Score Board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results of Major League Baseball games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS):
Oakland 4 TEXAS 2
KANSAS CITY 8 Toronto 6
NY YANKEES 7 LA Angels 4
TAMPA BAY 13 Boston 0
St Louis 9 WASHINGTON 4
MILWAUKEE 4 Arizona 1
Florida at CHICAGO CUBS
San Diego at LA DODGERS
Standings
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 14 8 .636 --
Toronto 15 9 .625 --
New York 12 10 .545 2
Baltimore 9 13 .409 5
Tampa Bay 9 14 .391 5 1/2
Central Division
Kansas City 12 10 .545 --
Chicago 11 10 .524 1/2
Detroit 11 10 .524 1/2
Minnesota 11 11 .500 1
Cleveland 8 14 .364 4
West Division
Seattle 13 9 .591 --
Texas 10 11 .476 2 1/2
Los Angeles 9 12 .429 3 1/2
Oakland 8 11 .421 3 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
Florida 14 8 .636 -
Philadelphia 11 9 .550 2
Atlanta 10 11 .476 3 1/2
NY Mets 9 12 .429 4 1/2
Washington 5 16 .238 8 1/2
Central Division
St. Louis 16 7 .696 -
Milwaukee 12 10 .545 3 1/2
Cincinnati 11 10 .524 4
Pittsburgh 11 10 .524 4
Chicago Cubs 10 11 .476 5
Houston 9 13 .409 6 1/2
Western Division
LA Dodgers 15 8 .652 -
San Diego 11 11 .500 3 1/2
San Francisco 10 10 .500 3 1/2
Arizona 9 13 .409 5 1/2
Colorado 8 12 .400 5 1/2
Friday's games
LA Angels at NY Yankees
Cleveland at Detroit
Baltimore at Toronto
Boston at Tampa Bay
Chicago White Sox at Texas
Kansas City at Minnesota
Oakland at Seattle
Saturday's games
LA Angels at NY Yankees
Baltimore at Toronto
Cleveland at Detroit
Boston at Tampa Bay
Kansas City at Minnesota
Chicago White Sox at Texas
Oakland at Seattle
National League
CYCLING
Tour de Romandie
Official result and overall standings after the 161-km second stage of the Tour de Romandie starting and finishing in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland on Thursday
1. Oscar Freire (Spain / Rabobank ) 4 hrs 06 mins 56 secs
2. Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic /Columbia ) same time
3. Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan /Astana )
4. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic /Liquigas )
5. Daniel Martin (Ireland /Garmin )
6. Matteo Bono (Italy /Lampre )
7. Alexandre Moos (Switzerland /BMC Racing Team )
8. Lars Bak (Denmark /Saxo Bank )
9. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia /AG2R )
10. Evgeni Petrov (Russia /Katyusha )
11. Steve Morabito (Switzerland /Astana )
12. Christian Meier (Canada /Garmin )
13. Tony Martin (Germany /Columbia )
14. Thomas Rohregger (Austria /Milram )
15. Michael Barry (Canada /Columbia )
Overall standings
1. Gregory Rast (Switzerland /Astana ) 6 hrs 19 mins 13 secs
2. Ricardo Serrano (Spain /Fuji ) +5 secs
3. Lars Bak (Denmark /Saxo Bank ) +12"
4. Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic /Columbia ) +27"
5. Oscar Freire (Spain /Rabobank ) +28"
6. Sandy Casar (France /Francaise des Jeux ) +34"
7. Tony Martin (Germany /Columbia ) +35"
8. Alejandro Valverde (Spain /Caisse d'Epargne ) +36"
9. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic /Liquigas ) +37"
10. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan /Astana )
11. Jerome Coppel (France /Francaise des Jeux ) +38"
12. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium /Silence - Lotto )
13. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia /Caisse d'Epargne )
14. Rein Taaramaee (Estonia /Cofidis ) +39"
15. Mikel Astarloza (Spain /Euskaltel )
GOLF
Quail Hollow Championship
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina: Leading first-round scores here on Thursday in the $6.4 million Quail Hollow Championship (USA unless noted):
65 - Tiger Woods
67 - Steve Marino, Phil Mickelson, Robert Allenby (AUS), Jason Dufner
68 - Jeff Maggert, Retief Goosen (RSA), Hunter Mahan, Lucas Glover
69 - Bo Van Pelt, Nick O'Hern (AUS), Steve Flesch, Jeff Klauk, Charles Warren, Sean O'Hair, Mark Calcavecchia, George McNeill, Bill Haas, Cliff Kresge
...
70 - Angel Cabrera (ARG), Rod Pampling (AUS), Nathan Green (AUS), Robert Karlsson (SWE)
71 - Fredrik Jacobson (SWE), John Senden (AUS), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Martin Kaymer (GER), Aron Price (AUS), Danny Lee (NZL), Camilo Villegas (COL), Peter Lonard (AUS), Ian Poulter (GBR), Mathew Goggin (AUS)
72 - Y.E. Yang (KOR), Brian Davis (GBR), Brendon de Jonge (ZIM)
73 - Stuart Appleby (AUS), Andres Romero (ARG), Marc Leishman (AUS), Ross Fisher (GBR), Greg Chalmers (AUS), Padraig Harrington (IRL), Richard S. Johnson (SWE), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Steve Elkington (AUS), James Nitties (AUS), Jarrod Lyle (AUS)
74 - Justin Rose (GBR), Martin Laird (GBR), K.J. Choi (KOR), Rory Sabbatini (RSA)
75 - Aaron Baddeley (AUS), Stephen Leaney (AUS), Ryuji Imada (JPN), Carl Pettersson (SWE)
76 - Greg Owen (GBR), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Jeev Milkha Singh (IND)
77 - Adam Scott (AUS)
Spanish Open
GIRONA, Spain: Selected first round scores in the EPGA Spanish Open here on Thursday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 72):
63 - Soren Hansen (DEN)
64 - Thomas Levet (FRA)
65 - Callum Macaulay, Jose Manuel Lara (ESP)
66 - Chris Wood, Jarmo Sandelin (SWE)
67 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Jan Are Larsen (NOR), Luis Claverie (ESP), Marcel Siem (GER), Alejandro Canizares (ESP)
68 - Gary Orr, Peter Lawrie, Carlos Rodiles (ESP), Jose-Filipe Lima (POR), Daniel Vancsik (ARG), Iain Pyman, David Drysdale, Scott Barr (AUS), Raul Quiros (ESP), Paul Lawrie, Jean-Francois Lucquin (FRA), Pablo Martin (ESP), Gregory Havret (FRA)
69 - Francis Valera (ESP), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Anders Hansen (DEN), Sion Bebb, Benn Barham, Pelle Edberg (SWE), Anthony Snobeck (FRA), Graeme Storm, Stephen Dodd, Matthew Millar (AUS), Santiago Luna (ESP), Manuel Quiros (ESP), Richie Ramsay, David Lynn, Alexandre Rocha (BRA), Sam Walker, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Mark Foster, Christopher Doak
ICE HOCKEY
World Championship
BERNE, Switzerland: Results of the World Ice Hockey Championship second.relegation round games on Thursday:
At Bern
Russia 6, Sweden 5, OT
Latvia 2, Switzerland 1, OT
At Zurich
Belarus 3, Norway 2, OT
Canada 5, Czech Republic 1
Standings
(won, won in overtime or penalty shootout, lost in overtime or penalty shootout, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
W OW OL L GF GA Pts
Group E
Russia 2 1 0 0 17 9 8
Sweden 0 1 2 0 13 14 4
United States 1 0 1 0 9 8 4
Latvia 0 2 0 1 7 7 4
Switzerland 1 0 1 1 4 6 4
France 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
Group F
Canada 3 0 0 0 18 5 9
Finland 2 0 0 0 9 3 6
Belarus 0 2 0 1 6 9 4
Czech Rep 1 0 0 2 9 11 3
Slovakia 0 0 1 1 4 9 1
Norway 0 0 1 2 4 13 1
Friday, May 1
At Bern
Germany vs. Denmark, United States vs. France
At Zurich
Austria vs. Hungary, Finland vs. Slovakia
Saturday, May 2
At Bern
France vs. Latvia, Russia vs. United States
At Zurich
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia, Finland vs. Belarus
Sunday, May 3
At Bern
Germany vs. Austria, Switzerland vs. Sweden, Russia vs. Latvia
At Zurich
Hungary vs. Denmark, Norway vs. Canada, Belarus vs. Czech Republic
Monday, May 4
At Bern
Hungary vs. Germany, Sweden vs. France, United States vs. Switzerland
At Zurich
Denmark vs. Austria, Slovakia vs. Norway, Canada vs. Finland
QUARTERFINALS
At Bern, Wednesday, May 6
Quarterfinal 1, Quarterfinal 2
Thursday, May 7
Quarterfinal 3, Quarterfinal 4
SEMIFINALS, Friday, May 8
At Bern
Semifinal 1, Semifinal 2
FINALS
Sunday, May 10
At Bern
Third-Place
Semifinal losers
Final
Semifinal winners
NHL
NEW YORK: Result from the NHL playoff semifinal match between Vancouver and Chicago on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 T
VANCOUVER 1 2 2 5
Chicago 0 0 3 3
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the NBA playoff games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
HOUSTON 21 31 22 18 92
Portland 19 18 19 20 76
(Houston win the best-of-seven series 4-2)
1 2 3 4 T
Orlando 30 32 25 27 114
PHILADELPHIA 19 29 24 17 89
(Orlando win best-of-seven series 4-2)
1 2 3 4 OT OT2 OT3 T
CHICAGO 37 22 24 18 8 9 10 128
Boston 26 31 19 25 8 9 9 127 (Best-of-seven series tied at 3-3)
SNOOKER
World championship
SHEFFIELD, England: Overnight scores in snooker world championship semifinals (best of 33 frames):
Semi-finals (best of 33 frames)
Shaun Murphy (ENG) level with Neil Robertson (AUS) 4-4
John Higgins (SCO) leads Mark Allen (NIR) 6-2
SOCCER
UEFA Cup
PARIS: Results of the UEFA Cup semi-final first leg matches played on Thursday:
At Kiev
Dynamo Kiev 1 (Chygrynskiy 22-og) Shakhtar Donetsk 1 (Fernandinho 68)
At Bremen, Germany
Werder Bremen (GER) 0 Hamburg (GER) 1 (Trochowski 28))
2nd legs
May 7
Libertadores Cup
Results and standings from the Libertadores Cup group matches on Thursday;
Group 1
Wednesday, April 29
Colo Colo (CHI) 0 Palmeiras (BRA) 1
LDU de Quito (ECU) 2 Sport (BRA) 3
Group 2
Thursday, April 30
Boca Juniors (ARG) 3 Deportivo Tachira (VEN) 0
Guarani (PAR) 1 Deportivo Cuenca (ECU) 1
Group 3
Thursday, April 30
Nacional M. (URU) 3 Nacional A. (PAR) 1
River Plate (ARG) 3 San Martin (PER) 0
Group 6
Wednesday, April 29
Everton (CHI) 1 Guadalajara (MEX) 1
Lanus (ARG) 1 Caracas FC (VEN) 1
Group 7
Tuesday, April 28
Aurora (BOL) 1 Universidad de Chile (CHI) 2
Gremio (BRA) 3 Chico (COL) 0
Group 8
Tuesday, April 28
Libertad (PAR) 0 San Luis (MEX) 2
San Lorenzo (ARG) 2 Universitario (PER) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Group 1
Sport 4 1 1 10 7 13
Palmeiras 3 1 2 9 7 10
Colo Colo 2 1 3 9 7 7
LDU de Quito 1 1 4 6 13 4
Group 2
Boca Juniors 5 0 1 11 3 15
Deportivo Cuenca 3 1 2 9 4 10
Deportivo Tachira 3 0 3 6 9 9
Guarani 0 1 5 5 15 1
Group 3
Nacional M. 4 2 0 12 3 14
San Martin 2 2 2 7 9 8
River Plate 2 1 3 7 9 7
Nacional A. 1 1 4 7 12 4
Group 4
Sao Paulo 4 1 1 10 6 13
Defensor Sporting 2 2 2 6 6 8
Independiente Medellin 1 4 1 7 7 7
America 0 3 3 3 7 3
Group 5
Cruzeiro 4 1 1 9 5 13
Estudiantes 3 1 2 9 4 10
Deportivo Quito 2 2 2 6 9 8
Universitario Sucre 0 2 4 2 8 2
Group 6
Caracas FC 3 1 2 7 4 10
Guadalajara 2 3 1 9 6 9
Everton 2 2 2 7 10 8
Lanus 0 4 2 5 8 4
Group 7
Gremio 5 1 0 11 1 16
Universidad de Chile 3 1 2 8 6 10
Chico 3 0 8 8 9
Aurora 0 0 6 3 15 0
Group 8
Libertad 4 0 2 7 5 12
San Luis 2 2 2 7 7 8
Universitario 2 2 2 6 7 8
San Lorenzo 2 0 4 6 7 6
TENNIS
ATP Rome
ROME: Results from the fourth day of the $2.75 million ATP Rome Masters claycourt tournament on Thursday (x denotes seeding):
3rd rd
Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x15) 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x12) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x13) 6-1, 6-1; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x5) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x10) 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE x16) 6-4, 6-1; Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x8) 6-4, 6-1; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-1, 6-0.
Stuttgart WTA tournament
STUTTGART, Germany: Results of the fourth day of the WTA Premier tournament here on Thursday:
2nd rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x2) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Marion Bartoli (FRA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x7) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x8) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-3, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x5) bt Li Na (CHN) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Dinara Safina (RUS x1) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 6-2; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x6) 6-2, 6-2.
Fes WTA
FES, Morocco: Results from fourth day of $220,000 WTA tournament played here on Thursday
Quarterfinals:
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x1) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5); Melinda Czink (HUN) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 6-4, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x6) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-4, 6-4; Alisa Kleybanova (RUS x2) bt Polona Hercoq (SLO) 6-3, 6-4.
(China Daily 05/02/2009 page11)
