CHONBURI, Thailand -- Anna Nordqvist made two late bogeys at the rainy LPGA
Thailand, leaving her a stroke ahead Friday after the second round.
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even-par 72 to remain 6 under. Germanys Sandra Gal, Paraguays Julieta Granada
and Spains Azahara Munoz were tied for second. The players got a break from the
usual hot, humid conditions, with the temperature only reaching the 70s the
first two days at Siam Country Club. "I think we all expected it to be warmer,"
said Nordqvist, also a stroke ahead Thursday after opening with a 66. "Today
with a little bit of rain and overcast it felt like I still had a lot of the
energy leaving the 18th green." Nordqvist bogeyed Nos. 16 and 18. She had three
birdies and three bogeys. "There were some tough pins out there," Nordqvist
said. "A lot of them were on ridges, and I felt like I hit a lot of good shots
and kept spinning off the ridges. Not much you can do. Felt like I hit it solid.
A little disappointed to finish with a bogey on the last. "Overall, been hitting
it great. Today, I felt like all things were good. Just couldnt get any putts to
drop." The 26-year-old Nordqvist is winless since the 2009 LPGA Championship.
"This is a position I been practicing to be in," Nordqvist said. "Halfway
through and there are 36 more holes, but Im happy with the way Im playing.
Hopefully, can make a couple more putts over the weekend and that should take
care of it." Munoz and Granada shot 68, and Gal had a 70. Granada had a
bogey-free round. "I holed out twice with lob shots, so that was nice," Granada
said. "It was very welcome." Gal had three birdies and a bogey. "I didnt change
my game plan, but it was just playing longer," Gal said. "Some of the pins were
quite tough today, tucked in corners where you usually you just would go for the
middle of the green. And then on top of that, you would have maybe one or two
putts more because you just dont get any roll." Americans Stacy Lewis and
Michelle Wie were 4 under. The third-ranked Lewis had seven birdies and four
bogeys in a 69. Wie shot 73. Light showers in the morning left the greens and
fairways softer than usual. "Just had the rain to start and just changed the way
the golf course played," Lewis said. "Kind of took me a couple holes to adjust
to that. Once I did, I hit some good shots. You just had to be a lot more
aggressive, fly back to holes we normally cant do that. Just played completely
different than it ever has. ... "There were a lot of back pins today, so it was
hard to get the ball to stay up on those back shelves and get yourself to fly
them all the way back there." Top-ranked Inbee Park, the defending champion who
is making her first start of the year, was 2 under after a 71. Second-ranked
Suzann Pettersen and No. 4 Lydia Ko also were 2 under. Pettersen had a 73 and
the 16-year-old Ko shot 70.
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Patrick Sharp is on one of those streaks.PITTSBURGH -- Ike Davis made his first
home run with the Pittsburgh Pirates a memorable one. Davis became the first
player to hit grand slams for different teams in the same April, and Neil Walker
had a run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth inning as the Pirates twice
overcame deficits to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Monday night. Pittsburgh
trailed 2-0 before Davis fourth-inning homer off Mike Leake. Davis hit a
game-winning, ninth-inning slam off the Reds J.J. Hoover on April 5 for the New
York Mets, who traded him to the Pirates on Friday. According to STATS, no
player previously hit slams for different teams in the same April. Davis became
just the third to hit slams for different teams against the same opponent in the
same year, following Ray Boone in 1953 and Mike Piazza in 1998. "We knew thats
what he was capable of doing when we traded for him," Walker said. "As a
left-handed hitter in this ballpark, I can envision him hitting more balls over
that Clemente Wall in right field. This is just the start." Leake said he made a
good pitch and gave credit to Davis, his former college teammate at Arizona
State. "I broke his bat and he still hit it out," Leake said. "Thats how strong
he is." With nobody out, Davis was just trying not to kill a rally rather than
trying to hit a grand slam. "I wanted something up because I know Mike has a
good changeup and sinker so I didnt want to ground into a double play," Davis
said. "I was just looking for something I could hit into the outfield, either
get a sac fly, base hit or, hopefully if I hit it good enough, a homer. I was
just trying to get the ball in the air." The Pirates were behind 5-4 before
Andrew McCutchens leadoff homer in the eighth against Manny Parra. Walker got
the winning hit off Hoover (1-2) after consecutive one-out walks to
Russell Martin and Andrew&nbbsp;McCutchen followed by Pedro Alvarezs popout.
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Hoover said of the loss. "I hung a curveball on 1-2 count to Walker when I was
trying to bury it in the dirt and I left it up a little bit where he could
handle it. And you cant walk guys and expect to have good results." Jared Hughes
(1-0) pitched a scoreless, two-hit ninth for the win after being recalled from
Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day. "Im in Indianapolis yesterday and in
Pittsburgh today getting a win," Hughes said. "Thats pretty cool." Cincinnati
had taken a 5-4 lead in the eighth when Brandon Phillips and Todd Frazier
singled off Francisco Liriano, Jay Bruce hit an RBI double against Justin Wilson
and, after an intentional walk to Ryan Ludwick, Devin Mesoraco hit a run-scoring
single. McCutchen and Walker each had three hits for the Pirates, while
Mesoraco, Phillps and Frazier had three hits each for Cincinnati. Mesoraco has a
hit in all 10 games hes played this season and is batting 541. Liriano gave up
five runs -- four earned -- and seven hits in seven-plus innings. Leake allowed
eight hits in seven innings. NOTES: Boone, playing for Cleveland and Detroit,
hit slams against the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Piazza, playing for the Los
Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets, hit slams against Arizona. ... Pirates LHP
Wandy Rodriguez was placed on the 15-day DL with right knee tendinitis, opening
a roster spot for Hughes. ... Reds LHP Aroldis Chapman is tentatively scheduled
to throw batting practice Wednesday, the first time he will face hitters since
sustaining facial fractures March 19 when he was hit by a line drive during a
spring training game. The closer had a 45-pitch bullpen session Sunday. .
Cincinnati RHP Johnny Cueto (1-2, 1.50) faces Pittsburgh RHP Edinson Volquez
(1-0, 1.71) on Tuesday night.
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