Associated Press
MORELIA, Mexico ó Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 4-under 69 in windy conditions Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Norway’s Suzann Pettersen into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s Corona Championship.
n NEW ORLEANS ó Jerry Kelly shot a bogey-free 3-under 69 to take a three-stroke lead over Steve Marino after the third round of the Zurich Classic.
Kelly, the 42-year-old Wisconsin player who won his two PGA Tour titles in 2002, had a 13-under 203 total at TPC Louisiana. He withdrew from the Verizon Heritage last week because of the flu and a dislocated rib that caused severe back pain.
Marino shot a 68. Rod Pampling (68), Aaron Watkins (69), Charles Howell III (70), John Rollins (71) and Charlie Wi (71) were 9 under.
– SAVANNAH, Ga. ó Loren Roberts and Mark Wiebe had five birdies and an eagle on the final nine holes for a better-ball 61 and a one-stroke lead over John Cook and Joey Sindelar in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
TRUCKS
KANSAS CITY, Kan. ó The NASCAR truck race at Kansas Speedway was suspended due to thunderstorms and will resume on Monday.
Ron Hornaday Jr. earned the pole for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Saturday morning, but the race lasted just 52 laps after heavy storms moved into the area.
BASEBALL
BOSTON ó The Red Sox now have “Big Pappy” to go along with Big Papi.
Arthur Giddon, who once shagged bats and balls for the Boston Braves, was the honorary batboy for the Red Sox on Saturday ó the day before his 100th birthday.
Wearing a Red Sox jersey with No. 100 and “Big Pappy” written on the back, he sat with Boston slugger David Ortiz, who’s known as Big Papi.
“It’s neat,” said Ortiz, who had his arm around Giddon and gave him an autographed bat.
TENNIS
BRISBANE, Australia ó Australia could face a one-year suspension from the Davis Cup after refusing to travel to India in May for the tennis competition, citing “high-risk” security concerns.
Tennis Australia said Saturday there is an “unacceptable level of risk” in Chennai, India, and had appealed for a change of venue.
Less than 12 hours after the ITF announced that decision, Tennis Australia president Geoff Pollard said his team ó which could have included past Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt ó would boycott the match.