Score board
Baseball
Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
NY Mets 1 CINCINNATI 0
ST. LOUIS 4 Washington 1
CHICAGO CUBS 4 Pittsburgh2
LA ANGELS 3 Oakland 1
BALTIMORE 9 Toronto 5
CLEVELAND 7 Chicago White Sox 2
Tampa Bay 8 NY YANKEES 3
Milwaukee 4 ATLANTA 0
MIAMI 3 Philadelphia 2
TEXAS 7 Houston 3
Detroit 1 MINNESOTA 0
Boston 15 COLORADO 5
SEATTLE 6 Kansas City 0
SAN DIEGO 12 Arizona 2
SAN FRANCISCO 6 LA Dodgers 4
American League
East
W L PCT GB
1. Boston 96 63 .604 -
2. Tampa Bay 89 69 .563 6 1/2
3. Baltimore 82 76 .519 13 1/2
4. NY Yankees 82 76 .519 13 1/2
5. Toronto 72 86 .456 23 1/2
Central
1. Detroit 93 66 .585 -
2. Cleveland 88 70 .557 4 1/2
3. Kansas City 83 75 .525 9 1/2
4. Minnesota 66 92 .418 26 1/2
5. Ch White Sox 62 96 .392 30 1/2
West
1. Oakland 94 65 .591 -
2. Texas 87 71 .551 6 1/2
3. LA Angels 78 80 .494 15 1/2
4. Seattle 70 89 .440 24
5. Houston 51 108 .321 43
National League
East
W L PCT GB
1. Atlanta 93 65 .589 -
2. Washington 84 75 .528 9 1/2
3. NY Mets 73 85 .462 20
4. Philadelphia 72 86 .456 21
5. Miami 59 100 .371 34 1/2
Central
1. St. Louis 94 65 .591 -
2. Pittsburgh 91 68 .572 3
3. Cincinnati 90 69 .566 4
4. Milwaukee 71 87 .449 22 1/2
5. Chicago Cubs 66 93 .415 28
West
1. LA Dodgers 91 67 .576 -
2. Arizona 80 78 .506 11
3. San Diego 74 84 .468 17
4. San Francisco 73 85 .462 18
5. Colorado 72 87 .453 19 1/2
Soccer
English League Cup
3rd round matches on Wednesday:
Birmingham 3 Swansea 1
Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0
Newcastle United 2 Leeds United 0
Transmere 0 Stoke 2
West Brom 4 Arsenal 5 (1-1 after extra time, Arsenal won 4-3 on penalties)
French Ligue 1
Matches on Wednesday:
Ajaccio 2 Olympique Lyon 1
Monaco 3 Bastia 0
En Avant Guingamp 5 Sochaux 1
Nantes 2 Nice 0
Girondins Bordeaux 0 Stade de Reims 0
Toulouse 1 FC Lorient 0
Valenciennes 0 Paris St. Germain 1
Italian Serie A
Matches on Wednesday:
Bologna 3 AC Milan 3
Chievo Verona 1 Juventus 2
Lazio 3 Catania 1
Livorno 1 Cagliari 1
Napoli 1 Sassuolo 1
Parma 4 Atalanta Bergamo 3
Sampdoria 0 AS Roma 2
Torino 2 Verona 2
Spanish La Liga
Matches on Wednesday:
Sevilla 4 Rayo Vllecano 1
Granada 0 Valencia 1
Elche 1 Real Madrid 2
Tennis
WTA Pan Pacific Open
(x denotes seeding):
3rd round: Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Madison Keys (USA) 6-2, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Quarterfinals: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams (USA) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
ATP Thailand Open
(x denotes seeding):
2nd round: Gilles Simon (FRA x4) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 7-5. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x5) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-3. Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x8) 6-3, 6-2.
ATP Malaysian Open
1st round: Julien Benneteau (France x5) bt Michal Przysiezny (Poland) 7-6 (6), 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (3), 6-3. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x6) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5, 6-0. Joao Sousa (POR) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3, 6-2.
2nd round: David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Matteo Viola (ITA) 6-2, 6-3. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) 6-4, 6-3. Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN x7) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Joao Sousa (POR) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Jurgen Melzer (AUT x4) bt Mischa Zverev (Germany) 7-5, 6-4.
China Daily
(China Daily 09/27/2013 page23)
