Baseball

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

CINCINNATI 6 Oakland 5

SEATTLE 9 Toronto 7

Baltimore 10 SAN DIEGO 3

Atlanta 6 WASHINGTON 3

Chicago Cubs 5 PHILADELPHIA 2

PITTSBURGH 4 Miami 2

NY METS 5 Colorado 0

KANSAS CITY 5 Minnesota 2

Detroit 6 CLEVELAND 5 (14 innings)

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 NY Yankees 5 (12 innings)

Boston 7 HOUSTON 5

LA Dodgers 13 ST. LOUIS 4

ARIZONA 9 Tampa Bay 8

Texas 10 LA ANGELS 3

Milwaukee 6 SAN FRANCISCO 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 70 46 .603 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 47 .584 2 1/2

3. Baltimore 63 51 .553 6

4. NY Yankees 57 56 .504 11 1/2

5. Toronto 53 61 .465 16

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 67 45 .598 -

2. Cleveland 62 52 .544 6

3. Kansas City 58 53 .523 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 49 62 .441 17 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 43 69 .384 24

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 64 49 .566 -

2. Texas 65 50 .565 -

3. Seattle 53 61 .465 11 1/2

4. LA Angels 51 62 .451 13

5. Houston 37 76 .327 27

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 70 45 .609 -

2. Washington 54 60 .474 15 1/2

3. NY Mets 51 60 .459 17

4. Philadelphia 51 62 .451 18

5. Miami 43 69 .384 25 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 69 44 .611 -

2. St. Louis 66 47 .584 3

3. Cincinnati 63 51 .553 6 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 50 63 .442 19

5. Milwaukee 49 65 .430 20 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 63 50 .558 -

2. Arizona 58 55 .513 5

3. San Diego 52 62 .456 11 1/2

4. Colorado 52 63 .452 12

5. San Francisco 50 63 .442 132

Soccer

Champions League

Third qualifying round, second leg results on Wednesday:

Zenit Saint-Petersburg (RUS) 5 Nordsjaelland (DEN) 0

Zenit win 6-0 on aggregate

FH Hafnarfjordur (ISL) 0 Austria Vienna (AUT) 0

Austria Vienna win 1-0 on aggregate

Sheriff (MDA) 0 Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 3

Dinamo win 4-0 on aggregate

Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) 1 PAOK Salonika (GRE) 1

Metalist win 3-1 on aggregate

Elfsborg (SWE) 0 Celtic (SCO) 0

Celtic win 1-0 on aggregate

Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 6 Nomme Kalju (EST) 2

Plzen win 10-2 on aggregate

Zulte Waregem (BEL) 0 PSV Eindhoven (NED) 3

PSV win 5-0 on aggregate

Legia Warsaw (POL) 0 Molde (NOR) 0

1-1 on aggregate, Legia win on away goals

English League Cup

First-round results onWednesday (aet denotes after extra time):

Carlisle United 3 Blackburn Rovers 3

(after extra-time)

Carlisle win 4-3 on penalties

Leeds United 2 Chesterfield 1

Notts County 3 Fleetwood Town 2

Brazilian championship

Results on Wednesday:

Atletico Mineiro 2 Botafogo 2

Atletico Paranaense 1 Esporte Clube Bahia 0

Criciuma 1 Cruzeiro 2

Flamengo 1 Portuguesa 1

Goias 2 Nautico 1

Santos 1 Corinthians 1

Vitoria 1 Fluminense 1

Tennis

ATP Montreal Masters

Results onWednesday (x-denotes seedings):

2nd rd

Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Jesse Levine (CAN) 6-2, 6-0; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Tommy Haas (GER x10) 5-0 - retired; Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x8) 6-2, 7-6 (2); Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-3, 6-4; Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-2, 6-4; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x13) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-4, 7-6 (2); Jerzy Janowicz (POL x15) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN x11) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Alex Bogomolov (RUS) bt David Ferrer (ESP x3) 6-2, 6-4; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Second-round results on Wednesday:

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Marion Bartoli (FRA x7) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-0, 6-3; Sloane Stephens (USA x14) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS x11) 7-5, 7-5; Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-0, 6-4; Li Na (CHN x4) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x15) bt Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6); Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-2, 7-6 (2); Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x13) bt Kiki Bertens (NED) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-3, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x9) 5-7, 7-6 (0), 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x6) bt Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS x12) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/09/2013 page23)