Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball result on Monday (home team in CAPS)
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8 Detroit 2 Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern division W L PCT GB
Tampa Bay 97 65 .599 -
Boston 95 67 .586 2
NY Yankees 89 73 .549 8
Toronto 86 76 .531 11
Baltimore 68 93 .422 28 1/2
Central division
Chicago White Sox 88 74 .543 -
Minnesota 88 74 .543 -
Cleveland 81 81 .500 7
Kansas City 75 87 .463 13
Detroit 74 88 .457 14
Western division
LA Angels 100 62 .617 -
Texas 79 83 .488 21
Oakland 75 86 .466 24 1/2
Seattle 61 101 .377 39
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern division
Philadelphia 92 70 .568 -
NY Mets 89 73 .549 3
Florida 84 77 .522 7 1/2
Atlanta 72 90 .444 20
Washington 59 102 .366 32 1/2
Central division
Chicago Cubs 97 64 .602 -
Milwaukee 90 72 .556 7 1/2
Houston 86 75 .534 11
St. Louis 86 76 .531 11 1/2
Cincinnati 74 88 .457 23 1/2
Pittsburgh 67 95 .414 30 1/2
Western division
LA Dodgers 84 78 .519 -
Arizona 82 80 .506 2
Colorado 74 88 .457 10
San Francisco 72 90 .444 12
San Diego 63 99 .389 21
NFL
NEW YORK: NFL result on Monday (home team in CAPS)
PITTSBURGH 23 Baltimore 20 (OT)
Standings
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC EAST
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Buffalo 4 0 0 109 63 1.000
2. New England 2 1 0 49 58 .667
3. NY Jets 2 2 0 115 116 .500
4. Miami 1 2 0 62 64 .333
AFC NORTH
1. Pittsburgh 3 1 0 77 58 .750
2. Baltimore 2 1 0 65 43 .667
3. Cleveland 1 3 0 46 78 .250
4. Cincinnati 0 4 0 52 87 0
AFC SOUTH
1. Tennessee 4 0 0 102 46 1.000
2. Jacksonville 2 2 0 79 85 .500
3. Indianapolis 1 2 0 52 67 .333
4. Houston 0 3 0 56 99 0
AFC WEST
1. Denver 3 1 0 133 117 .750
2. San Diego 2 2 0 138 112 .500
3. Oakland 1 3 0 78 101 .250
4. Kansas City 1 3 0 65 97 .250
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC EAST
1. NY Giants 3 0 0 83 43 1.000
2. Washington 3 1 0 86 81 .750
3. Dallas 3 1 0 120 89 .750
4. Philadelphia 2 2 0 110 74 .500
NFC NORTH
1. Green Bay 2 2 0 109 101 .500
1. Chicago 2 2 0 94 80 .500
3. Minnesota 1 3 0 71 82 .250
4. Detroit 0 3 0 59 113 0
NFC SOUTH
1. Carolina 3 1 0 80 70 .750
2. Tampa Bay 3 1 0 101 78 .750
3. New Orleans 2 2 0 111 100 .500
3. Atlanta 2 2 0 90 83 .500
NFC WEST
1. Arizona 2 2 0 106 103 .500
2. San Francisco 2 2 0 94 97 .500
3. Seattle 1 2 0 77 80 .333
4. St. Louis 0 4 0 43 147 0
Tennis
Japan Open
TOKYO: Japan Open women's and men's singles first round results from Tokyo on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
Ryoko Fuda (JPN) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 7-5, 6-2; Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4, 7-6(0); Rika Fujiwara (JPN) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 7-6(6), 6-4; Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN x8) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x1) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Camille Pin (FRA) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 6-0, 7-5; Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Shahar Peer (ISR x6) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 6-3, 6-1.
Men's singles
Cecil Mamiit (PHI) bt Brendan Evans (USA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Luka Gregorc (SLO) 6-4, 7-6(5); Martin Slanar (AUS) bt Donald Young (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jesse Levine (USA) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; Joseph Sirianni (AUS) bt Yuichi Ito (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-2; Roko Karanusic (CRO) bt Hiroki Kondo (JPN) 6-2, 6-2.
Stuttgart Grand Prix
STUGGART: Stuttgart Grand Prix women's singles first round results on Monday (x denotes seeding):
Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 7-6(5), 6-1; Li Na (CHN) bt Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2.
Metz Open
METZ: Metz Open men's singles first round results on Monday (x denotes seeding):
Carlos Moya (ESP) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Mario Ancic (CRO x8) 7-6(3), 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6(5), 7-5; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Tashkent Open
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan: Results on Monday from the Tashkent Open, a US$145,000 WTA Tour event (x denotes seeding):
Sabine Lisicki (GER x4) bt Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva (UZB) 6-0, 6-1; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x5) bt Kathrin Woerle (GER) 6-4, 6-4; Sofia Shapatava (GEO) bt Kinnie Laisne (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
(China Daily 10/01/2008 page11)
