Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)
Toronto 11 BALTIMORE 4
BOSTON 7 Oakland 3
DETROIT 8 Minnesota 0
PITTSBURGH 6 Arizona 5
FLORIDA 4 Chicago Cubs 2
Atlanta 10 PHILADELPHIA 6
TAMPA BAY 7 NY Yankees 6 (10 innings)
Washington 10 NY METS 9
Houston 8 CINCINNATI 5
TEXAS 3 LA Angels 1
MILWAUKEE 9 St. Louis 1
Kansas City 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5
Colorado 9 LA DODGERS 7
San Diego 6 SAN FRANCISCO 4
Cleveland 4 SEATTLE 3 (12 innings)
Standings
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 93 64 .592 -
New York 90 67 .573 3
Toronto 80 77 .510 13
Baltimore 67 90 .427 26
Tampa Bay 65 92 .414 28
Central Division
x-Cleveland 93 63 .596 -
Detroit 86 72 .544 8
Minnesota 77 80 .490 16 1/2
Kansas City 68 89 .433 25 1/2
Chicago 68 89 .433 25 1/2
West Division
x-Los Angeles 92 66 .582 -
Seattle 83 73 .532 8
Oakland 75 83 .475 17
Texas 74 84 .468 18
National League
East Division
New York 87 70 .554 -
Philadelphia 85 72 541 2
Atlanta 83 74 .529 4
Washington 71 87 .449 16 1/2
Florida 67 90 .427 20
Central Division
Chicago 83 74 .529 -
Milwaukee 81 76 .516 2
St. Louis 73 84 .465 10
Cincinnati 71 86 .452 12
Houston 69 88 .439 14
Pittsburgh 67 90 .427 16
West Division
Arizona 88 69 .561 -
San Diego 86 71 .548 2
Colorado 85 72 .541 3
Los Angeles 80 77 .510 8
San Francisco 70 88 .443 18 1/2
x-clinched division
y-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday's games
Chicago Cubs at Florida
Arizona at Pittsburgh
Atlanta at Philadelphia
Washington at NY Mets
Houston at Cincinnati
St. Louis at Milwaukee
Colorado at LA Dodgers
San Diego at San Francisco
LA Angels at Texas
Oakland at Boston
Minnesota at Detroit
Cleveland at Seattle 1st game
Toronto at Baltimore
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox
Cleveland at Seattle 2nd game
Rugby
World Cup
PARIS: Results of the World Cup rugby matches on Tuesday:
Canada and Japan drew 12-12 (halftime 0-5) in the World Cup Pool B match in Bordeaux on Tuesday.
Scorers:
Canada: Tries: Pat Riordan, Dth van der Merwe. Conversion: James Pritchard.
Japan: Tries: Kosuke Endo, Koji Taira. Conversion: Shotaro Onishi
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
Australia 3 0 0 143 178 24 3 15*
Wales 2 0 1 67 134 18 2 10
Fiji 2 0 1 -26 76 10 2 10
Japan 0 1 3 -146 64 7 1 3
Canada 0 1 2 -38 45 6 0 2
* Australia qualify as group winners and advance to the quarter-finals
Pool results/fixtures (all times GMT):
Sept 8 Australia 91 Japan 3
Sept 9 Wales 42 Canada 17
Sept 12 Fiji 35 Japan 35
Sept 15 Wales 20 Australia 32
Sept 16 Fiji 29 Canada 16
Sept 20 Wales Japan 18
Sept 23 Australia 55 Fiji 12
Sept 25 Canada 12 Japan 12
Sept 29 Australia v Canada Bordeaux
Sept 29 Wales v Fiji Nantes
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Romania beat Portugal 14-10 (halftime 0-7) in the World Cup Pool C match in Toulouse on Tuesday.
Scorers:
Romania: Tries: Marius Tincu, Florin Corodeanu. Conversions: Valentin Calafeteanu, Dan Dumbrava
Portugal: Try: Joaquim Ferreira. Conversion: Duarte Cardosa Pinto. Penalty: Goncalo Malheiro
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
New Zealand 3 0 0 197 224 33 3 15*
Scotland 2 0 1 48 98 14 2 10
Italy 2 0 1 -30 69 7 0 8
Romania 1 0 2 -44 32 4 1 5
Portugal 0 0 4 -171 38 4 1 1
* New Zealand qualify for the quarter-finals as group winners
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.
Results/fixtures (all times GMT):
Sept 8 New Zealand 76 Italy 14
Sept 9 Scotland 56 Portugal 10
Sept 12 Italy 24 Romania 18
Sept 15 New Zealand 108 Portugal 13
Sept 18 Scotland 42 Romania 0
Sept 19 Italy 31 Portugal 5
Sept 23 Scotland 0 New Zealand 40
Sept 25 Romania 14 Portugal 10
Sept 29 New Zealand v Romania Toulouse Sept 29 Scotland v Italy St Etienne
SOCCER
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):
Third round
Arsenal 2 (Bendtner 83, Denilson 89) Newcastle 0
Blackpool 2 (Hoolahan 81, Jackson 118) Southend 1 (Harrold 7-pen) aet
Burnley 0 Portsmouth 1 (Nugent 69)
Luton 3 (Robinson 43, Spring 105, Talbot 117) Charlton 1 (Sinclair 4) aet
Manchester City 1 (Samaras 90) Norwich 0
Reading 2 (Convey 28, Halls 64) Liverpool 4 (Benayoun 23, Torres 50, 72, 86)
Sheffield Utd 5 (Sharp 18, 33, Shelton 52, 72, Hendrie 67) Morecambe 0
West Bromwich 2 (Miller 33, 87-pen) Cardiff 4 (Fowler 4, 27-pen, Hasselbaink 23, Sinclair 30)
French League Cup
PARIS: French League Cup football results on Tuesday:
Round of 32
Nancy 3 Boulogne-sur-Mer 0
Brest 1 Montpellier 2 aet
Niort 3 Le Havre 2 aet
Auxerre 1 St Etienne 0 aet
German league
BERLIN: German football league results on Tuesday:
Borussia Dortmund 0 Hamburg 3 (Guerrero 7, van der Vaart 42, Olic 64)
Hertha Berlin 1 (Pantelic 2) Hansa Rostock 3 (Rahn 40, Haehnge 54, Dorn 74)
VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Josue 67) Werder Bremen 1 (Diego 49)
Duisburg 0 Schalke 04 1 (Altintop 3, Kuranyi 75)
Scottish League Cup
GLASGOW: Scottish League Cup results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):
3rd rd
Falkirk 0 Dundee Utd 1 (Wilkie 60)
Hamilton 2 (McCarthy 16, McArthur 37) Kilmarnock 0
Hearts 4 (Nade 34-pen, Berra 97, Elliot 100, 102) Dunfermline 1 (Simmons 84) aet
Inverness CT 3 (Bayne 21, Wilson 67, Wyness 80) Gretna 0
Spanish league
MADRID: Spanish league result on Tuesday: Sevilla 2 (Jarque 60-og, Kone 68) Espanyol 3 (Angel 29, Garcia 54, Tamudo 87)
Tennis
Mumbai Open
MUMBAI: Results on the second day of the Mumbai Open here on Tuesday (x denotes seedings):
1st round:
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x3) 6-4, 6-3; Fabrice Santoro (FRA x5) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Rainer Schuettler (GER) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x7) 7-5, 6-3; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4); Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Robin Haase (Net) 6-2, 6-2; Stefan Koubek (Aus) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 6-3, 6-2.
Luxembourg WTA
LUXEMBOURG: Results in the 425,000-euro WTA tournament here on Tuesday:
1st rd
Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-0, 6-2; Marion Bartoli (FRA x5) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-3, 6-2; Meilen Tu (USA) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 7-5, 3-1 ret; Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2; Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) bt Meghann Shaugnessy (USA) 6-4, 6-1; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-2, 6-3.
WTA from Seoul
SEOUL: Korea Open women's singles results from Seoul on Wednesday.
2nd rd
Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-4 6-4; Ayumi Morita (Jpn) bt Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6-4 4-6 6-4; Catalina Castano (Col) bt Martina Mueller (Ger x6) 6-4 6-2
1st rd
Marta Domachowska (Pol) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-3 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x4) bt Kim So-Jung (KOR) 7-5, 6-3
Thailand Open
BANGKOK: Results from the Thailand Open men's singles first round matches in Bangkok on Wednesday:
Tomas Berdych (Cze x3) bt Kittipong Wachiramanowong (Tha) 6-3 6-0; Fernando Verdasco (Spa x8) bt David Martin (USA) 6-2 6-1; Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt George Bastl (Swi) 6-3 6-4; Nick Lindahl (Aus) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-3
Guangzhou International
GUANGZHOU: Results from the Guangzhou International women's singles first round matches on Wednesday.:
Olga Govortsova (Blr x6) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) 6-1 6-3; Dominika Cibulkova (Svk x4) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-0 6-3
Song Shanshan (Chn) bt Ji Chunmei (Chn) 6-3 6-2; Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Hana Sromova (Cze) 7-5 6-2; Julie Ditty (USA) bt Olga Poutchkova (Rus x5) 6-4 2-6 6-4; Tzipora Obziler (Isr) bt Elise Tamaela (Ned) 6-1 6-3; Camille Pin (Fra) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus x8) 6-1 4-1 (Kudryavtseva retired); Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-4 6-2.
(China Daily 09/27/2007 page22)
