Baseball

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

TAMPA BAY 5 Baltimore 1

NY YANKEES 6 San Francisco 0

CHICAGO CUBS 3 Atlanta 1

OAKLAND 9 Minnesota 1

CLEVELAND 4 Houston 1

Texas 3 KANSAS CITY 1

DETROIT 7 Chicago White Sox 6 (12 innings)

Toronto 4 BOSTON 2

St Louis 7 MILWAUKEE 2

PITTSBURGH 4 Cincinnati 2

NY Mets 5 PHILADELPHIA 4 (7 innings)

Arizona 7 COLORADO 2

LA Dodgers 4 SAN DIEGO 0

LA ANGELS 6 Seattle 5

Miami at Washington, ppd, rain

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-Boston 94 62 .603 -

Tampa Bay 85 69 .552 8

NY Yankees 82 73 .529 11

Baltimore 81 73 .526 12

Toronto 71 83 .461 22

Central Division

Detroit 91 64 .587 -

Cleveland 85 70 .548 6

Kansas City 81 73 .526 9

Minnesota 65 89 .422 25

Chi White Sox 60 94 .390 30

West Division

Oakland 92 63 .594 -

Texas 84 70 .545 7

LA Angels 76 78 .494 15

Seattle 67 88 .432 25

Houston 51 104 .329 41

National League

East Division

Atlanta 91 63 .591 -

Washington 83 71 .539 8

Philadelphia 71 83 .461 20

NY Mets 70 84 .455 21

Miami 56 98 .364 35

Central Division

St. Louis 91 64 .587 -

Pittsburgh 89 66 .574 2

Cincinnati 88 67 .568 3

Milwaukee 68 86 .442 22

Chicago Cubs 65 90 .419 26

West Division

x-LA Dodgers 89 66 .574 -

Arizona 78 76 .506 10

San Diego 72 82 .468 16

San Francisco 71 84 .458 18

Colorado 71 85 .455 18

x-clinched division

Cycling

Tour of Britain

Leading results from the seventh stage of the Tour of Britain, a 150.4km ride from Epsom to Guildford on Saturday:

Stage

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma Quick-Step 3hrs 46mins 57secs, 2. Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale Pro Cycling same time, 3. Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN Qhubeka s.t., 4. Blaz Jarc (SLO) Team Netapp Endura s.t., 5. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin Sharp s.t., 6. Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t., 7. Chris Opie (GBR) Team UK Youth s.t., 8. Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t., 9. Alessandro Bazzana (IIA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling s.t., 10. Sam Bennett (IRL) AN Post Chain Reaction s.t.

Overall standings

1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Sky Pro Cycling 27hrs 57mins 59secs, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling at 26sec, 3. Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain at 1min 06secs, 4. David Lopez (ESP) Sky Pro Cycling 1.08, 5. Sergio Pardilla (ESP) MTN Qhubeka 1.16

Golf

Italian Open

Leading third round scores from the Italian Open on Saturday at the Golf Club Torino (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

205 - Marcus Fraser (AUS) 66 71 68

206 - Francesco Molinari (ITA) 68 67 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 65 71 70, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 72 67 67

207 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 69 66 72, Simon Thornton 68 67 72

208 - Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 65 73 70, Hennie Otto (RSA) 71 67 70

209 - Steve Webster 67 69 73, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 65 72 72, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 70 70 69, Renato Paratore (ITA) 72 66 71, Scott Hend (AUS) 72 71 66, Romain Wattel (FRA) 71 72 66, David Higgins 67 69 73, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 69 72 68, Julien Quesne (FRA) 70 68 71

210 - Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 70 69 71, Seve Benson 68 70 72, Johan Edfors (SWE) 69 70 71, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 70 72 68, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 71 70 69, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 71 67 72, Mark Foster 74 65 71, Christopher Doak 74 67 69

211 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 71 69 71, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 72 71 68, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 68 73 70, Matthew Baldwin 71 68 72, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 71 67 73, Scott Jamieson 72 69 70, Simon Wakefield 70 73 68, Richard Finch 68 74 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 73 67 71

USPGA Tour Championship

Scores on Saturday after the third round of the $8 million US PGA Tour Championship (USA unless noted, par 70):

199 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 64-66-69

203 - Dustin Johnson 68-68-67

205 - Steve Stricker 66-71-68

206 - Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68-70, Zach Johnson 69-68-69, Billy Horschel 66-70-70, Jordan Spieth 68-67-71

207 - Luke Donald (ENG) 70-70-67, Nick Watney 72-65-70

208 - Bill Haas 70-69-69, Webb Simpson 68-71-69, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-71-69, Phil Mickelson 71-67-70, Gary Woodland 70-67-71, Adam Scott (AUS) 65-69-74

209 - D.A. Points 72-67-70, Keegan Bradley 72-65-72

210 - Jason Day 68-74-68, Jason Dufner 74-70-66, Hunter Mahan 70-69-71, Roberto Castro 67-71-72

211 - Brandt Snedeker 69-75-67, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-71-72, Jim Furyk 70-68-73

212 - Matt Kuchar 69-74-69

213 - Tiger Woods 73-71-69, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 70-72-71

215 - Kevin Streelman 69-72-74

218 - Boo Weekley 70-75-73

224 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68-79-77

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of Inicial matches on Saturday:

Rosario Central 1 Arsenal 1

Olimpo 1 Atletico Belgrano 1

Brazilian championship

Results on Saturday:

Fluminense 1 Coritiba 1

Vitoria 0 Gremio 0

Dutch championship

Results on Saturday:

Heracles 0 Twente 3

FC Groningeb 4 Waalwijk 1

Den Haag 1 Nijmegen 1

Roda 3 Heerenveen 3

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Chelsea 2 (Oscar 52, Mikel 84) Fulham 0

Liverpool 0 Southampton 1 (Lovren 53)

Newcastle 2 (Remy 10, 44) Hull 3 (Brady 26, Elmohamady 48, Aluko 76)

Norwich 0 Aston Villa 1 (Kozak 30)

West Brom 3 (Sessegnon 20, Ridgewell 76, Amalfitano 90) Sunderland 0

West Ham 2 (Morrison 31, Noble 76-pen) Everton 3 (Baines 62, 83, Lukaku 85)

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Barnsley 1 Watford 5

Birmingham 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Blackburn 0 Huddersfield 0

Blackpool 2 Leicester 2

Brighton 3 Bolton 1

Charlton 0 Millwall 1

Derby 1 Reading 3

Doncaster 2 Nottingham Forest 2

Leeds 1 Burnley 2

Middlesbrough 3 Bournemouth 3

Yeovil 0 QPR 1

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Bastia 0 Marseille 0

Evian/Thonon 2 (Wass 74, Sougou 77) Montpellier 2 (Montano 37, Cabella 52)

Reims 1 (Deroussel de Preville 58) Guingamp 1 (Weber 5-og)

Rennes 2 (Kadir 13, 16) Ajaccio 0

Sochaux 0 Lille 2 (Roux 35, 37)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Hanover 2 (Sobiech 60, Huszti 89-pen) Augsburg 1 (Verhaegh 51-pen)

Wolfsburg 2 (Olic 44, 48) Hoffenheim 1 (Modeste 15)

Nuremberg 1 (Nilsson 50) Borussia Dortmund 1 (Schmelzer 37)

Mainz 05 1 (Malli 82) Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Kruse 19, 45+1, Kiessling 59, Bender 38)

Hamburg 0 Werder Bremen 2 (Petersen 32, 90+4)

Schalke 04 0 Bayern Munich 4 (Schweinsteiger 21, Mandzukic 22, Ribery 75, Pizarro 84)

Italian Serie A

Results on Saturday:

Cagliari 2 (Ekdahl 26, Conti 90+1) Sampdoria 2 (Gabbiadini 89, De Silvestri 90+3)

Chievo 2 (Pellissier 13, Rigoni 40) Udinese 1 (Maicosuel 1)

Genoa 0 Livorno 0

Portuguese league

Results on Saturday:

Gil Vicente 1 (Vilela 30) Olhanense 1 (Diakhite 90)

Belenenses 1 (Joao Pedro 8) Maritimo Funchal 0

Sporting Lisbon 1 (Wilson 25) Rio Ave 1 (Tarantini 72)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aberdeen 1 (Vernon 81) Inverness CT 0

Celtic 2 (Pukki 11, Mulgrew 26) St Johnstone 1 (Caddis 81)

Hibernian 2 (Collins 10, Heffernan 61) St Mirren 0

Partick 1 (Muirhead 11-pen) Kilmarnock 1 (Boyd 48)

Ross County 2 (De Leeuw 89, Brittain 90) Hearts 1 (Paterson 24)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Saturday:

Real Sociedad 0 Malaga 0

Almeria 2 (Verza 45+3-pen, Suso 51) Levante 2 (Nabil El Zhar 55-pen, Diop 60)

Rayo Vallecano 0 Barcelona 4 (Pedro 33, 47, 72, Fabregas 79)

Valladolid 0 Atletico Madrid 2 (Raul Garcia 56, Diego Costa 72)

Tennis

WTA Guangzhou

Result of the final on Saturday (x-denotes seedings): Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Vania King (USA) 7-6 (1), 6-1.

WTA Seoul Open

Result of the final on Sunday:

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4.

ATP at Metz Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x1) bt Florian Mayer (GER x8) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3, 7-6 (2).

ATP St Petersburg Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Ernests Gulbis (LAT x6) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-3, 6-3; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 6-1, 6-1.

(China Daily 09/23/2013 page23)