Baseball

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

Oakland 2 BALTIMORE 1

Boston 4 LA DODGERS 2

Detroit 3 NY METS 0

CLEVELAND 7 Minnesota 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 Texas 2

Washington 7 KANSAS CITY 2

CINCINNATI 6 Milwaukee 3

HOUSTON 8 Toronto 5

MIAMI 3 Colorado 0

TAMPA BAY 4 NY Yankees 2

ST. LOUIS 6 Atlanta 2

Chicago Cubs 3 SAN DIEGO 2

Arizona 12 PHILADELPHIA 7 (18 innings)

SAN FRANCISCO 6 Pittsburgh 3

LA Angels 5 SEATTLE 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Tampa Bay 74 53 .583 -

2. Boston 76 55 .580 -

3. Baltimore 69 59 .539 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 68 61 .527 7

5. Toronto 57 73 .438 18 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 76 53 .589 -

2. Cleveland 70 59 .543 6

3. Kansas City 64 64 .500 11 1/2

4. Minnesota 57 71 .445 18 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 53 75 .414 22 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 75 54 .581 -

2. Oakland 72 56 .563 2 1/2

3. Seattle 59 69 .461 15 1/2

4. LA Angels 57 71 .445 17 1/2

5. Houston 43 85 .336 31 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 77 52 .597 -

2. Washington 65 64 .504 12

3. NY Mets 58 69 .457 18

4. Philadelphia 58 71 .450 19

5. Miami 49 79 .383 27 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 76 53 .589 -

2. St. Louis 76 53 .589 -

3. Cincinnati 74 56 .569 2 1/2

4. Milwaukee 56 73 .434 20

5. Chicago Cubs 55 74 .426 21

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 76 53 .589 -

2. Arizona 66 62 .516 9 1/2

3. Colorado 60 71 .458 17

4. San Diego 58 71 .450 18

5. San Francisco 57 72 .442 19

Cricket

Fifth Ashes Test

The fourth day's play in the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia was abandoned due to rain at The Oval on Saturday.

England, replying to Australia's 492 for nine declared, ended the third day on 247-4 with Ian Bell (29) and Chris Woakes (15) at the crease. Australia, 3-0 down in the series, lead by 245 runs and England need another 46 runs to avoid the follow-on with one day remaining.

Golf

US PGA Barclays

Leading scores on Saturday after the third-round of The Barclays, $8 million opening event in the US PGA Tour playoffs (USA unless noted, par-71)

201 - Matt Kuchar 66-65-70, Gary Woodland 69-64-68

202 - Kevin Chappell 68-72-62

205 - Tiger Woods 67-69-69, David Lynn (ENG) 71-65-69

206 - Kevin Streelman 70-68-68, Jordan Spieth 70-68-68, Bubba Watson 68-70-68, Jim Furyk 70-66-70, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-68-70, Jonas Blixt (SWE) 69-67-70, Rickie Fowler 71-64-71

207 - Nick Watney 68-70-69, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 69-72-66, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 71-65-71, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-66-71, Adam Scott (AUS) 69-66-72, Webb Simpson 67-66-74

Johnnie Walker Championship

Leading third-round scores in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on Saturday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 72):

200 - Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 65 65 70, Tommy Fleetwood 68 65 67

201 - Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 68 67 66

203 - Stephen Gallacher 71 68 64, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 65 66 72

204 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 66 69 69, Ross Fisher 66 72 66, Scott Henry 72 65 67

205 - Shane Lowry 68 70 67, Paul Waring 75 63 67, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 71 68

66, Tom Lewis 67 71 67, Oliver Fisher 66 70 69, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 70 67 68

206 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 71 66 69, Richie Ramsay 69 68 69, David Drysdale 71

67 68, Matthew Baldwin 70 70 66, Mark Foster 66 67 73, Gregory Havret (FRA) 67 69 70

207 - Craig Lee 69 67 71, John Parry 71 66 70, Anders Hansen (DEN) 70 69 68, David Horsey 70 68 69, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 69 71 67, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 71 69 67, Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 70 70 67, Christopher Doak 69 69 69

LPGA Canadian Women's Open

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

200 - Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 68-68-64

201 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-67-65, a-Lydia Ko (NZL) 65-69-67

202 - I.K. Kim (KOR) 71-66-65, Brittany Lincicome 68-68-66

203 - Gerina Piller 70-66-67, Paula Creamer 66-68-69, Karine Icher (FRA) 67-66-70

204 - Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 71-66-67, Caroline Masson (GER) 70-67-67, Jessica Korda 70-66-68, Stacy Prammanasudh 68-67-69

205 - Brittany Lang 70-67-68, Lexi Thompson 71-65-69

206 Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 72-68-66, Kathleen Ekey 71-64-71, Charley Hull (ENG) 69-66-71, Angela Stanford 65-68-73, Park In-bee (KOR) 67-65-74

Soccer

Dutch championship

Results on Saturday:

ADO Den Haag 0 Roda JC Kerkrade 4

Heracles Almelo 1 PSV Eindhoven 1

NEC Nijmegen 2 RKC Waalwijk 2

PEC Zwolle 2 SC Cambuur 0

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1 (Sturridge 21)

Everton 0 West Brom 0

Fulham 1 (Bent 77) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 14, Podolski 41, 68)

Hull 1 (Brady 22-pen) Norwich 0

Newcastle 0 West Ham 0

Southampton 1 (Fonte 88) Sunderland 1 (Giaccherini 3)

Stoke 2 (Adam 58, Shawcross 62) Crystal Palace 1 (Chamakh 31)

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Blackburn 5 Barnsley 2

Blackpool 1 Reading 0

Bolton 0 QPR 1

Brighton 2 Burnley 0

Charlton v Doncaster - match abandoned at half-time due to a waterlogged pitch with Doncaster leading 3-1

Huddersfield 5 Bournemouth 1

Ipswich 1 Leeds 2

Leicester 3 Birmingham 2

Sheffield Wednesday 2 Millwall 2

Yeovil 0 Derby 3

French league

Results on Saturday:

Valenciennes 0 Marseille 1 (Gignac 85)

Bordeaux 1 (Saivet 31) Bastia 0

Evian 1 (Berigaud 50) Rennes 2 (Oliveira 10-pen, 34)

Guingamp 2 (Yatabare 15, 49) Lorient 0

Lyon 0 Reims 1 (Fortes 76)

Montpellier 2 (Hilton 45+1, Tiene 90+4) Sochaux 1 (Contout 43)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Bayern Munich 2 (Ribery 69, Robben 78) Nuremberg 0

Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Kiessling 22-pen, Sam 28, 61, Castro 72) Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Stranzl 54, Arango 57)

Hanover 96 2 (Huszti 15-pen, Diouf 42) Schalke 04 1 (Szalai 55)

Hoffenheim 3 (Salihovic 10-pen, Volland 25, Strobl 77) Freiburg 3 (Sorg 13, Guede 29, Freis 65)

Mainz 05 2 (Choupo-Moting 61, N Mueller 78) VfL Wolfsburg 0

Hertha Berlin 1 (Ramos 74) Hamburg 0

Italian Serie A

Results on Saturday:

Verona 2 (Toni 30, 53) AC Milan 1 (Poli 14)

Sampdoria 0 Juventus 1 (Tevez 58)

Spanish league

Results on Saturday:

Elche 1 (Coro 2), Real Sociedad 1 (Vela 74)

Espanyol 3 (Lopez 32, Stuani 49, Thievy 89) Valencia 1 (Postiga 10)

Villarreal 2 (Dos Santos 38-pen, Cani 84) Valladolid 1 (Javi Guerra 4)

Tennis

ATP Winston-Salem Open

Result on Saturday (x denotes

Final: Jurgen Melzer (AUT x9) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x15) 6-3, 2-1, retired.

WTA New Haven Open

Result on Saturday:

Final: Simona Halep (ROM) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) 6-2, 6-2.

(China Daily 08/26/2013 page23)