Baseball

Result from the MLB playoffs Division Series game on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R

Detroit 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3

OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

(Detroit wins best-of-five series 3-2)

Golf

Portuguese Masters

Leading first round scores in the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course, Algarve, Portugal, on Thursday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 71):

65 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI), Maximilian Kieffer (GER), Jamie Donaldson, David Lynn, Simon Thornton, Graeme Storm, Alvaro Quiros (ESP)

66 - Hennie Otto (RSA), Chris Wood, Mark Tullo (CHI), Soren Hansen (DEN), Marcel Siem (GER), Scott Jamieson, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Julien Quesne (FRA)

67 - Ross Fisher, Paul Waring, David Horsey, Matthew Baldwin, Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Jose Manuel Lara (ESP), Seve Benson, Robert Coles, Tommy Fleetwood, Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Eddie Pepperell, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE), Christopher Doak

68 - Anthony Wall, Francesco Molinari (ITA), Joost Luiten (NED), Matteo Manassero (ITA), Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Martin Kaymer (GER), Michael Hoey

69 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Richard Bland, Robert Jan Derksen (NED), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA), Anders Hansen (DEN), David Howell, Jorge Campillo (ESP), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Danny Willett, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Paul Lawrie, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP), Justin Walters (RSA), Andreas Harto (DEN), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP)

Frys.com Open

Scores on Thursday after the first round of the $5 million USPGA Tour's Frys.com Open (USA unless noted, par 71):

64 - Jeff Overton

65 - Brian Harman

66 - Kyle Stanley

67 - Jason Kokrak, Michael Putnam, J.J. Henry, Charlie Wi (KOR), Jim Herman, Brooks Koepka

68 - Robert Allenby, George McNeill, Alex Aragon, John Peterson, Camilo Villegas (COL), Johnson Wagner, Scott Brown, Justin Hicks, Lee Williams

LPGA Malaysia

Leading scores after the first round on Thursday in the $2 million Sime Darby LPGA tournament at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (par-71):

64: Lee Il-hee (KOR)

65: Britany Lang (USA)

66: Beatriz Recari (ESP), Paula Creamer (USA), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG), Ji Eun-hee (KOR)

67: Brittany Lincicome (USA), Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Feng Shanshan (CHN), Cristie Kerr (USA), Kim In-kyung (KOR), Lexi Thompson (USA), Caroline Masson (GER), Alison Walshe (USA)

68: Mina Harigae (USA), Caroline Hedwall (SWE), Jessica Korda (USA), Morgan Pressel (USA), Mamiko Higa (JPN), Anna Nordqvist (SWE)

Ice Hockey

Results from the NHL games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS:

Colorado 2 BOSTON 0

Columbus 4 BUFFALO 1

Carolina 3 WASHINGTON 2

Phoenix 4 DETROIT 2

TAMPA BAY 7 Florida 2

MINNESOTA 2 Winnipeg 1

Toronto 4 NASHVILLE 0

Montreal 4 EDMONTON 1

ANAHEIM 6 NY Rangers 0

San Jose 4 VANCOUVER 1]

Tennis

Shanghai Masters

Results onThursday (x-denotes seedings):

3rd round

Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-1, 7-6 (5); Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x8) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x10) 7-6 (2), 6-4 ; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x15) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (4); Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Roger Federer (SUI x5) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3; Florian Mayer (GER) bt David Ferrer (ESP x3) 6-4, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x12) 7-6 (5), 6-0; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6 ) bt Tommy Haas (GER x11) walkover.

Early quarterfinal results on Friday:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6 ) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x15) 6-3, 6-3.

WTA Linz Open

Second-round results on Thursday:

Sloane Stephens (USA x2) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3; Stefanie Voegele (SUI) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x7) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-0, 6-1; Patricia Mayr (AUT) bt Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-1, 6-7 (1), 6-4; Angelique Kerber (GER x1) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) 6-1, 6-0.

WTA Japan Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x5) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Madison Keys (USA x6) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-3, 6-1; Samantha Stosur (AUS x3) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Kurumi Nana (JPN) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1.

China Daily

(China Daily 10/12/2013 page15)