Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

NY YANKEES 6 Boston 4

DETROIT 5 Baltimore 3

WASHINGTON 6 NY Mets 4

TORONTO 3 Texas 2

CINCINNATI 7 Chicago Cubs 3

ATLANTA 4 LA Dodgers 3 (11 innings) Arizona 3 HOUSTON 1

KANSAS CITY 4 Chicago White Sox 2 MILWAUKEE 6 Philadelphia 2

Pittsburgh 2 ST. LOUIS 1

Miami 6 COLORADO 5

San Francisco 10 SAN DIEGO 1 Tampa Bay 12 LA ANGELS 3

OAKLAND 6 Cleveland 4

SEATTLE 5 Minnesota 3

Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Eastern Division

W L PCT GB

NY Yankees 71 48 .597 -

Tampa Bay 65 54 .546 6

Baltimore 64 55 .538 7

Boston 58 62 .483 13 1/2

Toronto 56 63 .471 15

Central Division

Chicago White Sox 65 53 .551 -

Detroit 64 55 .538 1 1/2

Cleveland 54 65 .454 11 1/2

Kansas City 52 66 .441 13

Minnesota 50 68 .424 15

Western Division

Texas 68 50 .576 -

Oakland 63 55 .534 5

LA Angels 62 58 .517 7

Seattle 56 64 .467 13

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division

Washington 74 45 .622 -

Atlanta 70 49 .588 4

NY Mets 56 63 .471 18

Philadelphia 54 65 .454 20

Miami 54 66 .450 20 1/2

Central Division

Cincinnati 72 47 .605 -

Pittsburgh 66 53 .555 6

St. Louis 64 55 .538 8

Milwaukee 54 64 .458 17 1/2

Chicago Cubs 46 71 .393 25

Houston 39 81 .325 33 1/2

Western Division

San Francisco 65 54 .546 -

LA Dodgers 65 55 .542 0 1/2

Arizona 60 59 .504 5

San Diego 52 69 .430 14

Colorado 45 72 .385 19

Golf

LPGA Safeway Classic

Scores on Friday after the first round of the LPGA Safeway Classic: (USA unless noted, par 72):

65 - Mika Miyazato (JPN), Sydnee Michaels

66 - Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Inbee Park (KOR), Cristie Kerr

67 - Alison Walshe, So Yeon Ryu (KOR), Jee Young Lee (KOR), Brittany Lincicome

68 - Karlin Beck, Amy Hung (TPE), Hee-Won Han (KOR), Candie Kung (TPE), Amy Yang (KOR), Sandra Gal (GER), Paula Creamer

69 - Jane Rah, Mo Martin, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED), Amelia Lewis, Karin Sjodin (SWE), Michelle Wie, Na Yeon Choi (KOR), Ilhee Lee (KOR), Momoko Ueda, Dori Carter, Belen Mozo (BRA)

US PGA Wyndham Championship

Scores on Friday after the second round of the US PGA Wyndham Championship (USA unless stated, par-70):

128 - Jimmy Walker 66-62

129 - Webb Simpson 66-63

130 - Tim Clark (RSA) 63-67, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 67-63, Harris English 66-64, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 62-68

131 - Matt Every 65-66, Bud Cauley 66-65

132 - Troy Matteson 64-68, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 67-65

133 - Tommy Gainey 66-67, Bill Haas 68-65, Davis Love 67-66

134 - Kevin Streelman 68-66, Tom Gillis 64-70, Scott Stallings 64-70, Brandt Snedeker 67-67, Rod Pampling (AUS) 66-68, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 66-68, John Huh 69-65, David Mathis 63-71

135 - Chad Campbell 71-64, Arjun Atwal (IND) 66-69, Jason Dufner 68-67, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 67-68, Nick Watney 66-69, John Merrick 66-69, Richard Lee 66-69, Jason Kokrak 66-69, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 67-68, Chris Kirk 66-69, Heath Slocum 68-67, Rocco Mediate 70-65, Will Claxton 69-66

Soccer

English Championship

Friday's results

Cardiff 1 Huddersfield 0

French league

Friday's results

Lille 1 (Kalou 41) Nancy 1 (Bakar 33)

Portuguese league

Friday's results

Olhanense 2 (Yontcha 29, Fernando Alexandre 59) Estoril 1 (Vitria 25-pen)

Tennis

Cincinnati Masters

Friday's results (x denotes seed):

Women

Quarterfinals

Venus Williams (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x3) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4; Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt Serena Williams (USA x2) 6-4, 6-4; Li Na (CHN x9) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) 6-1, 6-1; Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-3, 7-6 (4)

3rd rd

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x6) 6-4, 6-4; Li Na (CHN x9) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-2

Men

Quarterfinals

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x6) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-1, 6-3; Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x12) 6-3, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Milos Raonic (CAN) 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Mardy Fish (USA x10) 6-3, 7-6 (4).

(China Daily 08/19/2012 page7)