Baseball

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

CLEVELAND 9 Houston 2

San Francisco 2 NY YANKEES 1

Chicago White Sox 6 DETROIT 3

NY Mets 4 PHILADELPHIA 3

BOSTON 5 Toronto 2

Miami 4 WASHINGTON 2

Cincinnati 11 PITTSBURGH 3

TAMPA BAY 3 Baltimore 1

KANSAS CITY 4 Texas 0 (10)

Atlanta 5 CHICAGO CUBS 2

Seattle 3 LA ANGELS 2

OAKLAND 11 Minnesota 7

LA Dodgers 1 SAN DIEGO 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 95 62 .605 -

Tampa Bay 86 69 .555 8

NY Yankees 82 74 .526 121/2

Baltimore 81 74 .523 13

Toronto 71 84 .458 23

Central Division

Detroit 91 65 .583 -

Cleveland 86 70 .551 5

Kansas City 82 73 .529 8 1/2

Minnesota 65 90 .419 25 1/2

Chi White Sox 61 94 . 394 29 1/2

West Division

Oakland 93 63 . 596 -

Texas 84 71 . 542 8 1/2

LA Angels 76 79 .490 16 1/2

Seattle 68 88 . 436 25

Houston 51 105 . 327 42

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L PCT GB

Atlanta 92 63 .594 -

Washington 84 72 .538 8 1/2

NY Mets 71 84 .458 21

Philadelphia 71 84 .458 21

Miami 57 99 .365 35 1/2

Central Division

St. Louis 91 65 .583 -

Cincinnati 89 67 .571 2

Pittsburgh 89 67 .571 2

Milwaukee 69 86 .445 21 1/2

Chicago Cubs 65 91 .417 26

West Division

LA Dodgers 90 66 .577 -

Arizona 79 76 .510 10 1/2

San Diego 72 83 .465 17 1/2

San Francisco 72 84 .462 18

Colorado 71 86 .452 19 1/2

Cycling

Tour of Britain

Leading results from the eighth and final stage of the Tour of Britain, an 88km ride in London on Sunday:

Stage 8: 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1 hr, 47 min, 23 sec, 2. Sam Bennett (IRL) An Post-Chainreaction at same time, 3. Elia Viviani (ITA) Cannondale Pro Cycling s.t., 4. Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) IAM Cycling s.t., 5. Chris Opie (GBR) Team UK Youth s.t., 6. Evaldas Siskevicius (LTH) s.t., 7. Sacha Modolo (IYA) Bardiani Valvole-CSF s.t., 8. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Omega Pharma-Quick Step s.t., 9. Enrique Sanz (ESP) Movistar Team s.t., 10. Blaz Jarc (SLO) Team NetApp-Endura s.t.

Final overall standings: 1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Sky Procycling 29 hr, 45 min, 22 sec, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling at 26 sec, 3. Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain at 1 min 03 sec, 4. David Lopez Garcia (ESP) Sky Procycling at 1.08, 5. Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin-Sharp at 1.13, 6. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (ESP) MTN-Qhubeka at 1.16, 7. Ian Stannard (GBR) Sky Procycling at 1.34, 8. Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling at 1.42, 9. Michal Golas (POL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at 1.46, 10. Marcel Wyss (SUI) IAM Cycling at 1.57.

Golf

Italian Open

Final round scores in the Italian Open at the Golf Club Torino on Sunday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

276 - Julien Quesne (FRA) 70 68 71 67

277 - Steve Webster 67 69 73 68, David Higgins 67 69 73 68

278 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 69 66 72 71, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 70 72 68 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 65 71 70 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 73 67 71 67

279 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 71 69 71 68, Hennie Otto (RSA) 71 67 70 71, Romain Wattel (FRA) 71 72 66 70, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 66 71 68 74, Seve Benson 68 70 72 69, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 71 67 73 68

280 - Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 65 72 72 71, Espen Kofstad (NOR) 70 69 73 68

281 - Francesco Molinari (ITA) 68 67 71 75, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 71 70 69 71, David Horsey 72 70 73 66, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 70 69 71 71, Simon Thornton 68 67 72 74, Mark Foster 74 65 71 71, Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 72 71 70 68

282 - Mark Tullo (CHI) 70 70 74 68, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 72 67 67 76, Jorge

Campillo (ESP) 68 73 70 71, Matthew Baldwin 71 68 72 71, Scott Jamieson 72 69 70 71, David Drysdale 69 72 71 70, Scott Hend (AUS) 72 71 66 73, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 69 72 68 73, Christopher Doak 74 67 69 72

USPGA Tour Championship

Scores on Sunday after the final round of the $8 million USPGA Tour Championship (USA unless noted, par 70):

267 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 64-66-69-68

270 - Jordan Spieth 68-67-71-64, Steve Stricker 66-71-68-65

271 - Webb Simpson 68-71-69-63

272 - Dustin Johnson 68-68-67-69, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68-70- 67

274 - Billy Horschel 66-70-70-68, Zach Johnson 69-68-69-68

275 - Roberto Castro 67-71-72-65, Jason Dufner 74-70-66-65, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-71-69-67

276 - Keegan Bradley 72-65-72-67, Phil Mickelson 71-67-70-68

277 - Jim Furyk 70-68-73-66, Jason Day (AUS) 68-74-68-67, Adam Scott (AUS) 65-69-74-69, Nick Watney 72-65-70-70

278 - Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 70-72-71-65, Luke Donald (ENG) 70-70-67-71

279 - Brandt Snedeker 69-75-67-68, Hunter Mahan 70-69-71-69

280 - Tiger Woods 73-71-69-67, Gary Woodland 70-67-71-72

282 - Kevin Streelman 69-72-74-67, Bill Haas 70-69-69-74

283 - Matt Kuchar 69-74-69-71, D.A. Points 72-67-70-74

284 - Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-71-72-73

290 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68-79-77-66

292 - Boo Weekley 70-75-73-74

NFL

Results from the National Football League on Sunday.

BALTIMORE 30 Houston 9

CAROLINA 38 NY Giants 0

Detroit 27 WASHINGTON 20

TENNESSEE 20 San Diego 17

NEW ORLEANS 31 Arizona 7

NEW ENGLAND 23 Tampa Bay 3

CINCINNATI 34 Green Bay 30

DALLAS 31 St. Louis 7

Cleveland 31 MINNESOTA 27

MIAMI 27 Atlanta 23

NY JETS 27 Buffalo 20

Indianapolis 27 SAN FRANCISCO 7

SEATTLE 45 Jacksonville 17

Motor Racing

Formula One Singapore Grand Prix

Results from the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday:

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault), 61 laps (309.3 kilometers) in 1hr 59min 13.132sec (average speed: 155.671 km/h)

2. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari) at 32.627

3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus-Renault) at 43.920

4. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) at 51.155

5. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) at 53.159

6. Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) at 1:03.877

7. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) at 1:23.354

8. Sergio Perez (MEX/McLaren-Mercedes) at 1:23.820

9. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Sauber-Ferrari) at 1:24.261

10. Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India-Mercedes) at 1:24.668

11. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams-Renault) at 1:28.479

12. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari) at 1:37.894

13. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Renault) at 1:45.161

14. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso-Ferrari) at 1:53.512

15. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull-Renault) at 1 lap

16. Giedo van der Garde (NED/Caterham-Renault) at 1 lap

17. Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia-Cosworth) at 1 lap

18. Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Cosworth) at 1 lap

19. Charles Pic (FRA/Caterham-Renault) at 1 lap

20. Paul di Resta (GBR/Force India-Mercedes) at 7 laps

Soccer

English Premier League

Results on Sunday:

Arsenal 3 Stoke 1

Crystal Palace 0 Swansea 2

Cardiff City 0 Tottenham 1

Manchester City 4 Manchester United 1

English Championship

Results on Sunday:

Wigan Athletic 2 Ipswich 0

French Ligue 1

Results on Sunday:

FC Lorient 3 Girondins Bordeaux 3

Nice 4 Valenciennes 0

Olympique Lyon 3 Nantes 1

Paris St Germain 1 Monaco 1

German Bundesliga

Results on Sunday:

Freiburg 1 Hertha BSC Berlin 1

Stuttgart 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1

Italian Serie A

Results on Sunday:

AC Milan 1 Napoli 2

AS Roma 2 Lazio 0

Atalanta Bergamo 0 Fiorentina 2

Bologna 1 Torino 2

Catania 0 Parma 0

Juventus 2 Verona 1

Sassuolo 0 Inter Milan 7

Portuguese league

Results on Sunday:

Nacional Madeira 1 Academica 0

Estoril 2 Porto 2

Vitoria Guimaraes 0 Benfica 1

Scottish Premier League

Results on Sunday:

Dundee United 2 Motherwell 2

Spanish La Liga

Result on Sunday:

Celta Vigo 0 Villarreal 0

Real Betis 0 Granada CF 0

Real Madrid 4 Getafe 1

Valencia 3 Sevilla 1

Tennis

Pan Pacific Open

1st round results on Sunday and Monday in Tokyo:

Sunday: Samantha Stosur (AUS x12) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-1, 6-2. Sloane Stephens (USA x9) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 6-3, 6-2. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x14) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 7-6 (4), 7-5. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x16) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 6-3. Venus Williams (USA) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-3, 6-1. Sorana Cirstea (ROM x15) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4, 6-4. Belinda Bencic (SUI) bt Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5. Elina Svitolina (UKR) bt Kurumi Nara (JPN) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2). Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3.

Monday: Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Risa Ozaki (JAP) 6-2, 6-1. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JAP) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-2, 4-1 ret. Misaki Doi (JAP bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-3. Ayumi Morita (JAP) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 7-6 (4), 6-3 .

Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-5, 6-1. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt Monica Puig (PUE) 6-0, 6-4, 11-Ana Ivanovic (SER) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-1, 6-1.

ATP at Metz Open

Result of the final on Sunday:

2-Gilles Simon (France) beat 1-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 6-4, 6-3

ATP St. Petersburg Open

Result of the final on Sunday:

6-Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

(China Daily 09/24/2013 page23)