Norton, MA (Sports Network) - Bubba Watson coughed up a two-shot lead on the back nine Sunday, but birdied the 17th to gain a one-stroke advantage after three rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship. Watson, who won twice earlier this year, managed a one-under 70 to complete 54 holes at the TPC Boston at 11-under-par 202. The big-hitting left-hander will go for his fourth PGA Tour win on Monday. Earlier in the year, he captured the Farmers Insurance Open and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Watson, who shared the second-round lead with 2003 winner Adam Scott and Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, is sitting atop a crowded leaderboard. "I need to tie them tomorrow so that I win by one," Watson joked in a television interview. "Im just going to come out here and keep doing what Im doing, Im just trying to play golf and not worry about what the lead is. Today, I had some bogeys and gave away some shots, but at the same time I made some putts to make some birdies." Jason Day, who tied for second place last year, and Brendan Steele both carded four-under 67s to move into a share of second place at minus-10. They were joined there by Scott (71), Jerry Kelly (68) and Chez Reavie (68). Last years FedEx Cup champ Jim Furyk carded a five-under 66 to move into a tie for seventh at nine-under-par 204. He stands alongside Schwartzel (72), world No. 1 Luke Donald, Webb Simpson (67) and Gary Woodland (66). The tour, as usual, is taking advantage of the Labor Day holiday by playing Friday-to-Monday. After an off-week, the top 70 on the FedEx Cup points list will continue the playoffs at the BMW Championship. Among those needing big final rounds to get inside the top 70 are 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, John Rollins, J.J. Henry, 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, Padraig Harrington, Ricky Barnes and Ben Crane. Watson stumbled to a bogey on the first hole to fall two strokes behind Nick Watney, who birdied the first and eagled the second to jump to 11-under. Watson got a shot back with a birdie on the par-five second. After Watney fell back to 10-under with a bogey on the fifth, Watson claimed a one-stroke cushion with a birdie on No. 4. Watney birdied the seventh to join Watson at minus-11, but Watson birdied the same hole to go one up again. Watson birdied No. 10 to push his advantage to two strokes over Rickie Fowler, who had five birdies and a bogey in the first 11 holes. After Fowler dropped a stroke on the 12th, trouble loomed for Watson as well. He missed the green at the par-three 11th, leading to a bogey, and his drive on No. 12 found thick rough, which forced Watson to lay up. He played his third to 17 feet and he two-putted for a bogey, but was still alone in the lead as the others near him were also faltering. After a pair of pars, Watson found a brutal lie in the rough on No. 15 and had to lay up again. He pitched his third to nine feet, but missed the putt to the left. His bogey led to a six-way tie for the lead at minus-10. Watson answered with a nine-foot birdie putt on the par-four 17th to regain the lead. He had just over eight feet for birdie at the last, but was unable to convert that effort. "When I made the turn, I made a good par on nine, birdied 10 and had a three- shot lead, or somewhere in that area," said Watson in an interview with the Golf Channel of his two-stroke lead on No. 10. "I knew if I could put the gas peddle down, I could get a big lead. But I made back-to-back bogeys there. Coming down the stretch, I birdied 17, so Im in good position overall." Day had an eagle, a bogey and three birdies in his round, while Steele carded two eagles, two bogeys and two birdies for his second straight 67. Scott traded a birdie for a bogey on holes two and three, then a bogey for a birdie at 17 and 18. Kelly and Reavie both had four birdies and a lone bogey in their rounds of 68. Phil Mickelson, the 2007 champion, got his belly-putter going on Sunday. He collected six birdies to go with a hole-out eagle on the par-four 11th for a round of eight-under 63. The low round of the day helped Mickelson jump into a share of 19th at minus-seven. NOTES: Watson owned the 54-hole lead for the fourth time on the PGA Tour. He lost the first two, but claimed a playoff victory over Simpson earlier this year at the Zurich Classic...If Watson can pick up the win, he would likely take over the top spot in the race for the FedEx Cup...There are 23 players within four shots of Watsons lead heading into Mondays final round. Nike Air Max Thea Sale . The 31-year-old tennis star had been scheduled to play a first-round match Tuesday against Ana Ivanovic. Nike Air Max 1 Sale . 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Baseballs biggest stage has been overtaken by the wild card-winning Cardinals, who received a quality start by Chris Carpenter (3-0) and three one-hit innings by their suddenly vaunted relievers. "They made pitches when they had to, that was pretty much it," Rangers first baseman Michael Young said. "Carpenter looked sharp, and their bullpen threw well." Carpenter lasted six frames and allowed five hits and two runs -- both coming on Mike Napolis game-tying homer in the fifth. His counterpart, C.J. Wilson (0-3), remained winless this postseason after getting charged for three runs on four hits and six walks in 5 2/3 frames. Lance Berkman also knocked in two runs for St. Louis in the win. How important was the win for the Cardinals? Well the team winning Game 1 of the Fall Classic has gone on to win 12 of the last 14 titles. In fact the last 10 teams who have won Game 1 at home have gone on to win the World Series. "When you get in the postseason, you have to win games in so many ways," Freese added. "Not every game is going to be the same. Teams that win 90, 95, 100 games, they win ballgames different ways the entire year." Heading to the hill for the Cardinals tonight will be lefty Jaime Garcia, who is 0-2 in these playoffs with a 5.74 ERA. Garcia, though, was 9-4 in 15 starts at home this season with a 2.55 ERA. He produced a quality start at home versus Philadelphia in the NLDS and has only allowed four runs in 11 2/33 innings in two starts at Busch this postseason.dddddddddddd "Any starting pitcher would say that, that if you dont go six innings, you feel like you let your team down," Garcia said Wednesday. "But when it comes down to the playoffs, the job the bullpen has been doing has been unbelievable. All I worry about tomorrow, when tomorrow comes, Im going to go out there and try and go as deep as I can. Just focus on one single pitch at a time until he takes me out of the game. If its three, if its five, six, seven or nine [innings], thats out of my control. Im just going to go out there and make pitches until [La Russa] takes me out." Tonight the Rangers turn to righty Colby Lewis, who has been one of the better pitchers in the postseason the past two years, but lost his last time out. Lewis was tagged by the Detroit Tigers for four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings of that Game 3 setback in the ALCS, but he is still 4-1 lifetime in the postseason with a 2.37 ERA in six starts. "Yeah, I mean, its kind of all or nothing," Lewis said Wednesday. "You go out there and you dont know if youre going to get the ball again. Its something you go out and you let it all hang out, and whatever happens, happens. You cant really worry about your what-ifs or anything like that. You just focus on the one pitch that you have at hand and do it. I mean, I just ... yeah, its comfortable, its exciting, stands are packed, towels are waving. I mean, its kind of hard not to get pumped up for it, you know?" Lewis, who started Game 3 in each of the Rangers first three series, pitched to a 3.43 ERA on the road the road this season compared to a 5.45 ERA in Arlington. Texas manager Ron Washington, though, said that had nothing to do with moving him up in the rotation. "On the road didnt have anything to do with it," Washington said. "If we were home, he would still be starting Game 2." There is obviously zero postseason history between these teams and really no head-to-head information, as the clubs have only met once in interleague play with the Cardinals taking two of three in Arlington back in 2004. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '