Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results from MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Florida 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4
MILWAUKEE 7 San Francisco 5
OAKLAND 5 Cincinnati 3
ARIZONA 7 Tampa Bay 4
CLEVELAND 10 Philadelphia 6
Detroit 8 WASHINGTON 4
TORONTO 12 LA Dodgers 1
Minnesota 6 NY METS 2
Boston 11 ATLANTA 0
TEXAS 7 Chicago Cubs 3
COLORADO 6 NY Yankees 1
Baltimore 7 SAN DIEGO 1
LA ANGELS 8 Houston 4
SEATTLE 7 Pittsburgh 0
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 46 25 .648 -
NY Yankees 35 34 .507 10
Toronto 34 36 .486 11 1/2
Tampa Bay 31 39 .443 14 1/2
Baltimore 30 41 .423 16
CENTRAL DIVISION
Cleveland 42 29 .592 -
Detroit 42 29 .592 -
Minnesota 36 34 .514 5 1/2
Chi White Sox 29 39 .426 11 1/2
Kansas City 29 44 .397 14
Western Division
LA Angels 46 27 .630 -
Oakland 39 32 .549 6
Seattle 36 32 .529 7 1/2
Texas 27 44 .380 18
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 38 32 .543 -
Atlanta 38 35 .521 1 1/2
Philadelphia 37 35 .514 2
Florida 35 38 .479 4 1/2
Washington 30 42 .417 9
Central Division
Milwaukee 41 31 .569 -
St. Louis 32 37 .464 7 1/2
Chicago Cubs 32 38 .457 8
Pittsburgh 31 40 .437 9 1/2
Houston 31 41 .431 10
Cincinnati 28 45 .384 13 1/2
Western Division
San Diego 41 29 .586 -
Arizona 42 31 .575 0 1/2
LA Dodgers 40 31 .563 1 1/2
Colorado 37 34 .521 4 1/2
San Francisco 30 41 .423 11 1/2
Thursday's games
Chicago Cubs at Texas
NY Yankees at Colorado
Baltimore at San Diego
LA Dodgers at Toronto
Pittsburgh at Seattle
Tennis
Eastbourne WTA
EASTBOURNE, England: Results from the third day of the Eastbourne Championships on Wednesday (x denotes seeds):
2nd rd
Justine Henin (BEL x1) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-4, 6-1; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x5) bt Elena Baltacha (GBR) 6-3, 6-2; Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x2) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Shahar Peer (ISR x6) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (RUS x3) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 7-5, 7-5; Elena Dementieva (RUS x4) bt Katie O'Brien (GBR) 6-3, 6-4; Marion Bartoli (FRA x8) bt Melanie South (GBR) 6-1, 6-3.
Nottingham ATP
NOTTINGHAM, England: Results from the third day of the Nottingham ATP grass court tournament on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-4, 6-3; Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-2, 7-5; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x2) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-2; Arnaud Clement (FRA x8) bt Teimouraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Jan Vacek (CZE) 6-4, 6-0; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x6) bt Hyung-taik Lee (KOR) 7-6 (7/2), 6-0; Jonas Bjorkman (SWE x4) bt Amer Delic (USA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/2).
's-Hertogenbosch ATP and WTA
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands: ATP and WTA results from the grasscourt tournament here on Wednesday:
Men's 2nd rd
Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NED) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Anthony Dupuis (FRA) bt Serhio Roitman (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Michael Berrer (GER) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG x3) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Yves Allegro (SUI) 6-4, 7-6 (7/6); Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; Peter Wessels (NED) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3); Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x2) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x1) bt Christophe Vleigen (BEL) 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3.
Women's 2nd rd
Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (SLQ/N.5) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3 - retired; Dinara Safina (RUS x4) bt Michaela Krajicek (NED) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (CRO x1) bt Meilen Tu (USA) - withdrew.
(China Daily 06/22/2007 page22)
