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Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
BOSTON 2 Tampa Bay 1
Baltimore 12 NY YANKEES 0
Detroit 6 CLEVELAND 2 (10 innings)
FLORIDA 14 Arizona 5
Philadelphia 3 WASHINGTON 2
NY Mets 5 PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 LA Angels 1
ATLANTA 5 San Francisco 4
Cincinnati 6 CHICAGO CUBS 5
St. Louis 12 MILWAUKEE 4
TEXAS 5 Kansas City 3
SAN DIEGO 8 Colorado 0
OAKLAND 4 Chicago White Sox 3
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 72 47 .605 -
NY Yankees 67 52 .563 5
Toronto 60 58 .508 11 1/2
Baltimore 55 63 .466 16 1/2
Tampa Bay 45 74 .378 27
Central Division
Detroit 66 53 .555 -
Cleveland 65 54 .546 1
Minnesota 59 60 .496 7
Chi White Sox 54 64 .458 11 1/2
Kansas City 52 66 .441 13 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 69 48 .590 -
Seattle 66 51 .564 3
Oakland 58 62 .483 12 1/2
Texas 52 66 .441 17 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 66 52 .559 -
Philadelphia 63 55 .534 3
Atlanta 63 56 .529 3 1/2
Florida 56 63 .471 10 1/2
Washington 54 65 .454 12 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee 62 57 .521 -
Chicago Cubs 60 58 .508 1 1/2
St. Louis 56 60 .483 4 1/2
Houston 54 65 .454 8
Cincinnati 51 67 .432 10 1/2
Pittsburgh 49 68 .419 12
Western Division
Arizona 67 53 .558 -
San Diego 64 54 .542 2
Colorado 61 57 .517 5
LA Dodgers 60 59 .504 6 1/2
San Francisco 50 69 .420 16 1/2
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League third qualifying round first leg results on Tuesday:
Lazio (ITA) 1 Dinamo Bucharest (ROM) 1
Rangers (SCO) 1 Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 0
Benfica (POR) 2 FC Copenhagen (DEN) 1
Valencia (ESP) 3 IF Elfsborg (SWE) 0
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Tuesday:
Tottenham Hostpur 1 (Gardner 26) Everton 3 (Lescott 3, Osman 37, Stubbs 45)
Wednesday (1845 GMT unless stated):
Birmingham City v Sunderland
Fulham v Bolton Wanderers
Manchester City v Derby County
Portsmouth v Manchester United
Reading v Chelsea (1900 GMT)
Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough (1900 GMT)
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):
First Round
Accrington 0 Leicester 1
Barnsley 2 Darlington 1
Blackpool 1 Huddersfield 0
Brentford 0 Bristol City 3
Bristol Rovers 1 Crystal Palace 1 aet Bristol Rovers won 4-1 on penalties
Bury 0 Carlisle 1
Cardiff 1 Brighton 0 aet
Chester 0 Nottingham Forest 0 aet Nottingham Forest won 4-2 on penalties
Coventry 3 Notts County 0
Dagenham and Redbridge 1 Luton Town 2
Doncaster 4 Lincoln City 1
Grimsby 1 Burnley 1 aet Burnley won 4-2 on penalties
Hereford 4 Yeovil 1
Macclesfield 0 Leeds Utd 1
Milton Keynes Dons 3 Ipswich 3 aet MK Dons won 5-3 on penalties
Northampton 2 Millwall 0
Norwich 5 Barnet 2
Oldham 4 Mansfield 1
Plymouth 2 Wycombe 1
Port Vale 1 Wrexham 1 Wrexham won 5-3 on penalties
Preston NE 1 Morecambe 2
QPR 1 Leyton Orient 2
Rochdale 2 Stoke City 2 aet Rochdale won 4-2 on penalties
Scunthorpe 1 Hartlepool 2
Sheffield Utd 3 Chesterfield 1
Shrewsbury 1 Colchester 0 aet
Southend 4 Cheltenham 1 aet
Stockport 1 Tranmere 0
Swansea City 2 Walsall 0
Swindon 0 Charlton 2
Watford 3 Gillingham 0
West Bromwich 1 Bournemouth 0
Played Monday:
Peterborough 2 Southampton 1
Tennis
Cincinnati ATP
CINCINNATI, Ohio: Results here on Tuesday in the $2.2 million ATP Cincinnati Masters (x denotes seeded player):
2nd rd
Andy Roddick (USA x3) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x7) 6-4, 6-1
1st rd
Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-3, 6-3; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5); Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Andy Murray (GBR) 6-1, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Philip Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 7-6 (9/7); Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-4, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3); James Blake (USA) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3; Juan del Potro (ARG) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 6-2, 6-2.
WTA Toronto
TORONTO: Results on Tuesday from the second day of $1.34 million WTA tournament:
2nd rd
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x3) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2 7-6(7); Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 6-3, 6-2; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO), 6-1, 4-2, retired
1st rd
Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Andreja Klepac (SLO) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-4, 7-5; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-2, 6-3; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Stephanie Dubois (CAN) bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-1, 6-3; Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-4, 5-0, retired, left quadriceps strain; Marie-Eve Pelletier (Can) bt Ekaterina Shulaeva (Can) 5-7 6-4 6-2.
(China Daily 08/16/2007 page22)
