Baseball

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

NY Mets 3 CHICAGO CUBS 2

Tampa Bay 12 BALTIMORE 10

CLEVELAND 6 Seattle 3 (10 innings)

NY YANKEES 5 Toronto 0

PHILADELPHIA 5 Cincinnati 3

PITTSBURGH 5 Houston 4

Arizona 9 MIAMI 2

ATLANTA 8 LA Dodgers 5

Detroit 2 TEXAS 1

Boston 3 MINNESOTA 2 (10 innings)

ST. LOUIS 7 Milwaukee 6

COLORADO 10 San Francisco 9

Chicago White Sox 3 LA ANGELS 0

OAKLAND 2 Kansas City 1

Washington 6 SAN DIEGO 5 (10 innings)

Cycling

Tour of California

SAN JOSE, California - Results on Friday in the sixth stage of the Tour of California, a 31.6-kilometer (19.6-mile) individual time trial:

Stage six

1. Tejay van Garderen (USA/BMC) 48:52, 2. Lieuwe Westra (NED) at 00:22, 3. Rohan Dennis (AUS) 00:27, 4. Michael Rogers (AUS) 01:05, 5. Marco Pinotti (ITA) 01:08, 6. Cameron Meyer (AUS) 01:27

Overall standings after stage six

1. Tejay van Garderen (USA/BMC) 22hrs, 44min, 24secs, 2. Michael Rogers (AUS) at 1:47, 3. Cameron Meyer (AUS) 2:57, 4. Mathias Frank (SUI) 3:21, 5. Janier Acevedo (COL) 3:31, 6. Matthew Busche (USA) 3:33

Golf

Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

MOBILE, Alabama - Leading second-round scores on Friday in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, par-72):

131 - Jessica Korda 66-65

132 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 69-63

133 - Chella Choi (KOR) 67-66

134 - Sydnee Michaels 72-62, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 69-65, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 69-65

135 - Azahara Munoz (ESP) 71-64, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 69-66, Mina Harigae 67-68, Lexi Thompson 65-70

136 - Becky Morgan (WAL) 71-65, Paz Echeverria (CHI) 69-67, Nicole Castrale 67-69, Seo Hee-Kyung (KOR) 68-68

137 - Pak Jin-Young (KOR) 70-67, Kim Welch 70-67, Mariajo Uribe (COL) 70-67, Lisa McCloskey 69-68, Jennifer Johnson 67-70, Ji Eun-Hee (KOR) 65-72

Byron Nelson Championship

IRVING, Texas - Leading first-round scores on Friday in the $6.7 million US PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship (USA unless noted, par 70)

129 - Keegan Bradley 60-69

132 - Tom Gillis 69-63, Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 66-66

133 - John Huh 69-64, Ryan Palmer 65-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 63-70

134 - Graham DeLaet (CAN) 67-67, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 65-69, Ted Potter 64-70, Scott Piercy 66-68, Gary Woodland 69-65, Harris English 64-70

135 - Erik Compton 72-63, Stephen Ames (CAN) 67-68, Nathan Green (AUS) 67-68, Martin Kaymer (GER) 68-67, Camilo Villegas (COL) 65-70, Martin Flores 67-68, Duffy Waldorf 68-67, Alexandre Rocha (BRA) 67-68

136 - Charley Hoffman 68-68, Ben Crane 67-69, Marc Leishman (AUS) 66-70, Mike Weir (CAN) 68-68, Jimmy Walker 68-68, Marcel Siem (GER) 68-68, Chez Reavie 69-67, Cameron Percy (AUS) 68-68, Charles Howell 67-69

World Match Play Championship

KAVARNA, Bulgaria - Completed third round robin scores at the Volvo World Match-Play Championship, Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach Resort, Kavarna, Bulgaria on Friday:.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) bt Brett Rumford (Australia) 3 & 2

Scott Jamieson (Scotland) bt Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 5 & 3

Felipe Aguilar (Chile) bt Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 3 & 1

Branden Grace (South Africa) all square with Kiradeck Aphibarnrat (Thailand)

Shane Lowry (Ireland) bt Peter Hanson (Sweden) 4 up

Thomas Aiken (South Africa) bt Ian Poulter (England) 1 hole

Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) bt Stephen Gallacher (Scotland) 4 & 2.

- Shane Lowry, Peter Hanson and George Coetzee were involved in a sudden-death play-off for two places. Lowry birdied second extra hole to finish first in his group. Hanson then parred the hole to also go through to last 16. Coetzee was eliminated with a bogey.

Ice hockey

NHL playoffs

Result on Friday from the second round of the NHL playoffs (all series best-of-seven):

Eastern Conference

at Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh 4 Ottawa 3

(Pittsburgh lead series 2-0)

Tennis

Rome ATP and WTA

Results on the sixth day of the ATP Rome Masters/WTA Rome Open on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's quarterfinals

Roger Federer (SUI) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2); Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1, 6-0; Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4

Women's quarterfinals

Simona Halep (ROM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 4-6, 6-0, 7-5; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 6-2, 6-0; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x3) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x9) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) - walkover

More than 5,000 runners took to the Olympic Forest Park on Saturday in Beijing to take part in the 2013 Coca-Cola Start-walking for a healthy living. The activity has been held more than 150 times in over 30 Chinese cities. It promotes a healthy lifestyle through a balanced diet and exercise. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily 05/19/2013 page7)