Baseball

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

Oakland 4 HOUSTON 3

LA ANGELS 1 Minnesota 0

Cleveland 10 SEATTLE 1

Pittsburgh 4 WASHINGTON 2

Tampa Bay 5 BOSTON 1

Atlanta 8 NY METS 2

TEXAS 3 NY Yankees 1

Detroit 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

KANSAS CITY 4 Baltimore 3

MILWAUKEE 3 San Diego 1

ST. LOUIS 11 Philadelphia 3

LA Dodgers 8 TORONTO 3 (10 innings)

COLORADO 2 Miami 1

Chicago Cubs 7 ARIZONA 6 (12 innings)

Cincinnati 8 SAN FRANCISCO 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 61 42 .592 -

2. Tampa Bay 60 42 .588 1/2

3. Baltimore 57 45 .559 3 1/2

4. NY Yankees 53 48 .525 7

5. Toronto 45 55 .450 14 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 56 44 .560 -

2. Cleveland 53 48 .525 3 1/2

3. Kansas City 47 51 .480 8

4. Minnesota 43 55 .439 12

5. Chi White Sox 39 59 .398 16

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 59 42 .584 -

2. Texas 56 45 .554 3

3. Seattle 48 53 .475 11

4. LA Angels 47 52 .475 11

5. Houston 34 66 .340 24 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 57 44 .564 -

2. Philadelphia 49 52 .485 8

3. Washington 48 53 .475 9

4. NY Mets 44 53 .454 11

5. Miami 37 62 .374 19

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 61 37 .622 -

2. Pittsburgh 60 39 .606 1 1/2

3. Cincinnati 58 44 .569 5

4. Chicago Cubs 45 54 .455 16 1/2

5. Milwaukee 42 58 .420 20

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 53 47 .530 -

2. Arizona 52 49 .515 1 1/2

3. Colorado 49 53 .480 5

4. San Francisco 46 55 .455 7 1/2

5. San Diego 45 57 .441 9

Cricket

Pakistan vs West Indies ODI

Pakistan beat West Indies by four wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Wednesday to win the series 3-1.

Scores:

West Indies 242 for seven off 50 overs (Dwayne Bravo 48; Junaid Khan 3-48); Pakistan 243 for six off 49.5 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 64, Misbah-ul-Haq 63; Tino Best 3-48).

Man of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq

Man of the series: Misbah-ul-Haq.

India vs Zimbabwe ODI

India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in the first one day international played at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday.

Scores:

Zimbabwe 228 for seven (Sikandar Raza 82; A. Mishra 3-43) v India 230 for four (V. Kohli 115, A. Rayudu 63 not out).

Soccer

Libertadores Cup

South American Libertadores Cup final, second leg result on Wednesday:

At the Mineirao, Belo Horizonte:

Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) 2 (Jo 46, Leonardo Silva 87) Olimpia (Paraguay) 0

Red card: Julio Manzur 85

After extra time; halftime: 0-0; full time: 2-0

Aggregate 2-2; Atletico Mineiro wins 4-3 on penalties

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Wednesday's semifinal results:

At Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas:

USA 3 (Johnson 11, Donovan 27, 53) Honduras 1 (Medina 52)

Panama 2 (Perez 13, Torres 61: Mexico 1 (Montes 26)

Women's European championships

Result on Wednesday:

Semifinals

Germany 1 (Marozsan 33) Sweden 0

Brazilian championship

Result on Wednesday

Sao Paulo 0 Internacional 1

Tennis

ATP Swiss Open

GSTAAD, Switzerland - Results on on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Juan Monaco (ARG x4) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-1, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x6) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7-5, 7-6 (4).

ATP Croatia Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) 6-4, 6-4; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-3, 6-1; Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 7-5, 6-3; Martin Klixan (SVK x6) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

WTA Baku tournament

Results on Wednesday:

1st round

Chanelle Scheepers (RSA x3) bt Andrea Hlavckov (CZE) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Elina Svitolina (UKR x7) bt Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Polona Hercog (SLO x6) 7-6 (9/7), 4-6, 6-3.

2nd round

Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB x1) 6-2, 7-5; Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) bt Mandy Minella (LUX) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Donna Vekic (CRO x2) bt Tetyana Arefyeva (UKR) 6-1, 6-2.

Bank of the West Classic

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Varvara Lepchenko (USA x6) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-4, 6-4; Sorana Cirstea (ROM x5) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4, 6-3.

Atlanta Open

Results on Wednesday:

1st rd

Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-2,retire; James Blake (USA) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (4); Christian Harrison (USA) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-2; Michael Russell (USA) bt Mardy Fish (USA x6) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

2nd rd

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x7) bt Rhyne Williams (USA) 7-6 (6), 6-4; Ivan Dodig (CRO x3) bt Ricardas Berankis (LIT) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

(China Daily 07/26/2013 page23)