Baseball

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

Kansas City 5 BALTIMORE 0

LA Angels 13 NY YANKEES 1

WASHINGTON 11 San Diego 1

Boston 8 TORONTO 1

NY METS 4 Miami 3

ATLANTA 5 Cincinnati 4

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9 Tampa Bay 6

MILWAUKEE 5 Chicago Cubs 2

Detroit 10 MINNESOTA 6

Oakland 12 HOUSTON 5

ST. LOUIS 1 Pittsburgh 0

ARIZONA 5 Philadelphia 4

SAN FRANCISCO 5 Cleveland 1

Colorado 5 LA DODGERS 4 (11 innings)

SEATTLE 6 Texas 5

Basketball

Results of NBA first-round playoff games on Friday (home teams in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 OT T

BROOKLYN 19 30 28 25 102

Toronto 23 22 21 32 98

(Brooklyn leads best-of-seven series 2-1)

WASHINGTON 30 21 18 28 97

Chicago 28 20 24 28 100

(Washington leads best-of-seven series 2-1)

Houston 35 19 27 29 11 121

PORTLAND 24 31 23 32 6 116

(Portland leads best-of-seven series 2-1)

Golf

China Open

Leading scores after Friday's second round of the $3.2 million Volvo China Open at Genzon Golf Club (par 72):

130 - Alexander Levy (FRA) 68-62

134 - Adrian Otaegui (ESP) 68-66

135 - Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 67-68

136 - Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 69-67

137 - Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 69-68, Richie Ramsay (SCO) 69-68

138 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 70-68, Simon Dyson (ENG) 67-71

139 - Robert-Jan Derksen (NED) 70-69, Andy Sullivan (ENG) 71-68, Chris Doak (SCO) 71-68, Scott Jamieson (SCO) 71-68, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 68-71

Selected others:

141 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-70

143 - Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-74

144 - Jason Dufner (USA) 73-71

147 - Guan Tianlang (CHN) 71-76

USPGA Zurich Classic

Leading scores after Friday's second round of the $6.8 million PGA Tour's Zurich Classic (par 72, USA unless noted):

129 - Ben Martin 62-67

132 - Andrew Svoboda 64-68

133 - Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 65-68, Robert Streb 67-66

134 - Peter Hanson (SWE) 65-69, Erik Compton 66-68

135 - Charley Hoffman 68-67, Jeff Overton 67-68, Keegan Bradley 69-66

136 - J.B. Holmes 71-65, Will Wilcox 68-68

137 - David Duval 68-69, Retief Goosen (RSA) 72-65, J.J. Henry 68-69, Bo Van Pelt 74-63, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 69-68, Chad Collins 66-71, Kevin Kisner 69-68, Mark D. Anderson 72-65, Tommy Gainey 71-66, Michael Thompson 66-71

LPGA Swinging Skirts Classic

Leading scores after Friday's second round of the LPGA Tour's Swinging Skirts Classic (USA unless noted, par-72):

138 - Stacy Lewis 69-69

139 - Karine Icher (FRA) 66-73, Lydia Ko (NZL) 68-71

141 - Park In-bee (KOR) 73-68, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 72-69, Lee Il-hee (KOR) 68-73

142 - Catriona Matthew (SCO) 73-69, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 70-72, Brittany Lang 71-71, Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 70-72, Paola Moreno (COL) 71-71, P.K. Kongkraphan (THA) 74-68, Jenny Shin (KOR) 68-74, Haeji Kang (KOR) 72-70, Kim Hyo-joo (KOR) 69-73

143 - Park Hee-young (KOR) 70-73, I.K. Kim (KOR) 72-71, Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 73-70, Mo Martin 69-74, Alison Walshe 74-69, Christel Boeljon (NED) 69-74, Line Vedel (DEN) 72-71

Ice Hockey

Results of NHL first-round playoff games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 OT T

PHILADELPHIA 1 1 0 2

NY Rangers 1 0 0 1

(Best-of-seven series is level at 2-2)

Chicago 1 1 0 1 3

ST. LOUIS 0 1 1 0 2

(Chicago leads best-of-seven series 3-2)

ANAHEIM 2 1 3 6

Dallas 1 1 0 2

(Anaheim leads the best-of-seven series 3-2)

Soccer

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Nantes 1 (Gakpe 64) Marseille 1 (Thauvin 30)

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

Hannover 0 Stuttgart 0

Italian Serie A

Result on Friday:

Roma 2 (Pjanic 43, Gervinho 65) Milan 0

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Elche 1 (Boakye 63) Levante 1 (Rodriguez Diaz 74)

Tennis

ATP Barcelona

Results on Friday (x-denotes seedings):

Quarterfinals

Nicolas Almagro (ESP x 6) bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) 2-6, 7-6 (5) 6-4. Santiago Giraldo (COL) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x10) 6-4, 4-3 - retired. Ernests Gulbis (LAT x9) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-1, 6-4. Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x12) 6-1, 6-3.

ATP Bucharest

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x1) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-3, 6-4. Gael Monfils (FRA x3) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-2. Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x4) 7-6 (2), 6-2. Robin Haase (NED) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

WTA Stuttgart

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Maria Sharapova (RUS x6) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) 6-4, 6-3. Sara Errani (ITA x8) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 3-0 - retired. Jelena Jankovic (SRB x5) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (SRB x9) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

WTA Marrakech

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x1) bt Shuai Peng (CHN x6) - walkover. Romina Oprandi (SUI) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT x3) 6-4, 6-4. Maria Teresa Torro (ESP) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5). Garbine Muguruza (ESP x5) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-3, 6-1.

China Daily

(China Daily 04/27/2014 page11)