Lewis Hamilton has won his first race for Ferrari, securing Saturday’s Sprint victory from pole position following an early duel with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen at the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Hamilton got a great start to take the lead into turn one, and managed the gap to Verstappen, until the Dutchman was passed for second on lap 15 by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri into the back straight’s hairpin.

Ferrari’s new recruit was then able to stretch his legs all the way to his maiden Sprint win, with the Brit coming home almost 6.9 seconds ahead of Piastri — for eight points (nine overall) and a three-place jump to seventh in the standings.

“The last like five laps or something I was in a really pretty comfortable position,” Hamilton said.

Baseball: The Guardians locked up opening day starter Tanner Bibee with a five-year, $48 million contract, a deal that includes a team option for 2030 and could be worth $68 million over six seasons. ... The Royals confirmed Saturday they have acquired OF Mark Canha from the Brewers. ... Giants OF Jerar Encarnación will miss at least four weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand while attempting a diving catch on Friday.

Golf: Viktor Hovland was steady amid a wild day of charges and collapses at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., leaving him in a three-way tie for the lead at Innisbrook with two dozen players still very much in the mix. Jacob Bridgeman showed plenty of mettle as the 36-hole leader, falling four shots back at the turn and rallying for a 1-under 70 to share the lead with Hovland (69) and Nico Echavarria (66), who stand at 7-under 206.

Horse racing: Tiztastic galloped past three horses down the stretch to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by two lengths, earning the Steve Asmussen-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown.