Baseball

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

BOSTON 5 Tampa Bay 1, 1st game

BOSTON 3 Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game

NY Mets 4 ATLANTA 3, 1st game

NY Mets 6 ATLANTA 1, 2nd game

CLEVELAND 4 Kansas City 3

DETROIT 5 Baltimore 2

TORONTO 8 Colorado 3

Pittsburgh 4 CINCINNATI 0

PHILADELPHIA 4 Washington 2

Oakland 6 TEXAS 2

HOUSTON 10 Milwaukee 1

MINNESOTA 7 Chicago White Sox 5

Chicago Cubs 4 ST. LOUIS 2

ARIZONA 3 Miami 2

Seattle 3 LA ANGELS 2 (10 innings)

SAN FRANCISCO 5 San Diego 4

LA Dodgers at NY YANKEES, ppd

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 44 29 .603 -

2. Baltimore 41 31 .569 2 1/2

3. NY Yankees 38 31 .551 4

4. Tampa Bay 36 35 .507 7

5. Toronto 34 36 .486 8 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 39 30 .565 -

2. Cleveland 35 35 .500 4 1/2

3. Kansas City 34 35 .493 5

4. Minnesota 31 36 .463 7

5. Chi White Sox 29 39 .426 9 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 43 30 .589 -

2. Texas 39 32 .549 3

3. Seattle 32 40 .444 10 1/2

4. LA Angels 31 40 .437 11

5. Houston 27 45 .375 15 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 42 30 .583 -

2. Philadelphia 35 37 .486 7

3. Washington 34 36 .486 7

4. NY Mets 27 40 .403 12 1/2

5. Miami 22 48 .314 19

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 45 26 .634 -

2. Cincinnati 43 29 .597 2 1/2

3. Pittsburgh 42 29 .592 3

4. Chicago Cubs 29 40 .420 15

5. Milwaukee 28 41 .406 16

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Arizona 38 33 .535 -

2. San Francisco 36 34 .514 1 1/2

3. Colorado 37 35 .514 1 1/2

4. San Diego 36 35 .507 2

5. LA Dodgers 29 39 .426 7 1/2

MLB's TOP TEN

NATIONAL LEAGUE

G AB R H Pct

YMolina StL 67 251 30 92 .367

Tulowitzki Col 61 222 41 77 .347

Scutaro SF 59 236 33 79 .335

Segura Mil 68 273 40 90 .330

Votto Cin 72 269 53 87 .323

CGomez Mil 67 256 43 82 .320

FFreeman Atl 59 228 33 73 .320

Posey SF 66 235 29 75 .319

GParra Ari 70 282 44 88 .312

MCarpenter StL 67 267 52 83 .311

Home Runs

CGonzalez, Colorado, 20; DBrown, Philadelphia, 19; Beltran, St. Louis, 17; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 15; JUpton, Atlanta, 15.

Runs Batted In

Goldschmidt, Arizona, 62; CGonzalez, Colorado, 56; Phillips, Cincinnati, 56; Craig, St. Louis, 52; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 51; DBrown, Philadelphia, 49; Bruce, Cincinnati, 48; FFreeman, Atlanta, 48.

Pitching

Wainwright, St. Louis, 10-4; Corbin, Arizona, 9-0; Lynn, St. Louis, 9-1; Lee, Philadelphia, 9-2; Marquis, San Diego, 9-2; Zimmermann, Washington, 9-3; Minor, Atlanta, 8-2.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

G AB R H Pct

MiCabrera Det 69 273 55 98 .359

HKendrick LAA 71 271 29 90 .332

CDavis Bal 71 259 49 86 .332

JhPeralta Det 64 245 32 81 .331

Mauer Min 63 254 40 83 .327

Machado Bal 72 312 46 101 .324

Pedroia Bos 72 278 46 88 .317

Trout LAA 71 286 51 88 .308

DOrtiz Bos 54 205 34 63 .307

Infante Det 62 241 34 74 .307

Home Runs

CDavis, Baltimore, 24; MiCabrera, Detroit, 19; Encarnacion, Toronto, 19; NCruz, Texas, 18; ADunn, Chicago, 18; Cano, New York, 16; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 16.

Runs Batted In

MiCabrera, Detroit, 71; CDavis, Baltimore, 61; Encarnacion, Toronto, 58; Fielder, Detroit, 54; DOrtiz, Boston, 52; AJones, Baltimore, 51; Napoli, Boston, 49.

Pitching

Scherzer, Detroit, 10-0; Buchholz, Boston, 9-0; Colon, Oakland, 9-2; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-4; Verlander, Detroit, 8-5; Masterson, Cleveland, 8-5.

Basketball

Result from the NBA Finals match between San Antonio and Miami on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 OT T

San Antonio 25 25 25 20 5 100

MIAMI 27 17 21 30 8 103

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

Soccer

Asian zone World Cup qualifying

Results on Tuesday:

Group A

At Ulsan: South Korea 0 Iran 1 (Reza Ghoochannejhad 60)

At Tashkent: Uzbekistan 5 (Bahodir Nasimov 60, 74, Oleg Zoteev 72, Odil Ahmedov 87, Ulugbek Bakaev 90+1) Qatar 1 (Abdulqadir Ilyas 37)

Group B

At Sydney: Australia 1 (Josh Kennedy 83) Iraq 0

At Amman: Jordan 1 (Ahmad Ibrahim 57) Oman 0

Standings

Group A

W D L Gf Ga Pts

1. Iran 5 1 2 8 2 16

2. South Korea 4 2 2 13 7 14

3. Uzbekistan 4 2 2 11 6 14

4. Qatar 2 1 5 5 13 7

5. Lebanon 1 2 5 3 12 5

Group B

1. Japan 5 2 1 16 5 17

2. Australia 3 4 1 12 7 13

3. Jordan 3 1 4 7 16 10

4. Oman 2 3 3 7 10 9

5. Iraq 1 2 5 4 8 5

* Top two teams from each group qualify for the World Cup.

* Two third-placed teams face each other in a two-legged playoff with the winner advancing to the intercontinental playoff against the fifth-placed team in South America

Tennis

Eastbourne ATP/WTA

Results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 1st rd

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt James Ward (GBR) 6-3, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5); Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Victor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 6-2; Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-4; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-3, 6-2; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Kevin Anderson (SAF x5) 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Women's 1st rd

Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) bt Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-4, 6-3; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-4, 7-6 (3); Angelique Kerber (GER x3) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-2, 2-2 retired; Elena Baltacha (GBR) bt Kristna Plskova (CZE) 7-5, 7-6 (3); Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-4, 6-1; Li Na (CHN x2) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Elena Baltacha (GBR) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5, 7-6 (3); Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Olga Puchkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-0; Laura Robson (GBR) bt Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-3, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x8) 6-2, 6-3; Jamie Hampton (USA) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) 7-6 (2), 6-2.

's-Hertogensbosch ATP/WTA

Results on Tuesday:

Men's 1st rd

Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-1, 7-6 (3); Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Benot Paire (FRA x4) 3-0 ret'd; Jeremy Chardy (FRA x5) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt David Ferrer (ESP x1) 7-6 (3), 6-3; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-1, 6-4; Jan Hernych (CZE) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4); Marius Copil (ROM) bt Rogrio Dutra Silva (BRA) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Women's 1st rd

Roberta Vinci (ITA x1) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-3, 6-3; Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 5-0 retired; Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x4) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

2nd rd

Carla Suarez (ESP x3) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3, 6-4; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Irina Begu (ROM) 7-6 (7), 6-2; Urszula Radwanska (POL x7) bt Magdalena Rybarikov (SVK) 4-3 retired.

China Daily

(China Daily 06/20/2013 page22)