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STC EDITION -FINAL The Palm Beach POSt Sunday, April 14, 2013 Sports Tigers snap Athletics' 9-game streak Story, C5 Bryant out for season with torn Achilles Story, C7 Sports editor: DaveTepps (561) 820-4742 ordteppspbpost.com On the web: palmbeachpost.com BASEBALL MARLINS 2, PHILLIES 1 Fernandez sparkles again Rookie allows one run in six innings, has RBI in his second no-decision. TODAY'S GAME Phillies at Marlins, 1:10 p.m., FSN out to him. One arm was inside-out and the zipper was stuck, but the 20-year-old rookie tried to pull the jacket on over his head like a sweater. As the Phillies calmly waited, Fernandez tugged and pulled and pushed. At one point, his head disappeared inside and an elbow flung in- Marlins continued on C3 By Joe Capozzi Palm Beach Post Staff Writer MIAMI It was a mighty struggle for pitcher Jose Fernandez on Saturday, even if the struggle lasted for just a minute.

Long before the Marlins beat the Phillies 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Fernandez helped himself with his first major league hit, an RBI single off Cole Hamels that gave More Marlins Reyes injury adds to misery of former Marlins, C5 Stanton listed as day-to-day, C3 Miami a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning. He clapped his hands as he ran to first base. Then the fun started. A jacket was brought Miami rookie right-hander Jose Fernandez allowed two hits over six innings during his first start at Marlins Park, alan diaz associated press COLLEGE FOOTBALL MIAMI Dave George WOODS REMAINS IN THE MIX 'Canes ready to spring forward Despite two-stroke penalty for improper drop, he battles into contention before final round. By Brian Biggane Palm Beach Post Staff Writer AUGUSTA, GA.

A complicated ruling that penalized but did not disqualify Tiger Woods took much of the spotlight away from the golf at Augusta National on Saturday. Allowed to remain in the field and continue his pursuit of his fifth green jacket and 15th major championship, Woods shot a 2-under-par 70 to climb from 19th to a tie for seventh place and remain in contention heading into today's final round at the Masters. "I'm right there in the ballgame," said Woods, a Jupiter Island resident. "I'm four (strokes) back with a great shot to win this championship." The controversy began late Friday, after Woods' third shot at the 15th hole clanked off the flagstick and rolled into the water, prompting him to drop another ball and finish out the hole with what appeared to be a bogey. An ESPN viewer called tournament headquarters and pointed out that Woods had made an improper drop, moving back several feet from where he had taken his initial shot.

Masters continued on C6 Positive change is in the air during the final offseason tune-up. MIAMI GARDENS The good ol' days are never that far away for the Miami Hurricanes' extended football family, even with the bad ol' NCAA bearing down. You could feel it in Saturday's spring game, right about the time 1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta came sneaking onto the field in the third quarter to throw a scripted and uncontested 45-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson, MVP of the 2002 Rose Bowl. That's two Miami national championship teams represented on one entertaining snap, and a nice crowd approaching 8,000 or so ate it up. The only way to keep them smiling, of course, is to improve on last season's 7-5 record and, even better, to gang up on the Florida Gators.

Miami gets its chance at Florida on Sept. 7 at Sun Life Stadium, and coach Al Golden can George continued on C3 THIRD ROUND Leaders Brandt Snedeker 70-70-69 Angel Cabrera 71-69-69 69-72-69 -6 Follower Adam Scott Notables Marc Leishman Jason Day Tiger Woods Rickie Fowler Sergio Garcia Fred Couples 66-73-72 -5 70-68-73 -5 70-73-70 -3 68-76-70 -2 Snedeker More from the Masters Snedeker charges into tie for lead with 69, C6 -1 66-76-73 68-71-77 More college football Morris, Johnson make big plays in UM spring game, C3 Florida State's starting QB spot still up for grabs, C3 Tiger Woods is irked after missing an eagle putt on No. 15, where he triple-bogeyed a day earlier, during the third round at Augusta National on Saturday. 'I'm four (strokes) back with a great shot to win this Woods said, charlie riedel associated press Today's tee times, C6 Complete scores, C9 NBA BULLS AT HEAT, 1 P.M., ABC NFL DOLPHINS Be smart, bench the stars Club's secret weapon is tough 'capologist' X. Dawn Aponte negotiates contracts and manages the salary cap for the Dolphins.

GregStoda Let Wade play a little, and keep James, Bosh, from roughneck Bulls. MIAMI The Heat have nothing to prove today. That's why discretion being the better part of valor, and all that they should play Dwyane Wade minimal minutes and LeBron James and Chris Bosh not at all when the roughneck Chicago Bulls come calling in AmericanAir-lines Arena. The riskreward scale is too out of balance to do otherwise. Or don't you recall the game in Chicago a little more than two weeks ago when the Bulls in snapping a 27-game Heat winning streak employed strong-arm tactics that resulted in James complaining about a couple of incidents ByBenVolin Palm Beach Post Staff Writer DAVIE Jeff Ireland, the Dolphins' general manager since 2008, is the face of the front office and the man who gets most of the credit (and blame) for the team's fortunes.

But Miami's front office really has two bosses: Ireland and Dawn Aponte, the team's salary-cap expert and a trail-blazer for women in NFL football operations. Aponte, 41, whose title is executive vice president of football administration, works with Ireland and coach Joe Philbin on daily football decisions. But perhaps more importantly, she is credited with expert management of the team's salary cap, which that, in his opinion, weren't "basketball plays" in a rough-house game? It doesn't matter that James came across as a whiner. What matters is that the Heat with nothing at stake in terms of playoff seeding with the top spot all theirs -don't need the aggravation the Bulls unfailingly present. Not with the regular season winding down, they don't, and not with Chicago in a Stoda continued on C7 gave the Dolphins flexibility this offseason to make a number of splashy signings.

Like her mentors Bill Par-cells and Bill Belichick, Aponte prefers to stay out of the spotlight she declined to be interviewed for this article but in a 20-year career she has risen from intern with the New York Jets to one of the most powerful women in NFL football operations. Only the Cincinnati Ben-Dolphins continued on C8 The Heat have nothing to gain and a whole lotto lose by letting LeBron James play today against Chicago. WILFREDO LEE ASSOCIATED PRESS.