Baseball

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

Detroit 5 CLEVELAND 1

Atlanta 2 WASHINGTON 1

PHILADELPHIA 9 Chicago Cubs 8

PITTSBURGH 4 Miami 3

CINCINNATI 3 Oakland 1

NY METS 3 Colorado 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 NY Yankees 2

Minnesota 7 KANSAS CITY 0

ST. LOUIS 5 LA Dodgers 1

Boston 15 HOUSTON 10

ARIZONA 6 Tampa Bay 1

Texas 8 LA ANGELS 3

Baltimore 4 SAN DIEGO 1

Toronto 7 SEATTLE 2

Milwaukee 3 SAN FRANCISCO 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 69 46 .600 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 46 .589 1 1/2

3. Baltimore 62 51 .549 6

4. NY Yankees 57 55 .509 10 1/2

5. Toronto 53 60 .469 15

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 66 45 .595 -

2. Cleveland 62 51 .549 5

3. Kansas City 57 53 .518 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 49 61 .445 16 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 42 69 .378 24

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 64 48 .571 -

2. Texas 64 50 .561 1

3. Seattle 52 61 .460 12 1/2

4. LA Angels 51 61 .455 13

5. Houston 37 75 .330 27

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 69 45 .605 -

2. Washington 54 59 .478 14 1/2

3. Philadelphia 51 61 .455 17

4. NY Mets 50 60 .455 17

5. Miami 43 68 .387 24 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 68 44 .607 -

2. St. Louis 66 46 .589 2

3. Cincinnati 62 51 .549 6 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 49 63 .438 19

5. Milwaukee 48 65 .425 20 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 62 50 .554 -

2. Arizona 57 55 .509 5

3. San Diego 52 61 .460 10 1/2

4. Colorado 52 62 .456 11

5. San Francisco 50 62 .446 12

Soccer

Champions League

Third qualifying round, second leg results on Tuesday:

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 3 FC Basel (SUI) 3

FC Basel win 4-3 on aggregate

Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 1 Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 1

Steaua win 3-1 on aggregate

Maribor (SLO) 0 APOEL (CYP) 0

1-1 on aggregate, Maribor win on away goals

Skenderbeu (ALB) 3 Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 2

Shakhter win 5-3 on aggregate

Partizan Belgrade (SRB) 0 Ludogorets (BUL) 1

Ludogorets win 3-1 on aggregate

Fenerbahce (TUR) 3 Salzburg (AUT) 1

Fenerbahce win 4-2 on aggregate

Grasshoppers (SUI) 0 Lyon (FRA) 1

Lyon win 2-0 on aggregate

English League Cup

First-round results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):

Barnsley 0 Scunthorpe United 0 (aet)

(Barnsley win 5-4 on penalties)

Birmingham City 3 Plymouth Argyle 2 (aet)

Bournemouth 1 Portsmouth 0

Brentford 3 Dagenham and Redbridge 2

Brighton and Hove Albion 1 Newport County 3 (aet)

Bristol Rovers 1 Watford 3

Bury 3 Crewe Alexandra 2

Charlton Athletic 4 Oxford United 0

Cheltenham Town 4 Crawley Town 3 (aet)

Colchester United 1 Peterborough United 5

Doncaster Rovers 1 Rochdale 0

Exeter City 0 Queens Park Rangers 2

Gillingham 0 Bristol City 2

Huddersfield Town 2 Bradford City 1

Leyton Orient 3 Coventry City 2

Middlesbrough 1 Accrington Stanley 2

Millwall 2 AFC Wimbledon 1

Morecambe 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Northampton Town 1 Milton Keynes Dons 2

Nottingham Forest 3 Hartlepool United 1

Oldham Athletic 0 Derby County 1

Port Vale 1 Walsall 2

Rotherham United 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Sheffield United 1 Burton Albion 2

Shrewsbury Town 1 Bolton Wanderers 3

Southend United 0 Yeovil Town 1

Stevenage 2 Ipswich Town 0

Swindon Town 1 Torquay United 0

Tranmere Rovers 2 Mansfield Town 0

Wycombe Wanderers 1 Leicester City 2

York City 0 Burnley 4

Tennis

ATP Montreal Masters

Results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):

2nd rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-2, 6-1; Kei Nishikori (JPN x9) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-3, 6-2.

1st rd

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x12) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3; Jerzy Janowicz (POL x15) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Alex Bogomolov (RUS) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Filip Peliwo (CAN) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 3-6, 7-5, 3-1 retired; Fabio Fognini (ITA x13) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 7-6 (3); Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-1; Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt John Isner (USA) 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4); Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-6 (0), 6-4; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-4, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x14) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Milos Raonic (CAN x11) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Tommy Haas (GER x10) bt David Goffin (BEL) 7-6 (4), 6-3.

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Results on Tuesday:

2nd rd

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x8) 6-7 (0), 6-2, 7-5; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL X3) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2, 6-3.

1st rd

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) 6-4, 6-3; Lauren Davis (USA) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x11) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-2, 6-1; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-1, 7-5; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-1, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x15) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3; Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x13) bt Venus Williams (USA) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sharon Fichman (CAN) bt Stephanie DuBois (CAN) 5-6, 6-2, 6-2; Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-3, 6-1; Samantha Stosur (AUS x12) bt Julia Glushko (ISR) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/08/2013 page22)