Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's games (home team in CAPS):
BOSTON 14 Seattle 3
Houston 4 CHICAGO CUBS 2
St Louis 3 PITTSBURGH 2 (12 innings)
Detroit 3 BALTIMORE 1
CLEVELAND 7 LA Angels 6
Kansas City 6 TORONTO 3
ATLANTA 8 Washington 0
TEXAS 12 Tampa Bay 9
NY Yankees 10 MINNESOTA 1
San Francisco 6 SAN DIEGO 5
OAKLAND 2 Chicago White Sox 1
LA DODGERS 2 Colorado 1
ARIZONA 5 Cincinnati 4 (11 innings)
FLORIDA 2 Milwaukee 2 (suspended after 10 innings - rain. Will resume on Wednesday)
CRICKET
World Cup
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Results and standings in the Super Eights of the 2007 World Cup on Tuesday:
At St George's, Grenada: South Africa bt West Indies by 67 runs
Super Eights standings (won, lost, tied, no-result, run-rate, points):
New Zealand 4 0 0 0 +1.73 8.0
Australia 4 0 0 0 +1.51 8.0
Sri Lanka 3 1 0 0 +1.55 6.0
South Africa 3 2 0 0 -0.20 6.0
England 1 3 0 0 -0.06 2.0
West Indies 1 4 0 0 -1.21 2.0
Bangladesh 1 3 0 0 -1.78 2.0
Ireland 0 4 0 0 -1.39 0.0
Note:
- Teams who defeated fellow qualifiers in the first round carry forward the two points from that match as well as the run-rate.
- Teams who played each other in first round do not meet in the Super Eights
- Top four qualify for the semi-finals
Still to play
April 11: Barbados England v Bangladesh
April 12: Grenada Sri Lanka v New Zealand
April 13: Barbados Australia v Ireland
April 14: Grenada South Africa v New Zealand
April 15: Barbados Bangladesh v Ireland
April 16: Grenada Australia v Sri Lanka
April 17: Barbados South Africa v England
April 18: Grenada Ireland v Sri Lanka
April 19: Barbados West Indies v Bangladesh
April 20: Grenada Australia v New Zealand
April 21: Barbados West Indies v England
April 22: Rest day
April 23: Rest day
April 24: Jamaica Semi-final
April 25: St Lucia Semi-final
April 26: Rest day
April 27: Rest day
April 28: Barbados Final
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from NBA games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
PHILADELPHIA 90 Indiana 86
New Jersey 96 WASHINGTON 92
CHARLOTTE 92 Miami 82
ATLANTA 104 Boston 96
Sacramento 112 MEMPHIS 100
N.O./ OKLAHOMA CITY 103 LA Clippers 100 (OT)
CHICAGO 98 NY Knicks 69
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Toronto 45 33 .577 -
New Jersey 37 40 .481 7 1/2
Philadelphia 32 45 .416 12 1/2
NY Knicks 32 46 .410 13
Boston 23 54 .299 21 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 50 27 .649 -
Chicago 47 32 .595 4
Cleveland 46 32 .590 4 1/2
Indiana 34 43 .442 16
Milwaukee 26 51 .338 24
Southeast Division
Miami 42 36 .538 -
Washington 39 38 .506 2 1/2
Orlando 36 41 .468 5 /2
Charlotte 32 47 .405 10 1/2
Atlanta 29 49 .372 13
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 48 29 .623 -
Denver 41 36 .532 7
Minnesota 32 45 .416 16
Portland 31 46 .403 17
Seattle 31 47 .397 17 1/2
Pacific Division
Phoenix 58 19 .753 -
LA Lakers 40 38 .513 18 1/2
Golden State 38 40 .487 20 1/2
LA Clippers 37 40 .481 21
Sacramento 32 45 .416 26
Southwest Division
Dallas 64 13 .831 -
San Antonio 56 21 .727 8
Houston 49 29 .628 15 1/2
N.O./ Oklahoma City 37 41 .474 27 1/2
Memphis 19 60 .241 46
TENNIS
Charleston WTA
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Results on the second day of the $1.34-million Charleston WTA event here Tuesday (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (ITA x11) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 6-2, 2-0 retired; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x12) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4; Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Julia Schruff (GER) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Sybille Bammer (AUT x15) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-3, 6-1; Tatiana Golovin (FRA x10) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1; Mara Santangelo (ITA x16) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 7-5, 6-1; Venus Williams (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x14) 6-2, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bat Martina Muller (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Romina Oprandi (Ita) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
2nd rd
Michaella Krajicek (NED) bt Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x1) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) bt Serena Williams (USA x3) 5-3, ret; Li Na (CHN x8) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-1, 6-4.
Houston ATP
HOUSTON, Texas: Results from the second day of the ATP US Men's Clay Court Championship here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd: Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA) 6-0, 7-6 (10/8); Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Alexander Peya (AUT) 6-3, 6-2; Dusan Vemic (SRB) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-3, 6-0; Mardy Fish (USA x4) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5; Amer Delic (USA) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; Michael Russell (USA) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 6-2, 6-0; James Blake (USA x2) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 6-3, 6-0; Juergen Melzer (Aut x5) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
(China Daily 04/12/2007 page22)