Webb Simpson broke out of a five-way tie for the lead with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, and a 3-under 69 gave him a one-shot lead over Ryan Moore and D.A. Points going into the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship.
A two-run sixth inning for the Razorbacks and an insurance run in the eighth inning lifted Arkansas to a 7-6 win over the Gamecocks on Saturday afternoon at Baum Stadium. The loss snaps an eight-game winning streak for Carolina as well as a 12-game win streak in the league. South Carolina is now 35-12 and 15-8 in the SEC with the Razorbacks 34-14 and 12-11 in league play. See the highlights at the bottom of our main sports page on the SEC Digital Network.
3rd-ranked South Carolina scored 8 straight runs and came back from a 6-0 deficit to knock off 13th-ranked Arkansas 8-6 in 10 innings. The series-opening win in Fayetteville extends the two-time defending national champions’ SEC winning streak to 12 games.
Coming off his worst performance as a pro at the Masters, Tiger Woods didn’t make a birdie on any of the par 5s on another day of low scoring and wound up with a 1-over 73 that made it all but certain he would miss the cut.
Webb Simpson, Stewart Cink and Ryan Moore share the first round lead in Charlotte. The threesome is 7 under at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning and the Atlanta Braves overcame Carlos Ruiz’s seven RBIs to outlast the Philadelphia Phillies 15-13 on Wednesday night.
Five Gamecock pitchers combined to limit Davidson to one run on five hits as third ranked South Carolina improved to 34-11 on the year with a 2-1 victory over the Wildcats (16-26) on Wednesday night at Carolina Stadium. Freshman first baseman Kyle Martin drove in the winning run in the fourth inning to give the Gamecocks the victory and Evan Marzilli added a sacrifice fly.
USC’s Alshon Jeffery has agreed to a four-year contract with the Chicago Bears. ESPN reports the deal is worth $4.52 million, with a nearly $1.75 signing bonus.
Former Clemson pitcher D.J. Mitchell made his Major League debut with the New York Yankees on Tuesday night in a game at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles were victorious 7-1, but Mitchell did not allow a run in his one inning of work.
John Mayberry Jr. doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night in the first meeting of the season between the NL East rivals.
