Baseball
Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS):
Pittsburgh 6 WASHINGTON 5
TEXAS 3 NY Yankees 0
LA Dodgers 14 TORONTO 5
Tampa Bay 3 BOSTON 0
Atlanta 2 NY METS 1
Detroit 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3
San Diego 5 MILWAUKEE 3
Oakland 4 HOUSTON 3
Baltimore 9 KANSAS CITY 2
Miami 3 COLORADO 1
Chicago Cubs 4 ARIZONA 2
Minnesota 4 LA ANGELS 3
SEATTLE 2 Cleveland 1
Cincinnati 11 SAN FRANCISCO 0
Golf
World rankings
As of Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 12.64 average points
2. (5) Phil Mickelson 8.63
3. (2) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 8.61
4. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 7.72
5. (3) Justin Rose (ENG) 7.71
6. (6) Matt Kuchar 6.54
7. (8) Brandt Snedeker 6.08
8. (7) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 6.07
9. (9) Luke Donald (ENG) 5.55
10. (12) Lee Westwood (ENG) 5.21
11. (10) Steve Stricker 4.88
12. (11) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 4.84
13. (14) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.75
14. (20) Ian Poulter (ENG) 4.74
15. (13) Ernie Els (RSA) 4.70
16. (15) Sergio garcia (ESP) 4.70
17. (18) Keegan Bradley 4.51
18. (16) Bubba Watson 4.45
19. (17) Jason Day (AUS) 4.45
20. (30) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.44
Money winners on 2013 PGA Tour
As of Monday (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $6,159,119
2. Phil Mickelson $4,860,810
3. Matt Kuchar $4,488,308
4. Brandt Snedeker $3,821,911
5. Billy Horschel $3,048,787
6. Justin Rose (ENG) $3,032,310
7. Bill Haas $2,902,296
8. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,799,847
9. Jason Day (AUS) $2,668,138
10. Kevin Streelman $2,605,882
11. Boo Weekley $2,360,936
12. Keegan Bradley $2,350,946
13. Hunter Mahan $2,339,697
14. Steve Stricker $2,306,746
15. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $2,203,503
16. D.A. Points $2,165,537
17. Webb Simpson $2,077,267
18. Jordan Spieth $2,058,820
19. Harris English $2,009,390
20. Graeme McDowell (NIR) $1,930,731
2013 European Tour Race to Dubai
As of Monday:
1. Justin Rose (ENG) 1,561,385 euros
2. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 1,545,988
3. Matteo Manassero (ITA) 1,179,880
4. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,179,710
5. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,152,912
6. Branden Grace (RSA) 1,035,064
7. Ernie Els (RSA) 994,464
8. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 958,082
9. Brett Rumford (AUS) 912,673
10. Ian Poulter (ENG) 894,211
11. Lee Westwood (ENG) 867,678
12. Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 843,122
13. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 818,774
14. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 772,753
15. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 755,433
16. Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 735,237
17. Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 695,210
18. Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 683,795
19. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 663,807
20. Scott Jamieson (SCO) 647,430
Tennis
ATP World Tour rankings
As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets)
1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12310 pts
2. (2) Andy Murray (SCO) 9360
3. (3) David Ferrer (ESP) 7120
4. (4) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 6860
5. (5) Roger Federer (SUI) 5875
6. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4865
7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4500
8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3480
9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3045
10. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2915
11. (12) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2495
12. (11) Tommy Haas (GER) 2395
13. (13) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2225
14. (15) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2135
15. (14) Marin Cilic (CRO) 2075
16. (18) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2055
17. (17) Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 2029
18. (16) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2025
19. (25) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 1970
20. (19) Sam Querrey (USA) 1730
WTA rankings
As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 11705pts
2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 9235
3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8825
4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5965
5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5555
6. (6) Sara Errani (ITA) 5100
7. (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4435
8. (7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 4365
9. (9) Angelique Kerber (GER) 3970
10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3660
11. (11) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3220
12. (12) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2976
13. (13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2965
14. (15) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 2886
15. (16) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2870
16. (14) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2865
17. (17) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2740
18. (18) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2650
19. (20) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2430
20. (19) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2306
ATP Swiss Open
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Results on on Monday (x denotes seeding):
First round
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x7) 6-2, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x6) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
ATP Umag Open
First-round results on Monday:
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-1, 6-3; Thiemo De Bakker (NED) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-3, 6-3;
WTA Baku tournament
First-round results on Monday:
Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 6-4, 6-0; Tadeja Majeric (SLO) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5) 7-5, 6-4; Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Donna Vekic (CRO x2) bt Nazrin Jafarova (AZE) 6-1, 6-0.
Bank of the West Classic
First-round results on Monday:
Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Julia Gorges (GER) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Mallory Burdette (USA) 7-5, 6-3; Madison Keys (USA) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x8) 6-2, 6-2; Stefanie Voegele (SUI) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-0; Sorana Cirstea (ROM x5) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-2, 6-2.
Atlanta Open
Results on Monday:
Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 7-5, 6-4; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
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