Baseball

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

WASHINGTON 2 Miami 1

Milwaukee 7 PITTSBURGH 6

NY Yankees 7 TORONTO 1

Oakland 6 DETROIT 3 (6 innings)

BOSTON 13 Baltimore 2

ATLANTA 2 Cleveland 0

NY METS 5 Philadelphia 0

LA Angels 6 TAMPA BAY 5

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Houston 3

Kansas City 6 MINNESOTA 1

ST. LOUIS 6 Cincinnati 1

San Francisco 5 COLORADO 3

ARIZONA 10 San Diego 9 (10 innings)

Texas 4 SEATTLE 3 (10 innings)

Chicago Cubs 3 LA DODGERS 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 78 55 .586 -

2. Tampa Bay 74 56 .569 2 1/2

3. Baltimore 70 60 .538 6 1/2

4. NY Yankees 70 62 .530 7 1/2

5. Toronto 59 74 .444 19

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 77 55 .583 -

2. Cleveland 71 60 .542 5 1/2

3. Kansas City 67 64 .511 9 1/2

4. Minnesota 57 73 .438 19

5. Chi White Sox 55 76 .420 21 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 77 55 .583 -

2. Oakland 74 57 .565 2 1/2

3. LA Angels 59 71 .454 17

4. Seattle 59 72 .450 17 1/2

5. Houston 44 87 .336 32 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 79 52 .603 -

2. Washington 66 65 .504 13

3. Philadelphia 60 72 .455 19 1/2

4. NY Mets 59 71 .454 19 1/2

5. Miami 49 81 .377 29 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 78 54 .591 -

2. Pittsburgh 76 55 .580 1 1/2

3. Cincinnati 74 59 .556 4 1/2

4. Milwaukee 58 73 .443 19 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 56 76 .424 22

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 77 55 .583 -

2. Arizona 68 63 .519 8 1/2

3. Colorado 62 72 .463 16

4. San Diego 59 73 .447 18

5. San Francisco 59 73 .447 18

Soccer

English League Cup

Result of second-round matches on Tuesday:

Barnsley 1 (Dawson 53) Southampton 5 (Davis 26, 89-pen, Rodriguez 49, Mayuka 66, Ramirez 90)

Bristol City 2 (Emmanuel-Thomas 59, Wagstaff 71) Crystal Palace 1 (Garvan 90)

Burnley 2 (Trippier 6, Ings 34) Preston 0

Burton Albion 2 (Dyer 85, Symes 102) Fulham 2 (Taarabt 36, Rodallega 117) after extra-time, 1-1 after 90 minutes.

Fulham win 5-4 on penalties.

Carlisle 2 (Amoo 16, Berrett 71) Leicester 5 (Wood 38, 60-pen, 63, Dyer 47, Knockaert 51)

Derby 5 (Martin 19 77, Sammon 36 71, Hughes 38) Brentford 0

Doncaster 1 (Paynter 63) Leeds 3 (Wootton 41, Smith 77, McCormack 80-pen)

Huddersfield 3 (Lynch 40, Hogg 77, Hammill 82) Charlton 2 (Stephens 32, Sordell 60)

Leyton Orient 0 Hull 1 (Brady 107) AET, 0-0 after 90 mins

Liverpool 4 (Sterling 4, Sturridge 29 105, Henderson 110) Notts County 2 (Arquin 62, Coombes 84) AET, 2-2 after 90 minutes

Norwich 6 (Olsson 23, Pilkington 31, Elmander 52 75, Fer 84, Whittaker 90) Bury 3 (Forrester 72, Edjenguele 79, Reindorf 90)

Peterborough 6 (Assombalonga 4, Tomlin 19, 54-pen, 79-pen, Swanson 28, Payne 90) Reading 0

QPR 0 Swindon 2 (Ranger 38, Pritchard 90)

Sunderland 4 (Altidore 78, Wickham 87, 89, Johnson 90) Milton Keynes Dons 2 (Bamford 7, McLeod 55)

Tranmere 1 (Stockton 45) Bolton 1 (Beckford 66) AET, 1-1 after 90 mins Tranmere win 4-2 on penalties

West Brom 3 (Berahino 7, 26 38-pen) Newport County 0

West Ham 2 (Vaz Te 42, Morrison 46) Cheltenham 1 (Richards 59-pen)

Yeovil 3 (Upson 22, Webster 90, Ayling 105) Birmingham 3 (Bartley 20, Shinnie 44, Novak 106) 2-2 AET

Birmingham win 3-2 on penalties

German Bundesliga

Result on Tuesday:

Freiburg 1 (Hoefler 86) Bayern Munich 1 (Shaqiri 33)

Champions League

Results of playoff round, second legs on Tuesday:

At Vienna

Austria Vienna (AUT) 2 (Mader 4, Kienast 82) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 3 (Brozovic 33, Fernandez 42, Beciraj 70)

Austria Vienna win 4-3 on aggregate

At Basel, Switzerland

Basel (SUI) 2 (F. Frei 11, P. Degen 79) Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 0

Basel win 6-2 on aggregate

At Warsaw

Legia Warsaw (POL) 2 (M Radovic 27, Rzezniczak 90+4) Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 2 (Stanciu 7, Piovaccari 9)

Steaua Bucharest win on away goals rule after tie ended 3-3 on aggregate

At Salonika, Greece

PAOK (GRE) 2 (Athanasiadis 52, Katsouranis 79) Schalke 04 (GER) 3 (Szalai 43, 90, Draxler 67)

Schalke 04 win 4-3 on aggregate

At London

Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Ramsey 25, 72) Fenerbahce (TUR) 0

Arsenal win 5-0 on aggregate

Tennis

US Open

Results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 1st rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL) 7-5, 7-5, 6-2; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x25) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Tommy Haas (GER x12) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Daniel Gimeno (ESP) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3; Donald Young (USA) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-1, 6-0, 6-1; Florian Mayer (GER) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x28) 6-4, 6-2, 3-0, retired; Tobias Kamke (GER) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-2; Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x15) 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau (FRA x31) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Denis Kudla (USA) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-5; Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-1; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN x10) bt Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3; Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL x14) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Jack Sock (USA) bt Philipp Petzschner (GER) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 5-2, retired; Roger Federer (SUI x7) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2; Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1; Sam Querrey (USA x26) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; John Isner (USA x13) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-0, 6-2, 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Adrian Ungur (ROM) 6-1, 6-2, 6-0; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x22) bt Collin Altamirano (USA) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1; Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10).

Women's 1st rd

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x6) bt Duan Ying-Ying (CHN) 6-2, 7-5; Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Jana Cepelova (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x31) 6-3, 6-3; Elena Vesnina (RUS x22) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-1, 6-1; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 6-4, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x14) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-1, 6-1; Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-4, 6-3; Donna Vekic (CRO) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-2 ; Simona Halep (ROM x21) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x27) bt Mallory Burdette (USA) 6-3, 7-5; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-3, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Nicole Gibbs (USA) 6-0, 6-2; Sara Errani (ITA x4) bt Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 6-0, 6-0; Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-2, 6-4; Alison Riske (USA) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-3, 6-3; Mona Barthel (GER x28) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-1, 6-4; Julia Glushko (ISR) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x20) 6-3, 6-4; Sachia Vickery (USA) bt Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 6-4, 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Maria Sanchez (USA) 7-5, 6-2; Victoria Duval (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x11) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-2, 6-0; Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5); Christina McHale (USA) bt Julia Gorges (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Elina Svitolina (UKR) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x17) 6-4, 6-3; Alize Cornet (FRA x26) bt Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 6-3, 6-2; Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Vesna Manasieva (SRB) 7-5, 7-6 (5); Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 6-0, 6-0.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/29/2013 page23)