Baseball

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

SAN DIEGO 3 Arizona 2 (11 innings)

BALTIMORE 3 Toronto 2

Tampa Bay 4 NY YANKEES 0

ATLANTA 7 Philadelphia 1

Milwaukee 4 NY METS 2

TEXAS 6 LA Angels 5

Kansas City 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

Cleveland 6 MINNESOTA 5

SAN FRANCISCO 3 LA Dodgers 2

American League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 96 63 .604 -

2. Tampa Bay 90 69 .566 6

3. Baltimore 83 76 .522 13

4. NY Yankees 82 77 .516 14

5. Toronto 72 87 .453 24

Central

1. Detroit 93 66 . 585 -

2. Cleveland 89 70 .560 4

3. Kansas City 84 75 .528 9

4. Minnesota 66 93 .415 27

5. Chi White Sox 62 97 .390 31

West

1. Oakland 94 65 .591 -

2. Texas 88 71 .553 6

3. LA Angels 78 81 .491 16

4. Seattle 70 89 .440 24

5. Houston 51 108 .321 43

National League

East

1. Atlanta 94 65 . 591 -

2. Washington 84 75 .528 10

3. NY Mets 73 86 .459 21

4. Philadelphia 72 87 .453 22

5. Miami 59 100 .371 35

Central

1. St. Louis 94 65 .591 -

2. Pittsburgh 91 68 .572 3

3. Cincinnati 90 69 .566 4

4. Milwaukee 72 87 .453 22

5. Chicago Cubs 66 93 .415 28

West

1. LA Dodgers 91 68 .572 -

2. Arizona 80 79 .503 11

3. San Diego 75 84 .472 16

4. San Francisco 74 85 .465 17

5. Colorado 72 87 .453 19

NFL

National Football League match played on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

San Francisco 35 ST. LOUIS 11

Soccer

Spanish La Liga

Matches on Thursday:

Athletic Club 2 Real Betis 1

Getafe 2 Celta Vigo 0

Villarreal 2 Espanyol 1

French Ligue 1

Match on Thusday:

Montpellier HSC 0 Stade Rennes 0

Italian Serie A

Match on Thursday:

Inter Milan 2 Fiorentina 1

Tennis

ATP Thailand Open

Quarterfinal (x denotes seeding): Gilles Simon (FRA x4) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 7-6 (7). 6-4.

ATP Malaysian Open

Quarterfinal: Jurgen Melzer (AUS x4) bt Federico Delbonis (ARG) 6-3, 6-2.

2nd round: Stanislas Wawrinka (SWI x2) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-1, 7-5. Julien Benneteau (FRA x5) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 7-6 (8), 6-2 . Joao Sousa (POR) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Jurgen Melzer (AUT x4) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 7-5, 6-4.

WTA Pan Pacific Open

Semifinal: Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Venus Williams (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2).

Quarterfinals: Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x2) 6-4, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-4, 6-1. Venus Williams (USA) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/28/2013 page15)