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YANG MEI, Taiwan -- Suzann Pettersen won the Taiwan Championship on Sunday for her second straight LPGA Tour victory, rallying to beat Inbee Park by three strokes. Pettersen closed with a 3-under 69 in wind and drizzle on the at Sunrise course. The Norwegian finished with a 19-under 269 and earned $300,000 for her 10th LPGA Tour title. "It is a great win for me, especially coming back from behind in tough conditions like today," Pettersen said. "I just focused on every shot and stuck to my game plan." Last week in South Korea, she beat Catriona Matthew in a playoff. "I tee it up every week to try and win," Pettersen said. "Obviously, winning last week gave me perhaps a bit more confidence believing that what I do is the right thing. ... I dont think Ive enjoyed myself so much on the golf course like I have the last three or four weeks, so I think that might be a huge part of it. Really playing with my heart, playing with my instinct, even on the last shot. Just being aggressive." Park shot a 74. The South Korean won two weeks ago in Malaysia for her second victory of the year and leads the money list. "Today, I hit the ball good, I think," Park said. "Just, putts just didnt fall. I mean I holed a lot of putts the last three days, so I guess today was just unlucky day. Just try to take the things from this week and go on to next week." Local favourite Yani Tseng had a 71 to finish third at 15 under. The top-ranked Taiwanese player won the event last year. "I really enjoyed this week to coming back home and play the LPGA tournament here," Tseng said. " So many fans out here to cheer for me and to give me 100 per cent support, so I really, really appreciate that. I cant wait to come back next year to play well." She won three of the first five tour events this year, then struggled before finishing third in the last two events. "I know I didnt finish where I wanted to, but its getting better and I think its getting better slowly, so Im very happy what I play right now," Tseng said. "I always have something that I can improve on like every day, so Im very happy to see my game right now and feel very confident and going to play Japan next week, so hopefully Ill have a good week, too." Matthew was fourth at 14 under after a 70. Cristie Kerr was the only American in the top 12, shooting a 73 to tie for sixth at 9 under. Michelle Wie had a 76 to tie for 23rd at 1 under. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Supply . In total, TSN Canadiens delivers a package of 18 Canadiens match-ups from the 2013 NHL regular season to fans living in the teams broadcast region. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap . Louis Blues signed forward Andrew Murray to a one-year, two-way contract on Friday. http://www.wholesalechinajerseysmall.com/ . -- Robert Streb shot a 3-under 69 in rainy conditions Saturday at Del Monte to take a one-stroke lead over Billy Horschel after the third round in the Pebble Beach Invitational.First the good news. Escobar has the second best batting average amongst shortstops in the American League. Oops, this guy doesnt play for the Jays though. Alcides Escobar of the Royals is batting .297, second only to Derek Jeter at .323. Seriously though, where have all the great shortstops gone? Over the past 25 years, we all got to watch the likes of Cal Ripken Jr, Alan Trammell, Tony Fernandez, Alex Rodriguez and Omar Vizquel, not to mention National Leaguers like Ozzie Smith and Barry Larkin. Earlier this week, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopolous said he concidered six position players to be fixtures with the Jays going into next season: Jose Bautista, Juan Encarnacion, J.P Arencibia, Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus and Yunel Escobar. My original thought in doing this article was to question Escobar being on the list. After all, he will be 30-years old in November and is starting to drift into journeyman territory. He is ranked 6th amongst shortstops in the American League this season in terms of fielding, (Im ony including those whove played over 100 games). Escobar is also ranked 11th overall in the Majors and his error total of a year ago is down to 12. Still, Escobars offensive numbers overall have fallen off from a year ago. Yes, his homer total (9) is only two off last year and his RBI total is only one off last year (48). However, his on-base percentage is down, his walks are down, his average is down and his strikeouts are up. Yes with all the injuries, he may be trying to do too much or maybe batting in a position he shouldnt be in John Farrells lineup. All well and good, but he hardly plays like a fixture to me. The trouble is, upgrading at short, in the short term, wouldnt be easy. Adeiny Hetcheveria could be the answer, but he could just as easily be the starting second baseman next year, or even start the year again at Triple A. An intriguing possibility is Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera. He wont be 27 until November and also has some experience playing second base. There have also been rumours the Indians might move him in the off-season as part of a general house-cleaning after a miserable second half. A year ago, Cabrera was arguably Clevelands MVP, driving in 92 runs and anchoring the infield. This season though, hes having wrist prroblems that threaten to shut hm down for the rest of the season and his power numbers have fallen off considerably.dddddddddddd The Jays could do worse than to have Yunel Escobar back next season and he is under contract for an affordable $5 million in the final guaranteed year of his contract. But if next season mirrors this season, I can guarantee you they wont pick up his option years or sign him to a new deal. Incidentally, the top-ranked shortstop is Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers. They also have the top-ranked shortstop prospect in Jurickson Profar. Hes only 19, but is up with Texas for the September stretch run to observe and absorb.  How about this one? When the Yankees picked up Ichiro Suzuki from Seattle, they cut loose veteran outfielder and ex-Jay Dewayne Wise. In the 28 games since hes been with the White Sox, Wise has hit .284 with five homers and 15 RBIs. In 48 games with the Yanks, Ichiro is batting .291 with three homers and 18 RBIs. But five of Ichiros runs batted in came in one game against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Wild Finish Did you notice that if there was no second Wild Card in the National League right now, all the post-season berths would be settled? Washingotn in the East, Cincinnati in the Central, San Francisco in the West and Atlanta in the Wild Card. Thanks to the new system, St. Louis, the Dodgers, Milwaukee, the Phillies and maybe even Arizona are still alive. All the American League races are up for grabs but Oakland and Baltimore are sitting pretty right now but both have extremely difficult road trips coming up. The Orioles open a 9-game trip tonight with the first of three at Oakland, then move on to Seattle and Boston. As for the As, after they host the Orioles, they go to Detroit, New York and Texas. Baltimores trip may be a tad easier, but at this time of year, no matter which clubs youre playing, trips of this length are a grind. The Blue Jays could play a big part in deciding where the Yankees finish. They have seven games left with the Bronx Bombers -- four in Toronto and three at Yankee Stadium. This is going to be a great final three weeks. Scott Ferguson is the Sportscentre Update anchor for TSN Radio 1050 from 4pm et to 7pm et from Monday to Friday and is TSN Radio 1050s Blue Jays analyst/reporter. ' ' '