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Baseball

The St. Louis Cardinals placed right-hander Woody Williams on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a strained muscle in his left side.

Williams left the game with the Houston Astros after the second inning Friday night complaining of tightness in the muscle. He said afterward that the injury had bothered him since early spring training and got progressively worse Friday.

"I thought that was fat in that area," Williams said of the upper abdominal pull. "I didn't know you could pull fat."

The Cardinals recalled right-hander Mike Crudale from Triple-A Memphis.

Golf

Phil Mickelson's putter let him down again. Retief Goosen was there to take advantage.

The South African, whose only victory on American soil came in last year's U.S. Open, shot a 4-under-par 68 in the third round of the BellSouth Classic to take a two-stroke lead over Mickelson.

Goosen launched a streak of five birdies in six holes by sinking a 20-foot putt at No. 9, one of the toughest tests on the TPC at Sugarloaf.

Goosen had bogeys at 16 and 18, finishing with a 14-under 202. Mickelson was at 204 after shooting a third-round 71.

Mickelson four-putted the 310-yard 13th after driving the green.

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn (69) was third at 205.

Se Ri Pak shot her second consecutive 4-under 68 to take a three-stroke advantage into the final round of the Office Depot Championship.

Annika Sorenstam, who came from 10 shots back on the last day to win last year, was second at 5-under 139 after a 68 on the El Caballero Country Club course.

Doug Tewell made an eagle from the fairway on the first hole -- a great start to a day that left him in the lead after the second round of the Legends of Golf.

Tewell used a 6-iron to sink his second shot from 173 yards on the par-4 opening hole. It was the highlight of a round of 6-under 66 that left him at 9-under 135 for the tournament.

One stroke behind was his playing partner, Stewart Ginn, who shot a 67.

Tennis

No amount of bad weather was going to slow the U.S. Davis Cup team.

Todd Martin and James Blake waited out a lengthy rain delay, then picked up right where they left off and beat Alberto Martin and Juan Balcells in straight sets to give the United States a 2-1 lead over Spain in their best-of-five quarterfinal.

The Americans won 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on the grass court.

Andy Roddick, 6-0 in Davis Cup play, can clinch the series by beating Alex Corretja in today's first singles match. Pete Sampras is slated to play Tommy Robredo in the day's second match.

-- From wire reports