COCAINE, ALCOHOL FOUND IN SYSTEM OF MARLINS’ FERNANDEZ

miami beach, fla.» Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had cocaine and alcohol in his system when his boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty, according to toxicology reports released Saturday.

It’s not clear whether Fernandez was driving when the boat crashed Sept. 25, killing the 24-year-old baseball star and two of his friends. But Fernandez had a blood-alcohol content level of 0.147, well above Florida’s legal limit of 0.08, according to autopsy reports released by the Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s office.

Associate medical examiner Kenneth Hutchins listed the cause of death as “boat crash” for Fernandez, 27-year-old Emilio Jesus Macias and 25-year-old Eduardo Rivero.

Each man had suffered blunt force injuries to his head and body, Hutchins wrote.

Toxicology reports showed both Macias and Rivero had alcohol levels below the state’s legal limit, while Rivero also had cocaine in his system.

The bodies had a strong odor of alcohol on them when they were recovered by divers, and investigators also found evidence the boat was speeding when it slammed into the jetty, according to a search warrant affidavit released this week by the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office.

Matsuyama keeps 3-shot lead

shanghai» Hideki Matsuyama of Japan took advantage of the par 5s for a 4-under-par 68 and kept his threeshot lead in the HSBC Champions. He was at 17-under 199. Defending champion Russell Knox never got closer than two shots on another chilly day. He also had a 68 and was at 14-under 202.

• Shanshan Feng birdied four of her final six holes after a long lightning delay to top the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia leaderboard when darkness suspended play.

The 27-year-old Chinese player had a one-stroke lead over fellow major champion Anna Nordqvist of Sweden. Feng was 7 under for the day and 13 under overall on the 18th tee when play was stopped. Nordqvist was on the par-5 16th.

• Tom Pernice Jr. had four straight birdies and shot an 8-under 64 for a share of the PowerShares QQQ Championship lead with Brandt Jobe.

Jobe had a 66 to match Pernice at 11-under 133 at Sherwood in the PGA Tour Champions’ playoff opener.

• Chris Kirk and Luke List each shot 7-under 65 to share the thirdround lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Kirk and List were at 14-under. Cody Gribble (67), Canada’s Graham DeLaet (68), and 2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover (68) were a stroke back.

Truex recovers with pole win

martinsville, va.» Martin Truex Jr. vowed to win the remaining races this season once he was knocked out of the playoffs.

A pole-winning run at Martinsville Speedway was a strong step toward fulfilling that goal.

Truex turned a lap at 98.206 mph to win the top starting spot for Sunday’s race. He also won the pole last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, but a blown engine led to his elimination in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Lineup »11CC

Nishikori comes back from brink

basel, switzerland» Kei Nishikori saved a match point with a perfect top-spin lob and fought back to beat Gilles Muller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals.

• Defending champion David Ferrer pulled out of the Erste Bank Open with a left leg injury shortly before his semifinal against top-seeded Andy Murray.

• Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia took her debut at the WTA Finals all the way to the championship match with a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova.