Baseball

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

Pittsburgh 2 CHICAGO CUBS 0

TORONTO 6 Texas 1

DETROIT 7 Cleveland 5

St. Louis 9 CINCINNATI 2

TAMPA BAY 2 Baltimore 1

Oakland 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

KANSAS CITY 4 Houston 2

MILWAUKEE 5 Philadelphia 4

COLORADO 10 San Diego 9

ARIZONA 3 San Francisco 1

SEATTLE 4 NY Yankees 1

LA DODGERS 2 Atlanta 1 (10 innings)

Ice Hockey

NHL playoffs

Result from the NHL playoffs finals game on Friday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 T

Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0

BOSTON 0 0 1 0

(Boston wins best-of-seven series 4-0)

Golf

PGA St Jude Classic

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the $5.7 million US PGA Tour St. Jude Classic (USA unless noted, par-70):

130 - Harris English 66-64

132 - Shawn Stefani 67-65

135 - Paul Haley 67-68, Scott Stallings 67-68

136 - Davis Love 66-70, Glen Day 66-70, Justin Hicks 67-69, Doug LaBelle 70-66, Nicholas Thompson 67-69

137 - Jason Bohn 67-70, Ben Crane 69-68, Dustin Johnson 67-70, Stuart Appleby (AUS) 66-71, Luke Guthrie 70-67, Eric Meierdierks 68-69, Chez Reavie 69-68, Roberto Castro 68-69, Bob Estes 68-69, Boo Weekley 68-69, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-68, Camilo Villegas (VEN) 69-68

138 - Martin Flores 66-72, Scott Brown 69-69, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 69-69, Peter Hanson (SWE) 67-71, Patrick Reed 69-69, John Rollins 67-71, Billy Mayfair 68-70, Russell Knox (SCO) 70-68, DJ Trahan 69-69, Charles Howell 71-67, Phil Mickelson 71-67, David Toms 67-71, Stephen Ames (CAN) 70-68, Robert Karlsson (SWE) 69-69, Jim Herman 69-69

EPGA Lyoness Open

VIENNA - Leading second-round scores in the European Tour Lyoness Open at Atzenbrugg on Friday:

133 Joost Luiten (NED) 65 68

134 Paul Waring (GBR) 67 67, Callum Macaulay (GBR) 68 66, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP) 69 65

136 Hennie Otto (RSA) 71 65, Romain Wattel (FRA) 68 68

137 Matthew Baldwin (GBR) 71 66, Tom Lewis (GBR) 63 74, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 70 67, David Drysdale (GBR) 71 66, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 67 70

138 Jacob Glennemo (SWE) 70 68, Alastair Forsyth (GBR) 70 68, Andy Sullivan (GBR) 67 71, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 70 68, Tjaart Van der Walt (RSA) 72 66

139 Steve Webster (GBR) 68 71, Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 72 67, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 72 67, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 72 67, Lee Slattery (GBR) 71 68, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 68 71, Liang Wenchong (CHN) 67 72, Mark Tullo (CHI) 69 70

LPGA Championship

PITTSFORD, New York - Leading first-round scores here on Friday in the LPGA Championship (USA unless noted, par-72):

67 - Chella Choi (KOR)

68 - Shin Jiyai (KOR), Morgan Pressel

69 - Brittany Lincicome

70 - Jessica Korda, Pak Se-Ri (KOR)

71 - Hur Mi-Jung (KOR), Chie Arimura (JPN), Angela Stanford, Lee Il-Hee (KOR), Laura Davies (ENG), Anna Nordqvist (SWE), Catriona Matthew (SCO), Lexi Thompson, Amy Yang (KOR)

72 - Ji Eun-Hee (KOR), Jang Jeong (KOR), Tseng Ya-ni (TPE), Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Sarah Jane Smith (AUS), Choi Na-Yeon (KOR), Park In-Bee (KOR), Pornanong Phatlum (THA)

73 - Kristy McPherson, Nicole Castrale, Kang Hae-Ji (KOR), Danah Bordner, Jennie Lee, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE), Yoo Sun-Young (KOR), Vicky Hurst

Soccer

European zone World Cup qualifying

Results on Friday:

Group A

At Zagreb

Croatia 0 Scotland 1 (Snodgrass 26)

At Brussels

Belgium 2 (De Bruyne 13, Fellaini 60) Serbia (Kolarov 87) 1

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Belgium 6 1 0 13 2 19

Croatia 5 1 1 10 4 16

Serbia 2 1 4 9 9 7

Wales 2 0 4 6 14 6

Scotland 1 2 4 4 9 5

Macedonia 1 1 4 3 7 4

Group B

At Yerevan

Armenia 0 Malta 1 (Mifsud 8)

At Prague

Czech Republic 0 Italy 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Italy 4 2 0 12 4 14

Bulgaria 2 4 0 11 4 10

Czech Republic 2 3 1 6 4 9

Denmark 1 3 1 6 5 6

Armenia 1 0 4 2 8 3

Malta 1 0 5 2 14 3

Group C

At Dublin

Republic of Ireland 3 (Keane 5, 56, 81) Faroe Islands 0

At Vienna

Austria 2 (Alaba 26-pen, Janko 32) Sweden 1 (Elmander 82)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Germany 5 1 0 22 7 16

Austria 3 2 1 15 5 11

Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 12 10 11

Sweden 2 2 1 9 7 8

Kazakhstan 0 1 5 2 15 1

Faroe Islands 0 0 5 2 18 0

Group E

At Tirana

Albania 1 (Rama 41) Norway 1 (Hogli 87)

At Reykjavik

Iceland 2 (Bjarnason 22, Finnbogason 26-pen) Slovenia 4 (Kirm 11, Birsa 31-pen, Cesar 61, Krhin 85)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Switzerland 3 2 0 7 1 11

Albania 3 1 2 7 6 10

Iceland 3 0 3 8 9 9

Norway 2 2 2 7 7 8

Slovenia 2 0 4 8 10 6

Cyprus 1 1 3 4 8 4

Group F

At Baku

Azerbaijan 1 (Abishov 71) Luxembourg 1 (Bensi 80)

At Lisbon

Portugal 1 (Postiga 9) Russia 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Portugal 4 2 1 12 6 14

Russia 4 0 1 8 1 12

Israel 3 2 1 15 8 11

Azerbaijan 0 4 3 3 9 4

Northern Ireland 0 3 2 3 7 3

Luxembourg 0 3 3 3 13 3

Group G

At Riga

Latvia 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 (Lulic 48, Ibisevic 53, Medunjanin 63, Pjanic 80, Dzeko 82)

At Vaduz

Liechtenstein 1 (Buechel 13) Slovakia 1 (Durica 73)

At Vilnius

Lithuania 0 Greece 1 (Christodoulopoulos 20)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 1 0 23 3 16

Greece 4 1 1 7 4 13

Slovakia 2 3 1 7 5 9

Lithuania 1 2 3 4 8 5

Latvia 1 1 4 6 14 4

Liechtenstein 0 2 4 3 16 2

Group H

At Chisinau

Moldova 1 (Sidorenco 37) Poland 1 (Blaszczykowski 7)

At Podgorica

Montenegro 0 Ukraine 4 (Garmash 52, Konoplyanka 77, Fedetskiy 85, Bezus 90+3)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Montenegro 4 2 1 14 7 14

England 3 3 0 21 3 12

Ukraine 3 2 1 10 4 11

Poland 2 3 1 12 7 9

Moldova 1 2 4 4 11 5

San Marino 0 0 6 0 29 0

Group I

At Helsinki

Finland 1 (Hamalainen 57) Belarus 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Spain 3 2 0 8 2 11

France 3 1 1 8 4 10

Finland 1 2 1 3 3 5

Georgia 1 1 3 3 7 4

Belarus 1 0 4 3 9 3

South America World Cup qualifying

Results on Friday:

At La Paz

Bolivia 1 (Campos 87) Venezuela 1 (Arango 58)

At Buenos Aires

Argentina 0 Colombia 0

At Asuncion

Paraguay 1 (Santa Cruz 88) Chile 2 (Vargas 41, Vidal 54)

At Lima

Peru 1 (Pizarro, 15) Ecuador 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Argentina 7 4 1 24 8 25

Colombia 6 2 3 19 7 20

Ecuador 6 2 3 16 11 20

Chile 6 0 6 18 20 18

Venezuela 4 4 4 10 13 16

Peru 4 2 5 12 15 14

Uruguay 3 4 4 17 21 13

Bolivia 2 4 6 14 21 10

Paraguay 2 2 8 9 23 8

Note: Top four teams qualify automatically, fifth-placed team goes into a playoff with the winner of Round 5 in Asian qualifying

CONCACAF World Cup qualifying

Results on Friday:

At Kingston

Jamaica 1 (Beckford 89) United States 2 (Altidore 30, Evans 90+2)

At Panama City

Panama 0 Mexico 0

At San Jose

Costa Rica 1 (Miller 25) Honduras 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Costa Rica 2 1 1 5 3 7

United States 2 1 1 4 3 7

Mexico 1 4 0 3 2 7

Panama 1 3 0 5 3 6

Honduras 1 1 2 4 6 4

Jamaica 0 2 3 2 6 2

Tennis

French Open

Results on Friday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's semifinals

Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 9-7; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.

Women's doubles semifinals

Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA/ITA x1) bt Nadia Petrova/Katarina Srebotnik (RUS/SLO x3) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS/RUS x4) bt Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE/CZE x2) 6-4, 7-5.

(China Daily 06/09/2013 page7)