Baseball

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

WASHINGTON 7 Chicago Cubs 3

DETROIT 10 Cleveland 4

BOSTON 5 Toronto 0

CINCINNATI 4 Milwaukee 3

Pittsburgh 7 NY METS 3

TAMPA BAY 6 San Diego 3

LA Angels 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5

NY Yankees 11 KANSAS CITY 6

Baltimore 9 MINNESOTA 6 (10 innings) Texas 4 HOUSTON 2

ST. LOUIS 3 Colorado 0

ARIZONA 3 Philadelphia 2

SEATTLE 6 Oakland 3

Miami 5 LA DODGERS 4

SAN FRANCISCO 8 Atlanta 2

Basketball

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

Eastern Conference

at Chicago

Miami 104 Chicago 94

(Miami lead series 2-1)

Western Conference

at Oakland

San Antonio 102 Golden State 92

(San Antonio lead series 2-1)

Cycling

Giro d'Italia

PESCARA, Italy - Results from the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 177km run from Marina di San Salvo to Pescara on Friday:

1. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 4hr 35min 49sec, 2. Enrico Battaglin (ITA/BAR) at 1:07, 3. Danilo Di Luca (ITA/VIN) 1:07, 4. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/VIN) 1:07, 5. Damiano Caruso (ITA/CAN) 1:07, 6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 1:07, 7. Stefano Pirazzi (ITA/BAR) 1:07, 8. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 1:07, 9. Pieter Weening (NED/ORI) 1:07, 10. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 1:07.

Selected

14. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 1:07, 22. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 1:07, 23. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 1:07, 54. Luca Paolini (ITA/KAT) 2:31, 55. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 2:31.

Overall

1. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 28hr 30min 04sec, 2. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) at 05, 3. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 08, 4. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 10, 5. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/VIN) 13, 6. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 16, 7. Robert Gesink (NED/BLA) 19, 8. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 28, 9. Pieter Weening (NED/ORI) 29, 10. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/RSH) 34.

Selected

23. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 1:32

Golf

Players Championship

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida - Leading second-round scores on Friday in the US PGA Tour's $9.5 million Players Championship (USA unless noted, par-72):

133 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-65

134 - Tiger Woods 67-67

135 - Kevin Chappell 69-66, Lee Westwood (ENG) 69-66, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68-67

136 - Ryan Palmer 67-69, Casey Wittenberg 67-69, David Lingmerth (SWE) 68-68

137 - Matt Kuchar 71-66, Hunter Mahan 67-70, Adam Scott 69-68, Zach Johnson 66-71

138 - Charles Howell 71-67, Marc Leishman (AUS) 72-66, Jason Dufner 71-67, Webb Simpson 67-71, Martin Laird (SCO) 71-67, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 66-72, Steve Stricker 67-71

139 - Chris Kirk 70-69, Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 68-71, Jerry Kelly 71-68, Kevin Streelman 69-70

140 - Brandt Snedeker 71-69, Tim Herron 71-69, David Lynn (ENG) 72-68, Peter Hanson (SWE) 70-70, Ben Crane 69-71

Ice hokey

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

1 2 3 OT T

DETROIT 1 0 2 1 4

Anaheim 0 1 2 0 3

(The best-of-seven series is level at 3-3)

1 2 3 T

LOS ANGELES 1 1 0 2

St. Louis 0 1 0 1

(Los Angeles win the best-of-seven series by 4-2)

1 2 3 OT T

WASHINGTON 0 1 0 1 2

NY Rangers 1 0 0 0 1

(Washington lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)

1 2 3 T

BOSTON 0 0 1 1

Toronto 0 1 1 2

(Boston lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)

Soccer

French league

Result on Friday:

Lille 3 (Kalou 20, 77, Payet 49) Reims 0

Spanish league

Result on Friday:

Levante 0 Real Zaragoza 0

Tennis

ATP Madrid Masters/WTA Madrid Open

Results on Thursday (x denotes seeding):

Men's quarterfinals

Stanislas Wawrinka (SWI x15) bt Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (FRA x7) 6-2, 6-7(9), 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) 7-6 (3), 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x14) 6-3, 7-5

Women's quarterfinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3, 0-6, 7-5; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-2, 6-4; Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x6) 6-3, 6-1

(China Daily 05/12/2013 page7)