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Baseball

NEW YORK: Results of Wednesday's games (home team in CAPS):

TORONTO 13 Minnesota 1

COLORADO 10 San Diego 2

LA ANGELS 7 Oakland 6

BALTIMORE 6 Tampa Bay 1

CLEVELAND 1 Boston 0

PHILADELPHIA 7 Washington 5 (14 innings)

NY METS 6 Pittsburgh 3

CINCINNATI 7 Milwaukee 3

HOUSTON 2 LA Dodgers 1

NY Yankees 7 KANSAS CITY 1

Chicago Cubs 7 ST LOUIS 1

Detroit 13 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9

TEXAS 7 Seattle 6

ARIZONA 7 Florida 0

SAN FRANCISCO 2 Atlanta 1

Standings

American League

Eastern Division

W L PCT GB

Boston 61 40 .604 -

NY Yankees 54 46 .540 6 1/2

Toronto 51 50 .505 10

Baltimore 46 53 .465 14

Tampa Bay 38 62 .380 22 1/2

Central Division

Detroit 60 40 .600 -

Cleveland 59 42 .584 1 1/2

Minnesota 51 50 .505 9 1/2

Chi White Sox 45 56 .446 15 1/2

Kansas City 43 57 .430 17

Western Division

LA Angels 58 42 .580 -

Seattle 54 45 .545 3 1/2

Oakland 48 53 .475 10 1/2

Texas 46 56 .451 13

National League

Eastern Division

NY Mets 57 43 .570 -

Atlanta 54 48 .529 4

Philadelphia 52 48 .520 5

Florida 48 54 .471 10

Washington 42 58 .420 15

Central Division

Milwaukee 56 45 .554 -

Chicago Cubs 53 46 .535 2

St. Louis 45 52 .464 9

Houston 44 57 .436 12

Cincinnati 43 59 .422 13 1/2

Pittsburgh 41 58 .414 14

Western Division

LA Dodgers 56 46 .549 -

San Diego 54 46 .540 1

Arizona 55 48 .534 1 1/2

Colorado 51 50 .505 4 1/2

San Francisco 42 57 .424 12 1/2

Thursday's games

Tampa Bay at Baltimore

Detroit at Chicago White Sox

Boston at Cleveland

NY Yankees at Kansas City

Oakland at Seattle

Friday's games

Minnesota at Cleveland

NY Yankees at Baltimore

NY Yankees 8

Boston at Tampa Bay

Texas at Kansas City

Toronto at Chicago White Sox

Oakland at Seattle

Detroit at LA Angels

Cycling

Tour de France

Gourette, France: Standings following the 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 218.5km ride from Orthez to here on Wednesday:

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 6h23min 21sec (average: 34,199 km/h)

2. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) at 0:26.

3. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 0:35.

4. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 0:43.

5. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 1:25.

6. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 1:52.

7. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 1:54.

8. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 2:12.

9. Oscar Pereiro (ESP/CEP) 2:27.

10. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) 2:27.

11. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 3:11.

12. David Arroyo (ESP/CEP) 3:37.

13. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) 4:42.

14. Micha?l Boogerd (NED/RAB) 5:32.

15. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) 6:02.

Overall standings

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 76h15min 15sec

2. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) at 3:10.

3. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 5:03.

4. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) 5:59.

5. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 9:12.

6. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 9:39.

7. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) 13:28.

8. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) 14:46.

9. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 16:00.

10. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 16:41.

11. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 16:52.

12. Oscar Pereiro (ESP/CEP) 17:17.

13. David Arroyo (ESP/CEP) 21:08.

14. Iban Mayo (ESP/SDU) 25:24.

15. Chris Horner (USA/PRE) 26:22

Points:

1. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 195 pts

2. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 175

3. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 174

4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 132

5. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 127

6. Robert Forster (GER/GRL) 95

7. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 93

8. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LAM) 84

9. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 76

10. Murilo Fischer (BRA/LIQ) 73

King of Mountains:

1. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 206 pts

2. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 196

3. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 129

4. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 104

5. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 92

6. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BOU) 78

7. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/QST) 77

8. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 74

9. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 68

10. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) 64

Team

1. Discovery Channel 229h09:32.

2. Caisse d'Epargne/Balares at 16:48.

3. CSC 25:01.

4. Rabobank 35:00.

5. Euskaltel 39:04.

6. Saunier Duval 1hr 37:01.

7. Predictor 1hr 46:21.

8. Credit Agricole 2hr 13:19.

9. AG2R 2hr 20:40.

10. Liquigas 2hr 20:55.

11. Lampre 2hr 24:42.

12. Quick Step 2hr 55:27.

13. T-Mobile 3hr 19:56.

14. Bouygues Telecom 3hr 43:56.

15. Barloworld 3hr 44:04.

16. Gerolsteiner 4hr 10:09.

17. Cofidis 4hr 15:30.

18. Agritubel 5hr 58:44.

19. Milram 6hr 35:18.

20. Francaise des Jeux 6hr 42:27.

Best young rider

1. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 76hr 18:25.

2. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) at 13:31.

3. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 45:54.

4. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GRL) 1hr 10:20.

5. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/BAR) 1hr 11:57.

6. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/DIS) 1hr 26:36.

7. Thomas Dekker (NED/RAB) 1hr 28:10.

8. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MOB) 1hr 28:51.

9. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/FDJ) 2hr 19:54.

10. Andriy Grivko (UKR/MIL) 2hr 39:05.

TENNIS

ATP Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Results here on Wednesday from the third day of the $525,000 ATP Indianapolis Championships (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Lee Hyung-taik (KOR x6) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Juan del Potro (ARG) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Mardy Fish (USA x4) 6-4, retired (existing knee injury); Andy Roddick (USA x1) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-3, 6-2.

Kitzbuhel ATP

KITZBUHEL, Austria: Results from third day of 646,250 euros ATP tournament on Wednesday:

1st rd:

Laurent Recouderc (FRA) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG) bt Peter Luczak (AUS) 6-3, 6-4; Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) bt Federico Luzzi (ITA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) bt Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Sergio Roitman (ARG) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

2nd rd:

Agustin Calleri (ARG x6) bt Rainer Eitzinger (AUT) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Diego Hartfield (ARG) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP x12) 5-7, 6-0, 6-3; Tommy Robredo (ESP x1) bt Juan-Pablo Guzman (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER x8) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 6-1, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x11) bt Luis Horna (PER) 6-1, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS x14) bt Olivier Patience (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Alexander Peya (AUT) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x2) 7-5, 6-0; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x3) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-2; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x7) bt Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP) 7-5, 6-3; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Werner Eschauer (AUT x16) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Umag ATP

UMAG, Croatia: Results from the third day of the $490,000 ATP tournament here on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Guillermo Canas (ARG x5) bt Rubin Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-4, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-7 (13/15), 6-4, 6-2; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

WTA Stanford

STANFORD, California: Results on Wednesday from the third day of a $600,000 WTA tournament:

2nd rd

Sybille Bammer (AUT x8) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x3) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-4, 6-2; Lilia Osterloh (USA) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra x2) 5-7 6-4 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (Slov x7) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-0 7-6(5).

Bad Gastein WTA

BAD GASTEIN, Austria: Results from the first round of the 175,000 dollars WTA tennis tournament here on Wednesday:

1st rd

Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x3) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Andreja Klepac (SLO) 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Laura Pous Tio (ESP) bt Jekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (7/5), 6-2; Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) bt Emilie Loit (FRA x2) 6-1, 6-3; Renata Voracova (CZE) bt Melanie Klaffner (AUT) 6-4, 6-3; Emilia Salerni (ARG) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Francesca Schiavone (ITA x1) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-0, 6-4; Agnes Szavay (HUN x6) bt Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 6-0, 6-1; Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP x8) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-4, 7-5; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Flavia Penetta ITA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-4, 6-0.

(China Daily 07/27/2007 page22)