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China Daily | Updated: 2013-09-27 07:10

Baseball

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

NY Mets 1 CINCINNATI 0

ST. LOUIS 4 Washington 1

CHICAGO CUBS 4 Pittsburgh2

LA ANGELS 3 Oakland 1

BALTIMORE 9 Toronto 5

CLEVELAND 7 Chicago White Sox 2

Tampa Bay 8 NY YANKEES 3

Milwaukee 4 ATLANTA 0

MIAMI 3 Philadelphia 2

TEXAS 7 Houston 3

Detroit 1 MINNESOTA 0

Boston 15 COLORADO 5

SEATTLE 6 Kansas City 0

SAN DIEGO 12 Arizona 2

SAN FRANCISCO 6 LA Dodgers 4

American League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 96 63 .604 -

2. Tampa Bay 89 69 .563 6 1/2

3. Baltimore 82 76 .519 13 1/2

4. NY Yankees 82 76 .519 13 1/2

5. Toronto 72 86 .456 23 1/2

Central

1. Detroit 93 66 .585 -

2. Cleveland 88 70 .557 4 1/2

3. Kansas City 83 75 .525 9 1/2

4. Minnesota 66 92 .418 26 1/2

5. Ch White Sox 62 96 .392 30 1/2

West

1. Oakland 94 65 .591 -

2. Texas 87 71 .551 6 1/2

3. LA Angels 78 80 .494 15 1/2

4. Seattle 70 89 .440 24

5. Houston 51 108 .321 43

National League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Atlanta 93 65 .589 -

2. Washington 84 75 .528 9 1/2

3. NY Mets 73 85 .462 20

4. Philadelphia 72 86 .456 21

5. Miami 59 100 .371 34 1/2

Central

1. St. Louis 94 65 .591 -

2. Pittsburgh 91 68 .572 3

3. Cincinnati 90 69 .566 4

4. Milwaukee 71 87 .449 22 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 66 93 .415 28

West

1. LA Dodgers 91 67 .576 -

2. Arizona 80 78 .506 11

3. San Diego 74 84 .468 17

4. San Francisco 73 85 .462 18

5. Colorado 72 87 .453 19 1/2

Soccer

English League Cup

3rd round matches on Wednesday:

Birmingham 3 Swansea 1

Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0

Newcastle United 2 Leeds United 0

Transmere 0 Stoke 2

West Brom 4 Arsenal 5 (1-1 after extra time, Arsenal won 4-3 on penalties)

French Ligue 1

Matches on Wednesday:

Ajaccio 2 Olympique Lyon 1

Monaco 3 Bastia 0

En Avant Guingamp 5 Sochaux 1

Nantes 2 Nice 0

Girondins Bordeaux 0 Stade de Reims 0

Toulouse 1 FC Lorient 0

Valenciennes 0 Paris St. Germain 1

Italian Serie A

Matches on Wednesday:

Bologna 3 AC Milan 3

Chievo Verona 1 Juventus 2

Lazio 3 Catania 1

Livorno 1 Cagliari 1

Napoli 1 Sassuolo 1

Parma 4 Atalanta Bergamo 3

Sampdoria 0 AS Roma 2

Torino 2 Verona 2

Spanish La Liga

Matches on Wednesday:

Sevilla 4 Rayo Vllecano 1

Granada 0 Valencia 1

Elche 1 Real Madrid 2

Tennis

WTA Pan Pacific Open

(x denotes seeding):

3rd round: Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Madison Keys (USA) 6-2, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Quarterfinals: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams (USA) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

ATP Thailand Open

(x denotes seeding):

2nd round: Gilles Simon (FRA x4) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 7-5. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x5) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-3. Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x8) 6-3, 6-2.

ATP Malaysian Open

1st round: Julien Benneteau (France x5) bt Michal Przysiezny (Poland) 7-6 (6), 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (3), 6-3. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x6) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5, 6-0. Joao Sousa (POR) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3, 6-2.

2nd round: David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Matteo Viola (ITA) 6-2, 6-3. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) 6-4, 6-3. Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN x7) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Joao Sousa (POR) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Jurgen Melzer (AUT x4) bt Mischa Zverev (Germany) 7-5, 6-4.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/27/2013 page23)

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