Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Arizona 4 SAN FRANCISCO 1
Chicago White Sox 3 BALTIMORE 1
Houston 2 PHILADELPHIA 1
NY YANKEES 15 Boston 9
Detroit 13 CLEVELAND 2
FLORIDA 6 Atlanta 5
NY METS 5 Washington 2
CHICAGO CUBS 12 Cincinnati 3
MINNESOTA 6 Tampa Bay 5
ST. LOUIS 5 Milwaukee 4
Texas 7 TORONTO 5 (14 innings)
Colorado 10 SAN DIEGO 2
Kansas City 3 LA ANGELS 2
Seattle 4 OAKLAND 2
LA DODGERS 8 Pittsburgh 1
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
CHARLOTTE 115 Philadelphia 109
ORLANDO 103 Washington 83
Detroit 84 CLEVELAND 74
INDIANA 132 NY Knicks 123
DALLAS 111 New Orleans 98
BOSTON 105 New Jersey 94
MIAMI 113 Atlanta 99
MINNESOTA 110 Milwaukee 101 (OT)
HOUSTON 93 LA Clippers 75
CHICAGO 107 Toronto 97
DENVER 120 Memphis 111
SAN ANTONIO 109 Utah 80
PHOENIX 100 Portland 91
Seattle 126 GOLDEN STATE 121
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
z-Boston 66 16 .805 -
x-Toronto 41 41 .500 25
x-Philadelphia 40 42 .488 26
New Jersey 34 48 .415 32
NY Knicks 23 59 .280 43
Central Division
y-Detroit 59 23 .720 -
x-Cleveland 45 37 .549 14
Indiana 36 46 .439 23
Chicago 33 49 .402 26
Milwaukee 26 56 .317 33
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 52 30 .634 -
x-Washington 43 39 .524 9
x-Atlanta 37 45 .451 15
Charlotte 32 50 .390 20
Miami 15 67 .183 37
Western Conference
Northwest Division
y-Utah 54 28 .659 -
x-Denver 50 32 .610 4
Portland 41 41 .500 13
Minnesota 22 60 .268 32
Seattle 20 62 .244 34
Pacific Division
z-LA Lakers 57 25 .695 -
x-Phoenix 55 27 .671 2
Golden State 48 34 .585 9
Sacramento 38 44 .463 19
LA Clippers 23 59 .280 34
Southwest Division
y-New Orleans 56 26 .683 -
x-San Antonio 56 26 .683 -
x-Houston 55 27 .671 1
x-Dallas 51 31 .622 5
Memphis 22 60 .268 34
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
End of regular season
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 T
Pittsburgh 0 2 1 3
OTTAWA 0 1 0 1
(Pittsburgh win the best-of-seven series by 4-0)
1 2 3 T
NY RANGERS 1 2 2 5
New Jersey 0 2 1 3
(NY Rangers lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
1 2 3 T
NASHVILLE 2 1 0 3
Detroit 0 1 1 2
(The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2)
SOCCER
Belgium Cup
BRUSSELS: Belgium Cup semifinal second leg result on Wednesday:
Germinal Beerschot 1 Anderlecht 1
Anderlecht win 2-1 on aggregate
Tuesday
Gent 4 Standard Liege 0
Gent win 6-2 on aggregate
Dutch league
THE HAGUE: Dutch league results on Wednesday:
FC Groningen 1 Ajax 2
Standings (33 games):
1. PSV Eindhoven 69 points, 2. Ajax 66, 3. NAC Breda 63, 4. FC Twente 59, 5. SC Heerenveen 57, 6. Feyenoord 57, 7. FC Groningen 51, 8. Roda JC Kerkrade 47, 9. NEC Nijmegen 46, 10. Vitesse Arnhem 43, 11. FC Utrecht 43, 12. AZ Alkmaar 40, 13. Sparta Rotterdam 34, 14. Heracles Almelo 32, 15. Willem II Tilburg 31, 16. De Graafschap 30, 17. Excelsior 27, 18. VVV-Venlo 26
French Cup
PARIS: French Cup quarterfinal results on Wednesday:
Bordeaux 0 Sedan 0 after extra-time
Sedan win 4-3 on penalties
Carquefou 0 Paris SG 1 (Pauleta 77)
Tuesday
Amiens 1 (Contout 87) Dijon 0
Lyon 1 (Benzema) Metz 0
German league
BERLIN: German league results on Wednesday:
Duisburg 0 Karlsruhe 1 (Hajnal 81)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Kohler 29) Bayern Munich 3 (Van Buyten 60, Toni 74, 86)
Stuttgart 3 (Cacau 3, A. da Silva 13, Meira 31) Nuremberg 0
Borussia Dortmund 1 (Frei 64) Hanover 3 (Huszti 1, Bruggink 38, Fahrenhorst 41)
Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Mijatovic 51) Bayer Leverkusen 0
Tuesday
Hertha Berlin 0 Hamburg 0
Hansa Rostock 1 (Hahnge 76) Werder Bremen 2 (Frings 57, Klasnic 82)
Schalke 04 5 (V. da Silva 31-og, Kuranyi 37, 40, 59, 80) Energie Cottbus 0
VfL Wolfsburg 0 VfL Bochum 1 (Sestak 87)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bayern Munich 18 9 2 55 17 63
Werder Bremen 16 5 8 62 41 53
Schalke 04 14 9 6 47 31 51
Hamburg 12 12 5 37 21 48
VfB Stuttgart 15 3 11 48 43 48
B. Leverkusen 14 5 10 50 31 47
VfL Wolfsburg 12 7 9 45 39 43
Eintr. Frankfurt 11 9 9 35 39 42
Hanover 11 8 10 43 47 41
Karlsruher SC 11 8 10 32 36 41
VfL Bochum 9 10 10 43 45 37
Hertha Berlin 9 7 13 30 36 34
Dortmund 9 7 13 42 53 34
Energie Cottbus 7 8 14 30 48 29
Arminia Bielefeld 7 7 15 27 52 28
Hansa Rostock 7 6 16 25 41 27
MSV Duisburg 7 4 18 28 43 25
Nuremberg 5 8 15 30 46 23
Italian league
ROME: Italian league result on Wednesday:
Juventus 3 (Trezeguet 16, Palladino 30, Morrone 77-og) Parma 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 22 9 2 61 21 75
Roma 21 8 4 61 33 71
Juventus 18 10 5 59 30 64
Fiorentina 16 8 9 47 34 56
AC Milan 14 10 9 50 31 52
Sampdoria 15 7 11 46 38 52
Udinese 14 9 10 44 43 51
Genoa 12 9 12 43 46 45
Napoli 12 7 14 43 47 43
Palermo 11 9 13 43 51 42
Atalanta 10 11 12 46 48 41
Lazio 9 13 11 40 42 40
Siena 8 14 11 35 40 38
Torino 6 16 11 32 42 34
Catania 7 11 15 28 39 32
Cagliari 8 8 17 31 51 32
Parma 6 13 14 38 53 31
Reggina 6 12 15 28 47 30
Empoli 7 9 17 26 46 30
Livorno 6 11 16 30 49 29
Italian Cup
ROME: Italian Cup semifinal first leg results on Wednesday:
AS Roma 1 (Totti 47) Catania 0
Inter Milan 0 Lazio 0
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League result on Wednesday:
Celtic 2 (Nakamura 20, Vennegoor of Hesselink 90) Rangers 1 (Novo 55)
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup final result here on Wednesday:
Getafe 1 (Granero 45+3-pen) Valencia 3 (Mata 4, Alexis 11, Morientes 84)
Tennis
WTA Family Circle Cup
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Results on Wednesday from the $1.3 million WTA Family Circle Cup tournament (x denotes seed):
2nd rd
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) bt Alexandra Stevenson (USA) 7-5, 6-0; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-0, 6-0; Elena Dementieva (RUS x4) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-0, 6-2; Patty Schnyder (SUI x7) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 7-6 (2), 6-0; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x9) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 6-1, 6-0; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x11) bt Edina Gallovits (ROU) 6-7 (7), 6-2, 7-5; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x12) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x13) bt Sun Tiantian (CHN) 7-6 (4), 6-0; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Julia Schruff (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-3, 6-4.
US Clay Court Championships
HOUSTON, Texas: ATP tennis results from the $436,000 US Clay Court Championships here on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Mardy Fish (USA x3) bt Hugo Armando (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Oscar Hernandez (SPA x8) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-4, 6-4;
1st rd
Nicolas Massu (CHI) bt Sam Querrey (USA x4) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Paul Capdeville (CHI) bt Diego Hartfield (ARG) 6-0, 6-4; Marcos Daniel (BRA) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-4; Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Harel Levy (ISR) 6-4, 6-4; James Blake (USA x1) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-4 6-4.
Valencia ATP
VALENCIA, Spain: ATP tennis results on Wednesday:
1st rd
Robin Haase (NED) bt Yuri Schukin (RUS) 6-4, 4-1 - retired; Juan Monaco (ARG x2) bt Werner Eschauer (AUT) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x7) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 .
2nd rd
Potito Starace (ITA x8) bt Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-1; Tommy Robredo (ESP x3) bt Santiago Ventura (ESP) 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4 .
Estoril Open
ESTORIL, Portugal: Results of the third day of the ATP/WTA Estoril Open on Wednesda:
2nd rd
Women
Karin Knapp (ITA x3) bt Mariana Duque Marino (COL) 6-3, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x6) bt Corinna Dentoni (ITA) 6-4, 6-1; Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA x1) 6-2, 6-2; Camille Pin (FRA x8) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-3, 6-4.
Men
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x2) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Marc Gicquel (FRA x7) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Flavio Cipolla (ITA) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x5) 6-2, 5-3, retired; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Rui Machado (POR) 7-6 (5), 6-1.
(China Daily 04/18/2008 page23)
