Baseball

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

CLEVELAND 5 Colorado 2

Minnesota 6 NY YANKEES 1

PHILADELPHIA 6 NY Mets 5 (14 innings)

WASHINGTON 9 Texas 2

Kansas City 6 TORONTO 1

BOSTON 3 Tampa Bay 2 (10 innings)

Atlanta 3 MIAMI 2

San Diego 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1

HOUSTON 2 Baltimore 1

MILWAUKEE 11 Chicago Cubs 5

San Francisco 9 ST. LOUIS 4

Cincinnati 6 ARIZONA 4

OAKLAND 9 LA Angels 5

Pittsburgh 2 LA DODGERS 1

Detroit 6 SEATTLE 3

Basketball

Result of NBA playoff conference finals on Friday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 T

MIAMI 24 36 31 26 117

Indiana 13 21 24 34 92

(Miami wins best-of-seven series 4-2)

Cycling

Giro d'Italia

Results from the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 26.8km time-trial from Bassano del Grappa to Monte Grappa:

Stage

1. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 1 hr 05 min 37 sec (average: 24.5 km/h), 2. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) at 17 sec, 3. Rigoberto Uran (COL/OPQ) 1:26, 4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 1:57, 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 2:24, 6. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/AND) 3:22, 7. Rafal Majka (POL/TIN) 3:28, 8. Sebastian Henao (COL/SKY) 3:48, 9. Tim Wellens (BEL/LTB) 4:00, 10. Dario Cataldo (ITA/SKY) 4:10, 11. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 4:26, 12. Stefano Pirazzi (ITA/BAR) 4:34, 13. Riccardo Zoidl (AUT/TRE) 4:42, 14. Edoardo Zardini (ITA/BAR) 4:46, 15. Francis Mourey (FRA/FDJ) 4:46

Overall standings

1. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 79 hr 03 min 45 sec, 2. Rigoberto Uran (COL/OPQ) at 3min 07 sec, 3. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 3:48, 4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 5:26, 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 6:16, 6. Rafal Majka (POL/TIN) 6:59, 7. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 9:25, 8. Wilco Kelderman (NED/BKN) 9:29, 9. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 10:11, 10. Robert Kiserlovski (CRO/TRE) 13:59, 11. Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/ALM) 22:33, 12. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/FDJ) 24:29, 13. Ivan Basso (ITA/CAN) 28:37, 14. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/AND) 30:26, 15. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LTB) 31:09

Golf

USPGA Memorial Tournament

Leading scores after Friday's second round of the $6.2 million USPGA Tour's Memorial Tournament (USA unless noted, par-72):

132 - Paul Casey (ENG) 66-66

135 - Bubba Watson 66-69

136 - Chris Kirk 66-70

137 - Martin Flores 69-68, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 70-67

138 - Hunter Mahan 68-70, Ryan Moore 68-70, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 71-67, Scott Langley 72-66

139 - Adam Scott (AUS) 69-70, Camilo Villegas (COL) 71-68, Marc Leishman (AUS) 71-68, Scott Brown 70-69, Brendon Todd 71-68, Gary Woodland 71-68, Robert Streb 72-67

140 - Luke Donald (ENG) 71-69, Jason Dufner 71-69, Ben Curtis 69-71, Nick Watney 69-71, Bill Haas 73-67, Justin Hicks 73-67, Billy Horschel 71-69

ShopRite LPGA Classic

Leading scores after Friday's first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, par-71):

62 - Jennifer Johnson

63 - Haru Nomura (JPN)

64 - Christina Kim

66 - Choi Na-yeon (KOR), Park In-bee (KOR)

67 - Chella Choi (KOR), Sandra Gal (GER), Stacy Lewis, Sarah Kemp (AUS), Laura Diaz, Brittany Lincicome, Jennifer Kirby (CAN), Gerina Piller, Michelle Wie

68 - Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG), Lee Mi-hyang (KOR), Mina Harigae, Kang Hae-ji (KOR), Paola Moreno (COL), Jane Park, Lydia Ko (NZL), Lindsey Wright (AUS), Caroline Westrup (SWE), Sydnee Michaels, Katy Harris, Stacy Keating

Ice Hockey

Result of National Hockey League playoffs conference finals on Friday (home teams in CAPS):

1 2 3 OT T

Chicago 0 2 2 4

LOS ANGELES 1 0 2 3

(Best-of-seven series tied at 3-3)

Tennis

French Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's 3rd rd

Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x27) 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4; John Isner (USA x10) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x17) 7-6 (13), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5; Ernests Gulbis (LAT x18) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5; Roger Federer (SUI x4) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x31) 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN x8) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x29) 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x13) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL x22) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3; Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x25) 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4;

Women's 3rd rd

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) bt Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-2, 6-4; Pauline Parmentier (FRA) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 1-6, 6-1, 7-5; Samantha Stosur (AUS x19) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x9) 6-4, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x7) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-0, 6-0; Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) 6-4, 6-4; Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x14) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-2, 6-2; Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x18) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 7-5, 6-4; Angelique Kerber (GER x8) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x31) 7-5, 6-3.

(China Daily 06/01/2014 page11)