Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
Kansas City 5 DETROIT 4 (11 innings)
Arizona 4 CINCINNATI 2
Milwaukee 4 CHICAGO CUBS 3 (10 innings)
Tampa Bay 6 BALTIMORE 2
CLEVELAND 10 Chicago White Sox 8
Washington 11 PHILADELPHIA 6
LA DODGERS 5 San Francisco 0
NY Mets 7 FLORIDA 2
SEATTLE 5 Texas 2
Pittsburgh 12 ATLANTA 11 (12 innings)
MINNESOTA 3 LA Angels 2
SAN DIEGO 4 Houston 0
NY YANKEES vs Toronto (postponed)
ST. LOUIS vs Colorado (postponed)
Golf
World rankings
NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 21.53 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.71
3. (3) Ernie Els (RSA) 6.46
4. (4) Steve Stricker 6.26
5. (6) Adam Scott (AUS) 5.71
6. (9) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.68
7. (7) K.J. Choi (KOR) 5.68
8. (5) Jim Furyk 5.63
9. (8) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 5.57
10. (11) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.36
11. (10) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.35
12. (12) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 5.14
13. (13) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.82
14. (14) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 4.22
15. (15) Stewart Cink 4.20
2008 PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $3,615,000
2. Phil Mickelson $2,161,320
3. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $1,957,417
4. K.J. Choi (KOR) $1,641,882
5. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $1,621,600
6. Justin Leonard $1,536,789
7. Stewart Cink $1,510,462
8. J.B. Holmes $1,481,351
9. Steve Stricker $1,389,239
10. Daniel Chopra (SWE) $1,299,459
European Tour Money List
LONDON:Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 847,523 euros
2. Lee Westwood 681,215
3. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 670,584
4. Graeme McDowell 522,750
5. Martin Kaymer (GER) 475,365
6. Adam Scott (AUS) 468,605
7. Retief Goosen (RSA) 439,352
8. Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 410,189
9. Ross Fisher 390,777
10. Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPA) 369,516
US Ryder Cup points standings
NEW YORK: US Ryder Cup points standings on Monday:
1. Tiger Woods 7,045.627
2. Jim Furyk 2,462.786
3. Phil Mickelson 2,259.870
4. Stewart Cink 2,140.697
5. Steve Stricker 1,862.320
6. Zach Johnson 1,788.075
7. Woody Austin 1,561,606
8. Justin Leonard 1,536.789
9. J.B. Holmes 1,481.351
10. Sean O'Hair 1,421.607
(Top eight on the list qualify for team. Captain Paul Azinger will also select four players for his 12-man team for the match against Europe at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky Sept 19-21)
European Ryder Cup points standings
LONDON: European Ryder Cup points standings on Monday:
World points list:
1. Lee Westwood (GBR) 156.14
2. Justin Rose (GBR) 137.58
3. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 132.14
4. Daniel Chopra (SWE) 112.56
5. Martin Kaymer (GER) 100.38
6. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 98.07
7. Luke Donald (GBR) 94.67
8. Ian Poulter (GBR) 89.95
9. Graeme McDowell (GBR) 82.40
10. Soren Hansen (DEN) 76.15
European points list:
1. Westwood 1,389,687.70
2. Rose 1,216,171.35
3. Stenson 1,092,068.28
4. McDowell 871,172.03
5. Dougherty 859,478.20
6. Kaymer 784,819.57
7. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 748,775.88
8. Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 734,018.37
9. Hansen 728,150.54
10. Steve Webster (GBR) 715,868.42
(Top five on world points list qualify for team, plus top five on European points list not otherwise qualified from world points list. Captain Nick Faldo will also select two players for his 12-man team for the match against the US at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky Sept 19-21)
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
Toronto 104 CHARLOTTE 100
INDIANA 105 Miami 85
Atlanta 116 MEMPHIS 99
UTAH 129 Washington 87
PHOENIX 132 Denver 117
Dallas 93 LA CLIPPERS 86
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
y-Boston 58 15 .795 -
Toronto 38 36 .514 20 1/2
Philadelphia 37 37 .500 21 1/2
New Jersey 31 43 .419 27 1/2
NY Knicks 20 53 .274 38
Central Division
y-Detroit 52 21 .712 -
x-Cleveland 41 33 .554 11 1/2
Indiana 31 43 .419 21 1/2
Chicago 29 44 .397 23
Milwaukee 24 48 .333 27 1/2
Southeast Division
x-Orlando 47 27 .635 -
Washington 38 36 .514 9
Atlanta 34 40 .459 13
Charlotte 28 46 .378 19
Miami 13 61 .176 34
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 49 26 .653 -
Denver 45 29 .608 3 1/2
Portland 38 36 .514 10 1/2
Minnesota 19 53 .264 28 1/2
Seattle 17 57 .230 31 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 50 24 .676 -
Phoenix 50 24 .676 -
Golden State 45 28 .616 4 1/2
Sacramento 33 40 .452 16 1/2
LA Clippers 22 52 .297 28
Southwest Division
New Orleans 50 22 .694 -
San Antonio 51 23 .689 -
Houston 49 24 .671 1 1/2
Dallas 46 28 .622 5
Memphis 19 55 .257 32
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Tuesday's games
New Orleans at Orlando
Philadelphia at New Jersey
New York at Milwaukee
Detroit at Minnesota
Boston at Chicago
Golden State at San Antonio
Phoenix at Denver
Houston at Sacramento
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
NY RANGERS 2 Pittsburgh 1 (OT)
Atlanta 2 TAMPA BAY 0
OT = overtime
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
x-Pittsburgh 46 26 8 243 212 100
New Jersey 43 28 7 198 189 93
NY Rangers 41 27 11 205 192 93
Philadelphia 40 28 11 241 229 91
NY Islanders 34 37 8 189 235 76
Northeast Division
x-Montreal 44 25 10 253 220 98
Ottawa 42 29 8 252 240 92
Boston 40 28 11 208 215 91
Buffalo 37 30 12 247 236 86
Toronto 36 33 10 225 245 82
Southeast Division
Carolina 42 31 6 242 239 90
Washington 40 31 8 231 228 88
Florida 36 34 9 208 218 81
Atlanta 33 39 8 210 268 74
Tampa Bay 31 39 9 219 253 71
Western Conference
Central Division
y-Detroit 52 20 7 248 175 111
Nashville 39 31 9 222 221 87
Chicago 38 33 8 229 228 84
Columbus 34 33 12 190 208 80
St. Louis 31 35 12 193 229 74
Northwest Division
x-Minnesota 43 28 9 217 213 95
Colorado 42 31 7 223 214 91
Calgary 40 29 10 218 221 90
Vancouver 39 30 10 209 202 88
Edmonton 40 34 6 231 247 86
Pacific Division
y-San Jose 48 21 10 213 183 106
x-Anaheim 45 27 8 198 186 98
x-Dallas 43 29 7 232 199 93
Phoenix 37 36 6 206 222 80
Los Angeles 31 41 7 222 255 69
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Tuesday's games
Florida at Atlanta
Carolina at Washington
New Jersey at NY Islanders
Montreal at Ottawa
Buffalo at Toronto
Nashville at St. Louis
Calgary at Edmonton
Colorado at Vancouver
Los Angeles at San Jose
Tennis
ATP-WTA Miami
MIAMI: Results here on Monday from the sixth day of a $7.54 million ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeded player):
Men's 3rd rd
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-1; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-4, 3-0, retired ; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x12) 6-3, 6-3; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 6-4, 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x11) bt Nicolas Almagro (SPA x24) 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (6); Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x18) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1.
Women's 4th rd
Venus Williams (USA x6) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-3, 6-3; Dinara Safina (RUS x13) bt Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Justine Henin (BEL x1) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-2, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x3) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 7-6 (4), 6-3; Elena Dementieva (RUS x10) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x8) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-3, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 7-5; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x19) bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-0.
(China Daily 04/02/2008 page23)
