BASEBALL

NEW YORK: Major League Baseball games played on Thursday.

American League: Cleveland 4 Oakland 2, Toronto 3 Minnesota 2 11 innings, Kansas City 8 Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 5 NY Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 4 LA Angels 3.

National League: LA Dodgers 7 Milwaukee 2, Washington 1 NY Mets 0, Pittsburgh 11 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 4 San Diego 0, Houston 8 San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 0, Florida at Cincinnati, ppd weather, Arizona 8 Colorado 5.

BASKETBALL

NEW YORK: National Basketball Association Conference semi-final played on Thursday night: San Antonio 99 New Orleans 80, series tied 3-3.

CRICKET

LONDON: Second day of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's.

New Zealand first innings

(Resumed at 208-6)

J. Oram c Strauss b Sidebottom	28
D. Vettori b Sidebottom	48
K. Mills b Sidebottom	10
T. Southee b Sidebottom	1
C. Martin not out	0
Extras: (16b, 14lb, 1w, 3nb)	34
TOTAL: (all out - 86.2 overs)	277

Fall: 1-2, 2-18, 3-41, 4-76, 5-104, 6-203, 7-222, 8-258, 9-260.

Bowling: Ryan Sidebottom 28.2-12-55-4, James Anderson 20-5-66-3 (1w, 1nb), Stuart Broad 24-4-85-2 (2nb), Paul Collingwood 3-1-11-0, Monty Panesar 11-2-30-1.

England first innings

A. Strauss not out	24
A. Cook not out	43
Extras: (1nb)	1
TOTAL: (for no loss - 21.3 overs)	68

Bowling: Chris Martin 8.3-2-24-0, Kyle Mills 5-0-10-0 (1nb), Tim Southee 3-0-19-0, Jacob Oram 5-0-15-0.

ICE HOCKEY

NEW YORK: National Hockey League Conference final game played on Thursday night: Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh lead series 3-1.

TENNIS

HAMBURG, Germany: The Hamburg Masters, a euro2.27 million (US$3.5 million) ATP event on clay at Rothenbaum Club (seedings in parentheses).

Quarter-finals: Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.

ROME: The Italian Open, a US$1.34 million (euro870,000) WTA event on clay at Foro Italico (seedings in parentheses).Quarter-finals: Anna Chakvetadze (6), Russia, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Alize Cornet, France, def. Serena Williams (5), United States, walkover. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Venus Williams (7), United States, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.