Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Thurday (home team in CAPS):

KANSAS CITY 7 Seattle 6 (13 innings) BALTIMORE 3 Chicago White Sox 1

Boston 9 NY YANKEES 8 (10 innings)

CINCINNATI 6 St. Louis 2

LA ANGELS 6 Tampa Bay 2

Houston 3 OAKLAND 2

Arizona 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 85 57 .599 -

2. Tampa Bay 77 62 .554 6 1/2

3. NY Yankees 75 65 .536 9

4. Baltimore 74 65 .532 9 1/2

5. Toronto 64 76 .457 20

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 81 59 .579 -

2. Cleveland 74 65 .532 6 1/2

3. Kansas City 73 67 .521 8

4. Minnesota 61 77 .442 19

5. Chi White Sox 56 83 .403 24 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 80 59 .576 -

2. Oakland 80 60 .571 0 1/2

3. LA Angels 65 74 .468 15

4. Seattle 63 77 .450 17 1/2

5. Houston 47 93 .336 33 1/24

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 85 54 .612 -

2. Washington 71 68 .511 14

3. NY Mets 63 75 .457 21 1/2

4. Philadelphia 63 77 .450 22 1/2

5. Miami 52 86 .377 32 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 81 58 .583 -

2. St. Louis 80 60 .571 1 1/2

3. Cincinnati 79 62 .560 3

4. Milwaukee 60 79 .432 21

5. Chicago Cubs 59 80 .424 22

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 83 56 .597 -

2. Arizona 71 68 .511 12

3. Colorado 66 75 .468 18

4. San Diego 62 77 .446 21

5. San Francisco 62 78 .443 21 1/2

Golf

European Masters

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Leading first round scores on Thursday at the EPGA European Masters (GBR or IRL unless noted, par-71):

63 - Anirban Lahiri (IND)

65 - Tommy Fleetwood, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Paul Casey

66 - Thomas Bjoern (DEN)

67 - Richard Finch, Stephen Gallacher, Michael Hoey, Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (THA), Barry Henson (USA)

68 - Mark Tullo (CHI), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND), Jeev Milkha Singh (IND), Brett Rumford (AUS), David Drysdale, Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Thomas Levet (FRA), Li Haotong (CHN), Eduardo De la Riva (ESP), Brooks Koepka (USA), Paul Lawrie, Alessandro Tadini (ITA), Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Gregory Havret (FRA), Maximilian Kieffer (GER)

69 - Scott Barr (AUS), Marcus Fraser (AUS), Richard Sterne (RSA), Gregory Bourdy (FRA), Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Andrew Dodt (AUS), Keith Horne (RSA), Stephen Dodd, Jonathan Moore (USA), Robert Coles, Rikard Karlberg (SWE), Matthew Nixon, Darren Clarke, Francesco Molinari (ITA), Danny Willett, Scott Hend (AUS), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Soren Hansen (DEN)

Tennis

US Open

Results on Thursday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's singles quarterfinals

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x21) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.

Men's doubles semifinals

Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (IND/CZE x4) bt Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA x1) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA x2) bt Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (CRO/BRA x10) 7-5, 6-4.

Women's doubles semifinals

Ashley Barty/Casey Dellacqua (AUS/AUS x8) bt Sania Mirza/Zheng Jie (IND/CHN x 10) 6-2, 6-2

Women's doubles Quarterfinals

Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA/USA) bt Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA/ITA x1) 6-3, 6-1.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/07/2013 page15)