Pro Baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 96 62 .608 —
Toronto 84 74 .532 12
Boston 84 75 .528 12 1/2
Baltimore 68 90 .430 28
Tampa Bay 61 97 .386 35
Central Division
W L Pct GB
y-Detroit 95 63 .601 —
y-Minnesota 94 64 .595 1
Chicago 88 71 .553 7 1/2
Cleveland 74 84 .468 21
Kansas City 59 99 .373 36
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-Oakland 92 66 .582 —
Los Angeles 86 72 .544 6
Texas 79 80 .497 13 1/2
Seattle 76 83 .478 16 1/2
x-clinched division
y-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 11, Boston 0
Toronto 7, Detroit 4
N.Y. Yankees 16, Baltimore 5
Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland 1, 7 innings
Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4
Oakland 7, Seattle 6, 10 innings
L.A. Angels 6, Texas 5
Today’s Games
Toronto (Burnett 9-8) at Detroit (Rogers 17-6), 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Howell 1-3) at Cleveland (Byrd 9-9), 6:05 p.m.
Baltimore (D.Cabrera 8-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Rasner 3-0), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (L.Hudson 7-6) at Minnesota (Radke 12-9), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Zito 16-9) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 12-11), 9:05 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Baltimore (Bedard 15-10) at Boston (Tavarez 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Chacin 9-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 14-7), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Stokes 1-0) at Cleveland (Slocum 0-0), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (R.Hernandez 6-10) at Detroit (Ledezma 3-3), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 16-9) at Minnesota (Bonser 7-5), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 14-10) at Seattle (Feierabend 0-1), 9:05 p.m.
Oakland (Blanton 16-12) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 15-8), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 93 65 .589 —
Philadelphia 83 75 .525 10
Atlanta 77 81 .487 16
Florida 77 81 .487 16
Washington 70 88 .443 23
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 81 76 .516 —
Houston 80 78 .506 1 1/2
Cincinnati 78 80 .494 3 1/2
Milwaukee 73 85 .462 8 1/2
Pittsburgh 65 93 .411 16 1/2
Chicago 65 94 .409 17
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 85 73 .538 —
Los Angeles 84 74 .532 1
San Francisco 76 82 .481 9
Arizona 75 83 .475 10
Colorado 74 84 .468 11
x-clinched division
Wednesday’s Games
Arizona 6, San Francisco 3
Houston 7, Pittsburgh 6, 15 innings
Florida 7, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 8, Washington 7, 14 innings
Atlanta 13, N.Y. Mets 1
Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 2
St. Louis 4, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 4
Today’s Games
Houston (Oswalt 14-8) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 2-4), 11:35 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Penny 16-9) at Colorado (B.Kim 8-12), 2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Lohse 2-5) at Florida (Nolasco 11-10), 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Lieber 9-10) at Washington (O’Connor 3-8), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Hernandez 10-11) at Atlanta (Davies 3-6), 6:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davis 10-11) at St. Louis (Marquis 14-15), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Peavy 10-14) at Arizona (Batista 11-7), 8:40 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Colorado (Fogg 10-9) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 16-6), 1:20 p.m.
Houston (Clemens 7-5) at Atlanta (James 10-4), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14), 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 10-14) at Florida (Moehler 7-10), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 6-5) at Washington (Armas 9-12), 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Capuano 11-11) at St. Louis (Weaver 7-14), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Hensley 11-11) at Arizona (L.Hernandez 12-13), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuo 1-5) at San Francisco (Lowry 7-10), 9:15 p.m.
Wild Card Race
National League
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 84 74 .532 —
Philadelphia 83 75 .525 1
Wednesday’s Game
Royals 6, Twins 4
KANSAS CITY MINNESOTA
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DeJesus cf 5 1 1 1 Punto 3b 4 1 2 0
EGerman 3b 3 1 1 0 LFord rf 4 0 1 0
MSweeney dh 5 1 1 1 Mauer c 4 1 2 1
Brown lf 4 0 1 0 Cuddyer dh 4 2 2 1
Costa rf 4 1 2 0 Morneau 1b 4 0 0 0
Buck c 4 1 2 2 Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 4 1 1 0 Tyner rf 1 0 0 0
Berroa ss 4 0 2 1 RWhite lf 3 0 2 2
Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 1 Rabe lf 0 0 0 0
Kubel ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 2b 2 0 1 0
Nevin ph 1 0 0 0
ACaslla 2b 0 0 0 0
Redmond ph 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6 Totals 35 4 10 4
Kansas City 001 410 000 — 6 12 2
Minnesota 100 000 201 — 4 10 0
E — Costa 2 (6). DP — Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1. LOB — Kansas City 8, Minnesota 4. 2B — Costa (20), Buck (21), Mauer (35). HR — DeJesus (8), MiSweeney (7), Cuddyer (23). CS — EGerman (3). SF — Sanchez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
MRedman W,11-10 8 9 3 3 0 4
Nelson S,9 1 1 1 1 0 2
Minnesota
CSilva L,10-15 4 6 5 5 0 0
Guerrier 2 2 1 1 1 1
Eyre 1 2-3 4 0 0 0 0
JRincon 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 0
HBP — by JRincon (EGerman), by CSilva (Costa). WP — MRedman. Balk — MRedman.
Umpires — Home, Paul Emmel; First, Bruce Froemming; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Brian Runge.
T — 2:36. A — 28,540 (46,564).
Major League Leaders
American League
BATTING — Mauer, Minnesota, .350; Cano, New York, .343; Jeter, New York, .340; Tejada, Baltimore, .330; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .328; Morneau, Minnesota, .323; ISuzuki, Seattle, .321.
RUNS — Sizemore, Cleveland, 132; Jeter, New York, 115; Damon, New York, 114; DOrtiz, Boston, 112; ARodriguez, New York, 111; Thome, Chicago, 108; ISuzuki, Seattle, 106.
RBI — DOrtiz, Boston, 137; Morneau, Minnesota, 129; Ibanez, Seattle, 122; Dye, Chicago, 119; ARodriguez, New York, 118; Hafner, Cleveland, 117; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 116.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 219; MYoung, Texas, 214; Tejada, Baltimore, 209; Jeter, New York, 208; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 199; Matthews, Texas, 193; Sizemore, Cleveland, 186; Morneau, Minnesota, 186.
DOUBLES — Sizemore, Cleveland, 52; MYoung, Texas, 50; Overbay, Toronto, 46; Lowell, Boston, 46; Teixeira, Texas, 44; Matthews, Texas, 44; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 44.
TRIPLES — Crawford, Tampa Bay, 16; Sizemore, Cleveland, 11; Granderson, Detroit, 8; JoLopez, Seattle, 8; Figgins, Los Angeles, 8; ISuzuki, Seattle, 8; Teahen, Kansas City, 7; Punto, Minnesota, 7.
HOME RUNS — DOrtiz, Boston, 54; Dye, Chicago, 43; Hafner, Cleveland, 42; Thome, Chicago, 42; Thomas, Oakland, 38; Glaus, Toronto, 37; Giambi, New York, 37.
STOLEN BASES — Crawford, Tampa Bay, 56; Figgins, Los Angeles, 51; ISuzuki, Seattle, 44; CPatterson, Baltimore, 44; Podsednik, Chicago, 40; BRoberts, Baltimore, 36; Jeter, New York, 32.
PITCHING (18 Decisions) — Halladay, Toronto, 16-5, .762, 3.19; Wang, New York, 19-6, .760, 3.63; JoSantana, Minnesota, 19-6, .760, 2.77; Rogers, Detroit, 17-6, .739, 3.63; Garland, Chicago, 17-7, .708, 4.61; Schilling, Boston, 15-7, .682, 3.97; Mussina, New York, 14-7, .667, 3.57.
STRIKEOUTS — JoSantana, Minnesota, 245; Bonderman, Detroit, 200; Schilling, Boston, 183; Lackey, Los Angeles, 179; JVazquez, Chicago, 177; Sabathia, Cleveland, 172; RaJohnson, New York, 172.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 45; Jenks, Chicago, 40; Street, Oakland, 37; TJones, Detroit, 37; BRyan, Toronto, 36; Nathan, Minnesota, 36; Papelbon, Boston, 35.
National League
BATTING — FSanchez, Pittsburgh, .346; MiCabrera, Florida, .339; Holliday, Colorado, .332; Pujols, St. Louis, .331; Atkins, Colorado, .325; Berkman, Houston, .317; Howard, Philadelphia, .316; Lo Duca, New York, .316.
RUNS — Utley, Philadelphia, 129; Rollins, Philadelphia, 124; Beltran, New York, 121; JBReyes, New York, 120; ASoriano, Washington, 118; HaRamirez, Florida, 117; Pujols, St. Louis, 116.
RBI — Howard, Philadelphia, 146; Pujols, St. Louis, 133; Berkman, Houston, 133; AJones, Atlanta, 127; Atkins, Colorado, 116; Beltran, New York, 114; ARamirez, Chicago, 114.
HITS — Utley, Philadelphia, 200; Pierre, Chicago, 199; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 196; Holliday, Colorado, 194; Furcal, Los Angeles, 193; JBReyes, New York, 192; MiCabrera, Florida, 191; Atkins, Colorado, 191.
DOUBLES — FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 53; LGonzalez, Arizona, 52; MiCabrera, Florida, 50; Atkins, Colorado, 48; Zimmerman, Washington, 47; NJohnson, Washington, 46; Rolen, St. Louis, 46.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 17; Pierre, Chicago, 13; DRoberts, San Diego, 13; SFinley, San Francisco, 12; Lofton, Los Angeles, 11; HaRamirez, Florida, 10; Sullivan, Colorado, 10; Vizquel, San Francisco, 10.
HOME RUNS — Howard, Philadelphia, 58; Pujols, St. Louis, 47; ASoriano, Washington, 46; Berkman, Houston, 44; Dunn, Cincinnati, 40; Beltran, New York, 40; AJones, Atlanta, 40.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 63; Pierre, Chicago, 57; HaRamirez, Florida, 51; DRoberts, San Diego, 47; FLopez, Washington, 42; ASoriano, Washington, 41; Freel, Cincinnati, 37; Furcal, Los Angeles, 37.
PITCHING (18 Decisions) — CZambrano, Chicago, 16-6, .727, 3.43; Webb, Arizona, 16-7, .696, 2.88; DLowe, Los Angeles, 16-8, .667, 3.63; TGlavine, New York, 14-7, .667, 3.94; Carpenter, St. Louis, 15-8, .652, 3.09; Trachsel, New York, 15-8, .652, 4.97; Penny, Los Angeles, 16-9, .640, 4.21.
STRIKEOUTS — Peavy, San Diego, 208; Harang, Cincinnati, 207; Smoltz, Atlanta, 206; CZambrano, Chicago, 201; Carpenter, St. Louis, 184; BMyers, Philadelphia, 182; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 181.
SAVES — Hoffman, San Diego, 44; BWagner, New York, 39; Borowski, Florida, 36; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 33; Gordon, Philadelphia, 33; Lidge, Houston, 31; CCordero, Washington, 29; Fuentes, Colorado, 29.
Pro Football
National Football League
American Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 2 1 0 .667 50 51
N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 68 60
Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 53 53
Miami 1 2 0 .333 36 54
South
Indianapolis 3 0 0 1.000 90 59
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 47 38
Houston 0 3 0 .000 49 98
Tennessee 0 3 0 .000 33 76
North
Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 70 20
Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.000 85 47
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 48 54
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 45 68
West
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 67 7
Denver 2 1 0 .667 36 31
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 16 32
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 6 55
National Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 86 64
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 44 34
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 81 92
Washington 1 2 0 .333 57 61
South
New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 76 44
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 37 32
Carolina 1 2 0 .333 45 60
Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 27 67
North
Chicago 3 0 0 1.000 79 23
Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 51 48
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 58 84
Detroit 0 3 0 .000 37 74
West
Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 72 46
St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 47 44
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 64
San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 71 85
Sunday’s Games
Dallas at Tennessee, noon
Miami at Houston, noon
Arizona at Atlanta, noon
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, noon
Minnesota at Buffalo, noon
San Diego at Baltimore, noon
San Francisco at Kansas City, noon
New Orleans at Carolina, noon
Detroit at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Washington, 3:15 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago, 7:15 p.m.
Open: Pittsburgh, Denver, N.Y. Giants, Tampa Bay
Monday’s Game
Green Bay at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
PRO SOCCER
Major League Soccer
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
x-D.C. United 15 4 10 55 49 32
x-Chicago 12 9 8 44 39 34
New England 9 8 12 39 33 33
Kansas City 9 13 7 34 36 38
New York 7 11 11 32 36 38
Columbus 6 14 9 27 23 39
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
x-FC Dallas 15 10 4 49 43 35
CD Chivas USA 10 7 12 42 43 36
Houston 10 8 11 41 39 36
Colorado 11 12 6 39 31 42
Real Salt Lake 10 13 6 36 40 44
Los Angeles 9 14 6 33 28 33
x-clinched playoff spot
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at New England, 6:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.
CD Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Pro Hockey
National Hockey League
Preseason
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 4 1 0 8 11 8
Pittsburgh 2 1 2 6 15 18
New Jersey 2 3 0 4 10 8
N.Y. Islanders 1 2 0 2 8 10
Philadelphia 1 4 0 2 11 18
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 4 2 0 8 16 12
Ottawa 4 3 0 8 24 24
Buffalo 3 1 0 6 12 9
Toronto 3 3 0 6 17 17
Montreal 2 4 0 4 18 23
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 2 0 2 6 17 15
Washington 2 1 1 5 14 11
Atlanta 2 3 0 4 12 15
Florida 1 5 1 3 13 21
Carolina 0 3 0 0 9 16
Western Conference
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 6 0 0 12 22 10
Detroit 3 1 2 8 22 20
Nashville 3 1 0 6 20 10
Columbus 3 3 0 6 15 20
St. Louis 1 4 0 2 9 14
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton 5 1 0 10 20 11
Colorado 4 1 0 8 19 13
Calgary 3 1 1 7 14 13
Minnesota 2 2 0 4 13 14
Vancouver 1 5 0 2 14 22
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 5 1 0 10 22 16
Anaheim 3 2 2 8 25 27
Los Angeles 3 1 0 6 16 10
Dallas 2 4 0 4 18 22
Phoenix 1 4 0 2 7 16
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston 0
Detroit 5, Minnesota 3
Ottawa 5, Toronto 3
Florida 2, Atlanta 0
Chicago 3, St. Louis 2
Colorado 5, Dallas 3
Edmonton 5, Vancouver 4
San Jose 6, Calgary 3
Anaheim 3, Phoenix 2
Today’s Games
Montreal at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Columbus at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Nashville at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
College
Football
NCAA Division II
MIAA
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Northwest Mo. St. 2 0 1.000 4 0 1.000
Emporia State 2 0 1.000 3 1 .750
Washburn 2 0 1.000 3 1 .750
Missouri Southern 1 1 .500 3 1 .750
Missouri Western 1 1 .500 3 1 .750
Pittsburg St. 1 1 .500 3 1 .750
Truman 1 1 .500 1 3 .250
Central Missouri 0 2 .000 2 2 .500
Fort Hays St. 0 2 .000 0 4 .000
Southwest Baptist 0 2 .000 0 4 .000
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburg St. at Emporia State, 1 p.m.
Southwest Baptist at Washburn, 1 p.m.
Central Missouri at Fort Hays St., 2 p.m.
Truman at Missouri Western, 2 p.m.
Northwest Mo. St. at Missouri Southern, 6 p.m.
High School
volleyball
Wednesday at Shawnee Mission
Emporia High def. Olathe North 24-26, 25-15, 25-5; Shawnee Heights Mission Northwest def. Emporia High 25-23, 25-16; Olathe Northwest def. Emporia High 25-18, 25-8.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB — Suspended Mike Butcher, Tampa Bay pitching coach, three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his inappropriate actions and comments during a Sept. 25 game.
National League
NEW YORK METS — Activated C Ramon Castro from the 60-day DL. Designated C Kelly Stinnett for assignment. Agreed on a two-year player development contract with Savannah of the SAL.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed on two-year player development contracts with Ottawa of the IL and Williamsport of the New York-Penn League.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW JERSEY NETS — Signed G Hassan Adams.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended Cincinnati LB Odell Thurman for the remainder of the season.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed OL Rob Droege to the practice squad.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed DE Frostee Rucker on injured reserve. Signed LB Andre Frazier.
DETROIT LIONS — Released WR Corey Bradford. Signed OT Blaine Saipaia.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived RB Ran Carthon.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed QB Drew Henson to the practice squad. Released G C.J. Brooks from the practice squad.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed FB James Hodgins, LB Cody Spencer and LB Ryan Riddle. Waived LB-DE Trevor Johnson, LB Ryan Myers and OL Norm Katnik.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DALLAS STARS — Assigned G Dan Ellis, LW Loui Eriksson, D Niklas Grossman, D Vadim Khomitski, RW Junior Lessard and C Joel Lundqvist to Iowa of the AHL.
DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed F Darren Helm to a three-year, entry-level contract. Assigned F Darryl Bootland to Grand Rapids of the AHL.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with G Dan Cloutier on a two-year contract extension through the 2008-09 season.
MINNESOTA WILD — Signed RW Joel Ward to a one-year contract.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Assigned F Jeremy Colliton and F Blake Comeau to Bridgeport of the AHL.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Claimed F Karl Stewart off waivers from Anaheim.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned G Karri Ramo and C Blair Jones to Springfield of the AHL.
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