Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
LA ANGELS 9 Cleveland 5
ARIZONA 4 LA Dodgers 3
Seattle 7 TAMPA BAY 1
Florida 10 WASHINGTON 4
Detroit 7 BOSTON 2
Oakland 6 TORONTO 3
NY METS 8 Philadelphia 2
KANSAS CITY 4 NY Yankees 0
Chicago Cubs 6 PITTSBURGH 4 (15 innings)
St. Louis 6 HOUSTON 4
Cincinnati 12 MILWAUKEE 4
TEXAS vs Baltimore (postponed)
Minnesota 12 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5
COLORADO 12 Atlanta 6
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
TORONTO 111 Milwaukee 93
PHILADELPHIA 101 Detroit 94
WASHINGTON 109 Boston 95
ORLANDO 115 Chicago 83
CLEVELAND 104 New Jersey 83
NEW YORK 109 Charlotte 107
HOUSTON 103 Seattle 80
New Orleans 122 MINNESOTA 90
Phoenix 96 SAN ANTONIO 79
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
z-Boston 62 16 .795 --
x-Philadelphia 40 38 .513 22
x-Toronto 39 39 .500 23
New Jersey 32 46 .410 30
New York 23 56 .291 39 1/2
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 49 29 .628 --
x-Washington 41 37 .526 8
Atlanta 36 42 .462 13
Charlotte 30 49 .380 19 1/2
Miami 14 64 .179 35
Central Division
y-Detroit 55 23 .705 --
x-Cleveland 43 35 .551 12 Indiana 34 44 .436 21
Chicago 30 48 .385 25
Milwaukee 26 52 .333 29
Western Conference
Southwest Division
x-New Orleans 55 23 .705 --
x-Houston 53 25 .679 2
x-San Antonio 53 25 .679 2
Dallas 49 29 .628 6
Memphis 21 57 .269 34
Northwest Division
y-Utah 52 26 .667 --
Denver 47 31 .603 5
Portland 39 39 .500 13
Minnesota 19 59 .244 33
Seattle 18 61 .228 34 1/2
Pacific Division
x-LA Lakers 53 25 .679 --
x-Phoenix 53 26 .671 1/2
Golden State 47 31 .603 6
Sacramento 36 42 .462 17
LA Clippers 23 55 .295 30
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Thursday's games
Denver at Golden State
Utah at Dallas
LA Lakers at LA Clippers
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff quarterfinal results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
NY Rangers 4 NEW JERSEY 1
(NY Rangers lead the best-of-seven series 1-0)
PITTSBURGH 4 Ottawa 0
(Pittsburgh lead the best-of-seven series by 1-0)
Colorado 3 MINNESOTA 2
(Colorado lead the best-of-seven series by 1-0)
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League quarter-final, second leg results on Tuesday and Wednesday:
At Manchester, England: Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Tevez 70) AS Roma (ITA) 0
Manchester United win 3-0 on aggregate
At Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona (ESP) 1 (Toure 43) Schalke 04 (GER) 0
Barcelona win 2-0 on aggregate.
Played Tuesday
At London: Chelsea (ENG) 2 (Ballack 4, Lampard 87) Fenerbahce (TUR) 0
Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 4 (Hyypia 30, Torres 69, Gerrard 86-pen, Babel 90+2) Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Diaby 13, Adebayor 84)
Liverpool win 5-3 on aggregate
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League The Championship results on Wednesday:
Ipswich 1 Cardiff 1
Watford 0 Barnsley 3
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League result on Wednesday:
Gretna 0 St Mirren 0
Tennis
WTA Amelia Island
AMELIA ISLAND, Florida: Results on Wednesday from the third day of a $600,000 WTA claycourt tournament (x denotes seed):
2nd rd
Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-1, 6-4; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x2) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-3, 6-1; Karolina Sprem (CRO) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x3) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI x5) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Dinara Safina (RUS x6) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 6-3, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x7) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/1); Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-1, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 7-5, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-2, 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x14) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Caroline Woziniacki (DEN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

(China Daily 04/11/2008 page23)