Baseball

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

TORONTO 5 Boston 0

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Seattle 3

Washington 7 CINCINNATI 6 (11 innings)

NY METS 7 Miami 3

DETROIT 8 NY Yankees 4

LA Angels 8 TEXAS 4

St. Louis 6 SAN FRANCISCO 3

PHILADELPHIA 4 Kansas City 3

LA Angels 8 TEXAS 4

Minnesota 6 BALTIMORE 5

ATLANTA 6 Chicago Cubs 5

Oakland 6 HOUSTON 3

Arizona 9 MILWAUKEE 2

TAMPA BAY 6 Cleveland 0

COLORADO 6 San Diego 3

LA DODGERS 1 Pittsburgh 0

Basketball

Results from the NBA games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):

WASHINGTON 104 Indiana 85

BROOKLYN 105 Charlotte 96

MIAMI 106 Philadelphia 87

MINNESOTA 107 Detroit 101

MILWAUKEE 100 Toronto 83

SAN ANTONIO 99 Atlanta 97

DENVER 132 Houston 114

Golf

Texas Open

Leading third-round scores here on Saturday in the $6.2 million PGA Tour Texas Open (USA unless noted, par-72):

206 - Billy Horschel 68-68-70

208 - Jim Furyk 69-70-69, Charley Hoffman 71-67-70

210 - Ryan Palmer 71-71-68, Bob Estes 72-69-69, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 72-67-71

211 - Padraig Harrington (IRL) 68-73-70, Martin Laird (SCO) 70-71-70, Jeff Overton 69-72-70, K.J. Choi (KOR) 72-67-72, Daniel Summerhays 69-69-73

212 - Marcel Siem (GER) 76-67-69, D.J. Trahan 70-71-71

213 - Martin Flores 71-72-70, David Lynn (ENG) 72-70-71, Richard H. Lee 74-70-69

214 - Jason Kokrak 74-68-72, Shane Lowry (IRL) 70-72-72

LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship

RANCHO MIRAGE, California - Leading third-round scores here on Saturday in the $2 million LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship (USA unless noted; par-72):

204 - Inbee Park (KOR) 70-67-67

207 - Lizette Salas 70-68-69

210 - Angela Stanford 70-74-66, Karrie Webb (AUS) 72-71-67, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 68-75-67, Karine Icher (FRA), Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-69-70, Jessica Korda 70-72-68

211 - Paula Creamer 74-68-69, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 71-68-72

212 - Hee Young Park (KOR) 70-70-72, Jiyai Shin (KOR) 70-71-71, So Yeon Ryu (KOR) 73-71-68

213 - Sarah Jane Smith (AUS) 72-72-69, Hee Kyung Seo (KOR) 72-70-71, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 69-72-72

214 - Cristie Kerr 71-71-72, Ayako Uehara (JPN) 72-72-70, Haeji Kang (KOR) 72-69-73, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 70-72-72, Caroline Masson (GER) 70-73-71, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 68-72-74

Ice Hockey

Results from the NHL games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):

WINNIPEG 4 Philadelphia 1

Chicago 1 NASHVILLE 0

LOS ANGELES 4 Edmonton 1

Toronto 2 NEW JERSEY 1

NY ISLANDERS 4 Tampa Bay 2

NY Rangers 4 CAROLINA 1

MONTREAL 2 Boston 1

Washington 4 FLORIDA 3

PHOENIX 4 Colorado 0

VANCOUVER 5 Calgary 2

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results on Saturday:

Quilmes 0 San Martin (San Juan) 0

Godoy Cruz 0 Atletico Belgrano 0

Tigre 1 Atletico Rafaela 3

Union (Santa Fe) 0 Argentinos Juniors 0

Velez Sarsfield 1 San Lorenzo 1

Friday

All Boys 2 Independiente 0

Dutch championship

Results on Saturday:

Twente Enschede 2 Roda JC Kerkrade 0

PEC Zwolle 1 RKC Waalwijk 1

Vitesse Arnhem 3 NAC Breda 0

Willem II Tilburg 1 PSV Eindhoven 3

Friday

Feyenoord 1 VVV-Venlo 0

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Norwich 2 (Snodgrass 40, Turner 60) Swansea 2 (Michu 35, Moore 75)

Reading 0 Southampton 2 (Rodriguez 34, Lallana 72)

Stoke 1 (Kightly 80) Aston Villa 3 (Agbonlahor 9, Lowton 87, Benteke 90)

West Brom 1 (Morrison 71-pen) Arsenal 2 (Rosicky 20, 50)

English Championship

Saturday's results:

Birmingham 1 Millwall 1

Bolton 2 Wolves 0

Brighton 1 Leicester 1

Burnley 3 Bristol City 1

Crystal Palace 0 Barnsley 0

Charlton 2 Leeds 1

Derby 0 Ipswich 1

Huddersfield 2 Peterborough 2

Hull 1 Middlesbrough 0

Nottingham Forest 1 Blackpool 1

Sheffield Wednesday 3 Blackburn 2

Watford 0 Cardiff 0

French league

Results on Saturday:

Rennes 0 Paris Saint Germain 2 (Menez 56, Ibrahimovic 90+3)

Bastia 4 (Khazri 41, Thauvin 50, 71, Modeste 79-pen) Brest 0

Sochaux 0 Ajaccio 0

Toulouse 3 (Ben Yedder 8, 90, Capoue 19) Nice 4 (Bautheac 1, 40, Cvitanich 68, Anin 90+3)

Nancy 1 (Grange 67) Troyes 0

Montpellier 3 (S. Camara 18, Congre 60, Belhanda 86) Valenciennes 1 (Nguette 40)

Friday

Marseille 1 (Gignac 41) Bordeaux 0

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Werder Bremen 0 Schalke 04 2 (Draxler 51, Marica 69)

Borussia Dortmund 4 (Schieber 22, 52, Subotic 64, Lewandowski 90+2) Augsburg 2 (Baier 43, Vogt 45)

Borussia M'gladbach 1 (de Jong 74) Greuther Fuerth 0

Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Schuerrle 12) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Kjaer 70)

Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (Schweinsteiger 52)

Hamburg 0 Freiburg 1 (Schmid 69)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bayern Munich 24 3 1 79 13 75

-- champions

Borussia Dortmund 16 7 5 66 34 55

Bayer Leverkusen 14 7 7 51 36 49

Schalke 04 13 6 9 48 43 45

Freiburg 11 9 8 36 33 42

Eintr Frankfurt 12 6 10 42 40 42

Borussia M'gladbach 10 11 7 36 37 41

Mainz 05 10 9 8 34 30 39

Hamburg 11 5 12 32 44 38

Hanover 96 11 4 12 49 46 37

Nuremberg 8 11 8 31 34 35

VfL Wolfsburg 8 9 11 33 43 33

VfB Stuttgart 9 5 13 29 46 32

Werder Bremen 8 7 13 43 54 31

Fortuna Duesseldorf 7 8 13 33 43 29

Augsburg 5 9 14 25 44 24

Hoffenheim 6 5 17 33 52 23

Greuther Fuerth 2 9 17 18 46 15

Note: Top four clubs qualify for Champions League, bottom two are relegated while third-bottom goes into play-off against third-placed side in Bundesliga 2.

Italian Serie A

Results on Saturday:

Juventus 2 (Vucinic 72, 78) Pescara 1 (Cascione 83)

Bologna 2 (Kone 65, Guarente 86) Torino 2 (Barreto 25, Bianchi 90+4)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Celtic 3 (Commons 16, 52, Lustig 61) Hibernian 0

Dundee Utd 1 (Boulding 90) Aberdeen 0

Hearts 4 (Ngoo 49, 84, Holt 79, Ikonomou 80-og) Ross County 2 (Wohlfarth 22, 54)

Kilmarnock 1 (Boyd 74) Dundee 2 (Harkins 6, 77)

Motherwell 2 (Higdon 34, McFadden 84) St Mirren 2 (Newton 41, Guy 75)

Played Friday

Inverness CT 0 St Johnstone 0

Spanish league

Results on Saturday:

Real Sociedad 4 (Vela 21, Alberta De la Bella 24, Griezmann 30, Martinez Berridi 51) Malaga 2 (Morales 43, Santa Cruz 70)

Real Madrid 5 (Higuain 36, Kaka 39-pen, Ronaldo 84, Ozil 87, 90+1) Levante 1 (Herrero 31)

Deportivo La Coruna 3 (Gama 11, Marchena 40, Minero 55-og) Real Zaragoza 2 (Postiga 16-pen, Montanes 35)

Barcelona 5 (Fabregas 20, 37, 46, Sanchez 22, 39) Real Mallorca 0

Tennis

WTA Charleston

Results on Saturday from the sixth day of the $795,000 WTA Family Circle Cup:

Semifinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Venus Williams (USA x5) 6-1, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x9) bt Stefanie Vgele (SUI) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2.

Monterrey Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x5) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Angelique Kerber (GER x1) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS x3) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Davis Cup

Results of the Davis Cup World Group quarter-final matches on Saturday:

In Boise, Idaho

USA 1 Serbia 2

Friday

Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt John Isner (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-5

Sam Querrey (USA) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Saturday

Nenad Zimonjic/Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/1), 5-7, 4-6, 15-13

Sunday

Sam Querrey (USA) v Novak Djokovic (SRB)

John Isner (USA) v Viktor Troicki (SRB)

In Vancouver, Canada

Canada 2 Italy 1

Friday

Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Fabio Fognini 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5

Saturday

Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Daniele Bracciali/Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 15-13

Sunday

Milos Raonic (CAN) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)

In Buenos Aires

Argentina 2 France 1

Friday

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-4

Saturday

David Nalbandian/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-3

Sunday

Juan Monaco (ARG) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Carlos Berlocq (ARG) v Gilles Simon (FRA)

In Almaty, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 1 Czech Republic 2

Friday

Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6)

Jan Hajek (CZE) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Saturday

Andrey Golubev/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) bt Jan Hajek/Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3

Sunday

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Jan Hajek (CZE)

Asia/Oceania Group I relegation play-off

In Tianjin

China 3 Chinese Taipei 0

Saturday

Gong Maoxin/Li Zhe (CHN) bt Huang Liang-chi/Yang Tsung-hua (TPE) 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Friday

Wu Di (CHN) bt Chen Ti (TPE) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4

Zhang Ze (CHN) bt Yang Tsung-hua (TPE) 7-5, 6-1, 6-1

Members of China's men's national team, Li Zhe, Zhang Ze, Gong Maoxin and Wu Di (from left to right), celebrate their victory over Chinese Taipei at the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I relegation playoff in Tianjin on Saturday. China defeated Chinese Taipei, 5-0, to prevent a demotion to Group II next year. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily 04/08/2013 page23)