Baseball

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

CHICAGO CUBS 5 St. Louis 4 (10 innings)

DETROIT 4 Cleveland 1

WASHINGTON 8 Philadelphia 4

Cincinnati 11 PITTSBURGH 8

TAMPA BAY 3 Seattle 2

Milwaukee 6 NY METS 1

ATLANTA 4 Arizona 2

HOUSTON 6 San Francisco 0

Texas 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4

Boston 7 KANSAS CITY 1

NY Yankees 8 MINNESOTA 1

LA Dodgers 8 COLORADO 2

LA ANGELS 8 Baltimore 3

OAKLAND 2 Toronto 0

SAN DIEGO 4 Florida 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. NY Yankees 76 47 .618 -

2. Boston 76 48 .613 0 1/2

3. Tampa Bay 67 56 .545 9

4. Toronto 64 61 .512 13

5. Baltimore 47 75 .385 28 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 66 58 .532 -

2. Cleveland 62 59 .512 2 1/2

3. Chi White Sox 61 63 .492 5

4. Minnesota 54 70 .435 12

5. Kansas City 51 75 .405 16

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 73 53 .579 -

2. LA Angels 67 59 .532 6

3. Oakland 56 69 .448 16 1/2

4. Seattle 53 70 .431 18 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Philadelphia 80 43 .650 -

2. Atlanta 74 52 .587 7 1/2

3. Washington 60 63 .488 20

4. NY Mets 60 64 .484 20 1/2

5. Florida 57 68 .456 24

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Milwaukee 74 52 .587 -

2. St. Louis 66 59 .528 7 1/2

3. Cincinnati 61 64 .488 12 1/2

4. Pittsburgh 58 65 .472 14 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 55 70 .440 18 1/2

6. Houston 41 84 .328 32 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Arizona 69 56 .552 -

2. San Francisco 67 59 .532 2 1/2

3. Colorado 58 68 .460 11 1/2

4. LA Dodgers 57 67 .460 11 1/2

5. San Diego 57 70 .449 13

MLB leaders, as of Friday, Aug 19

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING: AdGonzalez, Boston, .346; MiYoung, Texas, .341; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .331; MiCabrera, Detroit, .323; VMartinez, Detroit, .323; Bautista, Toronto, .316; Konerko, Chicago, .315.

RUNS: Granderson, New York, 113; Bautista, Toronto, 90; Ellsbury, Boston, 89; Kinsler, Texas, 84; AdGonzalez, Boston, 81; Cano, New York, 80; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 80.

RBI: Granderson, New York, 96; Teixeira, New York, 94; AdGonzalez, Boston, 93; Cano, New York, 87; MiYoung, Texas, 85; Konerko, Chicago, 84; MiCabrera, Detroit, 80.

HITS: AdGonzalez, Boston, 172; MiYoung, Texas, 170; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 158; Ellsbury, Boston, 158; Pedroia, Boston, 147; Cano, New York, 146; AGordon, Kansas City, 145.

DOUBLES: Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 40; AdGonzalez, Boston, 38; AGordon, Kansas City, 37; Francoeur, Kansas City, 36; MiYoung, Texas, 36; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 33; MiCabrera, Detroit, 32; Cano, New York, 32.

TRIPLES: Granderson, New York, 10; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 9; AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Gardner, New York, 7; Cano, New York, 6; RDavis, Toronto, 6; AEscobar, Kansas City, 6; MiYoung, Texas, 6; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 6.

HOME RUNS: Bautista, Toronto, 35; Granderson, New York, 34; Teixeira, New York, 33; Konerko, Chicago, 28; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 27; NCruz, Texas, 26; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Quentin, Chicago, 24.

STOLEN BASES: Crisp, Oakland, 37; Gardner, New York, 36; RDavis, Toronto, 34; Ellsbury, Boston, 33; Andrus, Texas, 32; ISuzuki, Seattle, 30; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 26.

PITCHING: Verlander, Detroit, 18-5; Sabathia, New York, 17-7; Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-6; Haren, Los Angeles, 13-6; Scherzer, Detroit, 13-7; 6 tied at 12.

STRIKEOUTS: Verlander, Detroit, 204; FHernandez, Seattle, 185; Sabathia, New York, 184; Shields, Tampa Bay, 173; Price, Tampa Bay, 164; CWilson, Texas, 159; Weaver, Los Angeles, 158.

SAVES: Valverde, Detroit, 36; MaRivera, New York, 32; League, Seattle, 30; Papelbon, Boston, 29; CPerez, Cleveland, 27; Walden, Los Angeles, 26; SSantos, Chicago, 25; Feliz, Texas, 25.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING: JosReyes, New York, .336; Braun, Milwaukee, .327; Votto, Cincinnati, .320; DanMurphy, New York, .320; Morse, Washington, .319; Kemp, Los Angeles, .317; Victorino, Philadelphia, .314.

RUNS: Votto, Cincinnati, 83; Braun, Milwaukee, 82; Pujols, St. Louis, 82; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 82; JosReyes, New York, 80; JUpton, Arizona, 80; Fielder, Milwaukee, 79; Rollins, Philadelphia, 79.

RBI: Howard, Philadelphia, 96; Fielder, Milwaukee, 92; Kemp, Los Angeles, 90; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 85; Bruce, Cincinnati, 81; Braun, Milwaukee, 78; Berkman, St. Louis, 77; ArRamirez, Chicago, 77; JUpton, Arizona, 77.

HITS: SCastro, Chicago, 162; Bourn, Atlanta, 151; Votto, Cincinnati, 146; Kemp, Los Angeles, 145; Pence, Philadelphia, 145; JosReyes, New York, 144; JUpton, Arizona, 143.

DOUBLES: JUpton, Arizona, 35; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 34; Beltran, San Francisco, 31; Holliday, St. Louis, 30; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 30; Pence, Philadelphia, 30; Fielder, Milwaukee, 29; Morse, Washington, 29; Votto, Cincinnati, 29.

TRIPLES: JosReyes, New York, 16; Fowler, Colorado, 12; Victorino, Philadelphia, 12; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Atlanta, 7; SSmith, Colorado, 7; Infante, Florida, 6; Maybin, San Diego, 6; Morgan, Milwaukee, 6; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6.

HOME RUNS: Pujols, St. Louis, 30; Stanton, Florida, 29; Berkman, St. Louis, 28; Kemp, Los Angeles, 28; Fielder, Milwaukee, 27; Uggla, Atlanta, 27; Bruce, Cincinnati, 26; Howard, Philadelphia, 26.

STOLEN BASES: Bourn, Atlanta, 45; JosReyes, New York, 34; Kemp, Los Angeles, 33; Maybin, San Diego, 32; Bonifacio, Florida, 29; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 29; Rollins, Philadelphia, 28.

PITCHING: IKennedy, Arizona, 15-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 15-5; Halladay, Philadelphia, 15-5; ClLee, Philadelphia, 13-7; Hamels, Philadelphia, 13-7; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 13-8; 5 tied at 12.

STRIKEOUTS: Kershaw, Los Angeles, 199; ClLee, Philadelphia, 184; Lincecum, San Francisco, 182; Halladay, Philadelphia, 177; AniSanchez, Florida, 160; Hamels, Philadelphia, 155; Greinke, Milwaukee, 151.

SAVES: Kimbrel, Atlanta, 38; Axford, Milwaukee, 36; BrWilson, San Francisco, 35; HBell, San Diego, 34; LNunez, Florida, 33; Storen, Washington, 33; Putz, Arizona, 30; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 30.

Cricket

England vs India

Scoreboard at the close of the second day of the fourth test between England and India at the Oval on Friday.

England first innings (overnight 75-1)

A. Strauss c MS Dhoni b Sreesanth 40

A. Cook c Sehwag b Sharma 34

I. Bell not out 181

K. Pietersen c & b Raina 175

J. Anderson not out 3

Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 6, nb 9) 24

Total (for three wickets; 123 overs) 457 Fall of wickets: 1-75 2-97 3-447

Still to bat: E. Morgan, R. Bopara, M. Prior, T. Bresnan, S. Broad, G. Swann

Bowling (to date): R. Singh 30-7-96-0 (1nb, 1w), I. Sharma 27-7-81-1 (1nb), S. Sreesanth 23-2-95-1 (4nb), S. Raina 12-1-36-1, Mishra 29-2-129-0 (3nb, 1w), Tendulkar 2-0-11-0

India - Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain), Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, RP Singh.

Golf

Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Leading scores here on Friday after the first round of the $5.2 million PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club (USA unless noted, par-70):

128 - Tommy Gainey 63-65

131 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 64-67, Ernie Els (RSA) 65-66, Webb Simpson 66-65, Daniel Summerhays 66-65

132 - Paul Casey (GBR) 65-67, Jim Furyk 65-67, Retief Goosen (RSA) 67-65, Alexandre Rocha (BRA) 66-66

133 - Blake Adams 68-65, Jason Bohn 65-68, Tim Herron 65-68, Jerry Kelly, 67-66, Justin Leonard 66-67, Will MacKenzie 68-65, John Mallinger 68-65, William McGirt 69-64, Jeff Quinney 63-70

...

134 - Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 68-66, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 65-69, Camilo Villegas (COL) 70-64

135 - Sunghoon Kang (KOR) 68-67, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 65-70

136 - Greg Chalmers (AUS) 66-70, Nathan Green (AUS) 67-69, Kyung-Tae Kim (KOR) 69-67, Marc Leishman (AUS) 68-68, Nick O'Hern (AUS) 68-68, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 69-67

137 - John Daly 69-68, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 69-68, Rod Pampling (AUS) 68-69, Aron Price (AUS) 72-65

Czech Open

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Leading and selected completed second round scores in the Czech Open on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

Note: Play was suspended for the day following thunderstorms. 25 players to complete their second rounds on Saturday morning.

137 - Jose Manuel Lara (ESP) 69-68

138 - Gary Boyd 71-67, Damien McGrane 67-71, Oliver Fisher 71-67

139 - Tano Goya (ARG) 73-66, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 69-70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 71-68

140 - Steve Webster 70-70, Paul McGinley 69-71

141 - Jamie Elson 70-71, Richie Ramsay 69-72, Gary Orr 69-72, David Drysdale 69-72, Steven O'Hara 70-71, Peter Lawrie 66-75

142 - Joakim Haeggman (SWE) 69-73, Sam Walker 70-72, Romain Wattel (FRA) 71-71, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 71-71, Rafael Echenique (ARG) 70-72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70-72

143 - Anthony Kang (USA) 73-70, Jan Are Larsen (NOR) 72-71, Fredrik Henge (SWE) 72-71, Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 67-76, James Morrison 74-69

144 - John Parry 71-73, Mark Tullo (CHI) 73-71, David Howell 75-69, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 72-72, Clodomiro Carranza (ARG) 74-70, Graeme Storm 72-72, Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 75-69, Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 70-74, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 72-72

Safeway Classic

PORTLAND, Oregon - Leading first round scores in the LPGA's Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Friday (par 71):

65 - Choi Na-yeon (KOR)

67 - Grace Park (KOR)

68 - Se Ri Pak (KOR), Anna Nordqvist (SWE), MJ Hur (KOR), Ashli Bunch (USA)

69 - Stacy Lewis (USA), Kang Jimin (KOR), Wendy Ward (USA), Suzann Pettersen (NOR)

70 - Brittany Lang (USA), Ai Miyazato (JPN), Karrie Webb (AUS), Chella Choi (KOR), Mollie Fankhauser (USA), Alison Walshe (USA), Sarah Kemp (AUS)

71 - Park Hee-young (KOR), Vicky Hurst (USA), Amy Hung (TPE), Seo Hee-kyung (KOR), Ryann O'Toole (USA), Marcy Hart (USA)

72 - Lindsey Wright (AUS), Gerina Piller (USA), Mika Miyazato (JPN), Azahara Munoz (ESP), Shin Jiyai (KOR), Brittany Lincicome (USA), Paula Creamer (USA), Lorie Kane (CAN), Mindy Kim (USA), Sandra Gal (GER), Tseng Yani (TPE), Meena Lee (KOR), Candie Kung (TPE), Stacy Prammanasudh (USA), Beth Bader (USA), Jennifer Johnson (USA), Christine Song (USA), Alena Sharp (CAN), Jennifer Song (USA), Lisa Meldrum (CAN)

Soccer

Belgian league

Friday's result:

Lierse 1 Germinal Beerschot 1

Dutch league

Friday's result:

Roda JC 0 RKC Waalwijk 2

German league

Friday's result:

Borussia Moenchengladbach 4 (Reus 15, 67, Daems 32-pen, Bobadilla 45) Wolfsburg 1 (Hasebe 12)

Portuguese league

Friday's result:

FC Porto 3 (Hulk 11-pen, 50, Sapunaru 16) Gil Vicente 1 (Vilela 3-pen)

Tennis

ATP and WTA Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Results Friday at the ATP and WTA Western and Southern Open (x denotes seeding):

Men's quarterfinals

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x6) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x10) 6-3, 6-3; Mardy Fish (USA x7) bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) 6-3, 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x8) bt Roger Federer (SUI x3) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3).

Women's quarterfinals

Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x10) 6-3, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x2) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6); Andrea Petkovic (GER x9) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS) 7-5, 6-1; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x13) bt Peng Shuai (CHN x16) walkover

China Daily

(China Daily 08/21/2011 page7)