Baseball

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

NY METS 2 Colorado 1

PITTSBURGH 5 Miami 4 (10 innings)

PHILADELPHIA 12 Chicago Cubs 1

SAN FRANCISCO 4 Milwaukee 1

Detroit 10 CLEVELAND 3

KANSAS CITY 5 Boston 1

LA Dodgers 5 ST. LOUIS 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 70 47 .598 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 47 .584 2

3. Baltimore 63 51 .553 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 57 56 .504 11

5. Toronto 53 61 .465 15 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 68 45 .602 -

2. Cleveland 62 53 .539 7

3. Kansas City 59 53 .527 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 49 62 .441 18

5. Chi White Sox 43 69 .384 24 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 64 49 .566 -

2. Texas 65 50 .565 -

3. Seattle 53 61 .465 11 1/2

4. LA Angels 51 62 .451 13

5. Houston 37 76 .327 27

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 70 45 .609 -

2. Washington 54 60 .474 15 1/2

3. NY Mets 52 60 .464 16 1/2

4. Philadelphia 52 62 .456 17 1/2

5. Miami 43 70 .381 26

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 70 44 .614 -

2. St. Louis 66 48 .579 4

3. Cincinnati 63 51 .553 7

4. Chicago Cubs 50 64 .439 20

5. Milwaukee 49 66 .426 21 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 64 50 .561 -

2. Arizona 58 55 .513 5 1/2

3. San Diego 52 62 .456 12

4. Colorado 52 64 .448 13

5. San Francisco 51 63 .447 13

Golf

USPGA Championship

ROCHESTER, New York - Scores on Thursday after the opening round of the 95th PGA Championship at 7,163-yard Oak Hill Country Club (par 70):

65 - Jim Furyk (USA), Adam Scott (AUS)

66 - David Hearn (CAN), Lee Westwood (ENG)

67 - Robert Garrigus (USA), Paul Casey (ENG), Matt Kuchar (USA), Marcus Fraser (AUS), Scott Piercy (USA), Jason Day (AUS)

68 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Steve Stricker (USA), Jason Dufner (USA), Bill Haas (USA), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP), Jonas Blixt (SWE), Roberto Castro (USA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Martin Kaymer (GER), Justin Rose (ENG)

69 - Charley Hoffman (USA), Billy Horschel (USA), Tommy Gainey (USA), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Keegan Bradley (USA), David Lynn (ENG), Scott Jamieson (SCO), Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), Darren Clarke (NIR), Tim Clark (RSA), Ryan Moore (USA), Rory McIlroy (NIR), Woody Austin (USA), Zach Johnson (USA)

70 - Mark Leishman (AUS), Hunter Mahan (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Graeme McDowell (NIR), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Kevin Streelman (USA), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Bubba Watson (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Brett Rumford (AUS), Ian Poulter (ENG), Graham DeLaet (CAN)

71 - Shane Lowry (IRL), Matt Every (USA), Luke Guthrie (USA), Hiroyuki Fujita (JPN), Josh Teater (USA), Rich Beem (USA), J.J. Henry (USA), David Toms (USA), Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Tiger Woods (USA), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Branden Grace (RSA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Charles Howell (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Jimmy Walker (USA), Joost Luiten (NED), Luke Donald (ENG), Martin Laird (SCO), Phil Mickelson (USA), Charlie Beljan (USA), Brendan De Jonge (ZIM), Chris Stroud (USA), Chris Kirk (USA)

72 - John Senden (AUS), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Michael Thompson (USA), Richard Sterne (RSA), Yang Yong-eun (KOR), Peter Hanson (SWE), Dustin Johnson (USA), Paul Lawrie (SCO), Matt Jones (AUS), John Huh (USA), Derek Ernst (USA), Matteo Manassero (ITA), Kohki Idoki (JPN), Boo Weekley (USA), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Webb Simpson (USA), Richie Ramsay (SCO)

73 - Bob Sowards (USA), Ryan Palmer (USA), Marcel Siem (GER), Scott Brown (USA), Ben Curtis (USA), Brian Gay (USA), Ryan Polzin (USA), Scott Stallings (USA), Jeff Sorenson (USA), J.C. Anderson (USA), Danny Balin (USA), Tom Watson (USA), Danny Willett (ENG), D.A. Points (USA), Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Kyle Stanley (USA), Gary Woodland (USA)

74 - Bob Gaus (USA), Ernie Els (RSA), David Lingmerth (SWE), Davis Love (USA), David McNabb (USA), Jason Kokrak (USA), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), George Coetzee (RSA), Harris English (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP), Jordan Spieth (USA), Carl Pettersson (SWE), Kevin Stadler (USA), Marc Warren (SCO)

75 - Mark Sheftic (USA), Stewart Cink (USA), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Caine Fitzgerald (USA), Ken Duke (USA), John Merrick (USA), Bae Sang-Moon (KOR), Chris Wood (ENG), David Muttitt (USA)

76 - Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Shaun Micheel (USA), Padraig Harrington (IRL), K.J. Choi (KOR), Nick Watney (USA), Russell Henley (USA), Freddie Jacobson (SWE), Alex Noren (SWE), Lucas Glover (USA), Mike Small (USA), Sonny Skinner (USA)

77 - Peter Uihlein (USA), Mark Brown (USA)

78 - Rob Labritz (USA), Stuart Smith (USA), Jeff Martin (USA), Paul McGinley (IRL), Rod Perry (USA)

79 - Kevin Chappell (USA)

80 - Angel Cabrera (ARG), Jamie Donaldson (WAL)

81 - Lee Rhind (USA)

84 - Chip Sullivan (USA)

WD - Bo Van Pelt (USA) 80

Soccer

Europa League

Third qualifying round, second legs results on Thursday:

Zilina (SVK) 1 Rijeka (CRO) 1

Rijeka win 3-2 on aggregate

Rubin Kazan (RUS) 2 Randers (DEN) 0

Rubin win 4-1 on aggregate

Dila (GEO) 1 Hajduk Split (CRO) 0

Dila win 2-0 on aggregate

Astra (ROM) 2 Trencin (SVK) 2

Astra win 5-3 on aggregate

Metalurh Donetsk (UKR) 1 Kukes (ALB) 0

Kukes win 2-1 on aggregate

Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 3 Ventspils (LAT) 0

Maccabi Haifa win 3-0 on aggregate

Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR) 1 Pandurii Targu Jiu (ROM) 2

Pandurii win 3-2 on aggregate

Lech Poznan (POL) 2 Zalgiris (LTU) 1

2-2 on aggregate, Zalgiris win on away goals

Hapoel Ramat Gan (ISR) 0 Estoril (POR) 1

Estoril win 1-0 on aggregate

Gefle (SWE) 0 Qarabag (AZE) 2

Qarabag win 3-0 on aggregate

Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 1 Motherwell (SCO) 0

Kuban win 3-0 on aggregate

Milsami Orhei (MDA) 0 Saint-Etienne (FRA) 3

Saint-Etienne win 6-0 on aggregate

Bursaspor (TUR) 0 Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) 3

Vojvodina win 5-2 on aggregate

FC Zurich (SUI) 1 Slovan Liberec (CZE) 2

Liberec win 4-2 on aggregate

Thun (SUI) 1 Hacken (SWE) 0

Thun win 3-1 on aggregate

Differdange (LUX) 1 Tromso (NOR) 0

1-1 on aggregate, Tromso win 4-3 on penalties

Malmo (SWE) 0 Swansea City (ENG) 0

Swansea win 4-0 on aggregate

Vitesse Arnhem (NED) 1 Petrolul Ploiesti (ROM) 2

Petrolul win 3-2 on aggregate

Trabzonspor (TUR) 0 Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 0

Trabzonspor win 1-0 on aggregate

Stromsgodset (NOR) 1 Jablonec (CZE) 3

Jablonec win 5-2 on aggregate

VfB Stuttgart (GER) 0 Botev Plovdiv (BUL) 0

1-1 on aggregate, Stuttgart win on away goals

Standard Liege (BEL) 2 Xanthi (GRE) 1

Standard win 4-2 on aggregate

Rapid Vienna (AUT) 3 Asteras Tripolis (GRE) 1

Rapid win 4-2 on aggregate

Mladost Podgorica (MNE) 1 Sevilla (ESP) 6

Sevilla win 9-1 on aggregate

Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 0 Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 0

Chornomorets win 3-1 on aggregate

Udinese (ITA) 4 Siroki Brijeg (BIH) 0

Udinese win 7-1 on aggregate

Club Brugge (BEL) 3 Slask Wroclaw (POL) 3

Slask win 4-3 on aggregate

St Johnstone (SCO) 0 Minsk (BLR) 1

1-1 on aggregate; Minsk win 3-2 on penalties

Playing later (1st leg score in bracket)

Breidablik (ISL) v Aktobe (KAZ) (0-1)

Tennis

ATP Montreal Masters

Results on Thursday (x-denotes seedings):

3rd rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL x15) 7-6 (6), 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN x11) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6) 7-5, 6-4; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Andy Murray (GBR x2) 6-4, 6-3; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Benoit Paire (FRA) 7-6 (7), 6-7 (10), 6-3; Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Alex Bogomolov (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x9) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Results on Thursday:

3rd rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x13) 6-0, 6-3; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x7) 7-6 (5), 1-0 - retired; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Sloane Stephens (USA x14) 6-1, 7-6 (2); Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 7-5, 7-6 (3); Li Na (CHN x4) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5); Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) 6-3, 7-6 (4); Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x15) 6-3, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x6) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x12) 6-3, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/10/2013 page15)