Baseball

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

NY Mets 2 CLEVELAND 1

NY YANKEES 4 Boston 3

Washington 6 MIAMI 4

Chicago White Sox 4 BALTIMORE 2

PHILADELPHIA 3 Atlanta 2

KANSAS CITY 5 Detroit 2

Toronto 2 MINNESOTA 0

ST. LOUIS 9 Pittsburgh 2

Milwaukee 3 CHICAGO CUBS 1

Texas 4 LA ANGELS 3

SAN FRANCISCO 3 Arizona 2 (11 innings)

OAKLAND 7 Houston 2

Tampa Bay 4 SEATTLE 1

SAN DIEGO 5 Colorado 2

CINCINNATI 3 LA Dodgers 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 87 58 .600 -

2. Tampa Bay 78 64 .549 7 1/2

3. Baltimore 76 66 .535 9 1/2

4. NY Yankees 76 67 .531 10

5. Toronto 67 76 .469 19

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 82 61 .573 -

2. Cleveland 76 66 .535 5 1/2

3. Kansas City 75 68 .524 7

4. Minnesota 61 80 .433 20

5. Chi White Sox 57 85 .401 24 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 83 60 .580 -

2. Texas 81 61 .570 1 1/2

3. LA Angels 67 75 .472 15 1/2

4. Seattle 65 78 .455 18

5. Houston 47 96 .329 36

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 85 57 .599 -

2. Washington 73 69 .514 12

3. Philadelphia 66 77 .462 19 1/2

4. NY Mets 64 77 .454 20 1/2

5. Miami 53 88 .376 31 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 83 60 .580 -

2. Pittsburgh 81 61 .570 1 1/2

3. Cincinnati 82 62 .569 1 1/2

4. Milwaukee 62 80 .437 20 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 60 82 .423 22 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 83 59 .585 -

2. Arizona 72 70 .507 11

3. Colorado 66 78 .458 18

4. San Diego 65 77 .458 18

5. San Francisco 64 79 .448 19 1/2

Cricket

Australia vs England ODI

Australia beat England by 88 runs in the second one-day international at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday.

Australia lead the five-match series 1-0.

Australia 315-7 from 50 overs (M. Clarke 105, G. Bailey 82, A. Finch 45)

England 227 all out in 44.2 overs (K. Pietersen 60, J. Buttler 75, E. Morgan 54).

FORMULA ONE

Italian Grand Prix

Results from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday:

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull) 1h 18min 33.352sec, 2. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) at 5.467sec, 3. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) 6.350, 4. Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) 9.361, 5. Nico Hlkenberg (GER/Sauber) 10.355, 6. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 10.999, 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Rosso) 32.329, 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 33.130, 9. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 33.527, 10. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 38.327, 11. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) 38.695, 12. Sergio Perez (MEX/McLaren) 39.765, 13. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber) 40.880, 14. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams) 49.085, 15. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) 56.827, 16. Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India) 1 lap, 17. Charles Pic (FRA/Caterham) 1 lap, 18. Giedo van der Garde (NED/Caterham) 1 lap, 19. Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia) 1 lap, 20. Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia) 1 lap

Overall standings

Drivers

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 222.0pts, 2. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 169.0, 3. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 141.0, 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 134.0, 5. Mark Webber (AUS) 130.0, 6. Nico Rosberg (GER) 104.0, 7. Felipe Massa (BRA) 79.0, 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 57.0, 9. Jenson Button (GBR) 48.0, 10. Paul di Resta (GBR) 36.0, 11. Adrian Sutil (GER) 25.0, 12. Sergio Perez (MEX) 18.0, 13. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 18.0, 14. Nico Hlkenberg (GER) 17.0, 15. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 13.0, 16. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) 1.0

Constructors

1. Red Bull 352.0pts, 2. Ferrari 248.0, 3. Mercedes 245.0, 4. Lotus 191.0, 5. McLaren 66.0, 6. Force India 61.0, 7. Toro Rosso 31.0, 8. Sauber 17.0, 9. Williams 1.0

Golf

European Masters

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Leading scores after the fourth and final round from the EPGA European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre on Sunday (GBR and IRL unless noted - Par 71):

264 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 66-66-67-65, 264 - Craig Lee 71-65-61-67 - Bjorn won at first play-off hole

265 - Victor Dubuisson (FRA) 68-65-66-66

266 - Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 69-65-65-67

269 - Ross Fisher 71-69-63-66, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 65-68-69-67

270 - Gregory Havret (FRA) 68-69-70-63, Brooks Koepka (USA) 68-66-69-67

272 - Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 68-69-70-65, Stephen Gallacher 67-65-72-68, Tommy Fleetwood 65-68-69-70

273 - Paul Lawrie 68-70-70-65

274 - Richard Sterne (RSA) - 69-66-71-68, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 68-69-69-68

275 - Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 69-69-71-66, Tom Lewis 71-70-67-67, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 69-72-66-68, Brett Rumford (AUS) 68-68-70-69, Paul Casey 65-69-71-70

276 - Marcus Fraser (AUS) 69-71-68-68, Mark Tullo (CHI) 68-66-73-69

277 - Gareth Maybin 70-69-70-68, Angelo Que (PHI) 70-70-68-69, Simon Dyson 71-69-68-69, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 68-68-73-68

NFL

Results of the National Football League games on Sunday (home teams in CAPS):

New England 23 BUFFALO 21

Tennessee 16 PITTSBURGH 9

NEW ORLEANS 23 Atlanta 17

NY JETS 18 Tampa Bay 17

Kansas City 28 JACKSONVILLE 2

Seattle 12 CAROLINA 7

CHICAGO 24 Cincinnati 21

Miami 23 CLEVELAND 10

DETROIT 34 Minnesota 24

INDIANAPOLIS 21 Oakland 17

SAN FRANCISCO 34 Green Bay 28

ST. LOUIS 27 Arizona 24

DALLAS 36 NY Giants 31

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of Inicial matches on Sunday:

Quilmes 0 Arsenal 1

River Plate 3 Tigre 0

Rosario Central 0 San Lorenzo 2

Saturday

Racing Club 1 Lanus 1

Argentinos Juniors 1 All Boys 0

Atletico Rafaela 2 Gimnasia-La Plata 1

Estudiantes 1 Atletico Belgrano 1

Godoy Cruz 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 0

Brazilian championship

Results on Sunday:

Corinthians 0 Nautico 0

Coritiba 2 Sao Paulo 0

Criciuma 1 Botafogo 2

Cruzeiro 1 Flamengo 0

Vasco da Gama 0 Atletico Paranaense 0

Saturday

Gremio 3 Portuguesa 2

Fluminense 1 Esporte Clube Bahia 0

Ponte Preta 1 Internacional 3

Santos 1 Goias 0

Vitoria 1 Atletico Mineiro 1

Tennis

US Open

Results on Sunday (x-denotes seedings):

Women's singles final

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1.

Men's doubles final

Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (IND/CZE x4) bt Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA x2) 6-1, 6-3.

Boys singles final

Borna Coric (CRO x4) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Girls singles final

Ana Konjuh (CRO x2) bt Tornado Black (USA) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

(China Daily 09/10/2013 page23)