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Digest: Kaiden Dinh hits walk-off single, Iowa beats Rhode Island in LLWS

Iowa celebrates after Kaiden Dinh, bottom left, drilled a walk-off single. (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)
From staff and wire reports

Little league: Kaiden Dinh hit a walk-off single and Johnston, Iowa, rallied past Warwick, Rhode Island, 3-2 on Tuesday in an elimination game of the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Miles Risley led off the bottom of the sixth inning by reaching on an error and Michael Siemer blooped a single into right field to put runners on the corners with one out. Then Jack Emanuel walked to load the bases.

After Rhode Island starter Colin Lemieux left due to a pitch limit, Josh Larson hit the first pitch to tie it at 2-2. On the next pitch, Dinh singled through the same hole on the left side to win it.

Iowa will face Tennessee in the quarterfinals, as Zach McWilliams allowed four hits and one earned run over 4 1/3 innings, Tyler Jones hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Goodlettsville, Tennessee, beat Chula Vista, California, 4-2.

In the other two elimination games, Clayton Campbell pitched a complete game and struck out 14 to help Australia beat Curacao 2-1 and Victor Juarez and three relievers combined to allow one hit and no earned runs in Mexico’s 7-1 win over Canada.

Ryota Endo allowed just four hits and one earned run in five innings and had one RBI to help Tokyo, Japan, beat San Antonio, Texas, 6-1 in a consolation game.

ND’s Butler charged with two felonies

College football: An alleged tackle off the field could land Notre Dame senior cornerback Devin Butler in jail.

St. Joseph County (Ind.) prosecutors formally charged Butler on Tuesday with two felonies: resisting law enforcement and battery of an officer. Butler allegedly tackled officer Aaron Knepper and hit him several times in the stomach and side outside of a South Bend, Indiana, bar early Saturday, according to a police affidavit.

Both felonies are Level 6 and could result in up to 2 1/2 years in prison if Butler is convicted. His arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly suspended Butler indefinitely from the team Sunday.

Clemson coach made impermissible call: Clemson’s athletic department reported 15 violations to the NCAA in the past year, including three by the defending Atlantic Coast Conference football champions.

The school released its infractions report after an open records request by The Associated Press.

None of the violations is considered serious. All but one of them is classified as a Level III infraction.

South Carolina reports 22 NCAA, SEC infractions: South Carolina’s athletic department reported 23 violations of NCAA or Southeastern Conference rules in the past year, nine involving the football team.

All but one of the infractions were classified as Level III and outlined by the NCAA as violations isolated or limited in nature; provide no more than a minimal recruiting, competitive or other advantage; and do not include more than a minimal impermissible benefit.

Prosecutor doesn’t believe Sandusky accuser: A former Pennsylvania prosecutor testified he does not believe a man who reached a settlement with Penn State over a molestation claim is the same person seen by a witness being abused by Jerry Sandusky in a university football team shower.

Joe McGettigan, a former prosecutor who is now a lawyer in private practice, took the stand as the final witness during three days of testimony in Sandusky’s bid for dismissal of charges or a new trial.

McGettigan said his opinion about the man who claims to be the person described as Victim 2 in court records is based on changes in the man’s story, that he appears too old to be the boy in the shower and that he did not provide certain details to investigators until after the man who witnessed the attack had given his own story in open court.

Roma misses out on Champions League

Soccer: Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff.

Roma had drawn the first leg 1-1 after Thomas Vermaelen was sent off and it was again made to pay for poor discipline as Daniele De Rossi was dismissed in the 39th minute and Emerson Palmieri, followed him five minutes after halftime.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, Roma pushed hard but could not cancel out Felipe Augusto’s early opener and two goals in as many minutes from Miguel Layun and Jesus Corona sealed matters.

Monaco beat Villarreal 1-0 to advance to the 32-team group-stage draw in Monaco on Thursday following a 3-1 aggregate victory. Celtic also squeezed through despite a 2-0 loss to Champions League newcomer Hapoel Beer Sheva, after winning the first leg 5-2.

There was no fairytale for Irish side Dundalk after a 1-1 draw at 10-man Legia Warsaw, which progressed 3-1 on aggregate to reach the group stage for the first time in 21 years. Ludogorets Razgrad drew 2-2 at Viktoria Plzen to advance 4-2 on aggregate.

Tennessee seeks help in Title IX lawsuit

Miscellany: Tennessee is paying a former adviser to Gov. Bill Haslam to assist in “communications strategies” with the lawyers representing the school in a Title IX lawsuit that has since been settled.

According to a letter obtained through a public records request, Tennessee agreed to hire a “communications professional” who would work from March 2016 through February 2017 and “the maximum liability of the University shall be $240,000.”

Although the letter didn’t identify the communications professional, Tom Ingram of Ingram Group confirmed he was the one hired. Ingram is a former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and ran campaigns for Haslam, Alexander and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker.

Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement in July with eight unidentified women who sued the school.

Top-seed Radwanska advances at Connecticut Open: Top-seed Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the Connecticut Open.

The fourth-ranked player in the world trailed 4-5 and faced a set point before taking control of the match.

Olympic doubles champions Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia became the first players to advance to the third round of the singles competition.

Vesnina was leading Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 1-0 when the 20-year-old Estonian withdrew with a left thigh injury. Makarova beat qualifier Anatasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-3, 6-2.

Belgian Kirsten Flipkens added to an already memorable summer by beating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

Flipkens, who upset Venus Williams at the Olympics, had lost in the second round of qualifying in New Haven. But she was moved into the main draw after Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko withdrew earlier in the day with a right knee injury.