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Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS).
Pittsburgh 4 CHICAGO CUBS 0
CLEVELAND 5 Chicago White Sox 1
WASHINGTON 7 NY Mets 4
Florida 5 ATLANTA 4
PHILADELPHIA 10 Houston 3
Kansas City 4 NY YANKEES 3
Chicago White Sox 1 CLEVELAND 0
DETROIT 7 Minnesota 2
TAMPA BAY 5 Baltimore 3
CINCINNATI 6 St. Louis 1
Toronto 12 BOSTON 0
Pittsburgh 8 CHICAGO CUBS 2
COLORADO 10 Milwaukee 6
SAN DIEGO 5 LA Dodgers 0
LA ANGELS 5 Texas 0
SEATTLE 7 Oakland 0
SAN FRANCISCO 4 Arizona 1
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
NY Yankees 102 57 .642 -
Boston 91 67 .576 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 82 76 .519 19 1/2
Toronto 75 84 .472 27
Baltimore 60 98 .380 41 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 85 73 .538 -
Minnesota 82 76 .519 3
Chicago White Sox 77 82 .484 8 1/2
Cleveland 65 93 .411 20
Kansas City 65 94 .409 20 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 94 64 .595 -
Texas 85 73 .538 9
Seattle 82 76 .519 12
Oakland 75 83 .475 19
National League
Eastern Division
Philadelphia 92 66 .582 -
Atlanta 86 72 .544 6
Florida 85 74 .535 7 1/2
NY Mets 67 92 .421 25 1/2
Washington 55 103 .348 37
Central Division
St. Louis 90 68 .570 -
Chicago Cubs 82 76 .519 8
Milwaukee 77 81 .487 13
Cincinnati 76 82 .481 14
Houston 73 85 .462 17
Pittsburgh 61 97 .386 29
Western Division
LA Dodgers 93 66 .585 -
Colorado 90 68 .570 2 1/2
San Francisco 85 73 .538 7 1/2
San Diego 74 85 .465 19
Arizona 68 90 .430 24 1/2
Soccer
Champions League
PARIS: Champions League results on Wednesday:
Group A
Bordeaux (FRA) 1 (Ciani 83) Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0
Bayern Munich (GER) 0 Juventus (ITA) 0
Standings
W D L F A Pts
Bayern Munich 1 1 0 3 0 4
Girondins Bordeaux 1 1 0 2 1 4
Juventus 0 2 0 1 1 2
Maccabi Haifa 0 0 2 0 4 0
Group B
CSKA Moscow (RUS) 2 (Dzagoev 7, Krasic 61) Besiktas (TUR) 1 (Ismail Koybasi 90+2)
Manchester United (ENG) 2 (Giggs 59, Carrick 78) Wolfsburg (GER) 1 (Dzeko 56)
Standings
Man United 2 0 0 3 1 6
VfL Wolfsburg 1 0 1 4 3 3
CSKA Moscow 1 0 1 3 4 3
Besiktas 0 0 2 1 3 0
Group C
AC Milan (ITA) 0 FC Zurich (SUI) 1 (Tihinen 10)
Real Madrid (ESP) 3 (Cristiano Ronaldo 58, 64, Kaka 61-pen) Marseille (FRA) 0
Standings
Real Madrid 2 0 0 8 2 6
FC Zurich 1 0 1 3 5 3
AC Milan 1 0 1 2 2 3
Marseille 0 0 2 1 5 0
Group D
APOEL Nicosia (CYP) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Anelka 18)
FC Porto (POR) 2 (Radamel Falcao Garcia 75, Rolando 82) Atletico Madrid (ESP) 0
Standings
Chelsea 2 0 0 2 0 6
Porto 1 0 1 2 1 3
APOEL Nicosia 0 1 1 0 1 1
Atletico Madrid 0 1 1 0 2 1
English championships
LONDON: English championship results on Wednesday:
Newcastle United 1 QPR 1
Nottingham Forest 2 Scunthorpe United 0
Tennis
Malaysian Open
KUALA LUMPUR: Results from the third day of the $947,750 Malaysian Open on Wednesday (x denotes seeds):
First round
Gael Monfils (FRA x5) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/2); Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Victor Crivoi (ROM) 6-1, 6-2; Simon Greul (GER) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Second round
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-2, 6-3; Robin Soderling (SWE x3) bt Brendon Evans (USA) 6-1, 6-1; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO: Results from the $two-million Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday:
Singles 3rd rd
Marion Bartoli (FRA x14) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x7) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-1, 3-0, retired; Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Chang Kai-chen (TPE) 7-5, 6-2; Li Na (CHN x15) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x11) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x8) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-5, 6-4
Thailand Open
BANGKOK: Results from the $609,000 Thailand Open on Wednesday.
First round
Kevin Kim (USA) bt Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-4, 6-4; Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Second round
Viktor Troicki (SRB x4) bt Tomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Jurgen Melzer (AUT x6) bt Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 6-4, 6-2.
(China Daily 10/02/2009 page11)
