Baseball

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

Atlanta 4 NY METS 1 (10 innings)

St. Louis 8 MILWAUKEE 6

Seattle 5 OAKLAND 3

Boston 12 SAN FRANCISCO 1

SAN DIEGO 2 Pittsburgh 1

BALTIMORE 4 Tampa Bay 2

Cleveland 3 LA ANGELS 1

NY YANKEES 4 Toronto 2

PHILADELPHIA 4 Colorado 3

DETROIT 7 Minnesota 1

CINCINNATI 10 Arizona 7

LA Dodgers 4 MIAMI 1

TEXAS 5 Houston 4

Washington 11 CHICAGO CUBS 6

Chicago White Sox 5 KANSAS CITY 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 75 54 .581 -

2. Tampa Bay 72 53 .576 1

3. Baltimore 68 58 .540 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 67 59 .532 6 1/2

5. Toronto 57 70 .449 17

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 74 52 .587 -

2. Cleveland 69 58 .543 5 1/2

3. Kansas City 64 61 .512 9 1/2

4. Minnesota 55 70 .440 18 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 51 74 .408 22 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 74 53 .583 -

2. Oakland 71 55 .563 2 1/2

3. Seattle 59 67 .468 14 1/2

4. LA Angels 55 71 .437 18 1/2

5. Houston 41 85 .325 32 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 77 49 .611 -

2. Washington 62 64 .492 15

3. NY Mets 58 67 .464 18 1/2

4. Philadelphia 56 70 .444 21

5. Miami 48 77 .384 28 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 74 52 .587 -

2. St. Louis 73 53 .579 1

3. Cincinnati 72 55 .567 2 1/2

4. Milwaukee 55 72 .433 19 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 54 72 .429 20

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 74 52 .587 -

2. Arizona 65 60 .520 8 1/2

3. Colorado 59 69 .461 16

4. San Diego 57 70 .449 17 1/2

5. San Francisco 56 70 .444 18

Cricket

Fifth Ashes Test

Stumps on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Wednesday:

Australia first innings

C. Rogers c Trott b Swann 23

D. Warner c Prior b Anderson 6

S. Watson c Pietersen b Broad 176

M. Clarke b Anderson 7

S. Smith not out 66

P. Siddle not out 18

Extras (lb6, nb5) 11

Total (4 wkts, 90 overs, 378 mins) 307

Fall: 1-11 (Warner), 2-118 (Rogers), 3-144 (Clarke), 4-289 (Watson)

To bat: B. Haddin, J. Faulkner, M. Starc, R. Harris, N. Lyon

Bowling: Anderson 18-3-52-2; Broad 19-3-73-1 (4nb); Swann 30-4-71-1; Woakes 15-5-52-0; Kerrigan 8-0-53-0 (1nb).

Soccer

Champions League

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

At Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0 Austria Vienna (AUT) 2 (Leovac 68, Stankovic 75)

At Sofia

Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 2 (Marcelinho 23, Stojanov 50) Basel (SUI) 4 (Salah 12, 59, Sio 64, Schar 84-pen)

At Bucharest

Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 1 (Piovaccari 34) Legia Warsaw (POL) 1 (Kosecki 53)

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Schalke 04 (GER) 1 (Farfan 32) PAOK (GRE) 1 (Stoch 73)

At Istanbul, Turkey

Fenerbahce (TUR) 0 Arsenal (ENG) 3 (Gibbs 51, Ramsey 64, Giroud 77-pen)

English Premier League

Results on Wednesday:

CHELSEA 2 Aston Villa 1

Spanish Super Cup

Result on Wednesday:

Atletico Madrid 1 (Villa 12) Barcelona 1 (Neymar 65)

AFC Champions League

First leg of the AFC Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday:

At Kashiwa: Kashiwa Reysol (JPN) 1 (Masato Kudo 21) Al Shabab (KSA) 1 (Fernando Menegazzo 44)

At Guangzhou: Guangzhou Evergrande CHN) 2 (Dario Conca 72, Elkeson 76) Lekhwiya (QAT) 0

At Tehran: Esteghlal (IRI) 1 (Khosro Heydari) Buriram United (THA) 0

At Sharayea: Al Ahli (KSA) 1 (Sultan Al Sawadi 80) FC Seoul (KOR) 1 (Dejan Damjanovic 10)

Tennis

ATP Winston-Salem Open

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

3rd rd

Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-3, 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA x6) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x11) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (10); Jurgen Melzer (AUT x9) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x5) 6-4, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x13) bt Alex Bogomolov (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x7) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3; Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x10) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x8) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2.

WTA New Haven Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd round

Simona Halep (ROM) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Sara Errani (ITA x1) 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-1, 7-5; Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Alison Riske (USA) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/23/2013 page23)