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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N. Torrey Smith Pink Jersey .J. -- Stacy Lewis didnt even glance at the leaderboard on Saturday in the second round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She knew better, a lesson well learned from her first LPGA victory this season. The former University of Arkansas standout holds a commanding six-stroke lead in the ShopRite Classic at the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, after tying a tournament 36-hole record with a second-round 65 to maintain the lead entering Sundays final round. Lewis two-day total of 130 puts her six strokes ahead of Anna Nordqvist, who shot a second-round 67, and gives Lewis a seven-stroke edge over the third-place foursome of So Yoen Ryu, Azahara Munoz, Katherine Hull and Paula Creamer. The last time Lewis led entering the final round of an LPGA event, she won the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic on April 29. The glaring difference in building a lead at the ShopRite, she said, was not sneaking a peak at the leaderboard, which she felt made her play cautious in the Mobile Bay Classic. "I took so much from Mobile," said Lewis, who birdied three of the first five holes on Saturday. "I had a couple-shot lead, but then I think at the turn, I had a five-shot lead and I made the mistake of playing safe, and not really staying into my game and what I was doing. I was worrying about what other people were doing, watching the leaderboard. So today, out there, I made the turn and had a two-shot lead and kind of told myself lets see how big we can get this." After starting strong, Lewis survived a near disaster on the par-four sixth hole, which she double-bogied. She opened No. 6 by driving the first shot into the brush, then battled back to three-putt the hole. Lewis responded by birdying five of the last 10 holes. "I probably should have hit a three-wood off the tee," Lewis admitted. "I was worried about my driver going through the fairway, so I kind of laid off the driver and hit it into the brush, chipped out and then had an ugly three-putt. But from then on, my caddie told me when you hit a bad shot, we gotta slow down, you gotta get back to what youre doing. And I did that the rest of the way. I made a really good birdie on nine, then just followed back on the back." Nordqvist rebounded nicely in the second round, surging from sixth place the first day to sitting alone in second on Saturday after shooting birdies on six holes, including three consecutive birdies on holes 11, 12 and 13. Nordqvist, however, had the streak snapped with a bogie on the par-four 14 and ended by shooting par on the last four holes. Early in the day, the greens were slow, from torrential rain the previous night. But as the day progressed, with the wind and sun, the greens became much faster. Nordqvist noticed the difference. "Yeah, absolutely, especially in the afternoon," Nordvqist said. "Yesterday, it was so windy, so they dried out pretty good, and even from the practice rounds. But today, you were putting spin on the wedges and its tough to get them close when they were tucked in the corners, or tucked in the back corners, because you cant really let it fly all of the way. I thought my putting was great. I made a lot of short putts, and I made, I think, two putts over 20 feet. So that was great." Munoz had a terrific round, shooting a 68 without a bogey. The greens, she admitted, were a little confusing and took her some time to read. "Yeah, it was kind of confusing actually, because I guess it rained a lot overnight and the greens were pretty soft. Sometimes, Id wait for the balls to be release and yesterday it didnt and the balls came back way too much, but it is playing a little softer. The (second hole) I missed it pretty good on the right side, but I made a really nice up-and-down and after that, it was pretty simple." Yani Tseng, the worlds No. 1 player, finished in a four-way tie for seventh. She had a nice spell with birdies on four-straight holes before falling off in the latter portion of the round, stung by bogies on the par-four fourth hole and par-three seventh hole. Tseng closed with a birdie on the par-five ninth hole. NOTES: If Lewis lead holds up at the ShopRite Classic, it would be her third career LPGA tournament victory. She won the Kraft Nabisco Championship last year . Lewis round of 65 is her sixth-straight round that she shot in the 60s . Jennifer Johnson made a stunning jump from being tied for 114 to moving into a four-way tie for 17th with a second-round best 63 . Yani Tseng has placed among the top 10 in every LPGA tournament shes played this year . Mika Miyazato, who was tied with Stacy Lewis for first after the opening round, concluded a wild day that began with a birdie on the par-four first hole, then shooting bogies on five other holes and finishing tied for seventh with a four-under 138 over two rounds. Haloti Ngata Elite Jersey . Of course he held the lead at the halfway point of the U.S. Open and was in the fray at the British Open a month later. But the weekends havent been so hot. Dennis Pitta Pink Jersey . -- Salvador Perezs pickoff throw changed the momentum, and Jeremy Guthrie was unhittable after that. http://www.baltimoreravenssportsshop.com/michael-oher-jersey/ . -- Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods played together in the opening two rounds of the season in Abu Dhabi. Maake Kemoeatu Jersey . Cole, who defended Terry in court from charges made by Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand, was reportedly referred to as a "Choc Ice" by a Twitter user. The term is believed to be mean black on the outside, white on the inside. Ray Rice Authentic Jersey . James Andrews following inflammation that landed him on the disabled list in August. An MRI showed a bone spur in the left elbow and the Yankees believe it has existed since he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 2001-08.ST. LOUIS -- Ryan Braun ended an extremely long day at the ballpark with a long drive that put him in the Milwaukee Brewers record book. Brauns home run off Lance Lynn with one out in the top of the 13th inning was the difference in the Brewers 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. The shot gave him his fifth straight 100-RBI season and further frustrated the few hundred fans still around nearly seven hours after the scheduled start. The game lasted 4 hours, 30 minutes, and ended at 2:05 a.m. "I cant ever remember playing in a longer game," Braun said. "Get here and sit around for eight or nine hours and then we play extra innings. I cant ever remember playing past 2 in the morning." The start was delayed by rain for 2 hours, 20 minutes, long enough to cause one lineup scratch. Cardinals No. 3 hitter Matt Holliday was set to return after a game out with lower back pain followed by a day off but was scratched as a precaution. Braun set a franchise record for 100-RBI seasons, breaking a tie with Cecil Cooper and Prince Fielder, with his 199th career homer. The drive off Lynn (13-7) came on a 1-1 hanging breaking ball and landed in the mostly empty left-field stands. Lynn was a first-time All-Star with 12 wins at the break but was bumped to the bullpen in late August. "It wasnt supposed to go over the fence, thats for sure," Lynn said. "Hes a guy thats going to hurt you. I made the wrong pitch to the wrong guy at the wrong time." Brandon Kintzler (1-0) got cleanup hitter Allen Craig to ground into an inning-ending double play in the 12th, and John Axford finished for his 26th save in 34 chances. The Brewers have won 10 of 13 to climb into the fringe of the NL wild card race. "Were here this late, were thinking, Lets win this thing," reliever Kameron Loe said. "This was a grind all the way, though." Both starting pitchers, St. Louis Kyle Lohse and Milwaukees Yovani Gallardo, failed much earlier in their second attempts to reach 15 wins. "I knew coming into it that it was going to be a pretty late start. It takes more than that to mess with me," Lohse said. "I was ready and felt like my stuff was good." The Cardinals got a pair of one-out walks in the 12th against Kintzler and left the bases loaded in the 11th against Loe, but couldnt score and fell to 3-10 in extra innings. "Its extremely frustrating," manager Mike Matheny said. &"We had our chances and just couldnt come through. Ray Rice Elite Jersey. ." Yadier Molinas two-run homer off Jim Henderson tied it at 4 with two outs in the eighth. It was his 18th shot of the season and first since Aug. 24. The drive answered the Brewers two-run eighth. Corey Hart scored the go-ahead run from second on an infield hit combined with shortstop Daniel Descalcos throwing error. Jon Jay had three singles and a steal for the Cardinals, who have the lead for the second NL wild card spot, but are 2-2 on a six-game homestand. Jay is batting a major league-best .390 (46 for 118) since Aug. 6, and Molina is batting .385 (20 for 52) against Milwaukee with three homers and eight RBIs. The Brewers Martin Maldonado ran into a big out to end the top of the 11th, trotting to first while admiring a drive to left centre off Fernando Salas that didnt make it out. He was thrown out at second by left fielder Adron Chambers. Gallardo finished strong with four of his six strikeouts in his final two innings in a rare acceptable outing against the Cardinals. The Milwaukee ace is 1-9 with a 6.72 ERA for his career against St. Louis. Lohse, who allowed two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings, kept alive an eight-game winning streak over his last 14 starts. Pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa, who had been 1 for 12 against St. Louis, tied it at 2 in the seventh with an RBI double off Edward Mujica. Carlos Beltran was 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position his first three trips and has just one RBI in 14 games. Beltran, in an 0-for-13 slump overall, missed two games this week because of soreness in his left knee. NOTES: Cardinals closer Jason Motte worked the ninth and 10 innings. He allowed a hit and struck out two in his fifth two-inning outing of the season, all at home. ... Mujica has allowed just four of 22 inherited runners to score, and has worked 16 scoreless innings in 17 appearances since being acquired from Miami. ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Carlos Gomez, who made his 78th start in centre field, could be the opening day starter at that position next year. "I think we think he can do it," Roenicke said. "Im not saying that he will be, but I could see him doing it." ... Lohse is 14-2, the second-best start in franchise history trailing only Ted Wilks, who was 14-1 in 1944 and finished at 15-2. ... Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez missed his second start with a back injury but could be back Saturday. ' ' '
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