Saturday, April 26, 2025
37.0°F

Sports Briefs April 25, 2011

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years AGO
| April 25, 2011 9:00 PM

Brandt Snedeker rallied from six shots behind and beat Luke Donald in a playoff in The Heritage to deny the Englishman the No. 1 ranking Sunday in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Donald would've risen to the top spot in the world from No. 3 had he won.

Donald saved par from difficult spots on the 71st and 72nd holes to force the playoff, then did it again on the second extra hole. But his luck ran out on Harbour Town Golf Links' closing lighthouse hole, No. 18, when he got a partially buried lie in a front bunker.

Donald blasted out about 15 feet from the flag and his chip for par from just off the green hit the back edge of the cup and bounced away, giving Snedeker his second career PGA Tour title and first since the 2007 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

• Lee Westwood won the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta, Indonesia, and ended up regaining the No. 1 spot in the world when Luke Donald lost a playoff in the PGA Tour event in South Carolina.

After waiting out a lightning delay on the final hole, Westwood finished off a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee.

• David Eger and Mark McNulty won the Champions Tour's better-ball Legends of Golf in Savannah, Ga., when Kenny Perry and Scott Hoch missed short par putts on the second hole of a playoff.

Football

The wife of Brandon Marshall stabbed him with a kitchen knife, authorities said, and his publicist said the Miami Dolphins receiver was released from a hospital and would fully recover.

Michi Nogami-Marshall, 26, was arrested Friday evening and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to a Broward County Sheriff's Office arrest report, Nogami-Marshall told officers she was defending herself.

Marshall married Michi Nogami in Miami last July. They met while both were students at Central Florida. They live in Southwest Ranches, which is near the Dolphins' complex in Davie.

American League

Red Sox 7, Angels 0: Carl Crawford hit his first home run in a Boston uniform and the Red Sox completed a four-game sweep by beating Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.

Rangers 8, Royals 7: At Arlington, Texas, C.J. Wilson struck out 10 in seven innings to help Texas complete a three-game sweep of Kansas City.

Rays 2, Blue Jays 0: James Shields pitched a complete-game four-hitter and visiting Tampa Bay beat Toronto.

Yankees 6, Orioles 3, 11 inn.: Russell Martin singled home the tiebreaking run in the 11th and New York won in Baltimore.

Tigers 3, White Sox 0: Max Scherzer allowed four hits in eight innings, and host Detroit beat Chicago.

Twins 4, Indians 3: Jason Kubel had a two-run double in the seventh inning that lifted Minnesota over Cleveland in Minneapolis.

National League

Phillies 3, Padres 1: Roy Halladay tied his career high with 14 strikeouts and visiting Philadelphia beat San Diego, coming within one out of its third shutout during a four-game sweep.

Braves 9, Giants 6, 10 inn.: Nate McLouth hit a two-run single off Brian Wilson with two outs in the 10th to lift visiting Atlanta over San Francisco for a three-game sweep.

Dodgers 7, Cubs 3: At Chicago, Andre Ethier extended his hitting streak to 21 games with an RBI single in a five-run first and Los Angeles won its fourth in five games.

Brewers 4, Astros 1: Randy Wolf allowed four hits over eight innings and host Milwaukee beat Houston.

Nationals 6, Pirates 3: Mike Morse had a three-run homer among his three hits to help visiting Washington past Pittsburgh.

Marlins 6, Rockies 3: At Miami, Mike Stanton hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth and Florida beat Colorado.

Cardinals 3, Reds 0: Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer and host St. Louis beat Cincinnati.

Tennis

Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in their second all-Spanish final in two weeks to claim his sixth Barcelona Open title, in Barcelona, Spain.

- The Associated Press

MORE IMPORTED STORIES

Sports Briefs June 13, 2011
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 13 years, 10 months ago
Sports Briefs May 17, 2010
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 14 years, 11 months ago
Sports Briefs April 26, 2010
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 14 years, 12 months ago