Baseball

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

CHICAGO CUBS 7 Pittsburgh 4

Tampa Bay 6 NY YANKEES 4

Detroit 4 CLEVELAND 0

Boston 8 TORONTO 5

MIAMI 4 Cincinnati 0

ATLANTA 2 Washington 1

TEXAS 9 Seattle 3

Philadelphia 12 HOUSTON 6

LA Angels 9 KANSAS CITY 7

Chicago White Sox 6 MINNESOTA 0

NY Mets 7 MILWAUKEE 3

San Francisco 6 ARIZONA 2

OAKLAND 3 Baltimore 2

Colorado 7 SAN DIEGO 4

LA DODGERS 8 St. Louis 5

Golf

Italian Open

Leading second round scores in the Italian Open at Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, on Friday (par 72):

132 - Richard Bland (ENG) 66-66

133 - Marc Warren (SCO) 68-65, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 66-67, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 69-64, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 68-65

134 - Richard McEvoy (ENG) 66-68

135 - Mikael Lundberg (SWE) 70-65, Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 64-71, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 70-65, Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 66-69, Sam Little (ENG) 67-68, Richard Sterne (RSA) 67-68, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 69-66

136 - Shiv Kapur (IND) 67-69, Robert Coles (ENG) 70-66, David Howell (ENG) 66-70, Martin Kaymer (GER) 70-66, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 69-67, Lee Slattery (ENG) 65-71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 67-69, Bradley Dredge(WAL) 67-69

Tennis

Quebec City WTA

Results from the Bell Challenge WTA tournament on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-2, 3-0 - retired; Mona Barthel (GER x3) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x6) 6-3, 6-4; Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-0, 6-1; Lucie Hradecka (CZE x8) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-4, 6-2

(China Daily 09/16/2012 page7)