Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
TAMPA BAY 6 Toronto 2
OAKLAND 3 Detroit 2
BOSTON 5 Baltimore 4
NY YANKEES 8 Chicago White Sox 1
FLORIDA 4 Colorado 3
WASHINGTON 7 Cincinnati 2
PITTSBURGH 15 St. Louis 1
ATLANTA 12 Houston 3
Texas 9 CLEVELAND 6 (10 innings)
CHICAGO CUBS 5 Philadelphia 4
NY Mets 8 MILWAUKEE 5
Kansas City 5 MINNESOTA 3 (10 innings)
Arizona 9 SAN DIEGO 5 (11 innings)
SEATTLE 8 LA Angels 7 (12 innings)
LA DODGERS 6 San Francisco 4
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 65 42 .607 -
NY Yankees 58 49 .542 7
Toronto 53 54 .495 12
Baltimore 50 56 .472 14 1/2
Tampa Bay 41 66 .383 24
Central Division
Detroit 61 46 .570 -
Cleveland 60 47 .561 1
Minnesota 55 52 .514 6
Kansas City 48 59 .449 13
Chi White Sox 48 59 .449 13
Western Division
LA Angels 62 44 .585 -
Seattle 59 47 .557 3
Oakland 51 57 .472 12
Texas 48 59 .449 14 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 60 47 .561 -
Atlanta 57 51 .528 3 1/2
Philadelphia 56 51 .523 4
Florida 50 58 .463 10 1/2
Washington 47 60 .439 13
Central Division
Chicago Cubs 57 49 .538 -
Milwaukee 58 50 .537 -
St. Louis 50 54 .481 6
Houston 46 61 .430 11 1/2
Cincinnati 45 63 .417 13
Pittsburgh 43 62 .410 13 1/2
Western Division
Arizona 60 49 .550 -
LA Dodgers 58 49 .542 1
San Diego 56 50 .528 2 1/2
Colorado 54 52 .509 4 1/2
San Francisco 46 59 .438 12
SOCCER
Champions League
PARIS: Champions League second qualifying round first leg results on Wednesday:
NK Domzale (Slovenia) 1 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2
Besiktas (Turkey) 1 Sheriff (Moldova) 0
Ventspils (Latvia) 0 Salzburg (Austria) 3
Astana (Kazakhstan) 1 Rosenborg (Norway) 3
Hafnarfjordur (Iceland) 1 BATE Borisov (Belaurus) 3
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 1 Levadia Tallin (Estonia) 0
MSK Zilina (Slovakia) 0 Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 0
Tennis
ATP Washington
WASHINGTON: Results on Wednesday from the $600,000 ATP Washington Classic (x denotes seed):
2nd rd
Tommy Haas (Ger x2) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3 6-2; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x7) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Vince Spadea (USA) bt Wesley Moodie (RSA) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3); Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 3-6, 7-6 (12/10), 6-3; John Isner (USA) bt Benjamin Becker (GER x8) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6); Michael Berrer (GER) bt Mardy Fish (USA x6) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-2, 6-3; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA x4) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Michael Russell (USA) bt Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) 7-6 (7/1), 4-1, retired, right hip
WTA Carlsbad
CARLSBAD, California: Results on Wednesday the third day of the $1.34 million WTA San Diego Classic:
2nd rd
Maria Sharapova (Rus x1) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 6-1 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x6) bt Viktoria Azarenka (BLR) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Dinara Safina (RUS x8) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 6-1, 6-4; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR x14) 6-3, 6-1; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT x15) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3); Sania Mirza (IND) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x3) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (RUS x9) bt Agelique Kerber (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Patty Schnyder (SUI x11) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-2, 6-0; Venus Williams (USA x10) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x16) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Tatiana Golovin (FRA x13) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.
Sopot ATP
Sopot, Poland: Results in the 425,250-euro ATP tournament on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Boris Pashanski (SRB) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-4, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER x7) bt Olivier Patience (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Michat Przysiezny (POL) 7-5, 6-4.
Stockholm Open
STOCKHOLM: Stockholm Open women's singles second round results on Wednesday: Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 6-4 6-4; Vera Dushevina (Rus x8) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 6-3 6-3; Emilie Loit (Fra x3) bt Virginia Ruano (Spa) 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(7); Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 0-6 6-2 7-6(4); Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol x2) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-0 6-3.
(China Daily 08/03/2007 page22)
