Baseball

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R

ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Pittsburgh 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 7

(The best-of-five series is level at 1-1)

ATLANTA 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 x 4

LA Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

(The best-of-five series is level at 1-1)

BOSTON 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 4 x 12

Tampa Bay 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

(Boston leads the best-of-five series by 1-0)

Detroit 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

(Detroit leads the best-of-five series by 1-0)

Golf

Presidents Cup

Results from Friday's alternate-shot foursomes matches at the Presidents Cup:

Phil Mickelson/Keegan Bradley (USA) bt Jason Day (AUS)/Graham DeLaet (CAN) (Internationals) 4 and 3

Ernie Els (RSA)/Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) (Internationals) bt Bill Haas/Hunter Mahan (USA) 4 and 3

Overall score: United States 4 1/2 Internationals 3 1/2

Darkness-suspended matches (to resume Saturday):

Steve Stricker/Jordan Spieth (USA) lead Branden Grace (RSA)/Richard Sterne (RSA) (Internationals) 3-up after 14 holes

Angel Cabrera (ARG)/Marc Leishman (AUS) (Internationals) lead Webb Simpson/Brandt Snedeker (USA) 1-up after 13 holes

Tiger Woods/Matt Kuchar (USA) lead Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)/Charl Schwartzel (RSA) (Internationals) 3-up after 12 holes

Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)/Adam Scott (AUS) (Internationals) lead Jason Dufner/Zach Johnson (USA) 4-up after 11 holes

Seve Trophy

Seve Trophy scores from the second day of four balls between Continental Europe and Great Britain & Ireland at the Saint-Nom-la-Breteche golf club on Friday:

Continental Europe 5 1/2 Great Britain & Ireland 4 1/2

Paul Casey (ENG)/Simon Khan (ENG) bt Mikko Ilonen (FIN)/Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 3 and 2

Scott Jamieson (SCO)/David Lynn (ENG) bt Francesco Molinari (ITA)/Matteo Manassero (ITA) one hole

Jamie Donaldson (WAL)/Marc Warren (SCO) bt Thomas Bjorn (DEN)/Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 4 and 2

Gregory Bourdy (FRA)/Joost Luiten (NED) bt Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)/Chris Wood (ENG) one hole

Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL)/Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) bt Paul Lawrie (SCO)/Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 6 and 5

Reignwood LPGA Classic

Leading second-round scores:

132 - Jessica Korda (USA) 64-68

134 - Feng Shanshan (CHN) 70-64, Stacy Lewis (USA) 68-66

135 - Choi Na-yeon (KOR) 64-71

137 - Park In-bee (KOR) 69-68

138 - Lin Xiyu (CHN) 72-66, Mo Martin (USA) 70-68

139 - Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 71-68, Karrie Web (AUS) 71-68

140 - Vicky Hurst (USA) 73-67, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 71-69, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 70-70, Paola Moreno (COL) 69-71, Amy Yang (KOR) 69-71

Gymnastics

World championship

Women's individual all-around final on Friday:

1. Simone Biles (USA) 60.216

2. Kyla Ross (USA) 59.332

3. Aliya Mustafina (RUS) 58.856

4. Larisa Andreea Iordache (ROM) 57.766

5. Yao Jinnan (CHN) 57.632

6. Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 56.732

7. Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 56.699

8. Shang Chunsong (CHN) 56.132

9. Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 55.532

10. Victoria Moors (CAN) 55.466

11. Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) 55.399

12. Roxana Popa (ESP) 55.366

Ice Hockey

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

Ottawa 1 BUFFALO 0

NY Islanders 4 NEW JERSEY 3 (SO)

Detroit 3 CAROLINA 2 (OT)

Calgary 4 COLUMBUS 3

WINNIPEG 5 Los Angeles 3

COLORADO 3 Nashville 1

Soccer

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

Cambuur 0 FC Twente 1

French league

Result on Friday:

Bastia 4 (Boudebouz 6, Khazri 23-pen, Krasic 59, Romaric 79) Lorient 1 (Coutadeur 32)

German Bundesliga

Results on Friday:

Hanover 1 (Schulz 23) Hertha Berlin 1 (Ronny 81)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Friday:

Villarreal 3 (Bruno 30, G. dos Santos 49, Pina 82) Granada 0

Malaga 0 Osasuna 1 (Riera 23)

Tennis

China Open

Results from the China Open in Beijing on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's quarterfinals

Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt John Isner (USA x8) 7-5, 6-2; Richard Gasquet (FRA x5) bt David Ferrer (ESP x3) 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-1, 6-2.

Women's quarterfinals

Jelena Jankovic (SRB x8) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x9) bt Li Na (CHN x4) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Serena Williams (USA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x6) 6-1, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x7) 7-6, 6-4.

Saturday's early results

Men's semifinals:

Rafa Nadal (ESP x2) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 4-2 (Berdych retired).

Women's semifinals:

Jelena Jankovic (SRB x8) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x9) 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-1.

ATP Japan Open

Results on Saturday:

Semifinals

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x1) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x6) 7-6 (7), 7-6 (1); Milos Raonic (CAN x3) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 7-6 (4), 6-1.

China Daily

(China Daily 10/06/2013 page11)