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Monday MLB — 4 p.m., ESPN, Tampa Bay at Boston 7 p.m., CSNBA, LA Dodgers at Giants SOCCER — 11:55 a.m., ESPN2, Premier League, Manchester City at Liverpool Sports 1B Monday April 11, 2011 Schwartzel wins Masters after wild day AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Charl Schwartzel won the Masters by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day after a wild final day at Augusta National. Eight players held at least a share of the lead Sunday, but it was the 26- year-old South African who turned in one of the great finishing perfor- mances in major championship his- tory. Schwartzel closed with four straight birdies, including a 20-footer at the final hole to wrap up a 6-under 66. He finished 14-under 274, enough to deny Australia its first green jacket. Scott shot a 67 and Day finished with two straight birdies for a 68, leaving both Aussies at 276. This remain the only major tournament never won by a golfer from Down Under. ‘‘It was just such an exciting day,’’ Schwartzel said. ‘‘There were so many roars and the atmosphere out there was just incredible. Tiger Woods created much of the excitement early on, making four birdies and an eagle before he head- ed to the back side with a 5-under 31. But he missed short putts at both the 12th and 15th holes, limping to the finish with a 36. That left Woods in a group at 278 with Geoff Ogilvy and Luke Donald. Schwartzel becomes the fourth straight first-time major champion, following Martin Kaymer (PGA Championship), countryman Louis Oosthuizen (British Open) and Graeme McDowell (U.S. Open). This is the first time the Americans have been without a major title or the Ryder Cup. Woods gave it a go, but the erratic Giants can’t complete sweep SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A celebratory opening weekend at home for the World Series champion San Fran- cisco Giants ended with a dud. Barry Zito walked five batters before being knocked out in the sixth inning and the Giants were unable to generate much offense against Kyle Lohse, falling 6-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. ‘‘It’s a huge deal what the San Francisco Giants accom- plished last year and a huge deal for the city,’’ Zito said. ‘‘But the reality is we have games to win today, tomorrow and the next day. So I think it was amazing, the cere- monies. They did it as good as they could have. Now we just move forward and focus on the game.’’ The loss capped a big weekend in San Francisco, where the Giants raised their World Series championship banner before Friday’s home opener, handed out World Series rings Saturday and honored 2010 NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey in a pregame ceremony Sunday. After rallying for late wins following the first two cele- brations, the Giants fell short Sunday and now can get ready to play games without all the pomp and circum- stance. ‘‘I don’t want to say it’s a relief. We were looking for- ward to it,’’ manager Bruce Bochy said. ‘‘There might have been a little hangover today. It’s been a very emotional first couple of games here, but their guy pitched well. Give him credit. That’s where it starts. He was on top of his game.’’ David Freese went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs and Lohse allowed one run in eight innings to help St. Louis snap a three-game losing streak. MCT photo Charl Schwartzel celebrates winning the 75th Masters at Augusta Sunday. play that has plagued him during the longest winless streak of his career showed up on the back side. ‘‘It could have been,’’ he said. ‘‘I hit it good all day.’’ No one suffered like Rory McIl- roy, who entered the day with a four- Kenseth starting to feel like Cup contender again FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Matt Kenseth finally has that contending feeling again courtesy of a long- awaited return to Victory Lane. ‘‘You keep working as hard as you can at it. And you try to get the cars going the best you can, and hopefully have some more chances to win,’’ the former Sprint Cup champion said after breaking a two-year, 76-race winless streak with a dominating run at Texas. ‘‘It gives you a lot of confidence, and it’s a big relief.’’ For the first time since opening the 2009 season with consecutive victories at Daytona and California, Kenseth was a NASCAR Sprint Cup winner again Saturday night, when he led 169 of 334 laps in his No. 17 Ford. He front- ed an impressive showing by Roush Fenway Racing, which had its four drivers in the top seven. Still, it was special for Kenseth to be the one holding the unique trophy and firing off the six-shooters that are part of the postrace celebration at Texas Motor Speedway. ‘‘I can’t say how proud I am to be here with Matt, real- izing that he’s not gotten the success that his effort has deserved in the recent past,’’ car owner Jack Roush said. ‘‘Although we would like to win, that is pretty cool to see Matt in Victory Lane,’’ said teammate Carl Edwards, who finished third and took over the season points lead. After his fast start with two victories in 2009, Kenseth didn’t even qualify for the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship that season, missing NASCAR’s play- off for the only time since its inception in 2004. He got back into the Chase last season, and finished 16th or bet- ter in each of the last races with four top-10s. Kenseth had led only five laps in the first six races this season, but the 39-year-old Wisconsin native got to Texas coming off three consecutive finishes in the top six and had been in the top 12 for every race since an accident in the season-opening Daytona 500 led to a 34th-place fin- ish. ‘‘I felt better the last six months. Everything’s been looking up. Certainly the previous 12 months before that were frustrating for me,’’ said Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion. ‘‘It’s been a long time, and we’ve had a lot of fun going to the racetrack here the last two months the last year, and the first part of this year. It feels like we’re back into a contending form.’’ NBA By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB y-Boston 55 25 .688 — x-New York 41 38 .51913 1/2 x-Philadelphia 41 39 .513 14 New Jersey 24 55 .30430 1/2 Toronto 21 58 .26633 1/2 Southeast Division WL Pct GB y-Miami 56 24 .700 — x-Orlando 50 30 .625 6 x-Atlanta 44 36 .550 12 Charlotte 32 47 .40523 1/2 Washington 22 58 .275 34 Central Division WL Pct GB z-Chicago 60 20 .750 — x-Indiana 37 43 .463 23 Milwaukee 33 47 .413 27 Detroit 28 51 .35431 1/2 Cleveland 17 63 .213 43 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL Pct GB z-San Antonio 61 19 .763 — x-Dallas 54 25 .6846 1/2 x-New Orleans 46 33 .58214 1/2 x-Memphis 45 34 .57015 1/2 Houston 42 38 .525 19 Northwest Division WL Pct GB y-Oklahoma City53 26 .671 — x-Denver 49 31 .6134 1/2 x-Portland 47 33 .5886 1/2 Utah 37 43 .46316 1/2 Minnesota 17 63 .21336 1/2 Pacific Division WL Pct GB y-L.A. Lakers55 24 .696 — Phoenix 38 41 .481 17 Warriors 35 44 .443 20 L.A. Clippers31 50 .383 25 Kings 23 56 .291 32 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— Saturday’s Games Washington 115, Atlanta 83 Houston 99, L.A. Clippers 78 Milwaukee 108, Cleveland 101 San Antonio 111, Utah 102 Denver 130, Minnesota 106 Sunday’s Games Chicago 102, Orlando 99 Miami 100, Boston 77 New Orleans at Memphis, late Detroit at Charlotte, late New Jersey at Toronto, late New York at Indiana, late stroke lead. He ricocheted a shot between two cabins along the 10th hole, took a triple-bogey and never recovered. McIlroy limped to the finish with an 80, winding up 10 strokes behind Schwartzel. Matt Holliday scored the go-ahead run and added an RBI single in his first game since undergoing an appen- dectomy April 1 to help the Cardinals win for just the third time in nine games this season. Skip Schumaker added a two-run double in a three-run sixth that gave the Cardinals the lead for good. After San Francisco overcame ninth-inning deficits to win the first two games of this series, the Cardinals man- aged to hold onto this lead without using struggling closer Ryan Franklin. Lohse (1-1) allowed five hits and handed a big lead over to Trever Miller, who finished with a score- less ninth. A’s snap out of offensive funk MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hideki Matsui wasn’t the only one getting a little anxious for his first home run in an Athletics uni- form. The Oakland pitching staff was just as excited to see the veteran send one soaring into the Target Field stands. Matsui homered to help the Athletics break out of a season-long offensive slump and Bran- don McCarthy pitched into the eighth inning in Oakland’s 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. ‘‘I’m just happy to get one,’’ Matsui said through an interpreter. ‘‘And we won the game, as well.’’ Matsui was signed in the offseason to provide another veteran bat to complement a young, tal- ented pitching corps. But he entered the game Sun- day hitting just .160 with no homers and three RBIs. He led off the fourth inning with a solo shot that bounced off a score- board in deep right-center field to get the A’s on the board. Josh Willingham added another one in a four-run sixth inning. ‘‘You know it’s going to come,’’ A’s manager Bob Geren said of Matsui, who also had a single and two runs scored. ‘‘To see that performance, that ball jumped out of here in a hurry. He got the whole bench really excited.’’ Phoenix at Dallas, late p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, late Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, late Monday’s Games Miami at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Charlotte at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Orlando at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Boston at Washington, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7p.m. Tuesday’s Games Chicago at New York, 5 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 7p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. MLB By The Associated Press American League East Division WL Pct GB Baltimore 6 3 .667 — New York 5 3 .625 1/2 Toronto 5 4 .556 1 Boston 1 7 .1254 1/2 Tampa Bay 1 8 .111 5 Central Division WL Pct GB MCT photo Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui followed through on a home run over Minnesota Twins pitcher Scott Baker in the fourth inning Sunday. McCarthy (1-0) allowed two runs and nine hits with five strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings for his first win since 2009 after not pitching in the majors last year because of shoulder problems. Brian Fuentes earned his third save. Justin Morneau had three hits and an RBI for the Twins, and Jim Thome hit his first homer of the season. But their three-run eighth was too little, too late on another slow day for the offense. Scott Baker (0-2) gave up four runs and seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in five innings. SCOREBOARD Cleveland 7 2 .778 — Chicago 6 3 .667 1 Kansas City 6 3 .667 1 Detroit 3 6 .333 4 Minnesota 3 6 .333 4 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 8 1 .889 — Los Angeles 5 4 .556 3 A’s 4 5 .444 4 Seattle 2 7 .222 6 ——— Saturday’s Games N.Y.Yankees 9, Boston 4 Kansas City 3, Detroit 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 5, Texas 0, 1st game Oakland 1, Minnesota 0 Texas 13, Baltimore 1, 2nd game L.A. Angels 6, Toronto 5, 14 innings Cleveland 2, Seattle 1 Sunday’s Games Kansas City 9, Detroit 5 Texas 3, Baltimore 0 Oakland 5, Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 1 L.A. Angels 3, Toronto 1 Cleveland 6, Seattle 4 N.Y.Yankees at Boston, late Monday’s Games Texas (Ogando 1-0) at Detroit (Verlander 1-0), 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-1) at Boston (Matsuzaka 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Braden 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Talbot 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Undecided), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Litsch 1-0) at Seattle (F.Hernan- dez 1-1), 7:10 p.m. National League East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 7 2 .778 — Florida 5 4 .556 2 New York 4 5 .444 3 Washington 4 5 .444 3 Atlanta 4 6 .4003 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 6 3 .667 — Milwaukee 5 5 .5001 1/2 Pittsburgh 5 5 .5001 1/2 Chicago 4 5 .444 2 St. Louis 3 6 .333 3 Houston 2 7 .222 4 West Division WL Pct GB Colorado 6 2 .750 — Los Angeles 5 4 .5561 1/2 Arizona 4 4 .500 2 San Diego 4 4 .500 2 Giants 4 5 .4442 1/2 ——— Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 10, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2, 11 innings, comp. of susp. game Colorado 6, Pittsburgh 4 Florida 7, Houston 5 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 4 Cincinnati 6, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 0 San Francisco 3, St. Louis 2 Sunday’s Games Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 3, 11 innings Colorado 6, Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 0 Houston 7, Florida 1 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 5 San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 St. Louis 6, San Francisco 1 Arizona 10, Cincinnati 8 Monday’s Games Colorado (Hammel 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pel- frey 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-2) at Houston (Figueroa 0-1), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (McClellan 0-0) at Arizona (Enright 0-0), 6:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Volquez 1-0) at San Diego (Latos 0-0), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-1) at San Fran- cisco (Bumgarner 0-1), 7:15 p.m. Landon Powell had two hits and an RBI, and the A’s scored four runs in the sixth inning — they scored four total in their previous four games — to take a 5-0 lead. Oakland has given McCarthy five runs of support in both starts, but is averaging just 2.7 runs in its other seven games. ‘‘I think they like me more than the other guys,’’ McCarthy joked. ‘‘I think it’s because I have a better personality.’’ The way the Twins had been swinging the bats, that lead seemed insur- mountable. But McCarthy gave up a single to Denard Span and a double to Joe Mauer to start the eighth. After Morneau drove in Span with a groundout, Thome launched his two- run homer off lefty Jere- my Blevins over the 36- foot high wall behind the center-field fence to make it 5-3. Fuentes, who hasn’t allowed a run to the Twins in seven career appear- ances, slammed the door in the ninth to close it out. Oakland entered the game with just 24 runs in eight games, the third- fewest in the American League. Yet even they were ahead of the Twins, who had 21.