Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Sunday:

Baltimore 3 Toronto 1

Detroit 3 Kansas City 2

Cleveland 7 Chicago White Sox 1

LA Angels 2 Houston 1

Minnesota 6 Tampa Bay 4

St. Louis 12 Seattle 2

Oakland 5 Texas 1

Boston 9 NY Yankees 2

NY Mets 1 Miami 0 (12 innings)

Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 2

Washington 11 Philadelphia 2

San Diego 4 Atlanta 0

Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati 5

St. Louis 12 Seattle 2

Arizona 8 Colorado 2

San Francisco 4 LA Dodgers 3

Golf

Dutch Open

Final round scores in the European Tour KLM Dutch Open on Sunday, at Zandvoort, The Netherlands (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):

268 - Joost Luiten (NED) 69 65 66 68 (Joost Luiten won at first play-off hole), Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 64 67 70 67

271 - Damien McGrane 65 70 67 69, Ross Fisher 69 68 68 66, Simon Dyson 69 63 71 68 - Gregory Havret (FRA) 67 70 68 66

272 - Julien Quesne (FRA) 67 65 70 70

273 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 68 67 72 66

274 - David Horsey 71 66 70 67, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 65 66 77 66

275 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 72 66 69 68, Robert Allenby (AUS) 65 71 68 71, Magnus Carlsson (SWE) 68 69 69 69, Michael Jonzon (SWE) 70 65 73 67, Oliver Fisher 67 65 71 72

276 - Thomas Aiken (RSA) 72 64 74 66, Paul Waring 70 68 69 69, Matthew Nixon 69 65 73 69, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP) 68 71 71 66, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 70 68 68 70, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 67 71 72 66

277 - Brooks Koepka (USA) 70 66 71 70, Richie Ramsay 70 68 75 64, Espen Kofstad (NOR) 69 66 73 69, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 72 64 71 70

278 - Hennie Otto (RSA) 68 67 69 74, Shane Lowry 69 68 68 73, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 70 68 74 66, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 71 67 74 66

279 - Chris Paisley 68 68 73 70, Oscar Floren (SWE) 66 73 67 73, Simon Wakefield 68 67 73 71, David Drysdale 69 64 74 72, Tommy Fleetwood 70 68 74 67, Richard Green (AUS) 70 66 73 70, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 65 73 71 70, Mark Foster 68 70 71 70, Paul McGinley 68 67 73 71, Alexander Levy (FRA) 73 65 72 69, Thomas Pieters (BEL) 68 70 71 70

USLPGA Evian Masters

Leading final round scores on Sunday at the Evian Championship USLPGA tournament (par 71; tournament reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather):

203 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 66 69 68

205 - Lydia Ko (NZL) 68 67 70

207 - Lexi Thompson (USA) 72 67

208 - Pak Se Ri (KOR) 66 71 71, Ryu So Yeon (KOR) 71 66 71

209 - Angela Stanford (USA) 69 71 69, Stacy Lewis (USA) 69 67 73, Choi Chella (KOR) 70 67 72

210 - Jennifer Johnson (USA) 70 70 70, Beatriz Recari (ESP) 69 69 72

211 - Feng Shanshan (CHN) 70 72 69, Lizette Salas (USA) 70 71 70, Lee Ilhee (KOR) 70 71 70, Rebecca Lee-Bentham (CAN) 75 66 70

212 - Ai Miyazato (JPN) 75 68 69, Cindy LaCrosse (USA) 73 70 69, Katherine Hull-Kirk (AUS) 71 71 70, Karrie Webb (AUS) 68 72 72, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 65 69 78

213 - Lee Mi Hyang (KOR) 73 70 70, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 74 68 71, Sandra Gal (GER) 66 74 73, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 70 71 72, Paula Creamer (USA) 70 69 74, Kim In-Kyung (KOR) 69 69 75

214 - Ayako Uehara (JPN) 69 73 72, Han Hee-Won (KOR) 69 72 73, Holly Clyburn (GBR) 71 70 73, Mina Harigae (USA) 71 73 70, Momoko Ueda (JPN) 70 70 74

NFL

Results of the National Football League games on Sunday:

Atlanta 31 St. Louis 24

Baltimore 14 Cleveland 6

Kansas City 17 Dallas 16

Buffalo 24 Carolina 23

Chicago 31 Minnesota 30

Green Bay 38 Washington 20

Houston 30 Tennessee 24 (overtime)

Miami 24 Indianapolis 20

San Diego 33 Philadelphia 30

Arizona 25 Detroit 21

Denver 41 New York Giants 23

Oakland 19 Jacksonville 9

New Orleans 16 Tampa Bay 14

Seattle 29 San Francisco 3

Soccer

Dutch League

Results on Sunday:

NEC Nijmegen 3 Feyenoord 3

Roda JC 1 NAC Breda 5

AZ Alkmaar 3 Go Ahead Eagles 0

SC Heerenveen 4 FC Groningen 2

FC Utrecht 2 RKC Waalwijk 1

English Premier League

Result on Sunday:

Southampton 0 West Ham 0

English Championship

Result on Sunday:

Reading 0 Brighton 0

French Ligue 1

Results on Sunday:

Lyon 0 Rennes 0

Lille 0 Nice 2 (Cvitanich 19, 45)

Monaco 1 (Falcao 6-pen) Lorient 0

German Bundesliga

Results on Sunday:

Hoffenheim 2 (Modeste 45, Volland 54) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Hrgota 75)

Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Elabdellaoui 70) Nuremberg 1 (Hlousek 28)

Italian Serie A

Results on Sunday:

Fiorentina 1 (Valero 71) Cagliari 1 (Pinilla 89)

Lazio 3 (Candreva 8, Cavanda 38, Lulic 41) Chievo 0

Livorno 2 (Paulinho 66, 72) Catania 0

Udinese 1 (Di Natale 85) Bologna 1 (Diamanti 71)

Verona 2 (Martinho 12, Romulo 90+3) Sassuolo 0

Sampdoria 0 Genoa 3 (Antonini 9, Calaio 50, Lodi 66)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Sunday:

Ross County 2 (Sproule 72,

Mustafi 77) Dundee Utd 4 (Mackay-Steven 18-pen, Armstrong 20, Gauld 40, Ciftci 65)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Sunday:

Granada 0 Espanyol 1 (Lanzarote 76)

Getafe 2 (Miku 35, 52) Osasuna 1 (Torres 11)

Malaga 5 (El Hamdaoui 31, 62, 67, Portillo 40, Eliseu 49) Rayo Vallecano 0

Real Betis 3 (Molina 10, Sevilla 22, 35) Valencia 1 (Ricardo Costa 68)

Tennis

WTA Quebec City Challenge

Result on Sunday:

Final: Lucie Safarova (CZE x3) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL x6) 6-4, 6-3.

Davis Cup

World Group results:

World Group semifinals

At Belgrade

Serbia 3 Canada 2

Friday

Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-2, 6-0, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.

Saturday

Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Nenad Zimonjic/Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) 6-7 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8

Sunday

Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 7-6 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (6).

At Prague

Czech Republic 3 Argentina 2

Friday

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Saturday

Radek Stepanek/Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Carlos Berlocq/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Sunday

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4; Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-4, 6-4

World Group playoffs

At Madrid

Spain 5 Ukraine 0

At Groningen

Netherlands 5 Austria 0

At Umag

Croatia 1 Britain 4

At Neuchatel

Switzerland 4 Ecuador 1

At Neu Ulm

Germany 4 Brazil 1

At Warsaw

Poland 1 Australia 4

At Antwerp

Belgium 3 Israel 2

At Tokyo

Japan 3 Colombia 2

WTA Guangzhou Open

Results on Monday (x denotes seedings):

1st round

Vania King (USA) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 6-3, 6-1; Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE x6) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-1, 6-2; Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Olga Puchkova (RUS) 6-0, 7-6 (1); Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-4, 6-3; Monica Puig (PUR x8) bt Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 7-5, 7-6 (4); Johanna Konta (GBR) bt Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 6-3, 6-2.

Seoul WTA

Results on Monday:

1st round

Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR x5) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 6-4, 6-1; Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) bt Han Sung-Hee (KOR) 6-0, 7-6 (0); Julia Goerges (GER x6) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-3, 7-5; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) 6-1, 6-1; Lee Ye-Ra (KOR) bt Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 6-4, 6-1.

(China Daily 09/17/2013 page23)