Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: MLB results on Tuesday
(home team in CAPS):
Texas 13 DETROIT 6
LA Angels 10 BALTIMORE 5
DETROIT 4 Texas 1
FLORIDA 13 Washington 8
Colorado 8 PHILADELPHIA 2
Milwaukee 6 PITTSBURGH 1
NY Yankees 9 TORONTO 2
Atlanta 13 NY METS 5
CINCINNATI 7 St. Louis 2
BOSTON 16 Tampa Bay 10
HOUSTON 5 Chicago Cubs 4 (11 innings)
Minnesota 6 KANSAS CITY 3
Cleveland 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3
SAN FRANCISCO 2 Arizona 1
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 88 58 .603 -
NY Yankees 82 62 .569 5
Toronto 72 72 .500 15
Baltimore 61 82 .427 25 1/2
Tampa Bay 61 84 .421 26 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 85 60 .586 -
Detroit 79 67 .541 6 1/2
Minnesota 72 73 .497 13
Kansas City 62 82 .431 22 1/2
Chi White Sox 61 84 .421 24
Western Division
LA Angels 85 59 .590 -
Seattle 75 68 .524 9 1/2
Oakland 71 75 .486 15
Texas 69 75 .479 16
NAtional League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 82 62 .569 -
Philadelphia 76 68 .528 6
Atlanta 74 71 .510 8 1/2
Washington 65 80 .448 17 1/2
Florida 62 83 .428 20 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee 74 70 .514 -
Chicago Cubs 73 71 .507 1
St. Louis 69 73 .486 4
Cincinnati 65 79 .451 9
Pittsburgh 64 81 .441 10 1/2
Houston 63 81 .438 11
Western Division
Arizona 82 64 .562 -
San Diego 78 65 .545 2 1/2
Colorado 75 69 .521 6
LA Dodgers 75 69 .521 6
San Francisco 66 79 .455 15 1/2
Rugby
World Cup
PARIS: Argentina beat Georgia 33-3 (halftime 6-3) in the World Cup Pool D match in Lyon on Tuesday:
Scorers:
Argentina - Tries: Lucas Borges (2), Patricio Albacete, Federico Martin Aramburu. Conversions: Felipe Contepomi, Juan Martin Hernandez. Penalties: Contepomi (3).
Georgia - Penalty: Merab Kvirikashvili.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
Argentina 2 0 0 35 50 5 1 9
Ireland 1 0 0 15 32 5 1 5
France 0 0 1 -5 12 0 1 1
Namibia 0 0 1 -15 17 2 0 0
Georgia 0 0 1 -30 3 0 0 0
W=won, D=drawn, L=lost, PD=points difference, F=points for, T=tries, BP=bonus points, Pts=points
*Win - four points; Draw - two points; Scoring four or more tries/losing by seven points or fewer - one point.
Remaining pool fixtures
Sept 15 Ireland v Georgia, Bordeaux
Sept 16 France v Namibia, Toulouse
Sept 21 France v Ireland, Paris (Stade de France)
Sept 22 Argentina v Namibia, Marseille
Sept 26 Georgia v Namibia, Lens
Sept 30 France v Georgia, Marseille
Sept 30 Ireland v Argentina, Paris (Parc des Princes)
Soccer
Argentine championship
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine championship results and standings on Tuesday:
Independiente 3 Huracan 0
Argentinos Juniors 2 Banfield 0
Rosario Central 1 Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 1
Tigre 2 Newell's Old Boys 2
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Independiente 5 1 2 17 9 16
Tigre 4 2 2 7 7 14
Argentinos Juniors 4 1 3 12 9 13
Boca Juniors 4 1 2 9 7 13
River Plate 3 3 1 16 8 12
Colon 4 0 3 8 6 12
Banfield 4 0 4 10 10 12
Velez Sarsfield 4 0 3 10 10 12
Lanus 3 2 2 11 10 11
Newell's Old Boys 3 2 3 8 9 11
Estudiantes 3 1 3 10 9 10
Gimnasia-La Plata 3 1 3 7 7 10
Arsenal 1 3 8 9 10
San Martin 3 1 3 6 7 10
Huracan 2 3 3 6 9 9
San Lorenzo de Almagro (BA) 2 2 3 10 13 8
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 2 2 4 8 13 8
Racing Club 2 1 4 10 10 7
Olimpo 1 2 4 4 10 5
Rosario Central 0 4 4 6 11 4
Tennis
Romania ATP
BUCHAREST: Results of second day of the ATP tennis tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA x2) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Hugo Armando (USA) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-0, 6-1 ; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/3); Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Catalin Gard (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 4-6, 5-1 retired; Yuri Schukin (RUS) bt Diego Hartfield (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 6-2; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA x7) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Andrei Pavel (ROU) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 7-5, 7-5; Potito Starace (ITA x3) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Bali International
NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Results from the second day of the Bali International on Tuesday (x denotes seed):
First round
Martina Muller (GER) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-3, 6-3; Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Julie Ditty (USA) bt Hana Sromova (CZE) 6-2, 6-1; Patty Schnyder (SUI x3) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-4, 6-2; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE x5) 6-2, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x4) bt Sandy Gumulya (INA) 6-1, 6-1; Yuan Meng (CHN) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 6-0, 6-1; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/4).
(China Daily 09/13/2007 page22)
