Baseball

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

TEXAS 7 LA Angels 4

Cleveland 5 MINNESOTA 1

Pittsburgh 8 CINCINNATI 3

TORONTO 7 Tampa Bay 2

San Diego 9 SAN FRANCISCO 3

SEATTLE 7 Oakland 5

Milwaukee 4 NY METS 2 (10 innings)

ST. LOUIS 6 Chicago Cubs 2

BALTIMORE 6 Boston 5

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Kansas City 5

Philadelphia 5 ATLANTA 4

NY Yankees 2 HOUSTON 1

MIAMI 2 Detroit 1 (10 innings)

Washington 2 ARIZONA 0

Colorado 1 LA DODGERS 0

American League

East

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 97 64 .602 -

2. Tampa Bay 90 71 .559 7

3. Baltimore 84 77 .522 13

4. NY Yankees 84 77 .522 13

5. Toronto 74 87 .460 23

Central

1. Detroit 93 68 .578 -

2. Cleveland 91 70 .565 2

3. Kansas City 85 76 .528 8

4. Minnesota 66 95 .410 27

5. Chi White Sox 63 98 .391 30

West

1. Oakland 95 66 .590 -

2. Texas 90 71 .559 5

3. LA Angels 78 83 .484 17

4. Seattle 71 90 .441 24

5. Houston 51 110 .317 44

National League

East

1. Atlanta 95 66 .590 -

2. Washington 86 75 .534 9

3. NY Mets 73 88 .453 22

4. Philadelphia 73 88 .453 22

5. Miami 61 100 .379 34

Central

1. St. Louis 96 65 .596 -

2. Pittsburgh 93 68 .578 3

3. Cincinnati 90 71 .559 6

4. Milwaukee 74 87 .460 22

5. Chi Cubs 66 95 .410 30

West

1. LA Dodgers 92 69 .571 -

2. Arizona 80 81 .497 12

3. San Diego 76 85 .472 16

4. San Francisco 75 86 .466 17

5. Colorado 73 88 .453 19

Rugby Union

Fifth round of the southern hemisphere's Rugby Championship on

Saturday (home team named first):

Argentina 15 New Zealand 33

South Africa 28 Australia 8

P W D L BP Pts

New Zealand 5 5 0 0 3 23

South Africa 5 4 0 1 2 18

Australia 5 1 0 4 0 4

Argentina 5 0 0 5 2 1

Soccer

Dutch championship

Games played on Saturday:

Ajax Amsterdam 6 Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 0

AZ Alkmaar 2 PSV Eindhoven 1

Utrecht 3 Roda JC Kerkrade 3

PEC Zwolle 0 NAC Breda 0

RKC Waalwijk 1 Heracles Almelo4

English Premier League

Games played on Saturday:

Aston Villa 3 Manchester City 2

Fulham 1 Cardiff City 2

Hull City 1 West Ham United 0

Manchester United 1 WBA 2

Southampton 2 Crystal Palace 0

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Chelsea 1

French Ligue 1

Games played on Saturday:

Evian Thonon Gaillard FC 1 Girondins Bordeaux 1

FC Lorient 0 Olympique Marseille 2

Sochaux 2 Valenciennes 0

Nice1 En Avant Guingamp 0

Olympique Lyon 0 Lille 0

Paris St. Germain 2 Toulouse 0

St. Etienne 2 Bastia 2

German Bundesliga

Games played on Saturday:

Bayer Leverkusen 2 Hanover 96 0

Bayern Munich 1 VfL Wolfsburg 0

Borussia Dortmund 5 Freiburg 0

Eintracht Frankfurt 2 Hamburg SV 2

Hertha Berlin 3 Mainz 1

Hoffenheim 3 Schalke 04 3

Italian Serie A

Games pl;ayed on Saturday::

AC Milan 1 Sampdoria 0

Genoa 0 Napoli 2

Portuguese championship

Games played on Saturday:

Academica 0 Arouca 0

Rio Ave 0 Nacional Madeira 3

Spanish La Liga

Games played on Saturday:

Real Madrid 0 Atletico Madrid 1

Real Sociedad 1 Sevilla 1

Almeria 0 Barcelona 2

Valencia 1 Rayo Vallecano 0

Tennis

China Open

Women's 1st round (x denotes seeding):

Li Na (CHI x4) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-0, 6-4. Madison Keys (USA) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-4, 6-3. Sloane Stephens (USA x11) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 6-4, 6-4. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x12) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 3-2 (ret). Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-2, 6-2. Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x15) 7-5, 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 7-5, 6-4.

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Monica Niculescu (ROU) bt Annika Beck (GER) 7-6 (4), 6-4. Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7-6 (3), 6-1. Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Simona Halep (ROU x16) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2).

ATP Thailand Open

Semifinals:

Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt Gilles (FRA x4) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-5. Milos Raonic (CAN x3) bt-Richard Gasquet (FRA x2) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

ATP Malaysian Open

Semifinals: Joao Sousa (POR) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x4) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Julien Benneteau (FRA x5) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) 6-4, 6-3.

(China Daily 09/30/2013 page23)