Sports Briefs April 23, 2012
Golf
Ben Curtis won the PGA's Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2006, holding off Matt Every and John Huh in a tense back-nine finish for a two-stroke victory in San Antonio.
Curtis birdied the par-5 18th for an even-par 72 and 9-under total.
• Michael Allen and David Frost shot a better-ball 10-under-par 62 for 29-under 187 and a one-stroke victory over John Cook and Joey Sindelar in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf championship in Savannah, Ga.
Baseball
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Rangers 3, Tigers 2: Alberto Gonzalez's squeeze bunt turned into an RBI single in the 11th to lead Texas past Detroit.
Blue Jays 5, Royals 3: Brett Lawrie stole home and drove in two runs to lead Toronto at Kansas City.
Rays 6, Twins 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Desmond Jennings homered as Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.
Orioles 3, Angels 2, 10 inn.: At Anaheim, Calif., Nick Markakis hit a run-scoring single in the 10th to lead Baltimore over Los Angeles.
Athletics 5, Indians 1: Seth Smith hit a two-run homer to help host Oakland beat Cleveland.
New York Yankees at Boston, ppd., rain: No makeup date was announced.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Astros 12, Dodgers 0: Jordan Schafer hit his first career grand slam and host Houston romped past Los Angeles.
Diamondbacks 6, Braves 4: At Phoenix, Gerardo Parr's grand slam helped Arizona beat Atlanta.
Cardinals 5, Pirates 1: Kyle Lohse scattered six hits while pitching into the eighth to lead St. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Rockies 4, Brewers 1: Michael Cuddyer lined a two-run double in the eighth to help Colorado at Milwaukee.
Reds 4, Cubs 3: Johnny Cueto threw 6 1/3 strong innings to lead Cincinnati at Chicago.
Padres 6, Phillies 1: Nick Hundley homered, tripled and drove in four runs and host San Diego beat Philadelphia.
San Francisco at New York Mets, ppd., rain: The game between the Giants and Mets will be made up today as part of a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
Miami at Washingon, ppd, rain: No makeup date was announced.
NBA
Lakers 114, Thunder 106, 2OT: Kobe Bryant scored 26 points and host Los Angeles rallied to beat Oklahoma City.
Warriors 93, Timberwolves 88: At Minneapolis, Charles Jenkins had 24 points and nine assists to rally Golden State past Minnesota.
Pistons 76, Raptors 73: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Ben Gordon scored 19 points to help Detroit beat Toronto.
Kings 114, Bobcats 88: At Charlotte, N.C., DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points and Sacramento beat Charlotte.
Heat 97, Rockets 88: LeBron James had 32 points and eight rebounds to lead host Miami past Houston.
Knicks 113, Hawks 112: Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points to lead New York at Atlanta.
Spurs 114, Cavaliers 98: Manu Ginobili scored 20 points to lead host San Antonio over Cleveland.
Nuggets 101, Magic 74: Danilo Gallinari had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help host Denver beat Orlando.
Clippers 107, Hornets 98: Chris Paul had 33 points and 13 assists and host Los Angeles beat New Orleans.
Tennis
Serena Williams defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 6-2 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to send the United States back into the Fed Cup World Group by clinching a series victory over Ukraine.
• Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in a final, thrashing the top-ranked Serb 6-3, 6-1 to win the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco.
Wrestling
Ellis Coleman beat Joe Betterman in the 60-kilogram Greco-Roman division to earn a trip to the London Games in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa.
Jake Herbert, Jared Frayer, Tervel Dlagnev, Ben Proviso and Sam Hazewinkel also claimed spots on the U.S. team.
- The Associated Press