Baseball
Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Atlanta 4 NY METS 1 (10 innings)
St. Louis 8 MILWAUKEE 6
Seattle 5 OAKLAND 3
Boston 12 SAN FRANCISCO 1
SAN DIEGO 2 Pittsburgh 1
BALTIMORE 4 Tampa Bay 2
Cleveland 3 LA ANGELS 1
NY YANKEES 4 Toronto 2
PHILADELPHIA 4 Colorado 3
DETROIT 7 Minnesota 1
CINCINNATI 10 Arizona 7
LA Dodgers 4 MIAMI 1
TEXAS 5 Houston 4
Washington 11 CHICAGO CUBS 6
Chicago White Sox 5 KANSAS CITY 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
W L PCT GB
1. Boston 75 54 .581 -
2. Tampa Bay 72 53 .576 1
3. Baltimore 68 58 .540 5 1/2
4. NY Yankees 67 59 .532 6 1/2
5. Toronto 57 70 .449 17
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Detroit 74 52 .587 -
2. Cleveland 69 58 .543 5 1/2
3. Kansas City 64 61 .512 9 1/2
4. Minnesota 55 70 .440 18 1/2
5. Chi White Sox 51 74 .408 22 1/2
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Texas 74 53 .583 -
2. Oakland 71 55 .563 2 1/2
3. Seattle 59 67 .468 14 1/2
4. LA Angels 55 71 .437 18 1/2
5. Houston 41 85 .325 32 1/2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
1. Atlanta 77 49 .611 -
2. Washington 62 64 .492 15
3. NY Mets 58 67 .464 18 1/2
4. Philadelphia 56 70 .444 21
5. Miami 48 77 .384 28 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Pittsburgh 74 52 .587 -
2. St. Louis 73 53 .579 1
3. Cincinnati 72 55 .567 2 1/2
4. Milwaukee 55 72 .433 19 1/2
5. Chicago Cubs 54 72 .429 20
WESTERN DIVISION
1. LA Dodgers 74 52 .587 -
2. Arizona 65 60 .520 8 1/2
3. Colorado 59 69 .461 16
4. San Diego 57 70 .449 17 1/2
5. San Francisco 56 70 .444 18
Cricket
Fifth Ashes Test
Stumps on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Wednesday:
Australia first innings
C. Rogers c Trott b Swann 23
D. Warner c Prior b Anderson 6
S. Watson c Pietersen b Broad 176
M. Clarke b Anderson 7
S. Smith not out 66
P. Siddle not out 18
Extras (lb6, nb5) 11
Total (4 wkts, 90 overs, 378 mins) 307
Fall: 1-11 (Warner), 2-118 (Rogers), 3-144 (Clarke), 4-289 (Watson)
To bat: B. Haddin, J. Faulkner, M. Starc, R. Harris, N. Lyon
Bowling: Anderson 18-3-52-2; Broad 19-3-73-1 (4nb); Swann 30-4-71-1; Woakes 15-5-52-0; Kerrigan 8-0-53-0 (1nb).
Soccer
Champions League
Champions League play-offs first-leg results on Wednesday:
At Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0 Austria Vienna (AUT) 2 (Leovac 68, Stankovic 75)
At Sofia
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 2 (Marcelinho 23, Stojanov 50) Basel (SUI) 4 (Salah 12, 59, Sio 64, Schar 84-pen)
At Bucharest
Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 1 (Piovaccari 34) Legia Warsaw (POL) 1 (Kosecki 53)
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Schalke 04 (GER) 1 (Farfan 32) PAOK (GRE) 1 (Stoch 73)
At Istanbul, Turkey
Fenerbahce (TUR) 0 Arsenal (ENG) 3 (Gibbs 51, Ramsey 64, Giroud 77-pen)
English Premier League
Results on Wednesday:
CHELSEA 2 Aston Villa 1
Spanish Super Cup
Result on Wednesday:
Atletico Madrid 1 (Villa 12) Barcelona 1 (Neymar 65)
AFC Champions League
First leg of the AFC Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday:
At Kashiwa: Kashiwa Reysol (JPN) 1 (Masato Kudo 21) Al Shabab (KSA) 1 (Fernando Menegazzo 44)
At Guangzhou: Guangzhou Evergrande CHN) 2 (Dario Conca 72, Elkeson 76) Lekhwiya (QAT) 0
At Tehran: Esteghlal (IRI) 1 (Khosro Heydari) Buriram United (THA) 0
At Sharayea: Al Ahli (KSA) 1 (Sultan Al Sawadi 80) FC Seoul (KOR) 1 (Dejan Damjanovic 10)
Tennis
ATP Winston-Salem Open
Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
3rd rd
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-3, 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA x6) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x11) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (10); Jurgen Melzer (AUT x9) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x5) 6-4, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x13) bt Alex Bogomolov (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x7) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3; Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x10) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x8) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2.
WTA New Haven Open
Results on Wednesday:
2nd round
Simona Halep (ROM) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Sara Errani (ITA x1) 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-1, 7-5; Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Alison Riske (USA) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.
China Daily
(China Daily 08/23/2013 page23)