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BASEBALL
Results of MLB games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS): Boston 5 BALTIMORE 3 CLEVELAND 5 Kansas City 2 Atlanta 6 MIAMI 3 Detroit 9 MINNESOTA 2, 1st game Detroit 4 MINNESOTA 2, 2nd game NY METS 9 Philadelphia 8 (11 innings) TAMPA BAY 2 NY Yankees 0 LA Angels 2 HOUSTON 0 LA DODGERS 7 Colorado 4 MILWAUKEE 3 Pittsburgh 1 San Francisco 2 SAN DIEGO 1
GOLF PGA Tour Championship
First-round scores on Thursday in the $8.5 million US PGA Tour Championship, final event in the FedExCup playoffs at East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia (USA unless noted, par-70): 66 - Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Kevin Chappell, Dustin Johnson 67 - Kevin Kisner, Kim Si-woo (KOR), Jason Day (AUS) 68 - Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (ENG), Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69 - Matt Kuchar, Adam Scott (AUS) 70 - Jhonattan Vegas (VEN), Ryan Moore 72 - Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker 73 - Jason Dufner, J.B. Holmes, Roberto Castro, Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Russell Knox (SCO), Patrick Reed 74 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Sean O’Hair, Daniel Berger, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker
EPGA Porsche European Open
Leading scores after the European Open first round at Bad Griesbach, Germany was suspended due to bad light (GBR & IRL unless stated, par 71): 63 - Bernd Wiesberger (AUT)
65 - Renato Paratore (ITA) 66 - Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN), Steve Webster, Daniel Im (USA), Michael Jonzon (SWE) 67 - Maximilian Kieffer (GER), Joakim Lagergren (SWE), Max Rottluff (a) (GER), Matthew Baldwin, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA), Florian Fritsch (GER), Graeme Storm, Nicolo Ravano (ITA), Tom Lewis, Prom Meesawat (THA), Michael Hoey, Marcel Schneider (GER) 68 - Scott Jamieson, Daniel Gavins, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP), Benjamin Hebert (FRA), Bradley Dredge, Anirban Lahiri (IND), Gregory Havret (FRA), Roope Kakko (FIN), S.S.P Chawrasia (IND), Daniel Brooks, Richard McEvoy, Gary Stal (FRA), Paul Peterson (USA), Li Haotong (CHN), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Ryan Evans, Mark Foster
ICE HOCKEY World Cup
Results on Thursday: Russia 3 Finland 0 Czech Republic 4 United States 3 Semifinals Saturday, Sept 24 Canada vs Russia Sunday, Sept 25 Sweden vs Europe Final (best-of-three)
NFL
Result of the National Football League game on Thursday (home team in CAPS): NEW ENGLAND 27 Houston 0
SOCCER Spanish La Liga
Results on Thursday: Osasuna 1 (Limones 68) Espanyol 2 (Carrilho Baptistao 42, Gerard 72) Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Borges 31) Leganes 2 (Luciano 55, Gabriel 61) Valencia 2 (Laguardia 28-og, Parejo 88-pen) Alaves 1 (Toquero 45)
TENNIS ATP St Petersburg Open
Results on Thursday (x-denotes seedings): 2nd rd Viktor Troicki (SRB x7) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-4; Jo Sousa (POR x8) bt Andrey Rublev (RUS) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3; Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) bt Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 7-6 (6), 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (4); Alexander Zverev (GER x5) bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x2) 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
ATP Metz
Second-round results on Thursday: Gilles Simon (FRA x4) bt Guillermo Garc-Lez (ESP) 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4; Malek Jaziri (TUN) bt Vincent Millot (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Lucas Pouille (FRA) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4; David Goffin (BEL x2) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-4, 6-2; Nicolas Mahut (FRA x8) bt Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-3, 6-4.
WTA Pan Pacific Open
Second-round results on Thursday: Garbine Muguruza (ESP x1) bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-3, 6-3; Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x3) 6-4, 6-2; Elina Svitolina (UKR) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x8) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Magda Linette (POL) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
WTA Guangzhou International
Quarterfinal results on Thursday:
Anett Kontaveit (EST) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) bt Alison Riske (USA x5) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Ana Konjuh (CRO x3) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 6-4, 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x2) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-6 (4), 6-4.
WTA Korea Open
Second-round results on Thursday: Jana Cepelova (SVK) bt Irina Begu (ROM x1) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Monica Niculescu (ROM x5) bt Anna Karola Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Patricia Tig (ROM) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x6) 6-4, 6-4; Sara Sorribes (ESP) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA x4) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.