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Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
Oakland 4 TORONTO 1
MINNESOTA 8 Seattle 4
Kansas City 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6
Texas 30 BALTIMORE 3
Cleveland 11 DETROIT 8
LA Dodgers 15 PHILADELPHIA 3
TAMPA BAY 2 Boston 1
San Diego 7 NY METS 5
CINCINNATI 4 Atlanta 2
HOUSTON 3 Washington 2
ST. LOUIS 6 Florida 4
Texas 9 BALTIMORE 7
Pittsburgh 11 COLORADO 2
ARIZONA 3 Milwaukee 2
NY Yankees 8 LA ANGELS 2
Chicago Cubs 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2 (10 innings)
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 76 51 .598 -
NY Yankees 71 56 .559 5
Toronto 63 63 .500 12 1/2
Baltimore 58 67 .464 17
Tampa Bay 48 78 .381 27 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 69 56 .552 -
Detroit 68 58 .540 1 1/2
Minnesota 63 63 .500 6 1/2
Chi White Sox 56 70 .444 13 1/2
Kansas City 56 70 .444 13 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 74 52 .587 -
Seattle 71 53 .573 2
Oakland 64 64 .500 11
Texas 56 70 .444 18
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 71 54 .568 -
Philadelphia 66 59 .528 5
Atlanta 66 61 .520 6
Washington 57 70 .449 15
Florida 56 71 .441 16
Central Division
Chicago Cubs 65 60 .520 -
Milwaukee 65 62 .512 1
St. Louis 61 62 .496 3
Houston 57 70 .449 9
Cincinnati 56 70 .444 9 1/2
Pittsburgh 54 71 .432 11
Western Division
Arizona 72 56 .563 -
San Diego 67 58 .536 3 1/2
LA Dodgers 65 61 .516 6
Colorado 64 62 .508 7
San Francisco 55 72 .433 16 1/2
SOCCER
International friendly
PARIS: Results of international football friendlies on Wednesday:
At Oslo: Norway 2 (Carew 11-pen, 58) Argentina 1 (Rodriguez 87)
At Sofia: Bulgaria 0 Wales 1 (Eastwood 45)
At Kiev: Ukraine 2 (Gladky 30, Rotan 65) Uzbekistan 1 (Geinrikh 90)
At Moscow: Russia 2 (Sychev 21, Pavlyuchenko 34) Poland 2 (Krzynowek 73, Blaszczykowski 77)
At Paris: Ivory Coast 0 Egypt 0
At Montpellier, France: Brazil 2 (Maicon 62, Ronaldinho 81) Algeria 0
At Gothenburg, Sweden: Sweden 1 (Kaellstrom 56) USA 0
At Sarajevo: Croatia 5 (Da Silva 18, Srna 35, 72, N. Kovac 71, 80) Bosnia 3 (Muslimovic 40, 69, 76)
At Minsk: Belarus 2 (Vasilyuk 3, Romashchenko 90-pen) Israel 1 (Gershon 29-pen)
At Salonica, Greece: Greece 2 (Gekas 18, Katsouranis 43) Spain 3 (Marchena 38, Silva 66, 90+3)
At Rome: Italy 1 (Di Natale 49) Hungary 3 (Juhasz 62, Gera 66-pen, Feczesin 76)
At Trnava, Slovakia: Slovakia 0 France 1 (Henry 39)
At London: England 1 (Lampard 9) Germany 2 (Kuranyi 26, Pander 40)
At Vienna: Austria 1 (Harnik 78) Czech Republic 1 (Koller 33)
At Aberdeen, Scotland: Scotland 1 (Boyd 71) South Africa 0
At Geneva: Switzerland 2 (Barnetta 8-pen, 51) Netherlands 1 (Kuyt 52)
Euro 2008 qualifying
PARIS: Euro 2008 qualifying results on Wednesday:
Group A
At Yerevan: Armenia 1 (Arzumanyan 11) Portugal 1 (Ronaldo 37)
At Helsinki: Finland 2 (Eremenko Jr 13, Tainio 61) Kazakhstan 1 (Byakov 23)
At Brussels: Belgium 3 (Dembele 9, 88, Mirallas 29) Serbia 2 (Kuzmanovic 72, 89)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Poland 6 1 1 15 6 19
Finland 5 2 2 11 6 17
Portugal 4 3 1 16 6 15
Serbia 4 2 2 12 7 14
Belgium 2 1 5 8 13 10
Armenia 2 1 4 3 7 7
Kazakhstan 1 3 4 5 11 6
Azerbaijan 1 2 5 4 17 5
Group D
At Serravalle: San Marino 0 Cyprus 1 (Okkas 54)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Germany 6 1 0 29 4 19
Czech Rep 4 2 1 15 4 14
Ireland 4 1 2 12 8 13
Slovakia 3 0 4 16 13 9
Wales 2 1 3 8 9 7
Cyprus 2 1 4 10 16 7
San Marino 0 0 7 1 37 0
Group E
At Tallinn: Estonia 2 (Piroja 34, Zelinski 90+2) Andorra 1 (Silva 87)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Croatia 5 2 0 16 4 17
Israel 5 2 1 17 7 17
Russia 4 3 0 11 1 15
England 4 2 1 12 2 14
Macedonia 2 1 4 6 7 7
Estonia 1 0 7 2 15 3
Andorra 0 0 7 2 29 0
Group F
Northern Ireland 3 (Healy 5, 35, Lafferty 56) Lichtenstein 1 (Frick 89)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Sweden 6 0 1 17 4 18
N. Ireland 5 1 1 13 8 16
Spain 5 0 2 13 6 15
Denmark 3 1 2 9 5 10
Liechtenstein 1 1 6 5 21 4
Iceland 1 1 5 5 15 4
Latvia 1 0 5 4 7 3
Tennis
ATP/WTA New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Results on Wednesday on day four of the $675,000 ATP and $600,000 WTA tournament (x denotes seed):
Men's 2nd rd
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x5) bt Luis Horna (PER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Potito Starace (ITA x8) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-1, 7-5; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Michael Russell (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Agustin Calleri (ARG) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt John Isner (USA) 6-7 (2/7), 6-2, 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (5/7), 7-5; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4).
Women's 2nd rd
Marion Bartoli (FRA x3) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 6-0, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (RUS x6) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (8/6); Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT x7) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-1, 6-4; Dinara Safina (RUS x4) bt Vania King (USA) 6-1, 6-3; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x8) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3; Agnes Szavay (HUN) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVKx2) 7-5, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x1) bt Agnieska Radwanska (POL) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Forest Hills WTA
FOREST HILLS, New York: Results on Wednesday on day two of a $74,800 WTA tour tournament:
1st rd
Meilen Tu (USA x2) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Gisela Dulko (ARG x3) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 1-6, 6-0, 6-2; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-2, 7-5; Audra Cohen (USA) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, ret. (left lower leg strain); Aiko Nakamura (JPN x4) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Virginie Razzano (FRA x1) v Jill Craybas (USA) postponed, darkness; Alicia Molik (AUS) v Akiko Morigami (JPN) postponed, darkness.
(China Daily 08/24/2007 page22)
