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BASEBALL

NEW YORK: Results from Monday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):

San Francisco 8 FLORIDA 7

St Louis 6 CHICAGO CUBS 4

BALTIMORE at Texas (postponed)

Oakland 6 TORONTO 4

Boston 6 TAMPA BAY 0

Atlanta 14 CINCINNATI 4

Seattle 9 MINNESOTA 4

Washington 7 HOUSTON 0

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Kansas City 3

Pittsburgh 4 COLORADO 2 (11 innings)

Milwaukee 9 ARIZONA 0

LA ANGELS 7 NY Yankees 6 (10 innings)

Standings

American League

Eastern Division

W L PCT GB

Boston 75 50 .600 -

NY Yankees 70 55 .560 5

Toronto 63 61 .508 11 1/2

Baltimore 57 65 .467 16 1/2

Tampa Bay 47 77 .379 27 1/2

Central Division

Cleveland 68 55 .553 -

Detroit 67 57 .540 1 1/2

Minnesota 62 62 .500 6 1/2

Kansas City 55 69 .444 13 1/2

Chi White Sox 55 69 .444 13 1/2

Western Division

LA Angels 73 51 .589 -

Seattle 70 52 .574 2

Oakland 62 64 .492 12

Texas 54 69 .439 18 1/2

National League

Eastern Division

NY Mets 70 53 .569 -

Philadelphia 65 58 .528 5

Atlanta 66 59 .528 5

Washington 56 69 .448 15

Florida 56 69 .448 15

Central Division

Chicago Cubs 63 60 .512 -

Milwaukee 64 61 .512 -

St. Louis 59 62 .488 3

Houston 56 69 .448 8

Cincinnati 54 70 .435 9 1/2

Pittsburgh 53 70 .431 10

Western Division

Arizona 71 55 .563 -

San Diego 66 57 .537 3 1/2

LA Dodgers 64 60 .516 6

Colorado 63 61 .508 7

San Francisco 55 70 .440 15 1/2

Tuesday's games

Cleveland at Detroit

Texas at Baltimore

Oakland at Toronto

Boston at Tampa Bay

Seattle at Minnesota

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox

NY Yankees at LA Angels

LA Dodgers at Philadelphia

San Diego at NY Mets

Atlanta at Cincinnati

Washington at Houston

Florida at St. Louis

Pittsburgh at Colorado

Milwaukee at Arizona

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco

Golf

World Rankings

NEW YORK: Golf world rankings issued on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 22.30 average points

2. (2) Jim Furyk 8.72

3. (3) Phil Mickelson 8.48

4. (4) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.58

5. (5) Adam Scott (AUS) 6.50

6. (6) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 6.26

7. (7) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 5.88

8. (8) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 5.55

9. (9) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.50

10. (10) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 5.30

11. (12) K.J. Choi (KOR) 5.12

12. (11) Luke Donald (GBR) 5.11

13. (13) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.99

14. (14) Steve Stricker 4.78

15. (15) Justin Rose (GBR) 4.70

16. (16) Zach Johnson 4.50

17. (17) Retief Goosen (RSA) 4.45

18. (18) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.24

19. (19) Angel Cabrera (ARG) 4.12

20. (20) Paul Casey (GBR) 4.07

PGA Tour money list

NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $7,824,385

2. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $4,467,416

3. Phil Mickelson $4,199,838

4. Jim Furyk $3,798,266

5. K.J. Choi (KOR) $3,673,659

6. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) $3,455,390

7. Zach Johnson $3,187,621

8. Sergio Garcia (SPA) $3,035,416

9. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,735,551

10. Steve Stricker $2,608,077

11. Charles Howell III $2,593,849

12. Brandt Snedeker $2,581,810

13. Scott Verplank $2,534,626

14. Woody Austin $2,491,420

15. Padraig Harrington (IRE) $2,457,208

16. Hunter Mahan $2,450,807

17. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $2,255,430

18. John Rollins $2,235,304

19. Aaron Baddeley (AUS) $2,232,884

20. Ernie Els (RSA) $2,214,222

European Tour money list

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):

1. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 2,138,078 euros

2. Justin Rose 1,811,595

3. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,799,378

4. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,770,296

5. Niclas Fasth (SWE) 1,616,476

6. Andres Romero (ARG) 1,543,748

7. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,364,936

8. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 1,356,687

9. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,242,496

10. Colin Montgomerie 1,209,502

11. Sergio Garcia (SPA) 1,168,417

12. Paul Casey 1,157,972

13. Gregory Havret (FRA) 1,102,214

14. Richard Green (AUS) 1,028,918

15. Graeme Storm 1,011,637

16. Soren Hansen (DEN) 998,938

17. Anders Hansen (DEN) 990,625

18. Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 944,262

19. Yang Yong-eun (KOR) 846,336

20. Peter Hanson (SWE) 835,364

PGA Tour FedExCup points table

NEW YORK: PGA Tour's 2007 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated)

1 Tiger Woods 100,000 points

2 Vijay Singh (FIJ) 99,000

3 Jim Furyk 98,500

4 Phil Mickelson 98,000

5 K.J. Choi (KOR) 97,500

6 Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 97,250

7 Zach Johnson 97,000

8 Charles Howell III 96,750

9 Brandt Snedeker 96,500

10 Adam Scott (AUS) 96,250

11 Scott Verplank 96,100

12 Steve Stricker 95,950

13 Sergio Garcia (SPA) 95,800

14 Woody Austin 95,650

15 Hunter Mahan 95,500

16 John Rollins 95,350

17 Boo Weekley 95,200

18 Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 95,050

19 Ernie Els (RSA) 94,900

20 Mark Calcavecchia 94,750

Tennis

Men's world rankings

PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 7605 points

2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 5485

3. (3) Novak Djokovic (SER) 3670

4. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3415

5. (4) Andy Roddick (USA) 2990

6. (8) James Blake (USA) 2310

7. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2255

8. (7) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 1950

9. (12) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1925

10. (9) Tommy Haas (GER) 1880

11. (10) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1880

12. (11) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 1780

13. (13) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1740

14. (14) Guillermo Canas (ARG) 1648

15. (15) David Ferrer (SPA) 1565

16. (20) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1495

17. (19) Carlos Moya (SPA) 1445

18. (18) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1440

19. (16) Andy Murray (GBR) 1420

20. (21) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 1230

Women's world rankings

MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 4887 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3845

3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 3429

4. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3000

5. (4) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 2847

6. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2586

7. (7) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 2424

8. (9) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2238

9. (8) Serena Williams (USA) 2237

10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1968

11. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 1968

12. (16) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1774

13. (13) Venus Williams (USA) 1765

14. (15) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1708

15. (17) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1694

16. (14) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1678

17. (12) Martina Hingis (SUI) 1621

18. (19) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1610

19. (18) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1524

20. (20) Sybille Bammmer (AUT) 1196

ATP New Haven

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Results on Monday on day two of a $675,000 ATP and $600,000 WTA tournaments (x denotes seed):

Men's 2nd rd

Tommy Robredo (ESP x2) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA x7) 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-0; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x6) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6).

Men's 1st rd

Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Luis Horna (PER) bt Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Jose Acasuso (ESP) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-1, 7-6 (9/7); Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-1, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Mario Ancic (CRO) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4.

Women's 1st rd

Sybille Bammer (AUT x7) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Agnes Szavay (HUN) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-2, 6-4; Emilie Loit (FRA) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-0, 7-5; Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) bt Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x8) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Elena Dementieva (RUS x6) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-1, 6-0.

(China Daily 08/22/2007 page22)