In Brief

GOLF

Dufner's 18th-hole birdie secures Byron Nelson title

Jason Dufner made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, his second PGA Tour win in three weeks.

Dufner's winning putt wrapped up a 3-under 67 for an 11-under 269 total, one stroke ahead of Dicky Pride.

Dufner got his first PGA Tour win three weeks ago at New Orleans, a week before getting married.

Also: Azahara Munoz beat Candie Kung 2 and 1 to win the LPGA's Sybase Match Play Championship in Gladstone, N.J., a title that was set up when Morgan Pressel was penalized for slow play while in control of a semifinal match against Munoz.

Munoz and Pressel were both slow in their semi, although Munoz was admittedly a little slower. They were warned about slow play after nine holes and put on the clock after No. 11.

The 12th hole changed everything. Pressel won it with a par to seemingly take a 3-up lead. However, before she could tee off on No. 13, a tour official informed her that she was being penalized for slow play, turning a 3-up lead into a 1-up lead as Munoz was awarded the 12th hole. Munoz went on to a 2-and-1 victory.

Nicolas Colsaerts handled fierce winds to top Graeme McDowell and capture the World Match Play Championship in Casares, Spain, boosting his chances of making Europe's Ryder Cup team.

Colsaerts won a slow final 1 up for his second European PGA Tour title and a check for $900,000.

BASEBALL

UNLV baseball team seeded fourth for MWC tourney

The UNLV baseball team will be the fourth and final seed in the Mountain West Conference Championship, set for Thursday through Saturday at Wilson Stadium.

UNLV (26-29, 7-17 MWC) will play top-seeded New Mexico (33-22, 18-6) at 7 p.m. Thursday. No. 2 seed Texas Christian (35-17, 18-6), which shared the regular-season title with the Lobos, will open against No. 3 San Diego State (24-32, 12-12) at 3 p.m. Thursday.

The Rebels wrapped up their regular season Sunday with an 8-7 win at Sacramento State, sweeping the three-game series.

Also: A baseball jersey worn by Babe Ruth sold for more than $4.4 million, a record for any item of sports memorabilia, according to the buyer and seller.

SCP Auctions said the circa 1920 New York Yankees uniform top is the earliest known jersey worn by Ruth, and it fetched $4,415,658 at the company's auction, which began in April and ended Sunday. SCP Auctions said that price broke the previous record of $4,338,500 set in 2010 for James Naismith's founding rules of basketball.

The St. Louis Cardinals placed first baseman Lance Berkman on the 15-day disabled list because of an injured right knee. Berkman was hurt while stretching for a throw from shortstop Rafael Furcal on Justin Sellers' groundout in the second inning of Saturday night's 6-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day disabled list with a sore shoulder, the latest injury setback to the franchise's opening-day starter. McCarthy moved to the DL almost this same time last season, taking nearly seven weeks to return.

The New York Mets placed right-hander Miguel Batista on the 15-day disabled list with a minor muscle pull in his lower back.

The Miami Marlins placed outfielder Emilio Bonifacio on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained left thumb.

The Pittsburgh Pirates put right-handed reliever Jason Grilli on the bereavement list following the death of his wife's grandfather.

MISCELLANEOUS

Sharapova nets Italian title; men's final postponed

Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in Rome in a wild match in which play was twice interrupted by rain and the red clay turned to mud.

The rain proved even more formidable for a men's final that never happened. Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had to wait until today to settle their championship.

Also: Dutchman Robert Gesink won cycling's Tour of California with a main-field finish in the eighth and final stage, from Beverly Hills to downtown Los Angeles. Gesink was victorious over American Dave Zabriskie by 46 seconds after claiming the mountainous and decisive seventh stage. Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the final leg, which covered 42.6 miles.

Former NBA star and 1960 Olympic gold medalist Bob Boozer died at age 75 in Omaha, Neb. Ella Boozer said her husband died Saturday of a brain aneurysm after becoming ill Friday night.