Baseball

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

MINNESOTA 4 Miami 3, 1st game

Miami 8 MINNESOTA 5, 2nd game

Atlanta 4 COLORADO 3, 1st game

Atlanta 10 COLORADO 2, 2nd game

Oakland 13 BOSTON 0 (7 innings)

BALTIMORE 4 Toronto 3

Pittsburgh 2 PHILADELPHIA 0

St. Louis 2 WASHINGTON 0

Chicago Cubs 4 CINCINNATI 2 (10 innings)

LA Dodgers 7 NY METS 2

NY Yankees 4 TAMPA BAY 3

HOUSTON 3 Seattle 2

LA ANGELS 5 Texas 4 (11 innings)

Milwaukee 6 SAN DIEGO 3

Arizona 6 SAN FRANCISCO 4 (11 innings)

Kansas City at DETROIT, ppd

Cleveland at CHICAGO WHITE SOX, ppd

Basketball

Results from the NBA Play-offs 1st Round games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 T

MIAMI 25 22 21 30 98

Milwaukee 23 20 22 21 86

(Miami leads the best-of-seven series 2-0)

1 2 3 4 T

NY KNICKS 26 16 32 13 87

Boston 20 28 11 12 71

(NY Knicks lead the best-of-seven series 2-0)

1 2 3 4 T

Golden State 26 35 35 35 131

DENVER 28 25 27 37 117

(The best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Ice hockey

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

CAROLINA 4 NY Islanders 3 (SO)

NEW JERSEY 3 Montreal 2

WASHINGTON 5 Winnipeg 3

FLORIDA 3 NY Rangers 2

PHILADELPHIA 5 Boston 2

Buffalo 4 PITTSBURGH 2

MINNESOTA 2 Los Angeles 1

NASHVILLE 4 Calgary 3

ST. LOUIS 3 Colorado 1

SAN JOSE 3 Dallas 2

Snooker

World Championships

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom - First round results on Tuesday from world snooker championship:

1st rd (best of 19 frames)

Mark King (ENG) bt Mark Allen (NIR) 10-8

Graeme Dott (SCO) bt Peter Ebdon (ENG) 10-6

Soccer

European Champions League

Champions League semifinal first-leg result on Tuesday:

At Munich, Germany

Bayern Munich (GER) 4 (Mueller 25, 82, Gomez 49, Robben 73) Barcelona (ESP) 0

second leg on May 1

Playing Wednesday (1845 GMT)

At Dortmund, Germany

Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Real Madrid (ESP)

second leg on April 30

AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League result on Tuesday:

Group G

At Beijing

Beijing Guoan (CHN) 2 (Joffre Guerron 47, Shao Jiayi 87) Pohang Steelers (KOR) 0

At Taskhent

Bunyodkor (UZB) 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN) 0

Group H

At Kashiwa

Kashiwa Reysol (JPN) 1 (Tatsuya Masushima 50) Guizhou Renhe (CHN) 1 (Li Kai 85)

Suwon Bluewings (KOR) 0 Central Coast Mariners (AUS) 1 (Michael McGlinchey 80)

Group C

At Doha

Al Gharafa (QAT) 2 (Alex 24, Djibril Cisse 54-pen) Al Ahli (KSA) 2 (Amad Al Hosni 31, Jairo Palomino 68)

At Dubai

Al Nasr (UAE) 1 (Hassan Mohammed 71) Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (IRI) 2 (Radomir Dalovic 29, Mohammad Gholami 79)

Group D

At Tehran

Esteghlal (IRI) 3 (Farhad Majidi 45, Hashem Beikzadeh 73, Arash Borhani 90+1) Al Rayyan (QAT) 0

At Riyadh

Al Hilal (KSA) 2 (Salem Aldawsari 4, Wesley 24) Al Ain (UAE) 0

English Championship

Result on Tuesday:

Millwall 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Cardiff 25 10 9 69 42 85 -- champion

Hull 24 6 14 59 48 78

Watford 22 8 14 82 55 74

Brighton 17 18 9 65 42 69

Crystal Palace 18 13 12 69 59 67

Bolton 18 12 14 66 58 66

Leicester 18 11 15 67 44 65

Nottingham Forest 16 16 12 60 56 64

Charlton 16 13 15 59 56 61

Birmingham 15 15 14 61 65 60

Derby 15 13 16 63 60 58

Middlesbrough 18 4 22 59 66 58

Leeds 16 10 18 54 63 58

Ipswich 15 12 17 45 58 57

Blackburn 14 14 16 53 60 56

Burnley 14 13 17 58 59 55

Blackpool 13 16 15 58 60 55

Millwall 15 10 18 51 60 55

Sheffield Wednesday 15 10 19 51 60 55

Huddersfield 14 12 18 48 70 54

Peterborough 14 9 21 63 72 51

Wolves 14 9 21 54 65 51

Barnsley 13 12 19 52 68 51

Bristol City 11 8 25 57 77 41 -- relegated

Tennis

ATP Barcelona Open

Results on Tuesday (x denotes seeding).

1st rd

Blaz Kavcic (SLO) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 6-0; Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Eduardo Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7-5, 6-4; Blaz Kavcic (SLO) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 6-0; Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Marc Lopez (ESP) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-4, 7-6 (2)

2nd rd

Jeremy Chardy (FRA x10) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-2, 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x12) 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2); Kei Nishikori (JPN x6) bt Guillermo Olaso (ESP) 6-1, 6-3; Thomaz Bellucci (BRA x16) bt Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 .

ATP Romania Open

Results on Tuesday:

1st rd

Santiago Giraldo (COL) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-1, 6-2; Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE) 6-2, 6-2; Guillermo Garca-Lopez (ESP) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG x7) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Matthias Bachinger (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Florian Mayer (GER x5) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-0, 7-6 (1); Tobias Kamke (GER) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-1, 6-3; Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Gilles Muller (LUX) 7-6 (4), 6-2; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4, 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

WTA Stuttgart Grand Prix

Results on Tuesday:

1st rd

Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 6-3, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (RUS x8) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Mirjana Lucic (CRO) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-0, 6-4.

WTA Morocco Grand Prix

WTA Princess Lalla Meryem tournament at Marrakech, Morocco, on Tuesday:

1st rd

Kaia Kanepi (EST x4) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL x9) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5, 6-1; Lourdes Domnguez (ESP) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Kiki Bertens (NED x5) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 7-5, 6-2; Mandy Minella (LUX) bt Estrella Cabeza (ESP) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5; Silvia Soler (ESP) bt Michaela Honcova (SVK) 7-6 (4), 6-2; Simona Halep (ROM) bt Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 6-1, 6-3; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Lina Qostal (MAR) 6-0, 6-1; Alize Cornet (FRA x3) bt Fatima El Allami (MAR) 6-1, 6-1; Kristina Mladenovic (FRA x7) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

China Daily

(China Daily 04/25/2013 page23)