PAGE 2C Jason Dufner shoots 65, takes lead at RBC Heritage.

GOLF Dufner leads by 1

Jason Dufner had two eagles on the way to a 6-under-par 65 and a one-shot lead Saturday heading into the final round of the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island, S.C. Dufner, the 2013 PGA Championship winner, started three shots behind co-leaders Graham DeLaet and Luke Donald. But Dufner quickly closed that deficit with eagles on both front-nine par 5s at Nos. 2 and 5. He also birdied No. 15, Harbour Town Golf Link’s other par 5, as part of a three-birdie run that put him in front at 13 under. DeLaet was second after a 69, the Canadian’s third consecutive sub-70 round after having just five in five previous appearances here. Kevin Kisner and Webb Simpson were at 11 under. Kisner shot a 66, and Simpson, the former U.S. Open champ, had a 68. Bryce Molder (Conway) had a 70 and is 3 under going into the final round.

Stephen Ames shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over five players into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic at Duluth, Ga. Ames had five birdies and a bogey at TPC Sugarloaf to reach 9-under 135. The 52-year-old naturalized Canadian is winless on the senior tour after winning four times on the PGA Tour. Firstround leader Bob Tway followed his opening 65 with a 71 to drop into a tie for second with Kenny Perry (64), Billy Andrade (66), Brandt Jobe (68) and Kevin Sutherland (69). Miguel Angel Jimenez (68) and Marco Dawson (68) were 7 under. John Daly (Dardanelle, Arkansas Razorbacks) topped the group at 6 under, rebounding from a first-round 73 with a 65. Defending champion Woody Austin was 5 under after a 70. Glen Day (Little Rock) was 1 over after a 75.

Dunne moves ahead

Paul Dunne will take a 2-shot lead today into the final round of the European Tour’s Trophee Hassan II after a 4-under 69 on Saturday gave him a chance at his first professional title. The Irishman had six third-round birdies, including one on the last hole, to get to 8 under overall and increase his advantage over second-placed Renato Paratore. The one slip from Dunne was a double-bogey on No. 13. Paratore surged up the leaderboard after a course-record 7-under 66 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco. The Italian fired in eight birdies and made just one bogey to jump 38 places. Lasse Jensen (70), Paul

Waring (69) and Pablo Larrazabal (69) were tied for third at 5 under, a shot behind Paratore and three off the lead. Pep Angles (Central Arkansas) did not make the cut.

Cristie Kerr won the LPGA Lotte Championship at Kapolei, Hawaii, on Saturday for her 19th tour title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a three-stroke victory. Kerr, 39, broke the tournament record at 20-under 268 and earned $300,000 to top $18 million in her career. The American overcame sponsor invite Su-Yeon Jang, the South Korean player who led after the second and third rounds and was five ahead of Kerr after three holes Saturday. Jang had a 70 to drop into a tie for second with top-ranked Lydia Ko (64) and In Gee Chun (67). Canadian Alena Sharp bogeyed the final hole for a 70 to finish alone in fifth at 16 under, a shot ahead of second-ranked So Yeon Ryu (67). Third-ranked Ariya Jutanigarn (69) and former Arkansas Razorback Stacy Lewis (66) were 14 under. Gaby Lopez (Razorbacks) had a 71 and finished 5 under.

TENNIS Johnson tops Sock

Fourth-seeded Steve Johnson beat top-seeded Jack Sock 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday in an all-American semifinal in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at Houston. Johnson won his lone ATP Tour title last year on grass at Nottingham in England. He will face eighth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil, a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 winner over American

Ernesto Escobedo. Sock served almost flawlessly until the eighth game of the second set, when he double-faulted for the first time and faced double-break point. He extricated himself from that jam, but was finally broken in the 10th game, setting up another third set — his third in three days. Sock broke back straight away, then held for 2-0 and 3-1 before Johnson charged, winning the final five games of the match. Sock saved one match point with a crosscourt forehand winner, then ripped a forehand return down the line to reach break point himself before Johnson recomposed himself, leveling the game and putting Sock away with his 11th ace.

BASEBALL Parker breaks collarbone

San Francisco Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker broke his right collarbone during Saturday’s 5-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies when he crashed into the wall at AT&T Park while making a running catch. Parker’s catch robbed D.J. LaMahieu of an extra-base hit with two outs in the fourth inning. After the collision, Parker sprinted toward the infield, stopped and dropped to his knees on the outfield grass. He grimaced, was examined by trainers and was replaced by Aaron Hill. “You know you are all in when you make a play like that,” Giants Manager Bruce Bochy said. “You’re focused. I had no idea he was going to catch that ball. To see him stay locked in was a hats-off moment to him and a huge play. It kept us in the game.”

FOOTBALL Lynch, Raiders agree

Marshawn Lynch has agreed to terms on a contract with the Oakland Raiders, according to reports from the NFL Network. Now all that remains for Lynch to return to the NFL is a trade from the Seattle Seahawks — who still own his rights — to the Raiders. That, though, is regarded as a formality. Terms of the deal have yet to be revealed, though it is expected to be heavy on incentives and low risk for the Raiders, including a far smaller salary cap hit than the $9 million called for in the terms of the deal he signed with Seattle in 2015. The contract was agreed to in talks that picked up steam late last week after the Seahawks gave permission to Oakland to negotiate a deal with Lynch. A trade from Seattle to Oakland was then expected to happen once Lynch agreed on a contract with Oakland. Once traded, Lynch would then have to file papers with the NFL to be reinstated to Oakland’s active roster, but the trade can occur first without Lynch being reinstated. Lynch was placed on the Seahawks’ reserve/ retired list in the spring of 2016 after announcing his retirement from the NFL via a tweet during Super Bowl Sunday. That allowed Seattle to retain the rights for Lynch, who had two years remaining on his contract at the time. Contracts simply pick up where they left off when a player comes out of retirement. That came into play when rumors surfaced a few weeks ago that Lynch wanted to return to football and play at least one more season with his hometown Raiders. Lynch, who will turn 31 later this month, grew up in Oakland and attended nearby Cal for college.

MMA Johnson keeps title

Demetrious Johnson picked apart Wilson Reis before catching him in an armbar and forcing him to submit Saturday night, retaining his UFC flyweight title for the 10th time to match longtime middleweight king Anderson Silva’s record for consecutive defenses. Johnson (262-1) toyed with the third-ranked Brazilian challenger throughout the first two rounds, peppering him with jabs and kicks before deftly slipping away. But after knocking him down at 4:49 of the third, “Mighty Mouse” quickly clamped down on an arm bar and forced Reis to submit. It was a stunning ending to the UFC’s debut in Kansas City, Mo., given Reis’s jiu-jitsu pedigree. The only fighter ever to hold the flyweight belt, Johnson extended his win streak to 12 consecutive to tie Georges StPierre for the third-longest in the UFC.