Baseball

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

Toronto 3 BALTIMORE 2 (10 innings)

CLEVELAND 5 Chicago White Sox 4

Tampa Bay 7 NY YANKEES 0

ATLANTA 3 Milwaukee 2

NY Mets 4 CINCINNATI 2

Philadelphia 2 MIAMI 1

TEXAS 3 Houston 2

Pittsburgh 8 CHICAGO CUBS 2

Detroit 4 MINNESOTA 2

ST. LOUIS 2 Washington 0

COLORADO 8 Boston 3

LA ANGELS 3 Oakland 0

SEATTLE 4 Kansas City 0

LA Dodgers 2 SAN FRANCISCO 1

American League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 95 63 .601 -

2. Tampa Bay 88 69 .561 6 1/2

3. NY Yankees 82 75 .522 12 1/2

4. Baltimore 81 76 .516 13 1/2

5. Toronto 72 85 .459 22 1/2

Central

1. Detroit 92 66 .582 -

2. Cleveland 87 70 .554 4 1/2

3. Kansas City 83 74 .529 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 66 91 .420 25 1/2

5. Chi Sox 62 95 .395 29 1/2

West

1. Oakland 94 64 .595 -

2. Texas 86 71 .548 7 1/2

3. LA Angels 77 80 .490 16 1/2

4. Seattle 69 89 .437 25

5. Houston 51 107 .323 43

National League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Atlanta 93 64 .592 -

2. Washington 84 74 .532 9 1/2

3. NY Mets 72 85 .459 21

4. Philadelphia 72 85 .459 21

5. Miami 58 100 .367 35 1/2

Central

1. St. Louis 93 65 .589 -

2. Pittsburgh 91 67 .576 2

3. Cincinnati 90 68 .570 3

4. Milwaukee 70 87 .446 22 1/2

5. Chi Cubs 65 93 .411 28

West

1. LA Dodgers 91 66 .580 -

2. Arizona 80 77 .510 11

3. San Diego 73 84 .465 18

4. San Fran. 72 85 .459 19

5. Colorado 72 86 .456 19 1/2

Soccer

English League Cup

3rd round matches on Tuesday:

Fulham 2 Everton 1

Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 4

Burnley 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Hull City 1 Huddersfield Town 0

Leicester City 2 Derby County 1

Manchester City 5 Wigan Athletic 0 Southampton 2 Bristol City 0

Sunderland 2 Peterborough United 0

Swindon Town 0 Chelsea 2

Watford 2 Norwich City 3

West Ham 3 Cardiff City 2

Spanish La Liga

Matches on Tuesday:

Atletico Madrid 2 Osasuna 1

Barcelona 4 Real Sociedad 1

Levante 1 Real Valladolid 1

Malaga 2 Almeria 0

Italian Serie A

Match on Tuesday:

Udinese 1 Genoa 0

French Ligue 1

Match on Tuesday:

Lille 3 Evian Thonon Gaillard FC 0

Tennis

Pan Pacific Open

2nd and 3rd rounds in Tokyo (x denotes seeding):

2nd round: Venus Williams (US) bt Victoria Azarenka (BEL x1) 6-2, 6-4. Simona Halep (ROM x13) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 7-6 (4), 6-3, Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x2) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 7-6 (5) 6-0.

3rd round: Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) b Jelena Jankovic (SER x6) 7-5, 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1, 6-1. Venus Williams (USA) bt Simona Halep (ROM x13) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1, 6-1..

ATP Thailand Open

1st round in Bangkok

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 4-2 (ret). Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 6-1, 6-1. Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) bt Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-3, 6-2. Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Jeong Suk-young (KOR) 6-3, 6-0.

2nd round: Igor Sijsling (NED) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (2)

ATP Malaysian Open

1st round in Kuala Lumpur:

Pablo Carreno (ESP) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 7-6 (5), 6-0. Matteo Viola (ITA) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND) 6-3, 6-3. Vasek Pospisil (CAN x7) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. .(RUS x6) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5, 6-0. Joao Sousa (POR bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/26/2013 page23)