Roth Bros. advance to major world series

August 9, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

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John Hay allowed just one run in nine innings of work to lead Roth Bros. to a 7-1 win over Pittsburgh St. John’s in the championship game of the NABF regional baseball tournament.

Roth will compete in the Major Division world series in Louisville, Ky., beginning Thursday.

Wade Daniels led the attack with three hits and two runs scored.

Nalbandian beats Baghdatis in final

WASHINGTON

Confident as David Nalbandian is, he harbored some doubts about how he would play at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

After all, he was ranked 117th after missing about 12 of the past 15 months because of injuries. He hadn’t played in a tournament since April. He needed a wild-card invitation merely to get into the field.

A week later, he leaves as the hard-court tournament’s champion — and someone to watch at the U.S. Open.

Lunde rallies to win Turning Stone meet

VERONA, N.Y.

Bill Lunde rallied with a 6-under 66 to finish at 17-under 271, holding off J.J. Henry by one stroke to win the Turning Stone Resort Championship on Sunday.

The win is the first for Lunde in his second full season on the PGA Tour. He vaulted into the lead with six birdies on the front nine and played even par for the last nine holes.

Lunde earned a spot in next week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits with the victory. He also won $720,000 and picked up 250 FedEx Cup points.

Henry tied the course record with a 63 and finished second at 16 under. Jerry Kelly, Josh Teater, Michael Sim, Billy Mayfair and Alex Cejka tied for third place at 15 under. Cejka led after the second and third rounds, but shot 72 on Sunday.

Frost shoots 61 to win the 3M Championship

BLAINE, Minn.

Midway through his final round, the only question was if David Frost could set a 3M Championship scoring record.

He did so with his final stroke.

Frost made a 25-foot putt for eagle on the 18th hole to finish an 11-under 61 on Sunday and win the title in record-setting fashion.

“The hole got in the way, I guess, but it was really a nice way to cap it off,” he said.

It is the first career Champions Tour win for Frost, whose 25-under 191 was two shots better than the previous tournament scoring record set by R.W. Eaks in 2008. His final-round score beat by one the tournament’s previous lowest round set by Dana Quigley in 2008.

Charles’ double-double leads Sun past Mystics

UNCASVILLE, Conn.

Tina Charles had 17 points and 17 rebounds, setting a rookie record with her 18th double-double, and the Connecticut Sun preserved their playoff hopes with a 76-67 win over the Washington Mystics on Sunday.

Asjha Jones also had 17 points and Sandrine Gruda added 12 as the Sun (14-14) pulled two games behind Washington (16-12) for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Connecticut also clinched the season series, giving the Sun a potential playoff tiebreaker.

Majesticperfection earns race victory

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.

Majesticperfection took the lead at the break and led throughout to win the $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap by 23/4 lengths Sunday at Saratoga Race Course.

The Vanderbilt was the fifth consecutive win for the Steve Asmussen-trained Majestic Perfection, his first in a Grade 1 race. Majesticperfection, ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, ran the six furlongs in 1:08.63 and earned $150,000 for the Padua Stables, his owner.

Majesticperfection paid $4, $2.80 and $2.50. Big Drama paid $3.70 and $2.90 and Bribon, third of eight, returned $2.60 to show.

Earlier, 5-year-old Secret Gypsy, ridden by Jamie Theriot, wore down frontrunning One Smokin’ Lady.

Vindicator staff/wire reports