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and Lexi topped the Kraft Nabisco leaderboard Saturday, setting up a possible final-round showdown the LPGA Tour has beenwaiting for. The 24-yearoldWie shot a bogey-free 4-under-par 68 to match Thompson at 10-under 206 at Mission Hills in the firstmajor championship of the year. … Matt Kuchar vaulted past struggling Sergio

with a 4-under 68— overcoming windy conditions at the Golf Club ofHouston to match the lowround of the day and take a four-shot lead after three rounds of the PGA Tour’s Houston Open. Kuchar stands at 15-under overall heading into Sunday’s final round, four shots ahead of second-round leader Garcia and Cameron Tringale. … Tony Stewart, above, knocked Brad Keselowski from the pole as qualifying ended at TexasMotor Speedway. Stewart waited right until the end of the final round and circled the speedway at 195.454 mph to grab the top starting spot for Sunday’s race. Martin Truex Jr. is in the 18th position after Furniture RowRacing’sNo. 78 Chevrolet had some grip issues during qualifying— after being 1oth-fastest in the first qualifying session. … SeniorWalker Madden, a 6-foot-9, 297-pound offensive tacklewho started 10 games last season, left theWyoming football team for personal reasons. Coach an- nounced Madden’s departure but didn’t go into details. …

scored a hat trick, including two goals in the final five minutes of the match, and the Seattle Sounders staged a furious late rally to pull out a 4-4 drawwith the rival Portland Timbers inMLS. … Andrew Dykstra earned a shutout in his firstMLS start in nearly four years, and D.C. United defeated NewEngland 2-0. … Michael

scored from a bad angle, beating goalkeeper Steve

in Toronto FC’s 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew.