Baseball

Results of Major League Baseball games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

Minnesota 7 CLEVELAND 3

TORONTO 4 NY Yankees 0

DETROIT 7 Baltimore 6

NY METS 6 Cincinnati 3

KANSAS CITY 4 Chicago White Sox 3

Philadelphia 2 CHICAGO CUBS 0

Seattle 3 OAKLAND 1

San Francisco 7 LA DODGERS 2

St. Louis 6 PITTSBURGH 1

MIAMI 5 San Diego 0

TAMPA BAY 5 Texas 4

Atlanta 6 WASHINGTON 2

Milwaukee 7 BOSTON 6 (11 innings)

LA Angels 5 HOUSTON 1

COLORADO 9 Arizona 4

Basketball

Results of NBA games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

ORLANDO 100 Minnesota 92

Chicago 96 WASHINGTON 78

DETROIT 115 Boston 111

Brooklyn 105 PHILADELPHIA 101

Charlotte 96 CLEVELAND 94 (OT)

Toronto 102 MILWAUKEE 98

Golf

EPGA at Cadiz

Leading third-round scores in the Cadiz Open on Saturday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

208 - Matthew Nixon 72 71 65

209 - Marco Crespi (ITA) 70 73 66

210 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 71 69 70

211 - Ricardo Santos (POR) 74 70 67

212 - Tjaart Van Der Walt (RSA) 70 73 69, Richie Ramsay 71 72 69, David Horsey 71 68 73, Adrian Otaegui (ESP) 71 69 72

213 - Damien McGrane 74 69 70, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 76 70 67, Scott Jamieson 71 72 70

214 - Marc Warren 72 67 75, Jordi garcia Pinto (ESP) 73 70 71, Matteo Delpodio (ITA) 71 73 70, Oliver Fisher 71 72 71

215 - Andrew Johnston 73 72 70, Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 72 73 70, Daniel Im (USA) 72 72 71, Rhys Davies 72 71 72

USPGA Houston Open

Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the US PGA Tour $6.2 million (4.5 million euros) Houston Open (USA unless noted, par-72):

201 - Matt Kuchar 66-67-68

205 - Cameron Tringale 68-68-69, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 67-65-73

207 - Matt Jones (AUS) 68-68-71

208 - Rickie Fowler 70-70-68, Ben Curtis 67-70-71

209 - Shawn Stefani 67-69-73

210 - Jon Curran 69-72-69, J.B. Holmes 66-73-71, Retief Goosen (RSA) 68-71-71, Phil Mickelson, 68-70-72

211 - Andres Romero (ARG) 72-69-70, Chris Stroud 68-72-71, Brice Garnett 68-71-72, Ryan Palmer 70-68-73

212 - Brian Gay 71-70-71, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 67-75-70, Hunter Mahan 69-72-71, Martin Flores 68-72-72, Erik Compton 66-73-73, Jason Gore 67-71-74, Jim Renner 66-72-74

213 - Luke Donald (ENG) 71-71-71, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 70-71-72, Lee Westwood (ENG) 70-72-71, Camilo Villegas (COL) 67-73-7, Michael Putnam 68-72-73, Steve Stricker 68-69-76, Jimmy Walker 71-65-77

LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship

Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, first women's major of the year (USA unless noted, par-72, a-denotes amateur):

206 - Michelle Wie 67-71-68, Lexi Thompson 73-64-69

208 - Charley Hull (ENG) 73-69-66, Pak Se-ri (KOR) 67-70-71

210 - Catriona Matthew (SCO) 72-68-70, Cristie Kerr 69-70-71

211 - Chella Choi (KOR) 70-72-69, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 66-73-72

212 - Angela Stanford 74-69-69, Stacy Lewis 73-70-69, Gerina Piller 77-65-70, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 72-70-70, Shin Ji-yai (KOR) 69-73-70, Amy Yang (KOR) 68-73-71

213 - Lee Jee-young (KOR) 71-75-67, Karrie Webb (AUS) 73-70-70, Mirim Lee (KOR) 71-72-70

214 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 71-69-74

215 - a-Brooke Henderson (CAN) 77-68-70, Tiffany Joh 70-75-70, Park Hee-young (KOR) 72-72-71, Kang Hae-ji (KOR) 70-74-71, Christina Kim 74-69-72, Choi Na-yeon (KOR) 72-71-72, Mo Martin 73-68-74, Morgan Pressel 70-70-75

216 - P.K. Kongkraphan (THA) 74-74-68, Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 74-73-69, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 73-74-69, Lee Mi-hyang (KOR) 72-72-72, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-73-72, a-Minjee Lee (AUS) 75-68-73, Lydia Ko (NZL) 73-70-73

Ice Hockey

Results of National Hockey League games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

BOSTON 5 Philadelphia 2

Colorado 4 ST. LOUIS 0

Washington 4 NY ISLANDERS 3 (SO)

Winnipeg 4 TORONTO 2

MONTREAL 5 Detroit 3

Dallas 5 TAMPA BAY 2

Ottawa 3 NY RANGERS 2

New Jersey 3 CAROLINA 1

MINNESOTA 4 Pittsburgh 0

VANCOUVER 2 Los Angeles 1

Nashville 3 SAN JOSE 0

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of Final matches on Saturday:

Lanus 1 Colon (Santa Fe) 0

Velez Sarsfield 0 Racing Club 1

Dutch championship

Results on Saturday:

SC Heerenveen 3 PSV Eindhoven 0

NEC Nijmegen 1 Cambuur 1

NAC Breda 0 FC Twente 2

Heracles 1 Go Ahead Eagles 2

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aston Villa 1 (Holt 70) Fulham 2 (Richardson 61, Rodallega 86)

Cardiff 0 Crystal Palace 3 (Puncheon 31, 88, Ledley 71)

Chelsea 3 (Salah 32, Lampard 61, Willian 72) Stoke 0

Hull 1 (Boyd 39) Swansea 0

Manchester City 4 (Toure 3-pen, Nasri 45+1, Dzeko 45+4, Jovetic 81) Southampton 1 (Lambert 37-pen)

Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 (Mata 39, 50, Hernandez 65, Januzaj 90+3)

Norwich 0 West Brom 1 (Amalfitano 16)

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Barnsley 0 Brighton 0

Blackburn 2 Ipswich 0

Blackpool 1 Yeovil 2

Bournemouth 2 QPR 1

Charlton 0 Reading 1

Doncaster 1 Birmingham 3

Huddersfield 0 Bolton 1

Middlesbrough 1 Derby 0

Nottingham Forest 1 Millwall 2

Watford 1 Burnley 1

Wigan 1 Leeds 0

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Paris Saint-Germain 3 (Cavani 43, Mandi 48-og, 89-og) Reims 0

Bastia 2 (Bruno 53, D. Cisse 68) Sochaux 2 (J. Ayew 45, Corchia 45+1)

Bordeaux 2 (Hoarau 37, Rolan 61) Rennes 2 (Doucoure 64, Alessandrini 68)

Guingamp 1 (Yatabar 61) Montpellier 2 (Tin 25, Stambouli 27)

Lorient 1 (Aliadiere 5) Evian 1 (Wass 70)

Toulouse 1 (Aurier 90+3) Lille 2 (Roux 26, Kalou 42-pen)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

VfB Stuttgart 2 (Maxim 69, Harnik 89) SC Freiburg 0

Werder Bremen 1 (di Santo 15) Schalke 04 1 (Goretzka 33)

Nuremberg 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Arango 18, Kruse 79-pen)

Augsburg 1 (Moelders 31) Bayern Munich 0

Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Joselu 51, Meier 85) Mainz 05 0

Dortmund 2 (Lewandowski 51, Reus 77) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Olic 34)

Italian Serie A

Results on Saturday:

Chievo 0 Verona 1 (Toni 65)

Inter Milan 2 (Icardi 6, 63) Bologna 2 (Cristaldo 35, Kone 73)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday

Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 2 (Samaras 5, Stokes 24)

Kilmarnock 1 (Muirhead 5) St Johnstone 2 (Wright 31, Anderson 44)

Partick 2 (Doolan 5, McMillan 88) Hearts 4 (Carrick 44, King 50, Stevenson 61, 68)

St Mirren 3 (Thompson 42, 87, McLean 86-pen) Motherwell 2 (Anier 17, Sutton 27)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Saturday:

Atletico Madrid 1 (Raul Garcia 14) Villarreal 0

Barcelona 3 (Messi 15-pen, 86, Figueras 66-og) Real Betis 1 (Ruben Castro 68)

Real Sociedad 0 Real Madrid 4 (Illarramendi 44, Bale 65, Pepe 84, Morata 88)

Rayo Vallecano 3 (Rochina 25, Bueno 49, 60) Celta Vigo 0

Tennis

Davis Cup

World Group quarterfinal results:

At Tokyo (indoor - hard)

Japan 0 Czech Republic 4

Friday

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5; Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2

Saturday

Radek Stepanek/Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Tatsuma Ito/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

On Sunday

Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

At Nancy (indoor - hard)

France 1 Germany 2

Friday

Tobias Kamke (GER) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-2; Peter Gojowczyk (GER) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 5-7, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (8), 8-6

Saturday

Michael Llodra/Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Tobias Kamke/Andre Begemann (GER) 6-1, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5

At Naples (outdoor - clay)

Italy 1 Britain 2

Friday

Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt James Ward (GBR) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Saturday

Andy Murray (GBR) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3; Colin Fleming/Andy Murray (GBR) bt Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

At Geneva (indoor - hard)

Switzerland 1 Kazakhstan 2

Friday

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Roger Federer (SUI) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Saturday

Aleksandr Nedovyesov/Andrey Golubev (KAZ) bt Stanislas Wawrinka/Roger Federer (SUI) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6)

WTA Tour's Family Circle Cup

Semifinal results on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Jana Cepelova (SVK) bt Belinda Bencic (SUI) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7); Andrea Petkovic (GER x14) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x6) 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.

WTA Monterrey Open

Semifinal results on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Jovana Jaksic (SRB) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x2) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x3) 7-6 (5), 6-4.

(China Daily 04/07/2014 page11)