Jorge Flores and Jesse Marsch scored first-half goals a minute apart, and Chivas USA beat the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday night.

Both Flores and Marsch have scored in three consecutive games, and Chivas has won all three. Chivas (4-4-2) moved into a three-way tie atop the Western Conference standings.

Columbus, meanwhile, lost its second consecutive game after compiling a seven-match unbeaten streak. The Crew (6-3-1) have failed to score in their last three games.

Chivas recorded its second shutout of the season.

Flores scored his third goal of the season in the 20th minute, while Marsch collected his fourth just one minute later. In the 22nd minute, the game changed again in Chivas? favor as Crew defender Danny O?Rourke was ejected.

Chivas again received a boost from the teenage Flores. The winner of the 2007 Sueno MLS competition, an open tryout that drew some 2,000 hopefuls, Flores earned his second consecutive start. The 18-year-old scored his first career goal on May 17 against DC United and also scored at Colorado on May 24

The former Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys player who was the most accurate in NFL history and was once called an ?idiot kicker? by Peyton Manning for comments he made on Canadian TV took part in the first Toronto Argonauts practice of the season Sunday.

The day before, he signed with the team that helped propel him to stardom in 1996. More than a decade after leaving the Argos for the fame and fortune of the NFL, Vanderjagt was thrilled to be back.

?Toronto was the front-runner, regardless of what NFL team called,? said Vanderjagt, who won back-to-back Grey Cup championships in his only two full CFL seasons. ?I really wanted to come to Toronto, more than anything else.?

Vanderjagt wasn?t ready to leave the sport despite an ignominious departure from the NFL in November 2006. He was cut from the Dallas Cowboys after missing a pair of field goals against the Colts.

?When you fish and golf enough and you?re only 38 years old and you feel you can still do it,? Vanderjagt said. ?I miss the area and I miss my family and friends. It became a good opportunity, assuming Toronto wanted me, to be able to kick for a few more years.?

Vanderjagt led the NFL in scoring in 1999 and kicked 42 consecutive field goals in 2003-04, the longest streak in league history. Vanderjagt made 86.5 per cent of his field goals?tops in the NFL among kickers with at least 100 attempts?and made the Pro Bowl in 2004.

Vanderjagt also lashed out at head coach Tony Dungy and quarterback Peyton Manning following a 41-0 playoff loss to the New York Jets in 2002.

Rafael Nadal won his fourth straight Barcelona Open title with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 victory over second-seeded David Ferrer in the final Sunday.

Nadal?s 21st straight win at the tournament improved his record to 20-1 in clay court finals, including 4-0 at Barcelona. The second-ranked Spaniard, who has won 103 of his last 104 matches on clay, improved to 25-8 in finals overall.

Nadal moved to 6-3 against the fifth-ranked Ferrer, whom he beat on his way to a fourth straight trophy at Monte Carlo last week. The three-time French Open champion will go for a fourth straight Masters Series title in Rome, starting Monday. French Open Tickets and US Open Tickets available on Go Tickets.

Nadal took the lead from the first game with a break of Ferrer?s serve thanks to a backhand passing shot.

Ferrer fired a crosscourt forehand out to give Nadal a second break point and a 3-0 advantage. Ferrer finally held in the fifth to trail 4-1.

Peter Lawrie made par on the second playoff hole to win the Spanish Open on Sunday after Ignacio Garrido?s approach shot rolled into the water.

Garrido (72) forced the playoff with a birdie on the 18th hole to finish at 15-under 273. Lawrie shot a 5-under 67.

?I?m not a party person, but I will enjoy this,? the 34-year-old Irishman said after his first European Tour win in 175 attempts.

Both players birdied the first playoff hole.

?It just feels unbelievable; I?m lost for words,? Lawrie said. ?I thought I?d had it won and was telling my caddie Dermott to pack up because we have to catch a plane, when he (Garrido) holed that last putt.?

Garrido set a course record with a 63 on Friday.

After getting swept at home by Detroit last week, the New York Yankees dusted themselves off and answered immediately: Three easy wins over Seattle.

Derek Jeter had four hits and New York got consecutive homers from best pals Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano during a six-run outburst, beating the slumping Mariners 8-2 Sunday to finish a lopsided three-game sweep.

Just called up from the minors, Darrell Rasner pitched six comfortable innings and the sweet-swinging Yankees roughed up an ineffective Carlos Silva. New York outscored the Mariners 19-4 in the series, right after losing three in a row to the Tigers.

?It?s been kind of streaky,? Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ?I?d like to shorten one streak and lengthen another.?

The Yankees (17-16) responded following Friday?s comments from co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner, who said he was ?disappointed? with the season so far.

Seattle manager John McLaren didn?t get the reaction he was looking for, however, after tearing into his team during a postgame tirade Saturday. Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in the first inning, but the Mariners mustered little after that. You can buy RedSox tickets at Ticket Solution.