Baseball

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

Oakland 5 BALTIMORE 2

NY YANKEES 7 Detroit 6

CLEVELAND 3 LA Angels 2

Chicago Cubs 5 PHILADELPHIA 1

Seattle 9 TORONTO 5 (10 innings)

Arizona 5 MIAMI 0

Houston 6 CINCINNATI 4

ATLANTA 6 Pittsburgh 1

Tampa Bay 8 TEXAS 4

Boston 10 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

Kansas City 7 MINNESOTA 6

ST LOUIS 13 Milwaukee 1

COLORADO 18 NY Mets 9

LA DODGERS 3 Washington 2

San Diego 5 SAN FRANCISCO 3

Cricket

West Indies vs Australia Test

ROUSEAU, Dominica -Final day of the third Test at Warner Park.

Australia first innings: 328 (Wade 106, Warner 50, Watson 41. Shillingford 6-119).

West Indies first innings: 218 (Chanderpaul 68, Powell 40. Lyon 4-69).

Australia second innings: 259 (Ponting 57, Cowan 55. Shillingford 4-100, Roach 3-40, Deonarine 3-45).

West Indies second innings: 294 (Chanderpaul 69, Sammy 61, Bravo 45. Clarke 5-86, Lyon 3-87).

Man of the match: Wade

Man of series: Chanderpaul

Australia won three-Test series 2-0

Golf

Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, par-72):

135 - Stacy Lewis 68-67

136 - Karin Sjodin (SWE) 72-64, So Yeon Ryu (KOR) 69-67, Sydnee Michaels 68-68, Lindsey Wright (AUS) 67-69

137 - Karine Icher (FRA) 72-65, Chella Choi (KOR) 72-65, Brittany Lincicome 70-67, Sun Young Yoo (KOR) 68-69, Mariajo Uribe (COL) 68-69

138 - Moira Dunn 71-67, Meena Lee (KOR) 69-69, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 69-69, Haeji Kang (KOR) 68-70, Cindy LaCrosse 68-70

139 - Becky Morgan (WAL) 74-65, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 71-68, Christel Boeljon (NED) 69-70, Natalie Gulbis 69-70, Numa Gulyanamitta (THA) 69-70, Mi Jung Hur (KOR) 68-71, Jennifer Rosales (PHI) 67-72

140 - Anna Grzebien 74-66, Paige MacKenzie 73-67, Jessica Korda 72-68, Hee-Won Han (KOR) 71-69, Haru Nomura (JPN) 71-69, Hee Young Park (KOR) 70-70, Ryann O'Toole 70-70, Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 70-70, Jenny Shin (KOR) 70-70, Beatriz Recari (ESP) 70-70, Sarah Kemp (AUS) 69-71, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 67-73

Zurich Classic

Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the US PGA Tour's $6.4 million Zurich Classic of New Orleans (USA unless noted, par-72):

132 - Jason Dufner 67-65

133 - Russell Knox (SCO) 69-64, Ken Duke 65-68, John Rollins 67-66

134 - Greg Chalmers (AUS) 70-64, Ernie Els (RSA) 66-68, Steve Stricker 66-68

135 - Camilo Villegas (COL) 69-66, Cameron Tringale 65-70, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-67

136 - Rickie Fowler 71-65, Daniel Chopra (SWE) 66-70, Rocco Mediate 71-65, Bobby Gates 71-65

137 - Kris Blanks 69-68, Charles Howell 71-66, Chris Stroud 66-71, Erik Compton 69-68, Tim Herron 69-68, Ben Curtis 67-70, Kyle Reifers 69-68

Ice hockey

Results on Friday from the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs (all series best-of-seven):

Western Conference

At Phoenix

Phoenix 4 Nashville 3 (Over-time)

(Phoenix lead series 1-0)

Rallying

Rally of Argentina

Results from the Rally of Argentina, after Friday's six stages:

1. Sbastien Loeb (FRA/Citren DS3) 2 h 20:30.6, 2. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN/Citren DS3) at 0.1, 3. Dani Sordo (ESP/Ford Fiesta RS) 33.1, 4. Mads Ostberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta RS) 1:18.4, 5. Nasser Al Attiyah (QAT/Citren DS3) 5:16.9, 6. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta RS) 6:24.2, 7. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR/Skoda Fabia S2000) 6:36.0, 8. Sbastien Ogier (FRA/Skoda Fabia S2000) 6:58.8, 9. Armindo Araujo (POR/Mini John Cooper Works) 8:14.5, 10. Thierry Neuville (BEL/Citren DS3) 10:13.2, 11. Petter Solberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta RS) 14:24.2

Stage winners: Solberg 2 (SS1, SS3), Loeb 3 (SS2, SS4, SS5), Hirvonen 1 (SS6)

Snooker

World Championship

Results on Friday at the world snooker championships:

2nd rd (best of 25 frames)

Neil Robertson (AUS) bt David Gilbert (ENG) 13-9

Soccer

French league

Results on Friday:

Toulouse 0 Montpellier 1 (Belhanda 3)

Lorient 2 (Mvuemba 41-pen, Monnet-Paquet 53) Marseille 1 (Valbuena 77)

Tennis

Stuttgart WTA

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Li Na (CHN x8) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) 6-7(5/7), 7-6(7/4), 7-5; Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-4, 6-4

Bucharest ATP

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Gilles Simon (FRA x1) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL x7) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Matthias Bachinger (GER) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-4, 6-1; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x6) 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4; Attila Balazs (HUN) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Barcelona Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x5) 6-2, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x9) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x8) 4-2 - retired; Milos Raonic (CAN x11) bt Andy Murray (GBR x2) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x7) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (9/7), 6-3

Fes Grand Prix

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Semifinals

Kiki Bertens (NED) bt Simona Halep (ROM x5) 6-3, 6-4; Laura Pous (ESP) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.

China Daily

(China Daily 04/29/2012 page12)