Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

CHICAGO CUBS 4 Houston 2

LA Angels 6 BALTIMORE 1

NY YANKEES 17 Oakland 7

Chicago White Sox 3 CLEVELAND 0

PHILADELPHIA 3 San Diego 1

St. Louis 6 PITTSBURGH 4

BOSTON 7 Seattle 4

NY Mets 7 FLORIDA 6

Atlanta 6 CINCINNATI 4

TEXAS 12 Toronto 2

KANSAS CITY 10 Tampa Bay 4

Detroit 8 MINNESOTA 2

Colorado 8 ARIZONA 4

Washington 7 LA DODGERS 2

Milwaukee 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2

Cycling

Tour de France

L'ALPE-D'HUEZ, France, - Class standings from the 19th stage of the Tour de France, a 109.5km ride from Modane to L'Alpe-d'Huez on Friday:

Points:

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 280 pts; 2. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 265; 3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 230; 4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 195; 5. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 191

King of Mountains:

1. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 108 pts; 2. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 98; 3. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 74; 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 58; 5. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 56

Team stage:

1. Garmin 9h46:07; 2. AG2R La Mondiale at 1:28; 3. Leopard 1:51; 4. Euskaltel 7:24; 5. FDJ 9:08

Team overall:

1. Garmin 248h02:15; 2. AG2R La Mondiale at 11:58; 3. Leopard 12:57; 4. Europcar 40:46; 5. Euskaltel 49:50

Best young riders (stage):

1. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 3h13:25; 2. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) at 0:57; 3. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 2:06; 4. Jrome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 2:31; 5. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 3:22

Best young riders (overall):

1. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 82h57:40; 2. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) at 1:33; 3. Jrome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 7:52; 4. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 8:45; 5. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 20:28

Aggressivity (stage):

Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX)

Golf

Canadian Open

VANCOUVER, Canada - Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the $5.2 million Canadian Open (USA unless noted):

136 - Chad Campbell 69-67, Michael Thompson 70-66

137 Paul Goydos 68-69, Lee Janzen 69-68

138 - Kris Blanks 67-71, Rickie Fowler 69-69, Adam Hadwin (CAN) 72-66, David Hearn (CAN) 70-68, Jerry Kelly 71-67, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 70-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 71-67

139 - Ben Crane 69-70, Lucas Glover 69-70, Spencer Levin 73-66, Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 72-67, Scott McCarron 74-65, Aron Price (AUS) 68-71, Cameron Tringale 73-66 ...

140 - Andres Romero (ARG) 72-68

141 - Brad Fritsch (CAN) Matt McQuillan (CAN) 68-73

142 - Ernie Els (RSA) 68-74, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 72-70, Bio Kim (KOR) 75-67

143 - Charlie Wi (KOR) 73-70, Luke Donald (GBR) 70-73, Peter Lonard (AUS) 73-70

144 - Nathan Green (AUS) 70-74, Fabian Gomez (ARG) 73-71, Alexandre Rocha (BRA) 76-68, Dustin Risdon (CAN) 75-69.

Tennis

ATP Atlanta

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Gilles Muller (LUX) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x2) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3); John Isner (USA x3) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-1, 6-2; Mardy Fish (USA x1) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND x8) 6-4, 6-3 ; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5).

Hamburg ATP

Quarterfinal Results on Friday:

Gilles Simon (FRA x5) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x1) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x4) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x12) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6); Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) bt Florian Mayer (GER x6) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3); Fernando Verdasco (ESP x8) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x2) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Baku WTA

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x2) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-3; Mariia Koryttseva (UKR) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-5, 6-4; Ksenia Pervak (RUS x7) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x1) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 07/24/2011 page7)