, California, couldn't dodge an 86 mph line drive off the bat of Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo to begin the bottom of the second.

The left-hander threw two warm-up pitches, then gave way to reliever Josh Tomlin.

Fried entered the game with a 2.11 ERA in 38⅓ innings this season but allowed three runs in the first Tuesday night.

Roger Federer's first match on clay in almost three years ended with a rapid win over France's Richard Gasquet at the Madrid Open.

The Swiss, 37, took 53 minutes to win 6-2 6-3 against the world number 39.

Gasquet, playing his first tournament of the year following a groin injury, did not look fully fit.

Nevertheless, the 20-time Grand Slam champion was at his ruthless best, delighting a mesmerised Caja Magica with a majestic display.

"It's been a special night for me to come back and play here," fourth seed Federer said.

"I was very calm all day waiting for the match, sometimes nerves can come up when you're waiting all day but only felt them when I started talking about tactics.

"They went away and I played a great match."

Federer was making his return to the red dirt for the first time since losing to Austria's Dominic Thiem at the 2016 Rome Masters, having missed that year's French Open with a back injury and sitting out the past two clay-court swings to preserve his body.

The Swiss is a three-time champion in Madrid and received a huge ovation from the Caja Magica crowd, which included Brazilian footballing great Ronaldo, when he arrived on the court.

And the Madrid fans - many of whom perhaps thought they would not see Federer here again - noisily rose to their feet again after he wrapped up a straightforward win.

Tougher tests will come for the 2009 French Open champion, who goes on to meet France's Gael Monfils or Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, however.

Gasquet was playing his first tournament since October and instantly came under pressure in his opening service game, handing over the break with a framed backhand.

The Frenchman looked ponderous and awkward at times, but shook off some early nerves with an overhead to get on the board for 3-1.

Successive drop shots from the baseline gave Federer a set point after just 23 minutes - and left the crowd purring - as the Swiss broke again when Gasquet could not execute a drop shot of his own.

The second set was a much tighter contest, Gasquet holding serve until 4-3, when Federer pounced again to move within a hold of the match and then clinch a routine win.

ROSSBURG, Ohio – Eldora Speedway is the proud home of many unprecedented events on the racing calendar each year.

This weekend marks one of those as the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series compete on the same night at the same venue for the only time during the season.

#LetsRaceTwo has quickly established its status as a can’t miss event, and May 10-11 brings that notion to reality for the fifth consecutive spring.

Brady Bacon and Chris Windom won the most recent #LetsRaceTwo events a year ago at Eldora.  For each, it was their second career victory at the half-mile, high-banked dirt oval.

Bacon was victorious back in 2014 while Windom picked up a win in 2013. For both Bacon and Windom last year, the Eldora scores marked their first victories of the season.

Thus far in 2019, both have already enjoyed the spoils of victory, with Windom notching the opener at Florida’s Bubba Raceway Park in February while Bacon triumphed in the series’ most recent event in April at Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway.

Bacon and Windom are among five past #LetsRaceTwo USAC winners expected for this weekend’s lineup.  Californians Justin Grant and Robert Ballou are the winningest drivers in the race’s history with two apiece.

If you’re into statistical oddities, in odd numbered years of the event in 2015 and 2017, Grant and Ballou have swept the event.

Grant has won on three occasions at Eldora, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, while Ballou has won five times, equaling Darland for the most among active drivers.

Ballou won his first three career USAC features at Eldora, twice in 2007 and again in 2010, before reeling off a pair in 2015 and 2017. Grant captured his latest victory in the second race of the season in Ocala. Ballou finished a season-best fifth in the Ocala opener.

Chad Boespflug was dominant in his #LetsRaceTwo win during a breakout 2016 season.  The 2016 USAC Most Improved Driver has had a resurgence in the early season, finishing fourth with USAC in Ocala and also winning the Kokomo sprint car portion of the Kokomo Grand Prix in April.

Of all the expected entrants for this weekend, no driver has more Eldora USAC victories than Indiana’s Dave Darland. The 1999 series champ has won in USAC Sprint Car competition at Eldora in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2012 and 2014, not to mention his five USAC midget wins and four USAC Silver Crown victories there.

Tyler Courtney is the most recent USAC sprint car winner at Eldora, taking last fall’s 4-Crown Nationals. He’s won in all three USAC National divisions over the last couple of seasons at Eldora, winning in a Silver Crown car there in 2017 and in a midget in 2018.

The defending series champ has yet to reach victory lane with the USAC sprint cars thus far in 2019, but has finished third, third and fourth in his last three outings.

C.J. Leary came oh-so-close to winning the first ever #LetsRaceTwo event in 2015, leading until the final lap when Grant got by to snare the win. The Greenfield, Ind., driver has more than redeemed himself over the years at Eldora, winning his first there in a USAC sprint Car in the fall of 2017, then adding a victory in the Silver Crown division last September.

Leary has already won once this season, picking up the finale in Ocala back in February.

Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall was the Eldora hero in 2006 when he won his first and, so far only, AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series feature. The versatile driver has made three starts with the series in 2019.

There’s a handful of drivers near the top of the standings who’ve yet to drive to Eldora Speedway victory lane in a USAC sprint car, namely series point leader Kevin Thomas Jr.  Impressively, he hasn’t finished outside the top-five in four starts this year, including three runner-up finishes.

Third in points is Chase Stockon who has two fourths and two eighths in four outings this season. Jason McDougal has only one career USAC sprint start at Eldora, which came last fall.

Of note, McDougal has shown he can get around Eldora, with his Silver Crown debut that same night resulting in a fourth-place finish.

Among a few of the other top guns expected to compete include Ocala fast timers Carson Short and Timmy Buckwalter; as well as Isaac Chapple, who grabbed a career-best third-place finish last fall at Eldora; and Dallas Hewitt, who nearly pulled off his first career USAC sprint win during #LetsRaceTwo in 2017 by finishing second behind Grant.

In addition to #LetsRaceTwo festivities, Friday’s portion of the event marks the 35th running of the Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic.

Dave Peperak won the first in 1981, but in recent years the event has been captured by the likes of Ballou (2007, 2010), Darland (2014), Grant (2015, 2017), the late Bryan Clauson (2016) and Bacon (2018).

It has all come down to Game 7 on Tuesday night for the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars in the Western Conference semifinals. We debate the key factors that will determine the outcome and make our picks.

Who or what will be the X factor for Game 7 of Stars-Blues, and who ya got?

Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: I'm taking Dallas. I don't want to. I picked the Blues in this series and to emerge from the West, and my postseason prognostications have been so putrid that I really don't need any more red on my ledger. But Ben Bishop is the X factor:

• Bishop is on the road, where he has been great: a .931 save percentage in the regular season, and having given up two or fewer goals in four of six playoff road games.

• Bishop is playing after a loss; he's 3-1 in the postseason following a loss, with a .937 save percentage.

• Bishop is playing in a Game 7, where he's 2-0 with two shutouts.

And couldn't you see the ultimate story here being the collarbone incident in Game 6 followed by a Game 7 win? Plus, the Blues have been weirdly ordinary at home in the playoffs: 2-4, including two losses to Dallas in this series. So I would like to be wrong here, as the Blues are my pick. But it's hard to ignore what the Stars have going for them in Game 7.

Emily Kaplan, national NHL reporter: I'm picking the St. Louis Blues. The X factor that's going to make or break them? Special teams, an area where the Stars have had a clear edge so far. Dallas has been short-handed 20 times in this series for a total of 33:45 -- most of any second-round team -- and has killed off 90 percent of penalties. The Blues looked like they were making some power-play adjustments in Game 6. Despite going 0-for-5, I think they can break through in Game 7. Just as important is stopping the Stars' power play, which has gone 4-for-14 (28.6 percent, also best among second-round teams). Show proficiency in either one of those areas, and I see St. Louis prevailing.

Chris Peters, NHL draft and prospects writer: Seeing as I'm 0-for-the playoffs in predictions, I apologize to Blues fans for picking them in this Game 7. The X factor is Ryan O'Reilly, who has really not seemed to be himself in these playoffs. The big forward was a big reason the team made it to the postseason at all, given his career-high 77 points and solid all-around play since being traded to St. Louis last summer. In this series, O'Reilly has looked mostly fine for stretches, but one wonders if the adrenaline of a Game 7 could cure what ails him, if he is indeed playing through something. With the Blues able to play the matchups a bit more to their favor on home ice in Game 7, the stars are aligning to set up O'Reilly for a big breakout after posting five assists in the series so far.

Dimitri Filipovic, hockey analytics writer: I picked the Stars to win in seven before the series, so I have to stick with that at this point. It's a bit of a cop-out to say that the goaltending will be the deciding factor of a hockey game, but in this particular case it really is warranted because Ben Bishop's play has been the ultimate barometer for the Stars' chances of winning. In the three games they've won in this series, he has stopped 97 of the 102 shots he has faced (.951 save percentage). In the three games they've lost, he has stopped just 63 of the 74 shots the Blues have thrown at him (.851 save percentage). He has been nothing short of outstanding all season for them, fully earning his nomination as a Vezina Trophy finalist. Dallas will go as far as he'll take them, and assuming he's good to go following his injury scare in Game 6, the Stars will need at least one more gem from him in what will surely be a tense, tightly contested elimination game with little margin for error.

Ben Arledge, associate NHL editor: I originally took the Blues in seven, and they are coming off a big win facing elimination. And they are probably the better team on paper. And they are at home. There isn't a whole lot of reasoning for a change at this point, so let's ride with St. Louis. There are two big X factors here. First, Bishop's shoulder. He caught a Colton Parayko rocket off his collarbone in Game 6 and didn't finish the contest. The mere fact that he left the game worries me a bit, as it seems to suggest something more serious than a stinger, but it's equally likely the club was just playing it safe given the three-goal deficit. And while Anton Khudobin has been terrific this season in his own right, the Stars need Bishop at 100 percent to win, for the reasons outlined by Dimitri above. Second, I'd keep an eye on Mats Zuccarello. Despite skating somewhere between two to four minutes less per game than the other offensive catalysts on the Dallas side, the diminutive Norwegian has seven assists in the series. If Dallas is going to win this, he's going play a part, even if it's behind the scenes. He has plenty of playoff experience from his days with the New York Rangers, and knows what it takes to win a Game 7.

Down 3-0 after the first leg at the Camp Nou, Liverpool did the unthinkable at Anfield, turning around the tie with four answered goals in one of the greatest comebacks the Champions League has ever seen.

With a three-goal deficit and without two of their famed front three in Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino (both injured), Liverpool got two goals apiece from Divock Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum to shock Lionel Messi and Barcelona and reach the Champions League final.

Here's how social media reacted to the latest -- and maybe most improbable -- in a long line of magical European nights at Anfield...

A MIRACLE IN ANFIELD!

Down 3-0, Liverpool come back to defeat Barcelona and reach the Champions League Final for the second straight year ? pic.twitter.com/Ftx5Xl6f5t

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 7, 2019

Hard to argue with this quote after watching that performance from Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and the fans at Anfield.

"Here is one thing everyone inside Anfield knows, including our opponents. This Liverpool never stops. This Liverpool never quits. This Liverpool gives everything at all times." ❤️ pic.twitter.com/0ELb61N8Ab

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 7, 2019

Mo Salah believed.

We never do, Mo! ?#AllezAllezAllez pic.twitter.com/B0oTiXWRc7

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 7, 2019

Count investor Lebron James in among those who were captivated by Liverpool's comeback.

??‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ AMAZING NIGHT FOR THE REDS. WOW‼️‼️ #YNWA❤️ https://t.co/n9tuwtaj8z

— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 7, 2019

BT Sport brings up a good point: Where does this comeback rank among Liverpool's greatest?

2005: Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan

2016: Liverpool 4-3 Dortmund

2019: Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona

This. Club. Does. Comebacks. pic.twitter.com/y52v9Hh8Tz

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 7, 2019

Seven percent chance of advancing... tell that to Liverpool!

How unlikely was Liverpool's comeback?

- Barcelona was -3000 to reach the final, according to Westgate

- FiveThirtyEight's Soccer Power Index gave Liverpool a 7% chance to advance

- They didn't have their 1st and 3rd-leading scorers from the last 2 years (Salah & Firmino). pic.twitter.com/qHD3IjY1Mm

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 7, 2019

Let's check in with some of the heroes from the night...

Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history to beat Barcelona 4-0 on Tuesday, overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit and advancing to their second successive final with a 4-3 aggregate victory.

Two goals each from stand-in forward Divock Origi and halftime substitute Georginio Wijnaldum left Lionel Messi and Barcelona utterly shell-shocked by a Liverpool performance full of passion, belief and determination.

Juergen Klopp's side will play the winner of Wednesday's other semi-final between Ajax Amsterdam and Tottenham Hotspur, with the Dutch side leading 1-0 from the first-leg in London.

"Unbelievable. I don't think many people gave us a chance," said Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson.

"Before the game we knew that it would be difficult but it was still possible of course. It's amazing. We knew that at Anfield we could do something special."

Liverpool become only the third team in the history of the European Cup or Champions League to come from three goals down after the first leg of a semi-final and progress after Panathinaikos in 1970-71 and Barcelona themselves in 1985-86.

For Barca, who went out to on away goals to AS Roma in the quarter-finals last year after winning the first-leg 4-1, it was a bitter night that will raise many questions for coach Ernesto Valverde.

Messi, whose two goals in the first leg had given his team a seemingly comfortable advantage, was unable to make his influence on the game count with an away goal that would have been decisive.

Liverpool, without two thirds of their strike force with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino injured, took a seventh-minute lead when a poor headed clearance from Jordi Alba fell at the feet of Jordan Henderson, who burst goalwards.

His low shot was parried out by Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen but straight to Origi who slotted home.

Barca had openings in the first half but when Messi twice got space around the box he fired wide of the target and when Jordi Alba burst goalwards just before halftime, Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker was out quickly to nullify the danger.

Yet the game took a remarkable turn following the introduction of Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum for the injured left back Andy Robertson, at the break.

The Dutchman drove home a low cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold, which Barca keeper Ter Stegen should have saved, to make it 2-0 in the 54th minute.

Two minutes later Wijnaldum rose to meet a Xherdan Shaqiri cross with a powerful header to make it 3-3 on aggregate.

Liverpool then grabbed an extraordinary fourth goal with a quickly-taken corner from Alexander-Arnold, catching the Barca defence asleep with a low ball that was turned in at the near post by Origi.

That sent Anfield wild but then Klopp's side suddenly found themselves needing to switch mindset and defend a lead as Barca slipped, belatedly, into their trademark possession game.

Yet with Virgil Van Dijk and Joel Matip outstanding in the centre of defence and Brazilian Fabinho making some crucial interventions in midfield, Liverpool held on for one of their most famous wins.

Klopp's side, who lost to Real Madrid in last year's final in Kiev, remain in with a chance of a double triumph as they head into Sunday's final round of Premier League games trailing leaders Manchester City by just a point.

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Paul George underwent rotator cuff surgery to repair a partially torn tendon in his right shoulder Tuesday and will miss at least the start of preseason training camp, league sources told ESPN.

Along with George -- who will also soon have a procedure done to correct a small tear in the labrum of his left shoulder -- All-Star guard Russell Westbrook had a procedure done to repair a torn ligament in a finger on his left hand, league sources said.

Before the injury in late February, George had been considered an MVP front-runner and a Defensive Player of the Year candidate. He is expected to make a full recovery, although it won't be until the preseason when the Thunder next address a time frame for his return.

Westbrook played the final six weeks of the season with the injury to the fourth metacarpal of his non-shooting hand, sources said. Westbrook had been taping and treating the finger throughout the final weeks of the regular season and playoffs but never disclosed the injury to the public.

He also had a minor procedure on his surgically repaired right knee Tuesday -- described as proactive maintenance -- that will allow him time to still have an aggressive summer of preparation for next season, sources said.

George and Westbrook played with the injuries in the final weeks of the Thunder's season, when a promising 3-seed in the Western Conference playoff race culminated with them finishing sixth and losing in the first round to the Portland Trail Blazers.

George injured his right shoulder against the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 26, though he suggested at the team's exit interviews two weeks ago that he had been dealing earlier with a shoulder issue.

George missed three games, returning after a week only to then hurt his left shoulder, though he didn't miss any time because of it. Surgery on his right shoulder was an option at that time, but without a risk of further damage or injury, George elected to play through it and address it after the season. He received regular treatment, including the use of a massive heating wrap while he sat on the bench during games.

His shoulder issues certainly played a part in the way the Thunder's season derailed the way it did. On the morning of Feb. 26, the Thunder were 38-21, third in the Western Conference, and George was a leading candidate for MVP. Prior to the injury, he was averaging 28.7 points per game on 45.1 percent shooting, including 40.3 percent from 3 on 9.6 attempts, self-admittedly playing the best basketball of his career.

After the injury, the Thunder went 11-12 with George playing far more inconsistent, averaging 26.1 points per game on 39.7 percent shooting, including 33.8 percent from 3 on 10.4 attempts.

"I think it came at a terrible time, especially [because] the team was rolling," George said in his season-ending news conference. "We were playing good. I was holding up pretty, pretty, pretty good. I just thought it came at the wrong time, honestly. But again, I've never made no excuses on it. I was dealing with it for a long time throughout the season. It just got worse and worse as it went on.

"... Injuries are part of the game," he added. "I've missed a season being hurt, so I was able to -- the training staff assured me I was fine to play through it, and I will be fine going forward. I'd had no other thought in my mind but to be out there and play and ride it out with my guys."

George aggravated his right shoulder right before the postseason. In the second-to-last game of the regular season, George was skying for a baseline dunk against the Houston Rockets but had his right arm grabbed on the way up. He stayed in and eventually hit a game-winning 3 with a couple seconds left. Unable to lift his arm the next day, George sat out the regular-season finale against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Before Game 1 against the Blazers, George went four days without shooting a basketball and was said to not be able to lift his right arm until the day of the game. He played through the injury in the series, getting routine treatment and adding black KT tape on both shoulders during games. He averaged 28.6 points on 43.6 percent shooting, including 31.9 percent from 3, for the series but closed out strong with 36 points on 14-of-20 shooting.

Westbrook's knee issues originated in 2013 when Patrick Beverley ran into him during the first round of the playoffs. Westbrook suffered a torn meniscus and underwent surgery for a full repair. He went almost five years without any surgeries on his knee before having another scope in September, which caused him to miss all of training camp and the first two games of the regular season.

He averaged a triple-double for the third consecutive season (22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and a league-leading 10.7 assists). Westbrook averaged nearly two steals per game -- which was fourth in the NBA -- while pairing with George to lead the Thunder into becoming one of the league's best defensive teams during the regular season.

The Washington Nationals reinstated third baseman Anthony Rendon from the 10-day injured list and recalled right-handed pitcher Erick Fedde from Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday.

Rendon missed a total of 14 games with a left elbow contusion suffered when he was hit by a pitch on April 20. Prior to suffering the injury, Rendon was in the midst of a 17-game hitting streak.

The Nationals also optioned infielder Carter Kieboom to Triple-A Fresno and placed left-handed pitcher Tony Sipp on the 10-day injured list with a strained oblique.