IN BRIEF
AVONDALE, La. — Refreshed after a couple of weeks off, Dean Wilson birdied three of the last four holes in windy conditions Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Zurich Classic.
Wilson played eight straight tournaments before taking the break.
"I've struggled a little bit," Wilson said. "I took a couple weeks off and just went home and tried to clear my brain and just play golf rather than maybe sit on the range and fiddle with my swing. I think that helped."
Briny Baird, Peter Lonard and Chez Reavie opened with 67s.
ALLENTOWN — Minor league baseball comes to Allentown Sunday when the Lehigh Valley IronPigs host the Philadelphia Phillies in an exhibition game.It's the first baseball game at Allentown's new Coca-Cola Park.All 9,400 fixed-seat and standing-room passes to the game sold out in less than two hours on March 1.The IronPigs are the new Triple-A club for the Phillies. The Phillies' previous Triple-A team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, became a New York Yankees farm club last year.
SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University baseball team will travel to Shippensburg for a doubleheader Saturday instead of today because of poor weather conditions.The first game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.Shippensburg plays a doubleheader at Slippery Rock at 1 p.m. Sunday.
