Athletics

Drake Relays

Main results on Friday at the Drake Relays athletics meeting:

Men

400m: 1. Luguelin Santos (DOM) 44.74, 2. Jeremy Wariner (USA) 45.35, 3. Marcus Boyd (USA) 45.69

110m hurdles (wind -3.2m/sec): 1. Andrew Riley (JAM) 13.43, 2. Aries Merritt (USA) 13.48, 3. Ryan Brathwaite (BAR) 13.55

400m hurdles: 1. Michael Tinsley (USA) 48.55, 2. Johnny Dutch (USA) 48.73, 3. Javier Culson (POR) 49.33

High jump: 1. Dusty Jonas (USA) 2.31m, 2. Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.25m, 3. Trevor Barry (BAH) 2.25m

Women

1500m: 1. Jenny Simpson (USA) 4:03.35, 2. Shaila Reid (USA) 4:07.92, 3. Kate Grace (USA) 4:08.24

Pole vault: 1. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.85m, 2. Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.63

Long jump: 1. Brittney Reese (USA) 6.94m (wind: +2.5 m/sec, 2. Janay DeLoach (USA) 6.92

Baseball

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

NY YANKEES 6 Toronto 4

WASHINGTON 1 Cincinnati 0

DETROIT 10 Atlanta 0

BOSTON 7 Houston 3

Philadelphia 4 NY METS 0

Chicago Cubs 4 MIAMI 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 Tampa Bay 4

Texas 4 MINNESOTA 3

ST. LOUIS 9 Pittsburgh 1

Colorado 6 ARIZONA 3

Baltimore 3 OAKLAND 0

LA Angels 6 SEATTLE 3

SAN DIEGO 2 San Francisco 1

LA DODGERS 7 Milwaukee 5

Basketball

Results on Friday from the first round of the NBA playoffs (all series best-of-seven):

Eastern Conference

at Boston

New York 90 Boston 76

(New York lead series 3-0)

Western Conference

at Los Angeles

San Antonio 120 LA Lakers 89

(San Antonio lead series 3-0)

at Oakland

Golden State 110 Denver 108

(Golden State lead series 2-1)

Golf

Ballantine's Championship

Leading scores at the Ballantine's Championship in Icheon, South Korea, after the rain-interrupted second round was completed on Saturday (par 72):

137 - Wade Ormsby (AUS) 70-67, Arnond Vongvanij (THA) 68-69, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 71-66

138 - Alexander Noren (SWE) 71-67, James Morrison (ENG) 72-66, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 71-67, Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 70-68, Jose Manuel Lara (ESP) 71-67

139- Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 68-71, Romain Wattel (FRA), 70-69, Kim Gi-Whan (KOR) 65-72, Peter Whiteford (SCO) 70-69

LPGA North Texas Shootout

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the North Texas LPGA Shootout (USA unless noted, par-71):

135 - Caroline Masson (GER) 64-71

136 - Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 66-70

137 - Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 71-66, Park In-Bee (KOR) 67-70, Kathleen Ekey 70-67

138 - Feng Shanshan (CHN) 71-67, Brittany Lincicome 70-68, Jessica Korda 69-69, Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 69-69, Park Hee-Young 68-70

139 - Ryu So-Yeon (KOR) 71-68, Choi Na-Yeon (KOR) 70-69, Seo Hee-Kyung (KOR) 70-69, Angela Stanford 69-70

140 - Becky Morgan (WAL) 73-67, Rebecca Lee-Bentham (CAN) 72-68, Lee Jee-Young (KOR) 72-68, Chella Choi (KOR) 71-69, Karine Icher (FRA) 71-69, Jennifer Johnson 71-69, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 70-70, Julieta Granada (PAR) 70-70, Moira Dunn 69-71, Christina Kim 68-72, Hur Mi-Jung (KOR) 67-73, Kristy McPherson 67-73

US PGA Zurich Classic

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the USPGA Tour $6.6 million Zurich Classic of New Orleans (USA unless noted, par-72):

132 - Lucas Glover 65-67

133 - Boo Weekley 65-68

134 - D.A. Points 66-68

135 - Morgan Hoffmann 66-69

136 - Ernie Els (RSA) 67-69

137 - Brian Davis (ENG) 68-69, Jerry Kelly 70-67, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-69, Jeff Maggert 70-67, Bobby Gates 67-70, Doug LaBelle 70-67

138 - Matt Jones (AUS) 67-71, Luke Guthrie 67-71, Billy Horschel 67-71, Gary Woodland 68-70, Chris DiMarco 68-70, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 70-68, Jimmy Walker 67-71, Steve LeBrun 70-68, John Peterson 71-67, Harris English 68-70, Nick Watney 69-69, Bubba Watson 73-65

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

BUFFALO 2 NY Islanders 1 (SO)

Edmonton 6 MINNESOTA 1

CHICAGO 3 Calgary 1

Colorado 5 PHOENIX 4 (SO)

Soccer

Dutch league

Friday's results:

SC Heerenveen 0 AZ Alkmaar 4

French Ligue 1

Friday's results:

Lille 3 (Kalou 26, 45+2, Basa 48) Sochaux 3 (Kant 79, Nogueira 84, 87)

German Bundesliga

Friday's results:

Greuther Fuerth 2 (Djurdjic 41,83) Hanover 96 3 (Abdellaoue 36, Hoffmann 71, da Silva Pinto 87)

Portuguese league

Friday's results:

Estoril 2 (Douglas 54-og, Vitoria 68) Sporting Braga 1 (Marcio Mossoro 18)

Scottish Premier League

Friday's results:

Ross County 1 (Sproule 54) Dundee Utd 0

Spanish La Liga

Friday's results:

Rayo Vallecano 2 (Delibasic 7, Piti 57) Osasuna 2 (Loe 8, Arribas Garrido 13)

Tennis

ATP Barcelona Open

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) injury walkover; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x4) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x7) 6-3, 7-5; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-3, 6-0; Milos Raonic (CAN x5) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2)

Third round

Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x13) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) bt Martin Klizan (SVK x11) 1-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) ; Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x6) 6-4, 7-6 (4) ; Milos Raonic (CAN x5) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-2, 7-6 (6); Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3

WTA Stuttgart

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Women's singles

Quarterfinals

Angelique Kerber (GER x3) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-3, 7-6 (2); Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-4, 6-2; Li Na (CHN x2) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) 6-3, 7-5.

(China Daily 04/28/2013 page7)