Hideki Matsuyama fired a blemish-free final round to ease to a seven-shot victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Final leaderboard WGC-HSBC Champions The world No 10 posted six birdies on his way to a six-under 66 at Sheshan International to extend his overnight cushion and become the first Japanese player to win a World Golf Championship title.A joint-low round-of-the-day 65 from Henrik Stenson secured him a share of second with Daniel Berger and lifted him above Danny Willett at the top of the Race to Dubai standings, as Rory McIlroy ended the week tied fourth. Victory looks likely to lift Matsuyama to sixth in the world rankings Taking a three-shot lead in to the final round, Matsuyama opened with a birdie-three at the first and added gains at the fifth and seventh to extend his advantage to four strokes at the turn. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. Berger matched Matsuyamas front-nine 33 but carded a bogey-five at the 10th, as last weeks CIMB Classic runner-up increased his lead with a hat-trick of gains from the 13th. Matsuyamas last bogey came at the ninth hole of his second round on Friday Matsuyamas second successive bogey-free card appeared under threat when his approach in to the last rolled in to the hazard, only for the leader to get up-and-down to save par from 10 feet and complete a third victory of 2016.Winning today I feel has got me closer to being able to compete a lot better in the major tournaments, Matsuyama said. My next goal is to win a major and Im going to do all that I can to prepare well for that.Stenson and Berger were Matsuyamas closest challengers on 16 under, with McIlroy joining Bill Haas a shot further back after missing a three-foot birdie putt at the last. 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ATLANTA -- While the Atlanta Braves are suddenly surging, the San Diego Padres are heading in the wrong direction.Freddie Freeman homered and the Braves broke the game open with a five-run fifth inning, beating the skidding Padres 9-6 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.For San Diego, it was the seventh loss in nine games.One day after Minnesota dipped below Atlanta to the worst record in the majors, the Braves kept on winning behind a six solid innings from Mike Foltynewicz (8-5) and another strong showing from the offense.It was the first time theyve had five consecutive home games scoring at least seven runs since Aug. 7-10, 1953, the teams debut season in Milwaukee.Were not having the kind of season we wanted to, Freeman said. But we want to finish strong.The Braves also put together their first three-game sweep at Turner Field this season, outscoring the Padres 24-10.Freeman put Atlanta up in the third with his 28th homer, a two-run liner into the right-field seats off Jarred Cosart (0-2).After Hector Sanchez homered for the Padres in the fifth, the Braves finished off Cosart in the bottom half. Freeman walked with the bases loaded, followed by two-run singles from Matt Kemp and Anthony Recker.The Braves two previous three-game sweeps this season came on the road. Theyre still just 22-44 at Turner Field.Foltynewicz won his fourth straight decision over six starts. He went six innings, yielding just four hits though he did get touched for a pair of homers. Wil Myers went deep in the sixth, lofting a two-run shot just inside the left-field pole.Cosart lasted only 4 1/3 innings, charged with seven runs on five hits and three walks.The Padres scored three runs in the ninth off Chaz Roe before Jim Johnson came on to get the final out for his 14th save.ddddddddddddARE COMPANYMyers homer was his 24th of the season, to go along with 24 stolen bases.The last San Diego player to pull off such a double was Reggie Sanders in 1999. He had 26 homers and 36 stolen bases.NEW FACESBoth teams made some minor changes on the first day of expanded rosters.San Diego called up left-hander Ryan Buchter from Triple-A El Paso of the Pacific Coast League. He has spent most of the season with the Padres, going 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 58 games before being sent out Aug. 20 for a brief stint in the minors.The Braves, meanwhile, reinstated right-handed reliever Chris Withrow and catcher A.J. Piersynski from the 15-day disabled list, and also called up left-hander Jeb Bradley from Triple-A Gwinnett. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, Atlanta transferred injured pitcher Eric OFlaherty to the 60-day disabled list.UP NEXTPadres: LHP Clayton Richard (1-3, 3.51) gets the nod Friday as the Padres begin a three-game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. The 32-year-old will be making his fourth start since signing with the Padres. He has not allowed an earned run in 14 consecutive innings.Braves: RHP Joel De La Cruz will again be seeking his first big league win when he starts the opener of a weekend series against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 27-year-old is 0-7 with a 4.66 ERA in 15 games -- including eight starts -- since being called up from Triple-A Gwinnett. He 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA in three appearances vs. the Phillies.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . 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