Baseball

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

BOSTON 5 NY Yankees 1

Oakland 1 TEXAS 0

TORONTO 4 Baltimore 3

Kansas City 1 DETROIT 0

Cleveland 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1

LA Angels 6 HOUSTON 2

Tampa Bay 7 MINNESOTA 0

Seattle 4 St. Louis 1

Cincinnati 7 MILWAUKEE 3

Miami 3 NY METS 0, 1st game

PITTSBURGH 2 Chicago Cubs 1

Philadelphia 5 WASHINGTON 4

ATLANTA 2 San Diego 1

Seattle 4 ST. LOUIS 1

NY METS 3 Miami 1, 2nd game

ARIZONA 9 Colorado 2

San Francisco 19 LA DODGERS 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 91 59 .607 -

Tampa Bay 81 66 .551 8

NY Yankees 79 70 .530 11

Baltimore 78 70 .527 12

Toronto 68 80 .459 22

Central Division

Detroit 85 63 .574 -

Cleveland 80 68 .541 5

Kansas City 78 70 .527 7

Minnesota 63 84 .429 21

Chi White Sox 58 90 .392 27

West Division

Oakland 87 61 .588 -

Texas 81 66 .551 5

LA Angels 71 77 .480 16

Seattle 66 82 .446 21

Houston 51 97 .345 36

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

Atlanta 89 59 .601 -

Washington 78 70 .527 11

Philadelphia 69 79 .466 20

NY Mets 66 82 .446 23

Miami 55 93 .372 34

Central Division

Pittsburgh 86 62 .581 -

St. Louis 86 62 .581 -

Cincinnati 84 65 .564 2

Milwaukee 64 83 .435 21

Chicago Cubs 63 85 .426 23

West Division

LA Dodgers 86 62 .581 -

Arizona 74 73 .503 11

Colorado 68 81 .456 18

San Francisco 68 81 .456 18

San Diego 67 80 .456 18

Golf

BMW Championship

CHICAGO - Leading scores on Saturday after the third round of the $8 million US PGA Tour BMW Championship (USA unless noted, par 71):

200 - Jim Furyk 72-59-69

201 - Steve Stricker 66-71-64

202 - Brandt Snedeker 63-68-71

203 - Zach Johnson 64-70-69

204 - Tiger Woods 66-72-66

205 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 66-70-69, Ryan Moore 67-69-69

206 - Hunter Mahan 68-73-65, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 69-71-66, Nick Watney 67-69-70

207 - Luke Donald (ENG) 70-70-67, Matt Jones (AUS) 69-71-67, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-68-69, Jason Day (AUS) 71-66-70, Jimmy Walker 72-65-70

208 - Matt Kuchar 74-73-61, Roberto Castro 68-69-71

209 - Nicholas Thompson 69-75-65, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 72-70-67, John Merrick 67-73-69, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 71-68-70, Jordan Spieth 71-65-73

210 - Daniel Summerhays 72-70-68, Webb Simpson 72-69-69, Kevin Streelman 66-70-74

211 - Justin Rose (ENG) 71-71-69, Bubba Watson 71-71-69, David Hearn (CAN) 72-68-71, Keegan Bradley 74-67-70, Gary Woodland 68-72-71

Dutch Open

Leading third round scores on Saturday in the Dutch Open at Kennemer Golf Club, Zandvoort, The Netherlands (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 70):

200 - Joost Luiten (NED) 69 65 66

201 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 64 67 70

202 - Damien McGrane 65 70 67, Julien Quesne (FRA) 67 65 70

203 - Simon Dyson 69 63 71, Oliver Fisher 67 65 71

204 - Hennie Otto (RSA) 68 67 69, Robert Allenby (AUS) 65 71 68

205 - Ross Fisher 69 68 68, Shane Lowry 69 68 68, Gregory Havret (FRA) 67 70 68

206 - Richard Bland 67 71 68, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 68 69 69, Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 71 66 69, Wu Ashun (CHN) 69 68 69, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 70 68 68, Oscar Floren (SWE) 66 73 67

207 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 68 67 72, Paul Waring 70 68 69, Matthew Nixon 69 65 73, David Horsey 71 66 70, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 68 66 73, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 72 64 71, Paul Casey 68 71 68, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 72 66 69, Brooks Koepka (USA) 70 66 71, David Drysdale 69 64 74

208 - Espen Kofstad (NOR) 69 66 73, Michael Jonzon (SWE) 70 65 73, Paul McGinley 68 67 73, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 69 67 72, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 65 66 77, Simon Wakefield 68 67 73

USLPGA Evian Masters

Leading second round scores at the Evian Championship USLPGA golf tournament on Saturday:

134 - Mika Miyazato (JAP) 65 69

135 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 66 69, Lydia Ko (NZL) 68 67*

136 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 69 67

137 - Choi Chella (KOR) 70 67, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 71 66, Pak Se-ri (KOR) 66 71

138 - Kim In-kyung (KOR) 69 69, Beatriz Recari (SPA) 69 69, Lindsey Wright (AUS) 68 70

139 - Vicky Hurst (USA) 71 68, Paula Creamer (USA) 70 69, Lexi Thompson (USA) 72 67

140 - Momoko Ueda (JAP) 70 70, Michelle Wie (USA) 68 72, Karrie Webb (AUS) 68 72, Christina Kim (USA) 67 73, Jennifer Johnson (USA) 70 70, Angela Stanford (USA) 69 71, Sandra Gal (GER) 66 74

141 - Holly Clyburn (GBR) 71 70, Rebecca Lee-Bentham (CAN) 75 66, Azahara Munoz (SPA) 70 71, Lee Il-hee (KOR) 70 71, Lizette Salas (USA) 70 71, Han Hee-won (KOR) 69 72

142 - Juli Inkster (USA) 74 68, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 74 68, Katherine Hull-Kirk (AUS) 71 71, Caroline Masson (GER) 70 72, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 70 72, Morgan Pressel (USA) 70 72, Ayako Uehara (JAP) 69 73, Choi Na-yeon (KOR) 69 73, Danah Bordner (USA) 69 73, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 74 68

* - denotes amateur

Motor Sports

Rally of Australia

Rally of Australia standings after Sunday's final day:

1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA) VW Polo 3r 19:55

2. Thierry Neuville (BEL) Ford Fiesta at 1:32.1

3. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Citroen 2:02.1

4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) VW Polo 2:57.4

5. Mads Ostberg (NOR) Ford Fiesta 3:17.2

6. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) VW Polo 3:37.6

7. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) Ford Fiesta 7:31.2

8. Nathan Quinn (AUS) Mini Cooper 13.10.2

9. Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE) Citroen 15:17.6

Soccer

Dutch League

Results on Saturday:

Ajax 2 FC Zwolle 1

Cambuur 2 Heracles 0

FC Twente 2 PSV Eindhoven 2

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aston Villa 1 (Benteke 67) Newcastle 2 (Ben Arfa 18, Gouffran 73)

Everton 1 (Naismith 45) Chelsea 0

Fulham 1 (Sidwell 22) West Brom 1 (Mcauley 90)

Hull 1 (Davies 40) Cardiff 1 (Whittingham 59)

Manchester United 2 (Van Persie 45-pen, Rooney 81) Crystal Palace 0

Stoke 0 Manchester City 0

Sunderland 1 (Gardner 48-pen) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 11, Ramsey, 67, 76)

Tottenham 2 (Sigurdsson 28, 49) Norwich 0

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Bolton 0 Leeds 1

Burnley 1 Blackburn 1

Bournemouth 1 Blackpool 2

Huddersfield 0 Doncaster 0

Ipswich 3 Middlesbrough 1

Leicester 2 Wigan 0

Millwall 1 Derby 5

Nottingham Forest 3 Barnsley 2

QPR 1 Birmingham 0

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Yeovil 1

Watford 1 Charlton 1

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Ajaccio 2 (Lasne 81, Tallo 86) Evian/Thonon 3 (B. Dja Djedje 31, Berigaud 43, 52)

Guingamp 1 (Yatabar 88-pen) Bastia 1 (Khazri 47)

Montpellier 0 Reims 0

Nantes 1 (Djordjevic 76) Sochaux 0

Toulouse 1 (Ben Yedder 66) Marseille 1 (Mendes 87)

Valenciennes 1 (Melikson 80-pen) Saint-Etienne 3 (Corgnet 17, 53, Hamouna 47)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Bayern Munich 2 (Mandzukic 51, Ribery 64) Hanover 0

Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Sam 24, Kiessling 65, 90+2) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Olic 39)

Werder Bremen 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Kadlec 14, 34, Proedl 77-og)

Mainz 0 Schalke 04 1 (Kevin-Prince Boateng 34)

Augsburg 2 (Altintop 62, Werner 90) Freiburg 1 (Mehmedi 46)

Borussia Dortmund 6 (Aubameyang 19, 65, Mkhitaryan 22, Lewandowski 73, 79, Reus 74) Hamburg 2 (Lam 26, Westermann 49)

Italian Serie A

Results on Saturday:

Inter Milan 1 (Icardi 73) Juventus 1 (Vidal 75)

Napoli 2 (Higuain 71, Callejon 81) Atalanta 0

Torino 2 (D'Ambrosio 47, Cerci 71) AC Milan 2 (Muntari 87, Balotelli 90+7-pen)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Hearts 1 (Holt 58) Celtic 3 (Commons 19-pen, Stokes 65, Pukki 86)

Kilmarnock 1 (Nicholson 51) Inverness 2 (Foran 6, McKay 56)

Partick 0 Aberdeen 3 (Zola 13, Pawlett 20, Magennis 70)

St Johnstone 1 (May 17) Hibernian 2 (Heffernan 35, Collins 59)

St Mirren 0 Motherwell 1 (Sutton 38)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Saturday:

Atletico Madrid 4 (Villa 15 , Diego Costa 36-pen, Tiago 63, Raul Garcia 66) Almeria 2 (Rodri 40, Vidal 89)

Levante 0 Real Sociedad 0

Barcelona 3 (Alves 36, Messi 75, Sanchez 90+3) Sevilla 2 (Rakitic 80, Coke 90)

Villarreal 2 (Cani 20, Dos Santos 69) Real Madrid 2 (Bale 38, Ronaldo 63)

Tennis

WTA Tashkent Open

Results on Saturday (x-denotes seedings):

Final: Bojana Jovanovski (SRB x1) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

WTA Quebec City Challenge

Results on Saturday:

Semifinals

Marina Erakovic (NZL x6) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Lucie Safarova (CZE x3) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x5) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Davis Cup

World Group semifinals

At Belgrade

Serbia 1 Canada 2

Friday

Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-2, 6-0, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8

Saturday

Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Nenad Zimonjic/Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) 6-7 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8

Sunday

Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Milos Raonic (CAN)

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

At Prague

Czech Republic 3 Argentina 0

Friday

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Saturday

Radek Stepanek/Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Carlos Berlocq/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Sunday

Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Juan Monaco (ARG)

Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

World Group play-offs

At Madrid

Spain 3 Ukraine 0

At Groningen

Netherlands 3 Austria 0

At Umag

Croatia 1 Britain 2

At Neuchatel

Switzerland 3 Ecuador 0

At Neu Ulm

Germany 2 Brazil 1

At Warsaw

Poland 1 Australia 2

At Antwerp

Belgium 1 Israel 2

At Tokyo

Japan 1 Colombia 2

(China Daily 09/16/2013 page23)