CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jonathan Byrd lived up to his surname Saturday at the Wells Fargo Championship.
In a mix with a half-dozen other players trying to keep in range of Pat Perez, Byrd ran off five birdies in six holes to start the back nine and finished with a 5-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead into the final round.
He was at 15-under 201 and will try to win for the third time in the last seven months on the tour.
“I don’t know if I’m going to win,” Byrd said. “But I’m playing good enough to win.”
Lucas Glover (69) and Stewart Cink (68) were three shots back.
• Mark Calcavecchia has a one-shot lead over Jay Haas in the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek in Birmingham, Ala.
• Thomas Aiken has a two-shot lead going into today’s final round at the Spanish Open in Terrassa.
MLS: Real Salt Lake tops Chivas
SANDY, Utah — Will Johnson scored in the 87th minute and Real Salt Lake stretched its home unbeaten streak in MLS to 28 games with a 1-0 victory over Chivas USA.
RSL’s Javier Morales broke his ankle on a hard tackle.
In other MLS play, Joao Plata had a goal and assist to power host Toronto FC over the Houston Dynamo 2-1.
• Emilio Renteria‘s penalty kick in the 67th minute sealed a 1-1 tie for the host Columbus Crew against the Seattle Sounders.
• FC Dallas goalie Kevin Hartman made two saves to seal a 0-0 tie against host D.C. United; Vancouver Whitecaps and the host Chicago Fire played to a scoreless tie.
Nadal defeats rival Federer
MADRID — Top-ranked Rafael Nadal extended his dominance on clay to beat rival Roger Federer.
Nadal rallied to reach his third straight Madrid Open final with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 win. Novak Djokovic rallied to beat unseeded Thomaz Bellucci 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Footnotes.
Canada advanced to the quarterfinals of the ice hockey world championship in Kosice, Slovakia, after beating Norway 3-2, and the United States moved into position to do the same. The U.S. came back from a goal down to beat France 3-2.
• Shawn Sangrey had 30 kills and Ohio State rallied to beat UC Santa Barbara 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 15-9 to win the NCAA men’s volleyball title in State College, Pa.
• Evander Holyfield stopped Denmark’s Brian Nielsen on a technical knockout in the 10th round in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• USA Boxing announced that Freddie Roach will work with the top American amateur fighters in preparation for the London Olympics in 2012.
• HTC-Highroad won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia in the team time trial in Turin, Italy.
• As part of his punishment for not revealing his knowledge of his players’ NCAA violations, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel will attend a five-day compliance seminar in June in Tampa, Fla.
• Michigan receiver Darryl Stonum has been suspended indefinitely from the team.
• Kentucky basketball player Terrence Jones will be back for his sophomore year.
