Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

San Diego 4 CHICAGO CUBS 2

PHILADELPHIA 7 Miami 2

Boston 3 TORONTO 1

Washington 3 ATLANTA 1

Chicago White Sox 3 TEXAS 1

Detroit 7 HOUSTON 3 (14 innings)

St. Louis 6 MILWAUKEE 5

Baltimore 5 LA ANGELS 1

Tampa Bay at KANSAS CITY, ppd

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

Boston 20 8 .714 -

NY Yankees 17 10 .630 2

Baltimore 17 12 .586 3

Tampa Bay 12 15 .444 7

Toronto 10 19 .345 10

CENTRAL DIVISION

Kansas City 15 10 .600 -

Detroit 16 11 .593 -

Minnesota 12 12 .500 2

Cleveland 12 13 .480 3

Chicago White Sox 12 15 .444 4

WESTERN DIVISION

Texas 17 11 .607 -

Oakland 16 13 .552 1

Seattle 13 17 .433 5

Los Angeles 10 18 .357 7

Houston 8 21 .276 9

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

Atlanta 17 11 .607 -

Washington 15 14 .517 2

Philadelphia 13 16 .448 4

NY Mets 11 15 .423 5

Miami 8 21 .276 9

CENTRAL DIVISION

St. Louis 17 11 .607 -

Pittsburgh 16 12 .571 1

Milwaukee 14 13 .519 2

Cincinnati 15 14 .517 2

Chicago Cubs 11 17 .393 6

WESTERN DIVISION

Colorado 17 11 .607 -

San Francisco 16 12 .571 1

Arizona 15 13 .536 2

LA Dodgers 13 14 .481 3

San Diego 11 17 .393 6

Basketball

Results from the first round of the NBA playoffs on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 T

Brooklyn 33 27 15 20 95

CHICAGO 27 27 17 21 92

(Best-of-seven series is level at 3-3)

1 2 3 4 T

Denver 25 17 20 26 88

GOLDEN STATE 21 19 33 19 92

(Golden State wins best-of-seven series 4-2)

Golf

USPGA Wells Fargo Championship

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the US PGA Tour $6.7 million Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow (USA unless noted, par-72):

67 - Ryan Moore, Nick Watney, Robert Garrigus, Derek Ernst, Rory McIlroy (NIR), Daniel Summerhays, Nate Smith

68 - Boo Weekley, Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson, Lucas Glover, Kevin Streelman, Jason Kokrak

69 - David Hearn (CAN), Robert Karlsson (SWE), George McNeill, Jordan Spieth, John Rollins, Russell Henley, Rod Pampling (AUS), Shawn Stefani, Steven Bowditch (AUS)

70 - John Senden (AUS), Webb Simpson, Andrew Svoboda, Trevor Immelman (RSA), Gary Woodland, James Driscoll, Bud Cauley, Patrick Reed, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Lee Westwood (ENG), Rory Sabbatini (RSA), Vaughn Taylor, Brian Harman, Ross Fisher (ENG), Scott Gardiner (AUS)

EPGA China Open

Leading scores after round one (am- denotes amateur):

66 - Robert-Jan Derksen (NED)

68 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Raphael Jacquelin (FRA), Brett Rumford (AUS)

69 - Park Sang-Hyun (KOR), Aaron Townsend (AUS), Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Lee Slattery (ENG), Terry Pilkadaris (AUS), Paul Lawrie (SCO)

70 - Garrett Sapp (USA), Mark Foster (ENG), Dou Zecheng (am, CHN), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Yan Bin (CHN), Alexander Noren (SWE), Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Alvaro Quiros (ESP), Estanislao Goya (ARG), S.S.P Chowrasia (IND), Ricardo Santos (POR), Matthew Griffin (AUS), Matthew Baldwin (ENG), Graeme Storm (ENG), Lee Hyung-Joon (KOR)

LPGA Kingsmill Championship

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the LPGA Kingsmill Championship (par-71):

65 - Ariya Jutanugarn (THA)

66 - Cristie Kerr

67 - Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED), Ryu So-Yeon (KOR)

68 - Katie Burnett, Ai Miyazato (JPN), Stacy Lewis, Jane Park, Angela Stanford, Sandra Gal (GER), Karen Stupples (ENG), Mo Martin, Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Caroline Hedwall (SWE), Azahara Munoz (ESP), Park In-Bee (KOR), Lee Jee-Young (KOR), Park Hee-Young (KOR)

69 - Stacy Prammanasudh, Sarah Kemp (AUS), Jennifer Rosales (PHI), Christel Boeljon (NED), Alison Walshe, Tseng Ya-ni (TPE), Choi Na-Yeon (KOR), Amy Yang (KOR), Juli Inkster, Meena Lee (KOR), Thidapa Suwannapura (THA), Lee Il-Hee (KOR), Mina Harigae, Lindsey Wright (AUS), Mindy Kim, Lisa McCloskey, Paola Moreno (COL), Paula Creamer, Lorie Kane (CAN), Feng Shanshan (CHN)

Ice Hockey

Results from the NHL Play-offs Quarterfinal games on Thursday (home team in CAPS)

1 2 3 T

Ottawa 1 0 3 4

MONTREAL 0 2 0 2

(Ottawa leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

1 2 3 T

NY Rangers 1 0 0 1

WASHINGTON 0 3 0 3

(Washington leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

1 2 3 T

Los Angeles 1 0 0 1

ST LOUIS 0 0 2 2

(St Louis leads best-of-seven series 2-0)

1 2 3 OT T

Detroit 2 1 1 1 5

ANAHEIM 0 1 3 0 4

(Best-of-seven series level at 1-1)

Rallying

Rally of Argentina

CRDOBA, Argentina - Standings on the second day of the Rally of Argentina on Thursday:

1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA/VW Polo) 1 h 57:14.1, 2. Sebastien Loeb (FRA/Citroen DS3) at 16.3, 3. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN /Citroen DS3) 18.1, 4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN/VW Polo-R) 40.7, 5. Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta RS) 1:37.7, 6. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR/VW Polo-R) 1:55.1, 7. Thierry Neuville (BEL/Ford Fiesta RS) 2:12.5, 8. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta RS) 6.41.4, 9. Gabriel Pozzo (ARG/Ford Fiesta RS) 10:10.3, 10. Dani Sordo (ESP/Citron DS3) 10:32.6

Stage winners: Ogier 4 (SS1, SS2, SS4, SS5), Hirvonen 1 (ESS3)

Snooker

World Championship

Results from the snooker World Championship at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Thursday:

Semifinals (best of 33 frames):

Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) level with Judd Trump (ENG) 4-4

Ricky Walden (ENG) leads Barry Hawkins (ENG) 6-2

Soccer

Europa League

Semifinal, second-leg results on Thursday:

At London

Chelsea (ENG) 3 (Torres 50, Moses 52, David Luiz 59) Basel (SUI) 1 (Salah 45+1)

Chelsea win 5-2 on aggregate

At Lisbon

Benfica (POR) 3 (Gaitan 9, Oscar Cardozo 35, 66) Fenerbahce (TUR) 1 (Kuyt 23-pen)

Benfica win 3-2 on aggregate

Chelsea and Benfica will meet in the final in Amsterdam on Wednesday, May 15

Libertadores Cup

Last 16 first leg result on Thursday:

At the Morumbi, Sao Paulo:

Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1 (Jadson 9) Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) 2 (Ronaldinho 42, Tardelli 60)

At the George Capwell, Guayaquil

Emelec (Ecuador) 2 (Euzebio 32og, Gaibor 87pen) Fluminense (Brazil) 1 (Wagner 43)

Tennis

WTA/ATP Portugal Open

Results on Thursday (x denotes seeding):

Men's 2nd rd

Andreas Seppi (ITA x3) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-4, 6-0; Tommy Robredo (ESP x8) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 6-4; Gastao Elias (POR) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Women's quarterfinals

Romina Oprandi (SUI) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS x7) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3); Carla Suarez (ESP x4) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-2, 6-4; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-4, 6-3.

Munich ATP

Second-round results on Thursday:

Florian Mayer (GER x6) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Tommy Haas (GER x3) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4, 6-7(3/7), 6-1; Daniel Brands (GER) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x1) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-4, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 05/04/2013 page15)