Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: US Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Toronto 6 BOSTON 4
CINCINNATI 7 NY Mets 0
ATLANTA 9 Philadelphia 8
Cleveland 6 MINNESOTA 2
Oakland 6 LA ANGELS 2
WASHINGTON 6 Florida 4
NY YANKEES 10 Seattle 2
DETROIT 2 Chicago White Sox 1 (11 innings)
TAMPA BAY 17 Baltimore 2
TEXAS 3 Kansas City 2
MILWAUKEE 14 Houston 2
CHICAGO CUBS 8 LA Dodgers 2
Pittsburgh 8 ST. LOUIS 2
San Francisco 5 COLORADO 3
ARIZONA 9 San Diego 6
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 84 56 .600 -
NY Yankees 78 62 .557 6
Toronto 71 68 .511 12 1/2
Baltimore 60 78 .435 23
Tampa Bay 58 82 .414 26
Central Division
Cleveland 81 58 .583 -
Detroit 74 65 .532 7
Minnesota 69 71 .493 12 1/2
Kansas City 62 77 .446 19
Chi White Sox 59 80 .424 22
Western Division
LA Angels 82 57 .590 -
Seattle 74 64 .536 7 1/2
Oakland 69 72 .489 14
Texas 65 74 .468 17
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 78 61 .561 -
Philadelphia 73 66 .525 5
Atlanta 71 69 .507 7 1/2
Washington 63 77 .450 15 1/2
Florida 60 80 .429 18 1/2
Central Division
Chicago Cubs 71 67 .514 -
Milwaukee 71 68 .511 1/2
St. Louis 68 68 .500 2
Cincinnati 63 77 .450 9
Houston 62 78 .443 10
Pittsburgh 61 78 .439 10 1/2
Western Division
Arizona 78 63 .553 -
San Diego 76 63 .547 1
LA Dodgers 73 66 .525 4
Colorado 72 67 .518 5
San Francisco 63 77 .450 14 1/2
Thursday's games
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox at Detroit
Boston at Baltimore
Cleveland at LA Angels
Friday's games
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh
Florida at Philadelphia
Houston at NY Mets
Milwaukee at Cincinnati
Washington at Atlanta
San Diego at Colorado
St. Louis at Arizona
LA Dodgers at San Francisco
Seattle at Detroit
Boston at Baltimore
Toronto at Tampa Bay
Oakland at Texas
NY Yankees at Kansas City
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox
Cleveland at LA Angels
Gymnastics
World championships
STUTTGART, Germany: Results of the women's team final at the world gymnastics championships on Wednesday.
1. US (Anastasia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone, Shayla Worley, Shawn Johnson, Samanth Peszek) 184.400 points
2. China (Cheng Fei, He Ning, Jiang Yuyan, Xiao Sha, Yang Yilin, Li Shanshan) 183.450
3. Romania (Catalina Ponor, Sandra Raluca Izbasa, Steliana Nistor, Cerasela Patrascu, Daniela Druncea) 178.100
4. Italy (Monica Bergamelli, Francesca Benolli, Vanessa Ferrari, Federica Macri, Lia Parolari, Silvia Zanolo) 175.450
5. Brazil (Jade Barbosa, Ana Claudia Silva, Daiane Dos Santos, Daniele Hypolito, Lais Souza, Khiuani Dias) 175.125
6. France (Katheleen Lindor, Marine Petit, Laetitia Dugain, Casey Vericel, Isabelle Severino, Pauline Morel) 173.600
7. Britain (Rebecca Downie, Hannah Clowes, Aisling Williams, Rebecca Wing, Marissa King) 169.175
8. Russia (Elena Zamolodchikova, Yulia Lozhecko, Svetlana Klyukina, Kristina Pravdina, Ksenia Semenova, Ekaterina Kramarenko) 164.525
Vault
1. US 45.950
2. Brazil 45.000
3. Italy 44.950
4. Romania 44.825
5. China 44.375
6. France 43.900
7. Britain 43.825
8. Russia 28.850
Uneven Bars
1. US 47.325
2. China 46.650
3. Russia 46.175
4. Italy 44.575
5. Romania 44.175
6. France 43.150
7. Brazil 42.650
8. Britain 42.575
Beam
1. China 48.150
2. Russia 46.450
3. Romania 45.850
4. US 45.800
5. Brazil 44.850
6. Italy 43.425
7. France 43.325
8. Britain 42.225
Floor Exercise
1. US 45.325
2. China 44.275
3. Romania 43.250
4. France 43.225
5. Russia 43.050
6. Brazil 42.625
7. Italy 42.500
8. Britain 40.550
Tennis
US Open
NEW YORK: Results on Wednesday from the US Open, the year's last Grand Slam tennis championship (x denotes seed):
Women's singles' quarterfinals
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Shahar Peer (ISR x18) 6-4, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x4) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-1, 6-4; Venus Williams (USA x12) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4).
Men's singles' quarterfinals
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Tommy Haas (GER x10) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Andy Roddick (USA x5) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4), 6-2.
Women's doubles' quarterfinals
Nathalie Dechy/Dinara Safina (FRA/RUS x7) bt Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama (SLO/JPN x3) 7-5, 6-3; Kveta Peschke/Rennae Stubbs (CZE/AUS x6) bt Corina Morariu/Meghann Shaughnessy (USA x13) 6-2, 6-2
Men's doubles semifinals
Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle (SWE/AUT x10) bt Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 7-6 (7/2), 1-6, 6-3; Lukas Dlouhy/Pavel Vizner (CZE x9) bt Paul Hanley/Kevin Ullyett (AUS/ZIM x5) 6-4, 6-2.
(China Daily 09/07/2007 page22)
