Baseball

Results of MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):

NY METS 5 Washington 1

Toronto 6 BOSTON 2

ATLANTA 11 Arizona 5

St. Louis 7 OAKLAND 1

Cleveland 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

MINNESOTA 6 Kansas City 2

LA Angels 7 HOUSTON 2

COLORADO 2 San Francisco 1

MIAMI 7 San Diego 1

BALTIMORE 11 NY Yankees 3

Chicago Cubs 5 SEATTLE 3 (11 innings)

Cincinnati 6 TEXAS 4 (11 innings)

PITTSBURGH 2 Milwaukee 1

TAMPA BAY 4 Detroit 3 (10 innings)

LA DODGERS 4 Philadelphia 3

Cycling

Tour de France

Results from the first stage of the Tour de France, a 213km ride from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia on Saturday:

1. Marcel Kittel (GER/ARG) 4hr 56min 52sec

2. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) at 0:00s

3. Danny van Poppel (NED/VAC) 0:00.

4. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 0:00.

5. Matteo Trentin (ITA/OPQ) 0:00.

6. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/ALM) 0:00.

7. Greg Henderson (NZL/LTB) 0:00.

8. Jrgen Roelandts (BEL/LTB) 0:00.

9. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:00.

10. Kris Boeckmans (BEL/VAC) 0:00.

11. Daryl Impey (RSA/ORI) 0:00.

12. Sep Vanmarcke (BEL/BLA) 0:00.

13. Julien Simon (FRA/SOJ) 0:00.

14. Nicolas Roche (IRL/SAX) 0:00.

15. Simon Gerrans (AUS/ORI) 0:00.

16. Andre Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 0:00.

17. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 0:00.

18. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 0:00.

19. Michael Albasini (SUI/ORI) 0:00.

20. Maarten Wijnants (BEL/BLA) 0:00.

Golf

LPGA US Open

SOUTHAMPTON, New York - Leading scores on Saturday after the third round of the US Women's Open golf championship (USA unless noted, par 72):

206 - Park In-bee (KOR) 67-68-71

210 - I.K. Kim (KOR) 68-69-73

213 - Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 70-69-74

215 - Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 73-69-73, Angela Stanford 73-68-74

217 - Paula Creamer 72-73-72, Jessica Korda 70-71-76

218 - Ai Miyazato (JPN) 76-70-72, Brittany Lang 76-69-73, Cristie Kerr 72-72-74, Brittany Lincicome 72-72-74

219 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 73-73-73, Catriona Matthew 70-75-74, Lindy Duncan 71-73-75, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 68-74-77, Karine Icher (FRA) 70-72-77

220 - Choi Na-Yeon (KOR) 71-77-72, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 73-74-73, Lexi Thompson 75-69-76

PGA National

Leading scores on Saturday after the third round of the $6.5 million US PGA National at par-71 Congressional Country Club (USA unless noted):

206 - Bill Haas 70-68-68, James Driscoll 69-69-68, Roberto Castro 66-69-71, Andres Romero (ARG) 70-66-70

207 - Jason Kokrak 71-66-70

208 - Tom Gillis 70-72-66, Charlie Wi (KOR) 72-71-65

209 - Brendon Todd 74-67-68, Brandt Snedeker 69-71-69, Jordan Spieth 69-66-74

210 - Morgan Hoffman 73-68-69, Brendan Steele 73-71-66, Stewart Cink 70-69-71, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 69-68-73

211 - Fabian Gomez (ARG) 69-73-69, Chad Campbell 72-70-69, Ken Duke 71-70-70, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-72-71, Gary Woodland 70-69-72

212 - Rickie Fowler 71-71-70, Camilo Villegas (COL) 71-70-71, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 70-70-72, Martin Flores 73-71-68, David Lingmerth (SWE) 74-65-73, Shawn Stefani 70-74-68, Lee Dong-Hwan (KOR) 71-66-75

Irish Open

Leading third round scores in the Irish Open in Maynooth, Ireland, on Saturday (par 72, GBR & IRL unless stated):

203 - Joost Luiten (NED) 67 70 66

204 - Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 69 69 66

206 - Robert Rock 69 66 71

207 - Paul Casey 68 72 67, Scott Henry 74 64 69

208 - Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 68 69 71, Peter Whiteford 71 68 69, Ricardo Santos (POR) 71 66 71, Oscar Floren (SWE) 66 71 71, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 69 69 70, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 72 68 68

209 - Peter Uihlein (USA) 67 68 74, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 68 71 70, Jamie Donaldson 69 71 69, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 71 69 69, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 69 70 70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 70 71 68

Motorcycling

Dutch Grand Prix

Results in Assen on Saturday:

MotoGP

1. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 41min 25.202sec, 2. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) at 2.170sec, 3. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 4.073, 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 7.832, 5. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 15.510, 6. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda LCR) 27.519, 7. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda Gresini) 31.598, 8. Aleix Espargaro (ITA/Aprilia) 32.405, 9. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 33.751, 10. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 33.801

World championship standings:

1. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 136pts, 2. Jorge Lorenzo(ESP/Yamaha) 127, 3. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 113, 4. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha) 87, 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 85

Moto2

1. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Kalex) 39min 51.883sec, 2. Scott Redding (GBR/Speed Up) at 0.117sec, 3. Dominique Aegerter (SUI/Suter) 3.508, 4. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 3.656, 5. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 3.993, 6. Johann Zarco (FRA/Suter) 4.073, 7. Xavier Simeon (BEL/Kalex) 9.095, 8. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 12.271, 9. Jordi Torres (ESP/Suter) 13.745, 10. Anthony West (AUS/Speed Up) 16.288

World championship standings

1. Scott Redding (GBR/Kalex) 134pts, 2. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Kalex) 104, 3. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 86, 4. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 78, 5. Dominique Aegerter (SUI/Suter) 77

Moto3

1. Luis Salom (ESP/KTM) 38min 20.086sec, 2. Maverick Vinales (ESP/KTM) at 0.122sec, 3. Alex Rins (ESP/KTM) 0.282, 4. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Mahindra) 0.378, 5. Alex Marquez (ESP/KTM) 0.416, 6. Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex KTM) 19.646, 7. Jack Miller (AUS/FTR Honda) 27.688, 8. Arthur Sissis (AUS/KTM) 27.811, 9. Alexis Masbou (FRA/FTR Honda) 34.797, 10. Niklas Ajo (FIN/KTM) 34.823

World championship standings

1. Luis Salom (ESP/KTM) 152pts, 2. Maverick Viales (ESP/KTM) 142, 3. lex Rins (ESP/KTM) 117, 4. Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex KTM) 73, 5. lex Mrquez (ESP/KTM) 59

Tennis

Wimbledon

Results on Saturday (x denotes seeded player):

Men's 3rd round

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA x28) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Tommy Haas (GER x13) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4; Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x9) 7-6 (7), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5); Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x27) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x26) 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-0, 6-1, 1-0 - retired ; Andreas Seppi (ITA x23) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x12) 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x8) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-0; Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x25) 6-1, 6-3, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; Kenny De Schepper (FRA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x22) 6-4, 7-6 (8), 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x20) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

Women's 3rd round

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 6-2, 6-0; Sabine Lisicki (GER x23) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x14) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Laura Robson (GBR) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Madison Keys (USA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Roberta Vinci (ITA x11) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x18) 6-1, 6-4; Li Na (CHN x6) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x32) 4-6, 6-0, 8-6; Monica Puig (PUR) bt Eva Birnerov (CZE) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sloane Stephens (USA x17) bt Petra Cetkovsk (CZE) 7-6 (3), 0-6, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x25) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

(China Daily 07/01/2013 page23)