Sports Briefs June 13, 2011
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 7 months AGO
Harrison Frazar won his first PGA Tour title in his 355th tournament, beating Robert Karlsson with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.
Frazar won a month before turning 40 when Karlsson pushed a par-saving putt 3 feet past the hole.
Frazar took home $1,008,000 after missing a chance to win on the 72nd hole when he made his first bogey of the day. He shot a 3-under 67 to match Karlsson (68) at 13 under.
• Top-ranked Yani Tseng won what could be the final LPGA State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill., closing with a 4-under 68 to hand Cristie Kerr her third straight second-place finish.
• Mark Wiebe won his first Champions Tour title in three years at Rock Barn in Conover, N.C. He holed a par putt on the third playoff hole following a weather delay and won the Greater Hickory Classic when James Mason missed a 4-foot putt.
Auto racing
Jenson Button took advantage of a last-lap slide by Sebastian Vettel and passed the runaway points leader on the final trip down the backstretch to win the rain-soaked Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
• Audi overcame two spectacular crashes and held off a charging Peugeot to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LeMans, France, giving the German carmaker its 10th title at the renowned endurance race.
Tennis
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki won her second straight Sony Ericsson Open title in Copenhagen, Denmark, beating fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4 in the final.
Baseball
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Royals 9, Angels 0: Vin Mazzaro pitched seven stellar innings and Kansas City turned five double plays to beat Los Angeles at Anaheim, Calif.
White Sox 5, Athletics 4: Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer to back seven strong innings by Phil Humber and host Chicago edged Oakland.
Twins 6, Rangers 1: At Minneapolis, Minnesota scored five times in the seventh, Francisco Liriano was perfect through six innings and the Twins beat Texas.
Red Sox 14, Blue Jays 1: David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis each homered and drove in four runs and visiting Boston won its ninth in a row, battering Toronto.
Yankees 9, Indians 1: Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and host New York pounded out a season-high 18 hits to beat Cleveland.
Rays 9, Orioles 6: Evan Longoria had an inside-the-park homer and three RBIs, and visiting Tampa Bay cruised past Baltimore.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Braves 4, Astros 1: Tommy Hanson struck out a career-high 14 to help visiting Atlanta beat Houston for its sixth straight win.
Diamondbacks 5, Marlins 1: At Miami, Daniel Hudson allowed one run in six-plus innings and Arizona beat Florida.
Dodgers 10, Rockies 8: At Denver, James Loney hit his second career grand slam to help Los Angeles hold off Colorado.
Mets 7, Pirates 0: Chris Capuano pitched seven innings, homered and visiting New York beat Pittsburgh.
Brewers 4, Cardinals 3: Prince Fielder hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth, and host Milwaukee knocked St. Louis out of first place in the NL Central.
Phillies 4, Cubs 3: Ryan Howard went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs to lead host Philadelphia to a comeback win over Chicago.
Nationals 2, Padres 0: Danny Espinosa hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth to lead Washington at San Diego.
Giants 4, Reds 2: Aubrey Huff had three hits and two RBIs to lead host San Francisco over Cincinnati.
Hockey
Even after all the taunts, bites and vicious hits that the Vancouver Canucks have thrown at the Boston Bruins over the past two weeks, skating the Stanley Cup around the Garden ice would be the biggest insult of all.
The Canucks could do it after Game 6 tonight (5 p.m., KHQ), when they'll attempt to finish off the testiest Stanley Cup finals in recent memory.
- The Associated Press