Baseball

Results of MLB games on Wednesday

(home team in CAPS):

CHICAGO CUBS 9 Chicago White Sox 3

BALTIMORE 9 Washington 6

CLEVELAND 5 Cincinnati 2 NY Mets 9

NY YANKEES 4

PHILADELPHIA 4 Boston 3

PITTSBURGH 5 Detroit 3

Toronto 3 ATLANTA 0

Tampa Bay 3 MIAMI 1

MINNESOTA 4 Milwaukee 1

ST. LOUIS 5 Kansas City 3

Arizona at Texas, ppd

Houston 6 COLORADO 3

LA ANGELS 4 LA Dodgers 3

SAN DIEGO 3 Seattle 2 (10 innings)

Oakland 9 SAN FRANCISCO 6

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 32 22 .593 -

2. NY Yankees 30 22 .577 1

3. Baltimore 29 24 .547 2 1/2

4. Tampa Bay 28 24 .538 3

5. Toronto 23 30 .434 8 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 29 22 .569 -

2. Cleveland 28 24 .538 1 1/2

3. Chi White Sox 24 26 .480 4 1/2

4. Minnesota 22 28 .440 6 1/2

5. Kansas City 21 29 .420 7 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 32 20 .615 -

2. Oakland 31 23 .574 2

3. LA Angels 24 29 .453 8 1/2

4. Seattle 22 31 .415 10 1/2

5. Houston 16 37 .302 16 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 31 21 .596 -

2. Washington 27 26 .509 4 1/2

3. Philadelphia 26 27 .491 5 1/2

4. NY Mets 21 29 .420 9

5. Miami 13 40 .245 18 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 35 17 .673 -

2. Cincinnati 33 20 .623 2 1/2

3. Pittsburgh 33 20 .623 2 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 21 30 .412 13 1/2

5. Milwaukee 19 32 .373 15 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Arizona 30 22 .577 -

2. Colorado 28 25 .528 2 1/2

3. San Francisco 28 25 .528 2 1/2

4. San Diego 24 28 .462 6

5. LA Dodgers 22 29 .431 7 1/2

American League leaders

BATTING: MiCabrera, Detroit, .368; CDavis, Baltimore, .359; AGordon, Kansas City, .340; JhPeralta, Detroit, .337; Machado, Baltimore, .332; Pedroia, Boston, .332; Donaldson, Oakland, .332.

RUNS: MiCabrera, Detroit, 43; Trout, Los Angeles, 42; CDavis, Baltimore, 40; AJones, Baltimore, 39; Pedroia, Boston, 37; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 36; Machado, Baltimore, 36.

RBI: MiCabrera, Detroit, 59; CDavis, Baltimore, 50; Encarnacion, Toronto, 44; Fielder, Detroit, 42; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 41; Napoli, Boston, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 37; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 37.

HITS: MiCabrera, Detroit, 77; Machado, Baltimore, 77; AGordon, Kansas City, 71; AJones, Baltimore, 70; Pedroia, Boston, 69; Markakis, Baltimore, 67; CDavis, Baltimore, 66.

DOUBLES: Machado, Baltimore, 24; Napoli, Boston, 19; CDavis, Baltimore, 18; Donaldson, Oakland, 18; ACabrera, Cleveland, 17; AJones, Baltimore, 17; Mauer, Minnesota, 17; Seager, Seattle, 17.

TRIPLES: Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Ellsbury, Boston, 5; Gardner, New York, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Drew, Boston, 3; 24 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS: CDavis, Baltimore, 19; MiCabrera, Detroit, 15; Encarnacion, Toronto, 14; Cano, New York, 13; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 13; Arencibia, Toronto, 12; Bautista, Toronto, 12; NCruz, Texas, 12; ADunn, Chicago, 12; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 12.

STOLEN BASES: McLouth, Baltimore, 17; Ellsbury, Boston, 16; Andrus, Texas, 13; Trout, Los Angeles, 12; Crisp, Oakland, 10; AEscobar, Kansas City, 10; Kipnis, Cleveland, 10; AlRamirez, Chicago, 10.

PITCHING: MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Masterson, Cleveland, 8-3; Buchholz, Boston, 7-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Hammel, Baltimore, 7-2; 5 tied at 6.

STRIKEOUTS: Darvish, Texas, 105; AniSanchez, Detroit, 89; Masterson, Cleveland, 83; Verlander, Detroit, 82; Scherzer, Detroit, 81; FHernandez, Seattle, 81; Buchholz, Boston, 73; Shields, Kansas City, 73.

SAVES: Rivera, New York, 18; AReed, Chicago, 17; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 16; Nathan, Texas, 16; Balfour, Oakland, 12; Frieri, Los Angeles, 11; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 11; Janssen, Toronto, 11; Perkins, Minnesota, 11.

National League leaders

BATTING: Segura, Milwaukee, .360; YMolina, St. Louis, .355; Votto, Cincinnati, .352; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .337; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .333; Scutaro, San Francisco, .330; CGomez, Milwaukee, .330.

RUNS: Votto, Cincinnati, 44; CGonzalez, Colorado, 42; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 41; Choo, Cincinnati, 40; JUpton, Atlanta, 37; Holliday, St. Louis, 36; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 36.

RBI: Phillips, Cincinnati, 43; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 43; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 40; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 38; Craig, St. Louis, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 36; Sandoval, San Francisco, 35.

HITS: Segura, Milwaukee, 72; Votto, Cincinnati, 70; YMolina, St. Louis, 66; Scutaro, San Francisco, 66; GParra, Arizona, 62; Craig, St. Louis, 61; CGomez, Milwaukee, 61; CGonzalez, Colorado, 61; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 61.

DOUBLES: Bruce, Cincinnati, 17; DanMurphy, New York, 17; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 16; Pollock, Arizona, 16; Rizzo, Chicago, 16; Craig, St. Louis, 15; Desmond, Washington, 15; GParra, Arizona, 15; Pence, San Francisco, 15; Rollins, Philadelphia, 15.

TRIPLES: Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Segura, Milwaukee, 5; ECabrera, San Diego, 4; DWright, New York, 4; Coghlan, Miami, 3; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 3; Span, Washington, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3.

HOME RUNS: JUpton, Atlanta, 14; DBrown, Philadelphia, 13; CGonzalez, Colorado, 13; Beltran, St. Louis, 12; Gattis, Atlanta, 12; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 12; Harper, Washington, 12; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 12.

STOLEN BASES: ECabrera, San Diego, 19; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 14; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 14; Segura, Milwaukee, 14; Pierre, Miami, 13; DWright, New York, 11; CGomez, Milwaukee, 10; Revere, Philadelphia, 10.

PITCHING: Corbin, Arizona, 8-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 8-3; Lynn, St. Louis, 7-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 7-3; 7 tied at 6.

STRIKEOUTS: AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 89; Harvey, New York, 84; Samardzija, Chicago, 80; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 77; Wainwright, St. Louis, 74; Strasburg, Washington, 71; Lynn, St. Louis, 70.

SAVES: Grilli, Pittsburgh, 22; Mujica, St. Louis, 17; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 16; RSoriano, Washington, 14; Romo, San Francisco, 13; Chapman, Cincinnati, 13; RBetancourt, Colorado, 11; Street, San Diego, 11; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 11; League, Los Angeles, 11.

Ice hockey

NHL playoffs

Playoffs conference semifinal result on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 OT T

Detroit 0 0 1 0 1

CHICAGO 0 1 0 1 2

(Chicagi wins best-of-seven series 4-3)

Tennis

French Open

Results on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 2nd rd

David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3; Marin Cilic (CRO x10) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Daniel Gimeno (ESP) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-4; Kevin Anderson (RSA x23) bt Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-7 (8), 6-1, 7-5, 6-2; Jeremy Chardy (FRA x25) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-1, 7-5, 6-4; Andreas Seppi (ITA/N.20) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x11) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3; Milos Raonic (CAN x14) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA x15) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1; Gal Monfils (FRA) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2; Tommy Robredo (ESP x32) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Joo Sousa (POR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Sam Querrey (USA x18) bt Jan Hjek (CZE) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (FRA x30) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 7-6 (11/9), 7-5, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND) 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

Men's 1st rd

Benot Paire (FRA x24) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x8) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Maxime Teixeira (FRA) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-2; Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 7-6 (9), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 2-6, 8-6.

Women's 2nd rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (ROM x26) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-1, 6-4; Petra Cetkovsk (CZE) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x19) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Roberta Vinci (ITA x15) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Magdalna Rybrikov (SVK) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Varvara Lepchenko (USA x29) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 7-6 (5), 6-1; Angelique Kerber (GER x8) bat Jana Cepelov (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Mallory Burdette (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 6-3; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Zuzana Kucov (SVK) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x14) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 6-2, 6-2; Carla Surez (ESP x20) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Sabine Lisicki (GER x32) bt Mara Teresa Torr (ESP) 6-4, 6-0; Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-1, 6-1; Monica Puig (PUR) bt Madison Keys (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Women's st rd

Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x23) 7-6 (3), 6-2; Stefanie Voegele (SUI) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Ashleigh Barty (AUS) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x12) bt Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 6-0, 6-1; Annika Beck (GER) bt Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) 6-2, 6-1; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x3) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-1, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Peng Shuai(CHN) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-4, 6-2; Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-2; Jamie Hampton (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x25) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 9-7.

(China Daily 05/31/2013 page23)