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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Nothing seemed to be going right for Stanford until cornerback Quenton Meeks changed the momentum when he intercepted a pass by Notre Dames DeShone Kizer and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.Wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside recovered a fumble in the end zone after Bryce Love fumbled on the goal line to cap the comeback in a 17-10 victory Saturday night as Stanford rallied back from a 10-point deficit.Stanford coach David Shaw said the interception by Meeks was key.Quenton Meeks is a ball hawk. We saw that last year, Shaw said. Hes got great instincts on top of his physical tools. Hes long, hes physical, hes smart, and hes got a feel for the ball.The Irish defense, which had forced three previous turnovers in their own territory, had a chance to recover the fumble but linebacker Nyles Morgan tried to scoop up the ball. When he failed to pick it up, Arcega-White recovered it. Stanford, playing without injured Christian McCaffrey, added a 2-point conversion on a pitch to Love, who ran in untouched.Shaw said the Cardinal never stopped fighting.For us, the second-half mantra that we continued to say was keep playing hard, good things happen. Just keep playing hard. Dont worry about the last play, dont worry about the mistake you just made, just keep playing hard, and we started to feel it on the sidelines, Stanford coach David Shaw said.It was the opposite for the Irish, who couldnt do much right in the second half.We made some mistakes and we couldnt get the momentum back, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said.Stanford (4-2), which started the season ranked No. 8, averted losing three straight for the first time since 2007. The Irish (2-5) ranked No. 10 in the preseason, lost a third straight home game for the first time since 2007.Notre Dame had a chance to tie it in the closing seconds. But DeShone Kizer couldnt get a pass off on fourth-and-10 from the 14. He was about to be sacked and he appeared to try to pitch the ball to left guard Quenton Nelson, but the officials ruled it a fumble and blew the ball dead. It was the fourth time this season where the Irish had a chance to tie or win the game on the final possession and couldnt do it.Shaw said the play of the defense was key.Meeks, who missed the previous two games with an injury, picked off Kizer on the first possession of the second half to cut the score to 10-7. Once the ball was in the air, I felt it was mine, he said. I just didnt regard him (the receiver) and just went and got the ball, and my next thought was the end zone.Malik Zaire replaced Kizer for three possessions but couldnt get anything going and the Irish gave up a safety when a snap from center Sam Mustipher, who had three bad snaps in the hurricane last week against North Carolina State, snapped the ball through the end zone.Kelly said Kizer wasnt injured, he was just looking for a spark.I just felt like it was important to try to get some energy back, he said. I thought going to Malik would do that.THE TAKEAWAYStanford: The Cardinal, who had one offensive touchdown in each of their last three games, continued to struggle offensively but came up with the big play when it needed it. Stanford drove 47 yards on 12 plays on its opening possession, but Conrad Ukropinas 45-yard field goal attempt bounced off the upright.Notre Dame: The Irish defense, which had given up at least 30 points to the first four Power 5 opponents it faced this season, held an opponent to 17 points or less for a second week.MCCAFFREY INJURYShaw said McCaffrey wasnt close to be ready to play. Now, theres a good shot next week. Theres a chance next week. Just couldnt go today, Shaw said.KELLY ANNOYEDKelly became annoyed at something a Stanford strength coach said to him after the game. Asked what he said, Kelly said: Bye-bye. Asked if that was all, Kelly said: Yeah, bye-bye.UP NEXTStanford: The Cardinal return to Pac-12 play with a home game against Colorado next Saturday, a team it has beaten five straight times.Notre Dame: The Irish get the week off before hosting No. 16 Miami on Oct. 29. 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President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. WOBURN, England -- On Thursday morning Mo Martin woke to a text message from her mom. It said, Polishing the trophy, good memories, play well.And two years on from her breakout victory in the 2014 Ricoh Womens British Open, thats exactly what Martin did. She striped 13 of 14 fairways, landed all 18 greens in regulation, made four birdies and no bogeys and posted 4-under-par 68.Waking early on Friday morning, the 33-year-old Florida resident didnt take her foot off the gas. Conditions were a little tougher, as reflected in the stats: She missed three fairways, three greens, made two bogeys, but she atoned in style with six birdies.The net result was another 68 and a tournament total of 8-under 136, good for sixth heading into the weekend. Its safe to say she likes England, right?It seems so! she laughed after her second round, before revealing that her success her two years ago at Royal Birkdale prompted an investigation into her family tree. Ive got ancestry here. Ive been doing some research on that, and Ive definitely got some English genes. Maybe its helping me out.This weeks performance doesnt quite match her 36-hole position two years ago -- when she found herself three clear of the field -- but it is a departure from the norm in that it is only the second time she has found herself inside the top six at the halfway stage since that Friday evening in mid-July 2014.If England is the constant, the course conditions are not.Its definitely a departure from links, Martin said. Parts of it remind me of the Pacific Northwest, but there are some linksy styles in there, some of the fescues, some of the bunkering. I suppose really I just love it in England.She can also deal with wind. And although Woburn on Friday morning was calmer than the very blustery Birkdale of 2014, there were moments when the wind scuttled down the tree-lined fairways, often times accompanied by squalls of rain.There was a little bit of drama in the last couple holes, Martin admitted. Wind definitely picked up. The par-5 15th was playing pretty long. I had a 9-wood, which is essentially my 4-iron, for my third shot into the flag and made a nice birdie putt. That was playing strong into the wind and we were getting wet.Its one thing to find the climate causing havoc, but on the next hole the galleries decided to throw a spanner in the works.The wind was howling on the 16th tee, she explained, and a couple just ran across the fairway.American golfers are most times smitten by the golfing nous and discernment of British spectators, but this pair seemed oblivious to their surroundings.So Im under the umbrella, its raining sideways, and really blustery. I tried to get all set underneath the umbrella and then go. Took my practice swing with the tee down, look up and this couple are walking in the fairways. Its like, No, not right now. I had to clean my driver off and restart. Anyways, didnt hit a good drive there.dddddddddddd. I had to punch out and then I hit a 7-iron in and made a 4-footer. So that was a great save.When she converted a huge birdie putt on the 18th she was able to reflect on recent improvements that are allowing her to not only clinch par and drain birdies but also make the most of her long-term form from tee to green.Ive been putting really well since working with Jamie Mulligan down in Long Beach [California], Martin said. Ive known him since college [UCLA] and got reunited with him. Weve done a lot of good work, a lot of procedure stuff. The breakthrough has come this week after a real consistent year ballstriking.What fascinates with Martin and her second crack at this title is that, as with two years ago, the course setup plays into her hands. At Birkdale she mastered the art of utilizing the contours of the course. In doing so she turned her short hitting into an advantage rather than handicap. Woburn is a much softer course, but the preponderance of doglegs and the short setup is forcing players to hit to the same areas from the tee box. For many, the limited distances they are hitting from the tee is a restraint and a hindrance, like being tied to a leash. For the arrow-straight Martin, it makes no difference.Martin hits her drives an average of 239 yards, 43 yards down on Lexi Thompson who leads the averages. But 2016 is the fifth year in succession Martin has topped the driving accuracy stats.In competing against opponents with bigger ammunition, she is only continuing a theme, because Martin has proved time and time again that if progress proves difficult, shell find a way.She didnt learn her golf in a country club, she was taught Hogans five basics in a cage her dad built in the driveway. Her dad took her to play a course one time when she was young and the pro said no. Her dad said, Watch her hit. The pro did so and waved her on with an apology.Later she didnt start her career on the LPGA, but on the Symetra Tour. Nor did she graduate quickly from the minor tour; it took her seven seasons. All the while money was tight, but she persevered.I guess I had three criteria to keep playing, she said after the victory in 2014. I thought if I still woke up and I was happy in the morning, if I was still contributing to the womens game and growing it, and, three, if I was paying my own bills. Those were my three things.She learned that nothing good comes easy.Since the glory of Birkdale, Martin has made the top 10 just four times on the LPGA, but you dont sense that she will be fazed by a return to the spotlight. Those lessons are unlikely to be forgotten.Im playing the best I can; well see what happens Sunday, she said, and then added with a glint in her eye: A pair of jugs would be great, but Im not getting ahead of myself. ' ' '