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Baseball

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

Detroit 4 CLEVELAND 2

LA Dodgers 3 ST. LOUIS 2

Atlanta 3 WASHINGTON 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8 NY Yankees 1

HOUSTON 2 Boston 0

KANSAS CITY 13 Minnesota 0

Texas 5 LA ANGELS 2

Toronto at SEATTLE

SAN FRANCISCO 4 Milwaukee 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 68 46 .596 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 45 .595 1/2

3. Baltimore 61 51 .545 6

4. NY Yankees 57 54 .514 9 1/2

5. Toronto 52 60 .464 15

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 65 45 .591 -

2. Cleveland 62 50 .554 4

3. Kansas City 57 52 .523 7 1/2

4. Minnesota 48 61 .440 16 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 41 69 .373 24

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 64 47 .577 -

2. Texas 63 50 .558 2

3. Seattle 52 60 .464 12 1/2

4. LA Angels 51 60 .459 13

5. Houston 37 74 .333 27

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 68 45 .602 -

2. Washington 54 58 .482 13 1/2

3. Philadelphia 50 61 .450 17

4. NY Mets 49 60 .450 17

5. Miami 43 67 .391 23 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 67 44 .604 -

2. St. Louis 65 46 .586 2

3. Cincinnati 61 51 .545 6 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 49 62 .441 18

5. Milwaukee 47 65 .420 20 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 62 49 .559 -

2. Arizona 56 55 .505 6

3. San Diego 52 60 .464 10 1/2

4. Colorado 52 61 .460 11

5. San Francisco 50 61 .450 12

Cricket

Ashes third Test

Scoreboard after the rain-hit fifth and final day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford on Monday.

Match drawn after play abandoned due to rain

Australia first innings 527 for seven declared Second innings 172-7 declared

England first innings 368 all out

Second innings

A.Cook lbw b Harris 0

J.Root not out 13

J.Trott c Haddin b Harris 11

K.Pietersen c Haddin b Siddle 8

I. Bell not out 4

Extras (w1) 1

Total (3 wickets; 20.3 overs) 37

Fall: 1-0 2-15 3-27

Bowling: Harris 7-3-13-2, Starc 4-2-6-0 (1w), Watson 2-2-0-0, Lyon 3-0-8-0, Siddle 3.3-0-8-1, Clarke 1-0-2-0

Australia won the toss

England leads the five-match series 2-0 and retain the Ashes.

Golf

World rankings

As of Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 14.19 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.56

3. (3) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 8.32

4. (4) Justin Rose (ENG) 7.60

5. (5) Adam Scott (AUS) 7.44

6. (6) Matt Kuchar 6.64

7. (7) Brandt Snedeker 6.59

8. (8) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 5.94

9. (9) Luke Donald (ENG) 5.40

10. (17) Keegan Bradley 5.10

11. (19) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 5.09

12. (10) Lee Westwood (ENG) 5.07

13. (11) Steve Stricker 4.92

14. (13) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.72

15. (14) Ernie Els (RSA) 4.65

16. (12) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 4.65

17. (15) Ian Poulter (ENG) 4.61

18. (16) Sergio garcia (ESP) 4.59

19. (18) Bubba Watson 4.31

20. (20) Jason Day (AUS) 4.26

Money winners on 2013 PGA Tour

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $7,659,119

2. Phil Mickelson $4,941,977

3. Matt Kuchar $4,931,408

4. Brandt Snedeker $4,897,911

5. Justin Rose (ENG) $3,125,310

6. Billy Horschel $3,117,543

7. Bill Haas $3,107,296

8. Keegan Bradley $3,043,446

9. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,902,513

10. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $2,896,003

11. Jason Day (AUS) $2,717,013

12. Kevin Streelman $2,651,632

13. Boo Weekley $2,428,936

14. Steve Stricker $2,420,746

15. Dustin Johnson $2,366,594

16. Hunter Mahan $2,339,697

17. D.A. Points $2,211,287

18. Webb Simpson $2,179,934

19. Harris English $2,112,057

20. Jordan Spieth $2,058,820

2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

As of Monday:

1. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,705,706 euros

2. Justin Rose (ENG) 1,632,024

3. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 1,592,701

4. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,263,618

5. Matteo Manassero (ITA) 1,217,004

6. Branden Grace (RSA) 1,067,573

7. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,034,721

8. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 1,004,795

9. Ian Poulter (ENG) 961,812

10. Brett Rumford (AUS) 946,284

11. Lee Westwood (ENG) 914,391

12. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 880,425

13. Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 875,631

14. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 826,072

15. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 821,744

16. Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 735,467

17. Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 735,237

18. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 707,482

19. Chris Wood (ENG) 688,574

20. Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 683,795

PGA Tour 2013 FedExCup points table

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods 3,031 points

2. Matt Kuchar 2,245

3. Brandt Snedeker 2,214

4. Phil Mickelson 2,165

5. Billy Horschel 1,487

6. Bill Haas 1,412

7. Justin Rose (ENG) 1,412

8. Keegan Bradley 1,365

9. Kevin Streelman 1,270

10. Boo Weekley 1,242

11. Adam Scott (AUS) 1,232

12. Henrik Stensen (SWE) 1,216

13. Jason Day (AUS) 1,198

14. Dustin Johnson 1,140

15. Jordan Spieth 1,136

16. Harris English 1,126

17. Hunter Mahan 1,088

18. Webb Simpson 1,081

19. Steve Stricker 1,055

20. Russell Henley 1,048

Tennis

ATP World Tour rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets)

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12040 pts

2. (2) Andy Murray (SCO) 8610

3. (3) David Ferrer (ESP) 7120

4. (4) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 6860

5. (5) Roger Federer (SUI) 5515

6. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4865

7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4660

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3480

9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3045

10. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2915

11. (11) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2405

12. (12) Tommy Haas (GER) 2275

13. (13) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2225

14. (14) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2090

15. (15) Marin Cilic (CRO) 2075

16. (16) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2075

17. (17) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2030

18. (18) Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 2029

19. (19) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2000

20. (20) John Isner (USA) 1935

WTA rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 11245

2. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8805

3. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 8765

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6165

5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5555

6. (6) Sara Errani (ITA) 5100

7. (7) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4385

8. (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 4365

9. (9) Angelique Kerber (GER) 3920

10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3660

11. (13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 3310

12. (11) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3220

13. (14) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 2886

14. (16) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2865

15. (17) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2845

16. (12) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2801

17. (15) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2741

18. (18) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2556

19. (19) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2430

20. (21) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2245

ATP Montreal Masters

Results on Monday (x-denotes seedings):

1st rd

Florian Mayer (GER) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-1, 6-1; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4); Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Amir Weintraub (ISR) 6-1, 7-6 (5); Jesse Levine (CAN) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-4, 7-6 (4); Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x16) 6-4, 6-3; Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 7-6 (1), 7-5; Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (6); Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Kei Nishikori (JPN x9) bt Peter Polansky (CAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Results on Monday:

1st rd

Kiki Bertens (NED) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-3, 6-1; Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Mona Barthel (GER) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (1); Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Jana Cepelova (SVK) 7-5, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-2, 6-3; Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Carol Zhao (CAN) 6-1, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/07/2013 page23)