Baseball

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

NY YANKEES 8 Toronto 4

NY YANKEES 3 Toronto 2

Tampa Bay 7 BALTIMORE 4

Colorado 5 PHILADELPHIA 3

Minnesota 6 DETROIT 3

Arizona 5 CINCINNATI 2

NY METS 5 Atlanta 3

LA Dodgers 6 MIAMI 4

Chicago White Sox 2 KANSAS CITY 0

Washington 4 CHICAGO CUBS 2

TEXAS 4 Houston 2

MILWAUKEE 6 St. Louis 3

Cleveland 4 LA ANGELS 1 (14 innings)

Seattle 7 OAKLAND 4

Pittsburgh 8 SAN DIEGO 1

SAN FRANCISCO 3 Boston 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Tampa Bay 72 52 .581 -

2. Boston 74 54 .578 -

3. Baltimore 67 58 .536 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 66 59 .528 6 1/2

5. Toronto 57 69 .452 16

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 73 52 .584 -

2. Cleveland 68 58 .540 5 1/2

3. Kansas City 64 60 .516 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 55 69 .444 17 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 50 74 .403 22 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 73 53 .579 -

2. Oakland 71 54 .568 1 1/2

3. Seattle 58 67 .464 14 1/2

4. LA Angels 55 70 .440 17 1/2

5. Houston 41 84 .328 31 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 76 49 .608 -

2. Washington 61 64 .488 15

3. NY Mets 58 66 .468 17 1/2

4. Philadelphia 55 70 .440 21

5. Miami 48 76 .387 27 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 74 51 .592 -

2. St. Louis 72 53 .576 2

3. Cincinnati 71 55 .563 3 1/2

4. Milwaukee 55 71 .437 19 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 54 71 .432 20

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 73 52 .584 -

2. Arizona 65 59 .524 7 1/2

3. Colorado 59 68 .465 15

4. San Francisco 56 69 .448 17

5. San Diego 56 70 .444 17 1/2

Soccer

Champions League

Champions League play-offs first-leg results on Tuesday:

At Astana

Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 2 (Finonchenko 12, Khizhnichenko 77) Celtic (SCO) 0

At Lyon, France

Lyon 0 Real Sociedad 2 (Griezmann 17, Seferovic 50)

At Oporto, Portugal

Pacos de Ferreira (POR) 1 (Andre 58) Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 4 (Shirokov 27, 60, 90, Degra 85-og)

At Eindhoven, Netherlands

PSV Eindhoven: (NED) 1 (Matavz 60) AC Milan 1 (El Shaarawy 15)

At Plzen, Czech Republic

Viktoria Plzen 3 (Cisovsky 8, Darida 58, Duris 89) Maribor (SLO) 1 (Mejac 66)

Tennis

ATP Winston-Salem Open

Results on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Roberto Bautista (ESP) bt Martin Klizan (SVK x14) 6-4, 6-1; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x11) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 7-5, 6-7 (3), 3-2, ret; Alex Bogomolov jnr (RUS) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 6-4, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x13) bt David Goffin (BEL) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Juan Monaco (ARG x8) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4; Benoit Paire (FRA x5) bt James Blake (USA) 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco (ESP X7) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Jurgen Melzer (AUT x9) bt Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 7-5, 6-7 (4), 4-2, ret; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x10) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x2), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5; Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 6-2, 6-2; Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3.

WTA New Haven Open

Second-round results on Tuesday:

Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x2) 6-2, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-4, 6-1; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x7) 7-5, 6-3.

1st rd

Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Annika Beck (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/22/2013 page23)