Baseball

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

LA Angels 9 BALTIMORE 5

KANSAS CITY 3 Detroit 2 (10 innings)

Cincinnati 2 CHICAGO CUBS 1

SAN DIEGO 5 Atlanta 3

PITTSBURGH 12 San Francisco 8

Milwaukee 10 MIAMI 1

NY METS 5 St. Louis 1

Boston 2 TAMPA BAY 1

Cleveland 5 TEXAS 2

MINNESOTA 4 Philadelphia 3

Washington 5 COLORADO 1

OAKLAND 5 NY Yankees 2

Arizona 8 LA DODGERS 6 (12 innings)

Houston 6 SEATTLE 1

Toronto at CHICAGO WHITE SOX, ppd

Ice hockey

Result from the NHL Stanley Cup Finals match between Chicago and Boston on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)

1 2 3 OT OT2 OT3 T

Boston 1 1 1 0 0 0 3

CHICAGO 0 1 2 0 0 1 4

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

Cricket

Champions Trophy

The Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and New Zealand was abandoned at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.

No result. One point to each team

Scores

Australia 243-8 from 50 overs (A.Voges 71, G.Bailey 55, M.McClenaghan 4-65)

New Zealand 51-2 from 15 overs

Soccer

World Cup Africa zone qualifying

World Cup Africa zone Group F qualifying results Wednesday:

At Windhoek

Namibia 1 (Hotto Kavendji 77) Nigeria 1 (Oboabona 83)

At Blantyre

Malawi 2 (Ngalande 46, Ng'ambi 80) Kenya 2 (Mohammed 52, Kayira 90-og)

Standings

W D L GF Ga Pts

Nigeria 2 3 0 5 3 9

Malawi 1 4 0 4 3 7

Namibia 1 2 2 2 3 5

Kenya 0 3 2 3 5 3

Tennis

WTA Nuremberg Open

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

1st round

Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) bt Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-4, 6-2; Simona Halep (ROM x7) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-0, 7-5; Estrella Cabeza (ESP) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x2) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

2nd rd

Annika Beck (GER x8) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-4, 6-2; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Julia Cohen (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-0; Simona Halep (ROM x7) bt bt Estrella Cabeza (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Lourdes Domnguez (ESP x6) bt Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-1, 6-4; Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Julia Grges (GER x4) 6-1, 7-5; Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Alize Cornet (FRA x3) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Lucie Safarova (CZE x5) bt Mara Teresa Torro (ESP) 6-4, 6-2.

WTA Birmingham Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x1) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Francesca Schiavone (ITA x15) bt Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 7-6 (4), 6-2; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x2) 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-0; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x16) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4; Sabine Lisicki (GER x5) bt Kristna Plskova (CZE) 6-4, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (ROM x3) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-4, 6-4; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB x13) bt Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Maria Sanchez (USA) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 7-6 (3), 6-3; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Heather Watson (GBR x14) 6-4, 6-3; Mirjana Lucic (CRO) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x9) 6-4, 6-0; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Laura Robson (GBR x7) 6-3, 6-4; Kristina Mladenovic (FRA x12) bt Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-4, 6-1.

ATP Halle Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd round

Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Mirza Basic (BIH) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-2, 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3.

ATP Queen's Club

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x10) 6-4, 6-3; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x7) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Daniel Evans (GBR) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x13) 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x2) bt Thiemo De Bakker (NED) 6-1, 6-4; Grega Zemlja (SLO x16) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5, 6-4; Kenny De Schepper (FRA) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-4, 6-3; Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 6-3, 6-4; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x12) 7-6 (2), 7-5.

China Daily

(China Daily 06/14/2013 page22)