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BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results of the Major League Baseball games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
OAKLAND 5 Toronto 4 (11 innings)
LA Angels 8 SEATTLE 2
NY YANKEES 4 Boston 3
CLEVELAND 4 Minnesota 3
Tampa Bay 5 BALTIMORE 4 (12 innings)
KANSAS CITY 5 Detroit 0
TEXAS 5 Chicago White Sox 4 (11 innings)
LA DODGERS 10 Washington 9 (12 innings)
Colorado 8 SAN FRANCISCO 0
Atlanta 7 FLORIDA 4
Cincinnati 8 PITTSBURGH 0
PHILADELPHIA 3 NY Mets 2
Milwaukee 6 CHICAGO CUBS 1
HOUSTON 7 St Louis 0
SAN DIEGO 3 Arizona 1
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 80 53 .602 -
NY Yankees 74 59 .556 6
Toronto 67 66 .504 13
Baltimore 58 73 .443 21
Tampa Bay 53 80 .398 27
Central Division
Cleveland 75 57 .568 -
Detroit 71 62 .534 4 1/2
Minnesota 67 66 .504 8 1/2
Kansas City 59 72 .450 15 1/2
Chi White Sox 57 76 .429 18 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 79 54 .594 -
Seattle 73 58 .557 5
Oakland 66 69 .489 14
Texas 60 72 .455 18 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 73 59 .553 -
Philadelphia 70 62 .530 3
Atlanta 69 65 .515 5
Florida 58 76 .433 16
Washington 58 76 .433 16
Central Division
Chicago Cubs 67 64 .511 -
Milwaukee 66 66 .500 1 1/2
St. Louis 64 65 .496 2
Cincinnati 61 72 .459 7
Pittsburgh 59 73 .447 8 1/2
Houston 59 74 .444 9
Western Division
San Diego 73 59 .553 -
Arizona 74 60 .552 -
LA Dodgers 70 63 .526 3 1/2
Colorado 68 65 .511 5 1/2
San Francisco 61 73 .455 13
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League results on Wednesday:
Third qualifying round, 2nd leg
Anderlecht (BEL) 0 Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Kezman 2, Souza Alex 77)
Fenerbahce win 3-0 on aggregate
Arsenal (ENG) 3 (Rosicky 7, Fabregas 82, Eduardo 89) Sparta Prague (CZE) 0
Arsenal win 5-0 on aggregate
Besiktas (TUR) 2 (Delgado 57, 66) FC Zurich (SUI) 0
Besiktas win 3-1 on aggregate
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2 (Vukojevic 20, Modric 41-pen) Werder Bremen (GER) 3 (Diego 13-pen, 68-pen, Sanogo 40)
Werder Bremen win 5-3 on aggregate
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 3 (Bangoura 12, 76, Rebrov 90-pen) FK Sarajevo (BIH) 0
Dynamo Kiev win 4-0 on aggregate
FC Copenhagen (DEN) 0 Benfica (POR) 1 (Katsouranis 18)
Benfica win 3-1 on aggregate
IF Elfsborg (SWE) 1 (Alexandersson 32) Valencia (ESP) 2 (Helguera 5, Villa 90)
Valencia win 5-1 on aggregate
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 3 (Lucarelli 9, Castillo 78-pen, Brandao 86) SV Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Meyer 6)
Shakhtar Donetsk win 3-2 on aggregate
Slavia Prague (CZE) 2 (Vlcek 22, 86) Ajax (NED) 1 (Suarez 33)
Slavia Prague win 3-1 on aggregate
Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 2 (Zaharia 12, Neaga 63) Bate Borisov (BLR) 0
Steaua Bucharest win 4-2 on aggregate
Celtic Glasgow (SCO) 1 (McDonald 27) Spartak Moscow (RUS) 1 (Pavluchenko 45) aet
Celtic Glasgow win 4-3 on penalties
Rosenborg (NOR) 2 Tampere United (FIN) 0
Rosenborg win 5-0 on aggregate
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup results on Wednesday (aet denotes extra time):
2nd rd
Bristol City 1 (Orr 69) Man City 2 (Mpenza 17, Bianchi 81)
Middlesbrough 2 (Rochemback 53, Lee 66) Northampton 0
Newcastle 2 (Owen 57 Martins 86) Barnsley 0
Scottish League Cup
GLASGOW: Scottish League Cup results on Wednesday (aet denotes extra time):
Dundee Utd 2 Ross County 1
Motherwell 3 Raith 1
Tennis
US Open
NEW YORK: US Open results on Wednesday (x denotes seed):
Women's singles 2nd rd
Ana Ivanovic (SRB x5) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Sybille Bammer (AUT x19) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vt Ai Sugiyama (JPN x28) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Venus Williams (USA x12) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) 6-4, 6-2; Elena Dementieva (RUS 14) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 6-3, 6-2; Justine Henin (BEL x1) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-4, 6-0; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x21) by Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-4, 6-7 (7/4), 6-3; Dinara Safina (RUS x15) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-1; Lucie Safarova (CZE x20) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Marion Bartoli (FRA x10) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 6-4, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-2, 6-1; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-2, 6-2; Ahsha Rolle (USA) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x27) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-4, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x8) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 7-5, 6-2.
Men's singles 1st rd
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x11) bt Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 6-0, 6-1, 6-2; Marat Safin (RUS x25) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (9/7); Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Michael Berrer (GER) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 7-5, 6-1, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 4-6, 6-3, 406, 6-4, 7-5; Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-0, 6-3, 6-1; Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Carlos Moya (ESP) bt Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Bruno Echagaray (MEX) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5; Tim Henman (GBR) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x27) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Alun Jones (AUS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x7) 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4.
Men's 2nd rd
John Isner (USA) by Rik de Voest (RSA) 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
(China Daily 08/31/2007 page19)
