Sports Briefs May 17, 2010
Golf
Australia's Adam Scott made the Texas Open his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a combined 11-under 133 in a 36-hole finale Sunday to edge Fredrik Jacobson by a stroke in San Antonio.
The 2008 Byron Nelson Classic winner, Scott overcame two early bogeys with an eagle on the par-4 17th in his third-round 66, then built his lead with six birdies en route to a closing 67 on the new Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio.
Scott survived a closing bogey - his only one in the final round - when Jacobson missed a 16-footer from the fringe on No. 18 that would've forced a playoff.
• Se Ri Pak ended a three-year LPGA Tour victory drought, beating Brittany Lincicome with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff after rain washed out the fourth round of the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala.
• Dan Forsman won the Regions Charity Classic for his second Champions Tour title, making an eagle and four consecutive birdies on the front nine on his way to a three-stroke victory over Joe Ozaki and Peter Senior in Hoover, Ala.
American League
Angels 4, Athletics 0: Joel Pineiro pitched a three-hitter for his sixth career shutout, Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer and Los Angeles beat Oakland in Anaheim, Calif.
Twins 6, Yankees 3: Jason Kubel hit a stunning grand slam off Mariano Rivera with two outs in the eighth inning and visiting Minnesota beat New York.
Tigers 5, Red Sox 1: Ramon Santiago hit a two-run homer to help host Detroit past Boston.
Indians 5, Orioles 1: Jake Westbrook worked around nine hits and visiting Cleveland beat Baltimore.
Royals 5, White Sox 3: Jose Guillen drove in three runs and host Kansas City beat Chicago.
Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2: Jose Bautista homered for the third time in two games and host Toronto beat Texas.
National League
Dodgers 1, Padres 0: Russell Martin's sixth-inning RBI single lifted visiting Los Angeles over San Diego.
Giants 4, Astros 3: Aaron Rowand hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth and host San Francisco beat Houston.
Rockies 2, Nationals 1: At Denver, Brad Hawpe hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth, and Colorado beat Washington.
Reds 7, Cardinals 2: Scott Rolen homered and drove in three runs to help host Cincinnati past St. Louis.
Cubs 4, Pirates 3: Pinch-hitter Xavier Nady lined a go-ahead single in the eighth inning and host Chicago beat Pittsburgh.
Marlins 10, Mets 8: At Miami, pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan hit a three-run homer in the seventh and Florida beat New York.
Braves 13, Diamondbacks 1: Martin Prado hit two home runs to lead host Atlanta over Arizona.
Phillies 4, Brewers 2: Cole Hamels pitched into the seventh inning despite giving up back-to-back home runs and Philadelphia extended Milwaukee's misery at home by completing a three-game sweep.
Hockey
Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings had a hat trick, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin added his fifth goal in five games and unbeaten Russia cruised into the ice hockey world championship quarterfinals with a 6-1 victory over Denmark in Cologne, Germany.
The two-time defending champions improved to 4-0 and lead Group E with 12 points. Russia, a record 25-time champion, also extended its worlds winning streak to 23 games, dating to a 2-1 overtime loss against Finland in 2007.
Tennis
Rafael Nadal improved to 15-0 on clay this season and won a record 18th Madrid Masters title, beating top-ranked Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the final.
Auto racing
Mark Webber won the Monaco Grand Prix from the pole to lead a Red Bull 1-2 finish on the famous street circuit.
Webber's fourth career win moved him top of the Formula One standings ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel, who overtook Robert Kubica of Renault at the start and finished 0.4 seconds behind.
- The Associated Press