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GREENSBORO, N. Johan Mojica Colombia Jersey .C. -- Not many players birdied the tricky final hole at the Wyndham Championship on Saturday. Nick Watney did to top leaderboard. Watney made a 20-foot birdie putt from the right edge of the green on the par-4 18th for a 5-undee 65 and a one-stroke lead. The five-time PGA Tour winner had a 14-under 196 total with only one bogey through three trips around Sedgefield Country Club. "Ive been trying to keep it pretty simple -- a lot of fairways and greens, and Ive been able to do that so far," Watney said. "Im super excited about going into tomorrow with the lead. ... Im looking forward to everything that comes with it, all the emotions and wanting to do well and whatnot. Learning how to handle that is a big thing, and Im looking forward to the challenge." Brad Fritsch, from Ottawa, was second after a 65. Freddie Jacobson and second-round co-leader Heath Slocum were 12 under. Jacobson shot a 66, and Slocum had a 68. Former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson joined second-round co-leader Scott Langley at 11 under in the final event of the PGA Tours regular season. Snedeker and Simpson shot 66, and Langley had a 69. Fritsch was the first to 13 under, but Watney joined him with a birdie on the par-5 15th -- his second of the week on that hole. Then came the sequence that gave him sole possession of the lead, and it came on the second-toughest hole of the day. Watney plopped his fairway shot from 180 yards onto the right edge of the green, then calmly rolled in his putt for just the fifth birdie of the day on 18. "Its a hard hole as it is, and they put the pin on that back right little knob," Watney said. "Its a bonus and Im very happy with it." That put him in great position for his second top-10 finish of the year and his first victory since he won The Barclays in 2012. Fritsch -- a Canadian who played college golf at Campbell and lives in the Raleigh suburb of Holly Springs -- said he asked the officials at the first tee to announce him as a North Carolinian. "Just so people would know (and) get a little focus off Webb and a little onto me," Fritsch said with a laugh. He made it to 13 under when he birdied the par-3 16th after placing his tee shot about 15 feet from the flagstick. Fritsch, who is playing his second full season on the PGA Tour, put himself in position to challenge for his first victory on tour and his third top-10 finish. Hes also got a shot at making the post-season after arriving at Sedgefield at No. 163. The top 125 qualify for The Barclays next week in New Jersey. He came to this tournament last year at No. 128 last year but missed the cut -- and the playoffs. "Cant tell you specifically what I found," Fritsch said. "Staying patient and not freaking out over a bogey, not freaking out over a missed fairway and not getting too aggressive -- I think just that, really." Andres Romero had the days best round, a 64, and Kevin Foley and David Toms each had holes-in-one. Foley aced the par-3 12th with a 5-iron a few minutes before Toms did it on the par-3 seventh. But so far, the story at Sedgefield has been its tight leaderboard. Thirteen players were within three strokes of the lead. "I assume that when I tee off, I probably wont be in the lead or tied for the lead," Watney said. "So its not like Im protecting anything tomorrow. Just more (of) the same." When the second-round co-leaders finally teed off midway through the afternoon, four other players had already joined them atop the field at 10 under. And by the time the Slocum-Langley pairing had finished its 10th hole, there were five players -- including those two -- sharing the lead at 12 under. That didnt even include Jacobson, who began the day two strokes behind the leaders but made a short, quick rise to 12 under with four straight birdies on his front nine. He fell back with a bogey on the 11th. One by one, most of them slipped back with back-nine bogeys: Martin Laird had one on the 12th and another four holes later, Slocum followed suit on 11, Langley had one on the 15th and Snedeker had his only bogey of the day on 18. "You never like being two back with 10 other guys," Snedeker said. "You know what youre going to have to do. You have to go out there and shoot good tomorrow. The great mentality, go out there and be aggressive and dont hold back. Give it everything youve got." Frank Fabra Jersey . With a victory seemingly slipping away late in the third quarter, his quick scoring flurry helped Golden State regain control early in the fourth. Santiago Arias Colombia Jersey . Lynn was tied for 16th entering the fourth round, six shots behind leader Paul Waring. He started with two birdies and added three more on his last five holes at the Oceanico Victoria course for an 18-under total of 266. http://www.nationalcolombiafootball.com/camilo-vargas-colombia-jersey/ .com) - Nate Buss 3-pointer with 5.ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas centre fielder Leonys Martin wound up being the star of a battle of top pitchers. Martin had a leadoff triple in the eighth that chased Seattle ace Felix Hernandez. An inning later, Martin singled in the winning run with two out as the Rangers scored two unearned runs off closer Fernando Rodney for a 3-2 win over the Mariners on Wednesday night. "He was in the middle of the first run by hitting the triple off Hernandez, who was outstanding tonight," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "And then he comes up in that situation against one of the best closers in the game. He just tried to put the ball in play, and it worked. Its good for him, its good for the team, and we can build on it." Rodney (0-1) retired the first two in the ninth before Kevin Kouzmanoffs single ricocheted off the glove of sliding shortstop Brad Miller and dribbled into the outfield. Mitch Moreland drew a walk before pinch-hitter Donnie Murphys grounder was fielded by Miller, whose toss to second base was high. The error allowed Moreland to slide in safely and extended the game. "It was hit right at me. It kind of ran up on me," Miller said. "I threw it too high. I saw it was too high off the get-go. Everybody did their part but me. Everybody played their butts off. Ive just got to make that play next time." Rodney then threw a wild pitch that allowed the tying run to score. Martins sharp single to left gave Texas its fourth victory in its final at-bat at home already this season. It was Rodneys first blown save in four chances. Pedro Figueroa (1-0) worked a perfect ninth for his first major league victory. Hernandez retired 10 in a row before Martins triple. He allowed four hits and one run, when Martin scored on a sacrifice fly against pinch-hitter Michael Choice, the first batter for reliever Charlie Furbush. "All of my pitches were working. I just made one mistake in the game," said Hernandez, who struck out nine. "That was that fastball to (Martin)." Texas ace Yu Darvish struck eight and walked two in seveen innings, but remains winless in his last eight home starts despite a 2. Juan Fernando Quintero Colombia Jersey. 33 ERA in those games. Darvish didnt allow a run in his first two starts of the season, but was down 2-0 in the second after No. 9 hitter Mike Zunino and Abraham Almonte had consecutive two-out RBI singles. "Youve got to give Seattle credit, they fought him pretty hard for their at-bats, they just wasnt going up there making outs," Washington said. "That was their two runs. ... He kept us in the game, he really did. Usually when you give Felix one or two runs, he know how to take it to the house, but we kept battling him and we finally got him out of the game and some good things happened." Martin also had a nifty running catch, reaching and lunging with his arm fully extended steps from the centre-field wall to rob Dustin Ackley of a hit in the sixth. But there was also a play in the fourth when Zunino reached on what was ruled a single after a ball dropped between Martin and left fielder Shin-Soo Choo, who were both calling for the ball but backed off to avoid a collision. That was the last of Seattles seven hits in the game. This was the third head-to-head matchup of the star pitchers, and the first since 2012, the same year Darvish came to the major leagues from Japan. Hernandez won the first two, and has given up only two runs over 24 innings (0.75 ERA) in the three games -- while Darvish has a 6.75 ERA (13 earned runs over 17 1-3 innings) opposing King Felix. NOTES: Nick Franklin, who had a one-out triple in the second before scoring Seattles first run, was recalled earlier Wednesday along with outfielder James Jones after left-hander Blake Beavan (shoulder tendinitis) and outfielder Logan Morrison (strained right hamstring) were put on the 15-day disabled list. ... The Mariners had to hold up momentarily before coming off the field at the end of the fourth when Washington came out to question a force play at second base for the third out. Washington didnt challenge and ask umpires to look at the replay, which showed clearly that Moreland was out by a step. ' ' '