Baseball

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

BALTIMORE 9 Oakland 7

Minnesota 5 CLEVELAND 1

PHILADELPHIA 4 Arizona 3

Milwaukee 6 CINCINNATI 4

Detroit 6 NY METS 1

Colorado 3 MIAMI 2

TAMPA BAY 7 NY Yankees 2

Texas 11 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5

Washington 11 KANSAS CITY 10

HOUSTON 12 Toronto 4

ST. LOUIS 3 Atlanta 1

LA Angels 2 SEATTLE 0

LA DODGERS 2 Boston 0

SAN DIEGO 8 Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh 3 SAN FRANCISCO 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Tampa Bay 73 53 .579 -

2. Boston 75 55 .577 -

3. Baltimore 69 58 .543 4 1/2

4. NY Yankees 68 60 .531 6

5. Toronto 57 72 .442 17 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 75 53 .586 -

2. Cleveland 69 59 .539 6

3. Kansas City 64 63 .504 10 1/2

4. Minnesota 57 70 .449 17 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 52 75 .409 22 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 75 53 .586 -

2. Oakland 71 56 .559 3 1/2

3. Seattle 59 68 .465 15 1/2

4. LA Angels 56 71 .441 18 1/2

5. Houston 42 85 .331 32 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 77 51 .602 -

2. Washington 64 64 .500 13

3. NY Mets 58 68 .460 18

4. Philadelphia 58 70 .453 19

5. Miami 48 79 .378 28 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 76 52 .594 -

2. St. Louis 75 53 .586 1

3. Cincinnati 73 56 .566 3 1/2

4. Milwaukee 56 72 .438 20

5. Chicago Cubs 54 74 .422 22

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 76 52 .594 -

2. Arizona 65 62 .512 10 1/2

3. Colorado 60 70 .462 17

4. San Diego 58 70 .453 18

5. San Francisco 56 72 .438 20

Cricket

Fifth Ashes Test

Scoreboard at the close on the third day of the fifth and final Ashes test between England and Australia at The Oval on Friday.

England first innings

A.Cook c Haddin b Harris 25

J.Root c Watson b Lyon 68

J.Trott lbw b Starc 40

K.Pietersen c Watson b Starc 50

I.Bell not out 29

C.Woakes not out 15

Extras (b-9 lb-5 w-4 2-nb) 20

Total (for four wickets, 116 overs) 247

Fall: 1-68 2-118 3-176 4-217

Bowling: Starc 26-5-60-2 (1w 1nb) Harris 23-9-41-1 (1nb) Faulkner 12-3-29-0 Siddle 21-6-46-0 (1w) Lyon 26-8-41-1 Smith 8-3-16-0

Australia first innings 492 for nine declared (S.Watson 176, S.Smith 138 not out)

Golf

US PGA Barclays

Partial second-round scores on Friday in The Barclays, $8 million opening event in the US PGA Tour playoffs (round halted by darkness, to resume Saturday. USA unless noted, par-71)

133 - Webb Simpson 67-66, Gary Woodland 69-64

135 - Rickie Fowler 71-64, Keegan Bradley 72-63, Adam Scott (AUS) 69-66

136 - Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 68-68, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-66, David Lynn (ENG) 71-65, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 67-69

137 - Kyle Stanley 70-67, John Huh 73-64

138 - Bubba Watson 68-70, Martin Kaymer (GER) 68-70, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 71-67, Nick Watney 68-70

139 - Ryan Moore 67-72, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-72, Matt Jones (AUS) 71-68, Bill Haas 73-66, Jason Kokrak 70-69, Daniel Summerhays 70-69

Johnnie Walker Championship

Leading scores from the second round of the Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles on Friday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 72):

130 - Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 65 65

131 - Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 65 66

133 - Tommy Fleetwood 68 65, Mark Foster 66 67

134 - Brooks Koepka (USA) 68 66

135 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 66 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 68 67, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 66 69

136 - Craig Lee 69 67, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69 67, Oliver Fisher 66 70, Gregory Havret (FRA) 67 69

137 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 71 66, John Parry 71 66, Richie Ramsay 69 68, Paul Lawrie 70 67, Scott Henry 72 65, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 70 67

138 - Ross Fisher 66 72, Paul Waring 75 63, Gareth Maybin 68 70, David Horsey 70 68, Tom Lewis 67 71, Peter Lawrie 71 67, David Drysdale 71 67, Shane Lowry 68 70, Eddie Pepperell 72 66, Christopher Doak 69 69

LPGA Canadian Women's Open

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the US LPGA Canadian Women's Open (a-denotes amateur, USA unless noted, par 70):

132 - Park In-bee (KOR) 67-65, Cristie Kerr 66-66

133 - Karine Icher (FRA) 67-66, Angela Stanford 65-68

134 - Laura Davies (ENG) 68-66, Paula Creamer 66-68, a-Lydia Ko (NZL) 65-69

135 - Kathleen Ekey 71-64, Charley Hull (ENG) 69-66, Park Hee-young (KOR) 68-67, Stacy Prammanasudh 68-67

136 - Lexi Thompson 71-65, Catriona Matthew (SCO) 70-66, Jessica Korda 70-66, Gerina Piller 70-66, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-67, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 68-68, Brittany Lincicome 68-68

137 - I.K. Kim (KOR) 71-66, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 71-66, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 70-67, Caroline Masson (GER) 70-67, Brittany Lang 70-67, Christel Boeljon (NED) 65-72

Soccer

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

Heerenveen 3 Ajax 3

French league

Result on Friday:

Monaco 0 Toulouse 0

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

Borussia Dortmund 1 (Lewandowski 55) Werder Bremen 0

Spanish league

Results on Friday:

Getafe 2 (Lafita 32, Diego Castro 85-pen) Almeria 2 (Rodri 30, Soriano 37)

Athletic Bilbao 2 (Arribas Garrido 31-og, De Marcos 82) Osasuna 0

Tennis

ATP Winston-Salem Open

Results on Friday (x denotes

Semifinals

Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x10) 7-6 (9), 6-3; Jurgen Melzer (AUT x9) bt Sam Querrey (USA x6) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

WTA New Haven Open

Results on Friday:

Semifinals

Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-0, 6-1; Simona Halep (ROM) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) 6-2, 7-5.

(China Daily 08/25/2013 page7)