MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jon Rahm birdied three of his last four holes Saturday for a 4-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead over teammate Tyrrell Hatton in LIV Golf Mexico.
Rahm will be going for his second win of the LIV Golf season after going winless in 2025. He also won this year in Hong Kong.
Hatton, his teammate on Legion XIII, had a 66. It will be the first time Rahm and Hatton are paired together in the final round in LIV Golf. They have played together in three PGA Tour events, but never in the final round.
“I don’t see the dynamic changing a lot, but I can imagine we’re going to be speaking a little bit less than we do normally just because of the situation we’re going to be in,” Rahm. “Down the stretch, no matter who we’re playing with, usually the conversations are very limited.”
Rahm also will be trying for a better finish at Chapultepec than in 2017, when he nearly chased down Dustin Johnson in a World Golf Championship until a pair of late three-putt bogeys.
Hatton also had a moment at Chapultepec. He was tied with Phil Mickelson on the final of the WGC event in 2018 when he bogeyed the last hole to miss out on a playoff.
“I guess I’ve proved in the past that I can play well around this golf course,” Hatton said. “It didn’t work out for me on the 18th hole in that WGC event, which was disappointing, but hopefully the bubbles will be on my side tomorrow.”
Branden Grace (65) and Tom McKibbin (69) were another shot behind.
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Tyrrell Hatton, of Legion XIII, reads his putt on the 11th green during the third round of LIV Golf Mexico City tournament, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Mateo Villalba/LIV Golf via AP)
BOSTON (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out a season-high 10 over six innings of one-run ball, Kerry Carpenter hit a solo homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Saturday, ending their nine-game road losing streak.
It was the Tigers’ longest winless road stretch since a 10-gamer in 2010. Rookie Kevin McGonigle had an RBI single and two hits.
The 29-year-old Skubal (3-2) held the Red Sox to four hits and had the 18th double-digit strikeout game of his career, with 10 coming last season.
Tyler Holton worked two scoreless innings and Kenley Jansen got the final three outs for his fifth save, the 481st of his career.
Boston starter Brayan Bello (1-2) was roughed up for four runs in four innings. The Red Sox have lost all 12 games this season when their starter doesn’t go at least six innings and won all eight when they do.
With the Tigers leading 1-0, Carpenter sparked a three-run fourth by hitting Bello’s changeup into Detroit’s bullpen. Jake Rogers added a sacrifice fly and McGonigle had his run-scoring single.
In a victory over Miami in his previous start on Sunday, Skubal had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the sixth inning.
The AL’s back-to-back Cy Young Award winner took a no-hitter into the fifth Saturday before Wilyer Abreu had a leadoff single up-the-middle. The Red Sox loaded the bases with no outs but managed only a run on Connor Wong’s double-play grounder.
Coming off a 1-0 walk-off win in the series opener Friday, Boston’s bats were quiet again after collecting just four hits the previous night.
With rain in the forecast, the starting time Sunday was moved back from 1:35 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (1-1, 3.75 ERA) was slated to face Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet (2-2, 7.58), coming off the worst start in club history.
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Detroit Tigers' Wenceel Pérez (46) scores on a sacrifice fly by Jake Rogers as Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, left, waits for the ball in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Brayan Bello delivers a pitch to a Detroit Tigers batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter (30) celebrates after his home run as he arrives at home plate in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter (30) watches his home run in front of Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, left, in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Detroit Tigers' Tyler Holton delivers a pitch to a Boston Red Sox batter in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
