Baseball

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

Kansas City 1 ATLANTA 0

CINCINNATI 1 Philadelphia 0 (1st game)

CINCINNATI 11 Philadelphia 2 (2nd game)

OAKLAND 7 Houston 5

Tampa Bay 6 BALTIMORE 2

Boston 6 CLEVELAND 3

NY YANKEES 4 Arizona 3

PITTSBURGH 5 St. Louis 0

Chicago White Sox 7 TORONTO 0

Washington 6 MIAMI 1

MILWAUKEE 4 San Francisco 3

San Diego 7 LA DODGERS 2

Detroit 2 SEATTLE 1 (14 innings)

Texas at CHICAGO CUBS, ppd

LA Angels at MINNESOTA, ppd

NY Mets at COLORADO, ppd

Basketball

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

BROOKLYN 103 Detroit 99

CHARLOTTE 105 Cleveland 98

CHICAGO 95 Washington 92

DALLAS 99 New Orleans 87

DENVER 118 Phoenix 98

Philadelphia 105 INDIANA 95

MEMPHIS 86 Utah 70

MIAMI 105 Orlando 93

NY KNICKS 98 Atlanta 92

Milwaukee 95 OKLAHOMA CITY 89

Minnesota 108 SAN ANTONIO 95

TORONTO 114 Boston 90

LA LAKERS 99 Houston 95 (OT)

Golden State 99 PORTLAND 88

LA Clippers 112 SACRAMENTO 108

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

y-New York 54 28 .659 -

x-Brooklyn 49 33 .598 5

x-Boston 41 40 .506 12

Philadelphia 34 48 .415 20

Toronto 34 48 .415 20

Southeast Division

z-Miami 66 16 .805 -

x-Atlanta 44 38 .537 22

Washington 29 53 .354 37

Charlotte 21 61 .256 45

Orlando 20 62 .244 46

Central Division

y-Indiana 49 32 .605 -

x-Chicago 45 37 .549 4

x-Milwaukee 38 44 .463 11

Detroit 29 53 .354 20

Cleveland 24 58 .293 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

y-San Antonio 58 24 .707 -

x-Memphis 56 26 .683 2

x-Houston 45 37 .549 13

Dallas 41 41 .500 17

New Orleans 27 55 .329 31

Northwest Division

y-Oklahoma City 60 22 .732 -

x-Denver 57 25 .695 3

Utah 43 39 .524 17

Portland 33 49 .402 27

Minnesota 31 51 .378 29

Pacific Division

y-LA Clippers 56 26 .683 -

x-Golden State 47 35 .573 9

x-LA Lakers 45 37 .549 11

Sacramento 28 54 .341 28

Phoenix 25 57 .305 31

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Regular season ends

Ice hockey

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

PITTSBURGH 6 Montreal 4

Buffalo 3 BOSTON 2 (SO)

CALGARY 3 Detroit 2

Columbus 3 ANAHEIM 2 (OT)

Soccer

English Premier League

Results on Wednesday:

Fulham 0 Chelsea 3 (Luiz 30, Terry 43, 71)

Manchester City 1 (Tevez 83) Wigan 0

West Ham 2 (Vaz Te 16, Diame 55) Manchester Utd 2 (Valencia 31, Van Persie 77)

French Cup

Quarterfinal results on Wednesday:

Paris-Saint Germain 1 (Pastore 8) Rvian 1 (Khlifa 43)

Evian won 4-1 on penalties

Lens 2 (Carrasso 11-og,Bergdich 90+2) Bordeaux 3 (Sertic 59, Diabate 81, 85)

Tuesday

Troyes 3 (Brechet 52, Faussurier 74, Camus 81) Nancy 0

Saint-Etienne 1 (Aubameyang 74) Lorient 2 (Barthelme 44, Aliadiere 90+3)

German Cup

Semifinal result on Wednesday:

VfB Stuttgart 2 (Boka 9, Harnik 29) Freiburg 1 (Rosenthal 14)

Played Tuesday

Bayern Munich 6 (Mandzukic 17, Robben 35, Shaqiri 50, Gomez 80, 83, 86) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Diego 45)

NB Final at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on June 1

Italian Cup

Semifinal result on Wednesday:

Inter Milan 2 (Jonathan 21, Alvarez 80) AS Roma 3 (Destro 55, 69, Torosidis 74)

AS Roma win 5-3 on aggregate

Played on January 29

Lazio 2 (Gonzalez 53, Floccari 90+3) Juventus 1 (Vidal 90+1)

Lazio win 3-2 on aggregate

Libertadores Cup

Group 3 results on Wednesday:

Arsenal (Argentina) 2 The Strongest (Bolivia) 1

Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2 Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) 0

Tennis

ATP Monte Carlo Masters

Results on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):

2nd rd

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x12) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7/3); Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 7-5, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-1, 6-2; Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-2, 6-3; Florian Mayer (GER) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x10) 6-4, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x13) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-1; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-3, 7-5; Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Eduardo Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-1, 6-4; Juan Monaco (ARG x14) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 04/19/2013 page23)