Baseball

Results of MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

CLEVELAND 9 Oakland 2

NY Yankees 3 COLORADO 1

WASHINGTON 5 Detroit 4

Kansas City 6 BALTIMORE 2

Minnesota 5 BOSTON 3

NY METS 3 Pittsburgh 2

TAMPA BAY 5 Toronto 4 (10 innings)

LA Angels 6 HOUSTON 5

ARIZONA 2 Philadelphia 1

Atlanta 6 SAN FRANCISCO 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. NY Yankees 20 13 .606 -

2. Baltimore 21 14 .600 -

2. Boston 21 14 .600 -

4. Tampa Bay 16 18 .471 4 1/2

5. Toronto 13 23 .361 8 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 19 13 .594 -

2. Kansas City 18 13 .581 1/2

3. Cleveland 18 14 .563 1

4. Minnesota 16 15 .516 2 1/2

5. Chicago White Sox 14 18 .438 5

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 21 13 .618 -

2. Oakland 18 18 .500 4

3. Seattle 16 19 .457 5 1/2

4. LA Angels 12 22 .353 9

5. Houston 10 25 .286 11 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 21 13 .618 -

2. Washington 19 15 .559 2

3. NY Mets 14 17 .452 5 1/2

4. Philadelphia 16 20 .444 6

5. Miami 10 25 .286 11 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 21 12 .636 -

2. Cincinnati 19 16 .543 3

3. Pittsburgh 18 16 .529 3 1/2

4. Milwaukee 15 17 .469 5 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 13 21 .382 8 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Arizona 20 15 .571 1

2. San Francisco 20 15 .571 -

3. Colorado 19 15 .559 1/2

4. San Diego 16 18 .471 3 1/2

5. LA Dodgers 13 20 .394 6

Cycling

Giro d'Italia

MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA, Italy - Results from the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 169 km race from Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia Thursday:

Stage

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/OPQ) 3hr 56min 03sec, 2. Eli Viviani (ITA/CAN) same time, 3. Matt Goss (AUS/OGE) s.t., 4. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA/FDJ) s.t., 5. Mattia Gavazzi (ITA/AND) s.t., 6. Manuel Belletti (ITA/AGR) s.t., 7. Davide Appollonio (ITA/AGR) s.t., 8. Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA/RSH) s.t., 9. Matti Breschel (DEN/SAX) s.t., 10. Roberto Ferrari (ITA/LAM) s.t.

General classification

1. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 23h52:42, 2. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) at 17sec, 3. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 26, 4. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 31, 5. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 34, 6. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) s.t., 7. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 36, 8. Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 37, 9. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/FAR) 39, 10. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 42

Golf

PGA Players Championship

Leading first-round scores from the US PGA Tour Players Championship at the par-72 course on Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (US unless states):

63 Roberto Castro

66 Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy (GBR)

67 Casey Wittenberg, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker , Ryan Palmer, Webb Simpson, Tiger Woods

68 Jason Bohn, Henrik Stenson (SWE), David Lingmerth (SWE) , Greg Chalmers (AUS), Padraig Harrington (IRE), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Bae Sang-Moon (KOR)

69 Jason Kokrak, Jason Day (AUS), Ben Crane, Kevin Streelman, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Russell Henley, Adam Scott (AUS), Bo Van Pelt, Andres Romero (ARG), Nicholas Thompson, Kevin Chappell, Daniel Summerhays, Jonas Blixt (SWE), Ben Curtis, Lee Westwood (GBR), K.J. Choi (KOR), Michael Thompson

70 Jeff Maggert, William McGirt, Cameron Tringale, Peter Hanson (SWE) , Justin Leonard, George McNeill, Graeme McDowell (GBR), Keegan Bradley, Sean O'Hair, John Huh, Matt Jones (AUS), Matt Every, Charley Hoffman, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR), Davis Love III , Carl Pettersson (SWE), Chris Kirk, Scott Piercy, James Hahn, Harris English

71 Ken Duke, Chad Campbell, Jerry Kelly, Scott Stallings, Ricky Barnes, Boo Weekley, Charles Howell III, Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Martin Laird (GBR), Tim Herron, Graham DeLaet (CAN), Jeff Overton

72 Josh Teater, Brian Harman , Jimmy Walker, D.A. Points, Tim Clark (RSA), Jim Furyk, Brian Gay, Charlie Beljan, Marc Leishman (AUS), Fredrik Jacobson (SWE), Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose (GBR), Luke Donald (GBR), Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Robert Garrigus, David Hearn (CAN), David Lynn (GBR), Brendon De Jonge (ZIM)

73 Branden Grace (RSA), Lucas Glover, Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson, Ernie Els (RSA), Robert Allenby (AUS), Dicky Pride, John Senden (AUS), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Yang Yong-Eun (KOR), Martin Kaymer (GER), Brian Stuard, Chris Stroud

74 Francesco Molinari (ITA) , Mark Wilson, Bryce Molder, Brendan Steele, Derek Ernst, Angel Cabrera (ARG), Dustin Johnson, John Merrick, Charlie Wi (KOR), Jonathan Byrd, Scott Brown, J.J. Henry, Vijay Singh (FIJ), Pat Perez

75 Troy Matteson, Kyle Stanley, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Tommy Gainey, James Driscoll, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP), Ted Potter Jr. , Rory Sabbatini (RSA), Ian Poulter (GBR), Bill Haas

76 Luke Guthrie, Billy Horschel, Richard Lee, Martin Flores, Stewart Cink, Nick Watney, Ryan Moore, Greg Owen (GBR), Scott Langley

Ice hockey

NHL playoffs

Results from the NHL playoffs quarterfinal games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 T

NY Islanders 0 0 0 0

PITTSBURGH 0 3 1 4

(Pittsburgh leads best-of-seven series 3-2)

1 2 3 T

Ottawa 2 1 3 6

MONTREAL 1 0 0 1

(Ottawa wins best-of-seven series 4-1)

1 2 3 T

Minnesota 0 1 0 1

CHICAGO 1 3 1 5

(Chicago wins best-of-seven series 4-1)

World Championships

Thursday's results:

In Helsinki

France 2 Russia 1

Latvia 5 Slovakia 3

In Stockholm

Canada 3 Sweden 0

Czech Republic 2 Denmark 1

Soccer

Belgian Cup

Final result on Thursday:

RC Genk 2 (Kumordzi 84, Vossen 89) Cercle de Bruges 0

Dutch Cup

Final result on Thursday:

AZ Alkmaar 2 ( Maher 12, Altidore 14) PSV Eindhoven 1 (Locadia 31)

English Championship play-off

Result on Thursday:

Semifinals first leg

Leicester 1 Watford 0

Playing Friday

Crystal Palace v Brighton

Libertadores Cup

Last-16, second leg summary on Thursday:

At the Centenario, Montevideo:

Nacional (Uruguay) 1 (Bueno 57) Real Garcilaso (Peru) 0

Aggregate 1-1, Real Garcilaso go through 4-1 on penalties

Tennis

Madrid ATP and WTA

Thursday's results (x denotes seedings):

Men's 3rd rd

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x15) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-6 (5), 7-5; Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Daniel Gimeno (ESP) 5-5 - retired; Kei Nishikori (JPN x14) bt Roger Federer (SUI x2) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Tommy Haas (GER x13) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x16) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Women's 3rd rd

Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) - walkover; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS x13) 6-3, 6-1; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-3, 6-4; Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 7-5, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-2, 7-5; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x14) 6-3, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 05/11/2013 page15)