Baseball

Results of MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

San Diego 8 BALTIMORE 4

Cleveland 10 PHILADELPHIA 4

Houston 7 DETROIT 5

Chicago White Sox 9 MINNESOTA 4

Texas 6 OAKLAND 2

ARIZONA 5 Atlanta 3

Seattle 12 NY YANKEES 2

PITTSBURGH 3 Milwaukee 1

TORONTO 11 San Francisco 3

Cincinnati 4 MIAMI 0

Boston 9 TAMPA BAY 2

CHICAGO CUBS 6 Colorado 3

ST. LOUIS 4 NY Mets 2

Kansas City 9 LA ANGELS 5

LA DODGERS 3 Washington 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

NY Yankees 25 15 .625 -

Baltimore 23 17 .575

Boston 23 17 .575 2

Tampa Bay 20 19 .513 4

Toronto 17 24 .415 8

Central Division

Detroit 22 16 .579 -

Cleveland 22 17 .564

Kansas City 20 17 .541 1

Minnesota 18 19 .486 3

Chicago White Sox 17 21 .447 5

West Division

Texas 26 14 .650 -

Oakland 20 22 .476 7

Seattle 19 21 .475 7

LA Angels 15 25 .375 11

Houston 11 30 .268 15

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

Atlanta 22 18 .550 -

Washington 21 19 .525 1

Philadelphia 19 22 .463 3

NY Mets 14 23 .378 6

Miami 11 29 .275 11

Central Division

St. Louis 26 13 .667 -

Cincinnati 24 16 .600 2

Pittsburgh 23 17 .575 3

Chicago Cubs 17 23 .425 9

Milwaukee 16 22 .421 9

West Division

San Francisco 23 17 .575 -

Arizona 23 18 .561

Colorado 21 19 .525 2

San Diego 18 21 .462 4

LA Dodgers 17 22 .436 5

Basketball

Results from the NBA Play-offs conference semifinal matches on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 T

Chicago 21 32 24 14 91

MIAMI 30 17 22 25 94

(Miami wins best-of-seven series 4-1)

1 2 3 4 T

Memphis 18 32 14 24 88

Oklahoma City 23 15 24 22 84

(Memphis wins best-of-seven series 4-1)

Cycling

Tour of Italy

Results after the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday:

Stage

1. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 4hr 23min 14sec

2. Daniel Oss (ITA/BMC) at 1:08.

3. Stefano Pirazzi (ITA/COG) 2:59.

4. Salvatore Puccio (ITA/SKY) 3:07.

5. Paul Martens (GER/BLA) 3:07.

6. Danilo Di Luca (ITA/FAR) 3:07.

7. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 3:07.

8. Serge Pauwels (BEL/OPQ) 3:10.

9. Evgueni Petrov (RUS/SAX) 3:11.

10. Jackson Rodriguez (VEN/AND) 3:25.

11. Juan Jose Cobo (ESP/MOV) 3:27.

12. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 3:30.

13. Jens Keukeleire (BEL/ORI) 3:36.

14. Frederik Veuchelen (BEL/VAC) 3:36.

15. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 3:57.

Selected

29. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 5:41.

31. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 5:41.

Overall

1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 43hr 26min 27sec.

2. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) at 0:41.

3. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 2:04.

4. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 2:05.

5. Robert Gesink (NED/BLA) 2:12.

6. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 2:13.

7. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/FAR) 2:55.

8. Przemyslaw Niemec (POL/LAM) 3:35.

9. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 4:05.

10. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 4:17.

11. Rafal Majka (POL/SAX) 4:21.

12. Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 5:06.

13. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 5:08.

14. Carlos Betancur (COL/ALM) 5:26.

15. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/RSH) 5:57.

Ice hockey

NHL playoffs

Result from the NHL playoffs conference semifinal games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 T

Detroit 1 0 0 1

CHICAGO 1 0 3 4

(Chicago leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

Soccer

Europa League

Result of the final on Wednesday:

Benfica (POR) 1 (Cardozo 68-pen) Chelsea (ENG) 2 (Torres 60, Ivanovic 90+2)

Libertadores Cup

Last 16, second leg results on Wednesday:

At El Fortin, Buenos Aires

Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) 1 (Facundo Ferreyra 82) Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) 2 (Milton Casco 3, Ignacio Scocco 40)

Aggregate 2-2; Newell's go through on away goals

At the Pacaembu, Sao Paulo

Corinthians (Brazil) 1 (Paulinho 51) Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1 (Juan Roman Riquelme 25)

Boca go through 2-1 on aggregate

AFC Champions League

Results of round of 16, first leg games on Wednesday:

At Gosford

Central Coast Mariners (AUS) 1 (Mitchell Duke 7) Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) 2 (Lucas Barrios 28, Muriqui 76)

At Jeonju

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) 0 Kashiwa Reysol (JPN) 2 (Masato Kudo 3, Tatsuya Masushima 75)

At Dubai

Al Shabab Al Arabi (UAE) 2 (Luis Henrique 45 Edgar 85) Esteghlal (IRI) 4 (Jlloyd Samuel 55, Javad Nekounam 73, Farhad Maji 81, Khosro Heidari 90)

At Riyadh

Al Hilal (KSA) 0 Lekhwiya (QAT) 1 (Yousef Al Msakni 81)

Tennis

ATP/WTA Rome Masters

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Men's 2nd rd

Alexander Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x15) - walkover; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-4, 6-1; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-1, 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-1, 6-3; Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (4); Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x16) 6-4, 6-1; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7) - retired; Jerzy Janowicz (POL) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x8) 6-4, 7-6 (5); Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7-5, 6-3.

Women's 2nd rd

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x14) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Carla Suarez (ESP) bt Romina Oprandi (SUI) 6-4, 6-2; Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-4, 6-4; Roberta Vinci (ITA x13) bt Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 6-1, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (SRB) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-2, 6-0; Li Na (CHN x5) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-3, 6-1; Samantha Stosur (AUS x9) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 7-6 (5), 6-0; Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 6-1; Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Christina McHale (USA) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x12) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Sloane Stephens (USA x16) bt Kiki Bertens (NED) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x3) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-2, 6-0.

China Daily

(China Daily 05/17/2013 page23)