Baseball

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

Atlanta 9 CHICAGO CUBS 5

CLEVELAND 2 Houston 1 (7 innings)

NY YANKEES 5 San Francisco 1

WASHINGTON 8 Miami 0

NY Mets 6 PHILADELPHIA 4

Cincinnati 6 PITTSBURGH 5 (10 innings)

DETROIT 12 Chicago White Sox 5

BOSTON 6 Toronto 3

KANSAS CITY 2 Texas 1

TAMPA BAY 5 Baltimore 4 (18 innings)

St. Louis 7 MILWAUKEE 6 (10 innings)

COLORADO 9 Arizona 4

LA ANGELS 3 Seattle 2

OAKLAND 11 Minnesota 0

SAN DIEGO 2 LA Dodgers 0

Cycling

Tour of Britain

Leading results from the sixth stage of the Tour of Britain, a 137km ride from Sidmouth to Haytor on Friday:

Stage

1. Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain 3hrs 23mins 44secs, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling at 2 secs, 3. David Lopez Garcia (ESP) Sky Procycling at same time, 4. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (ESP) MTN-Qhubeka at 5 secs, 5. Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t., 6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (COL) Movistar Team at 7, 7. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Sky Procycling s.t., 8. Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (ITA) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 12, 9. Marcel Wyss (SUI) IAM Cycling s.t., 10. Evaldas Siskevicius (LTH) Sojasun 31

Overall standings

1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Sky Procycling 24hrs 10mins 56secs, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI) IAM Cycling at 32sec, 3. Simon Yates (GBR) Great Britain at 1min 06secs, 4. David Lopez Garcia (ESP) Sky Procycling at 1.08, 5. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (ESP) MTN-Qhubeka at 1.16, 6. Jack Bauer (NZL) Garmin-Sharp at 1.19, 7. Ian Stannard (GBR) Sky Procycling at 1.34, 8. Michal Golas (POL) Omega Pharma-Quick Step at 1.36, 9. Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) IAM Cycling at 1.42, 10. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (COL) Movistar Team at 1.56

Golf

Italian Open

Leading second round scores from the Italian Open on Friday at the Golf Club Torino (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

135 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 69 66, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 68 67, Simon Thornton 68 67

136 - Steve Webster 67 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 65 71, David Higgins 67 69

137 - Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 65 72, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 66 71

138 - Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 65 73, Hennie Otto (RSA) 71 67, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 71 67, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 71 67, Julien Quesne (FRA) 70 68, Seve Benson 68 70, Renato Paratore (ITA) 72 66

139 - James Kingston (RSA) 68 71, Matthew Nixon 70 69, Espen Kofstad (NOR) 70 69, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 72 67, Matthew Baldwin 71 68, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 70 69, Johan Edfors (SWE) 69 70, Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 71 68, Mark Foster 74 65

140 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 71 69, Damien McGrane 71 69, Thomas Aiken (RSA) 69 71, Mark Tullo (CHI) 70 70, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 70 70, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 70 70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 73 67

USPGA Tour Championship

Scores on Friday after the second round of the $8 million US PGA Tour Championship (USA unless noted, par 70):

130 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 64-66

134 - Adam Scott (AUS) 65-69

135 - Jordan Spieth 68-67

136 - Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68, Dustin Johnson 68-68, Billy Horschel 66-70

137 - Keegan Bradley 72-65, Nick Watney 72-65, Gary Woodland 70-67, Zach Johnson 69-68, Steve Stricker 66-71

138 - Phil Mickelson 71-67, Jim Furyk 70-68, Roberto Castro 67-71

139 - D.A. Points 72-67, Bill Haas 70-69, Hunter Mahan 70-69, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-71, Webb Simpson 68-71, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-71

140 - Luke Donald (ENG) 70-70

141 - Kevin Streelman 69-72

142 - Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 70-72, Jason Day 68-74

143 - Matt Kuchar 69-74

144 - Tiger Woods 73-71, Jason Dufner 74-70, Brandt Snedeker 69-75

145 - Boo Weekley 70-75

147 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68-79

Soccer

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Saint-Etienne 1 (Hamouna 18) Toulouse 2 (Braithwaite 63, Sylla 75)

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

Borussia Moenchengladbach 4 (Wendt 22, Rafael 31, 75, Kruse 72-pen) Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Boland 58)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Osasuna 2 (Armenteros 16, Riera 48) Elche 1 (Albcar 88-pen)

Tennis

WTA Guangzhou

Results on Friday (x-denotes seedings):

Semifinals:

Vania King (USA) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1, 6-1.

WTA Seoul Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-2, 6-0; Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) bt Jang Su-jeong (KOR) 6-0, 6-4; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROM) 6-2, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Semifinals on Saturday

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (ESP) 6-0, 6-2; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6 (11), 7-6 (6).

ATP at Metz Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x1) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER x8) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-2, 6-4; Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt Sam Querrey (USA x6) 6-4, 7-6 (1).

ATP St Petersburg Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Michal Przysiezny (POL) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x7) 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (LAT x6) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-1, 6-2; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x4) 6-4, 6-3; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-2, 6-4.

(China Daily 09/22/2013 page7)