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IRVING, Texas -- Natalie Gulbis plays with tape wrapped around her achy left wrist. She has an appointment with a specialist next week to finally figure out what is causing the pain she has dealt with for much of the season. In the meantime, Gulbis is contending for her first LPGA Tour victory in seven years. Gulbis was tied with Texan Stacy Lewis at 7-under 135, putting the Americans a stroke behind leaders Meena Lee of South Korea and Caroline Masson of Germany after two rounds in the North Texas LPGA Shootout. With a 65 on Friday, Gulbis had her first sub-70 round this year. "I havent played a lot this year, and I havent played very well in the events Ive played in, so it felt really good to get a good round in the 60s and to get around making some birdies," Gulbis said. "It felt more like how I played at the end of last year, which I hadnt seen yet this year." Masson, who led after the first two rounds of the inaugural North Texas event last year before tying for 15th, had five birdies and a bogey for her second 67. Lewis, the No. 3 player in the world, had a bogey-free 64 to match Lee for the best second-round score at Las Colinas Country Club. Lewis had four consecutive birdies before finishing with seven straight pars, and Lee played her first nine holes -- the back nine -- without a par. "I didnt really do anything really crazy different from yesterday other than I putted a lot better, but just played really solid," said Lewis, who had her sixth runner-up finish last week in San Francisco since winning the Womens British Open in August. " I felt nice and relaxed out there, so it was a nice day." After her round, Lewis was headed to hit some balls with her 3-year-old nephew wearing a shirt that read, "My aunt is a better golfer than yours." In the last five LPGA events, Gulbis has a 67th-place finish while missing three cuts and withdrawing from the Hawaii tournament two weeks ago. The newlywed has completed only 17 rounds this season while dealing with the balky wrist. "I had a really great off-season. I had a lot of time to work on my game and I felt really good coming into the season, and then I got hurt in like the second or third event of the year and took some time off, so thats been a bummer," Gulbis said. "But I had a really nice off-season, so Ive been trying to fall back on the work that my coach and I did." Christiana Kim (69) was alone in fifth at 6 under, one stroke better than first-round leader Suzann Pettersen (71) and four other players. Pettersen had a birdie at the par-5 third hole before consecutive bogeys and then a steady string of pars until a closing birdie. "I gave myself a lot of good looks for birdies, just couldnt make much. Good conditions," said Pettersen, in her only second tournament since missing a month with more back issues. "All good, no complaints." Also at 5 under were Julieta Granada (66), Dewi Claire Schreefel (66), Cristie Kerr (70) and Dori Carter (70). Lee, who won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2006, started Friday with an eagle-3 on the 510-yard 10th hole. She followed with a bogey, consecutive birdies, another bogey, three birdies in a row and then a bogey on the par-5 18th. Her scorecard for the front nine was much cleaner, with birdies on Nos. 3-5 and only pars aside from that. She started the tournament Thursday with a double bogey on the very first hole. "Im happy to be done with the second round. Im really happy," said Lee, who has her best 36-hole score this season. Top-ranked Inbee Park, the defending champ in North Texas, was 3 under after a 68. Michelle Wie was 2 under after rounds of 67 and 73. She won the Hawaii tournament. Lexi Thompson, the 19-year-old American playing for the first time since become a major champion the first weekend in April, followed her opening 70 with a 71 to reach 1 under. Seventy-four players made the cut, which was 2 over. There will be a second cut after Saturdays third round to the top 50 and ties. http://www.officiallionsgear.com/Lions-Frank-Ragnow-Draft-Jersey/ . - Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson sat on the scorers table at Oracle Arena on Wednesday morning. http://www.officiallionsgear.com/Lions-Glover-Quin-Draft-Jersey/ . Kevin Durant certainly played like there was on Sunday night, scoring 36 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as the Thunder made quick work of the visiting Pacers with a 118-94 win. http://www.officiallionsgear.com/Lions-Ameer-Abdullah-Draft-Jersey/ . 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By comparison, the Miami Heats odds plummeted from 3-1 favourites before LeBron left, to 50-1.PHOENIX -- Some extra rest seemed to be just what Josh Collmenter needed. Collmenter came two outs away from a complete game, holding the San Diego Padres without an earned run on four hits over 8 1-3 innings in the Diamondbacks 5-1 win Friday night. Collmenter (9-7) also tied his career high for strikeouts with eight and did not walk a batter. The Diamondbacks victory ended a six-game losing streak. "Give the arm a little break and weve been going at it quite a while now," Collmenter said. "It was just good to rest and be 100 per cent going into (Friday)." Arizona manager Kirk Gibson had Collmenter, who started the season as a reliever, skip his between-starts bullpen session and only play catch. "His arm had much more life to it. Think he had only one three-ball count the whole game," Gibson said. "Just wanted to get him through this game. Really didnt even want to put him out there in the ninth inning but he obviously had a shutout going. I went as far as I was comfortable going with him." Arizona scored three first-inning runs - two on a Miguel Montero home run -- and added another in the second inning on a two-out error by Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko, one of two errors for him. Monteros two-out blast hit the right field fair pole on a line. Two batters earlier, David Peralta tripled and Mark Trumbo drove him in with ground ball deep in the hole at shortstop for an infield hit. "I was lucky enough to keep it fair," Montero said. Odrisamer Despaigne (3-5) settled down after a rough start, but took the loss after going five innings and allowing three earned runs on five hits. "The story was their guy. We couldnt solve him. He pitched a good game and we couldnt square any balls up," Padres manager Bud Black said. The Padres put runners on first and second in the ninth inning against Collmenter, and Matt Stites got the final two outs but a passed ball allowed Alexi Amarista to score from third base and break up the shutout. D-BACKS D UP Diamondbacks centre fielder Ender Inciarte recorded five straight outs on fly balls between the second and third innings, including a diving catch to take a hit away from Despaigne.dddddddddddd Peralta ended the third throwing out Amarista from right field trying to go from first to third base on a base hit from Yangervis Solarte. Shortstop DiDi Gregorius got to a ground ball with a backhand stop and threw out Gyorko in the seventh, his momentum carrying him toward third base as he made the throw. "I dont know that Ive ever seen that," Gibson said of the Gregorius play. "The way he threw it. I thought maybe hed one-hop it and he just threw a bullet over there." VENABLE LOSES A HIT A scoring change from Aug. 12 took a hit away from Padres outfielder Will Venable. Major League Baseball on Friday announced that an eighth-inning infield hit originally scored a single against Colorado that day was changed to an error on Rockies shortstop Josh Rutledge. The two runs in the inning became unearned. Venable was hitless in three at-bats Friday and has 74 hits on the season. ON DECK Padres: RHP Andrew Cashner makes his first appearance since being placed on the disabled list with shoulder soreness on June 23. He hasnt pitched in the majors since June 18, when he held the Seattle Mariners to a run on seven hits over seven innings. Diamondbacks: LHP Vidal Nuno (0-3) starts the second of the three-game series against San Diego. Nuno has allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts but has nothing to show for it. A San Diego area native, hes never faced the Padres in his career. TRAINERS ROOM Padres: Several regulars are on the disabled list, including 1B Yonder Alonso (strained right forearm), who missed his eighth straight game, SS Everth Cabrera (hamstring, 10) and OF Carlos Quentin (left knee, 22). Diamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollock is expected to rejoin Class AAA Reno for a rehab assignment for his broken right hand in the next few days. INF Chris Owings (left shoulder strain) was in Reno Friday to continue his rehab work after a stint with the Diamondbacks rookie league club. 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