PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 36 16 .692 — Baltimore 27 27 .500 10 Toronto 25 28 .472 11 1/2
New York 22 29 .431 13 1/2
Tampa Bay 22 29 .431 13 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 33 19 .635 — Detroit 30 23 .566 3 1/2
Minnesota 27 25 .519 6 Chicago 24 25 .490 7 1/2
Kansas City 19 35 .352 15 West Division
Los Angeles 33 22 .600 — Seattle 26 24 .520 4 1/2
Oakland 26 26 .500 5 1/2
Texas 19 35 .352 13 1/2
Thursday’s Games
Cleveland 11, Detroit 5
Toronto 2, Chicago White Sox 0
Seattle 9, Texas 5
Baltimore 6, L.A. Angels 2
Today’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Wang 3-4) at Boston (Wakefield 5-5), 6:05 p.m.
Detroit (Maroth 3-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 6-1), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 2-3) at Toronto (Burnett 5-4), 6:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 0-3) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-2), 6:10 p.m.
Texas (Millwood 2-4) at Seattle (Washburn 5-4), 9:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Slowey 0-0) at Oakland (Kennedy 1-4), 9:05 p.m.
Baltimore (D.Cabrera 4-5) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 8-3), 9:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Contreras 4-5) at Toronto (McGowan 1-2), 12:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 2-3) at Boston (Schilling 5-2), 2:55 p.m.
Detroit (Durbin 4-1) at Cleveland (Lee 2-2), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Perez 2-5) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 0-6), 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Silva 3-5) at Oakland (Blanton 4-3), 8:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Trachsel 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Colon 5-2), 8:05 p.m.
Texas (Loe 1-4) at Seattle (Batista 5-4), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 34 18 .654 — Atlanta 30 23 .566 4 1/2
Philadelphia 26 27 .491 8 1/2
Florida 26 28 .481 9 Washington 22 32 .407 13 Central Division
Milwaukee 30 24 .556 — Pittsburgh 23 30 .434 6 1/2
Chicago 22 29 .431 6 1/2
St. Louis 22 29 .431 6 1/2
Houston 22 31 .415 7 1/2
Cincinnati 21 34 .382 9 1/2
West Division
Los Angeles 31 22 .585 — San Diego 31 22 .585 — Arizona 32 23 .582 — San Francisco 25 27 .481 5 1/2
Colorado 25 29 .463 6 1/2
Thursday’s Games
San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings
Washington 11, L.A. Dodgers 4
N.Y. Mets 4, San Francisco 2
Milwaukee 4, Florida 3
Houston 10, Cincinnati 2
St. Louis 7, Colorado 3
Friday’s Games
Atlanta (Davies 2-3) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 5-4), 1:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 6-3) at Pittsburgh (Duke 2-5), 6:05 p.m.
San Diego (Peavy 7-1) at Washington (Chico 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Morris 5-2) at Philadelphia (Eaton 5-3), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Webb 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 6-2), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Olsen 4-4) at Milwaukee (Suppan 6-5), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 4-4) at Houston (Oswalt 6-4), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Livingston 0-0) at Colorado (Buchholz 2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Atlanta (James 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hill 4-4), 12:05 p.m.
Arizona (L.Hernandez 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (JSosa 4-1), 12:10 p.m.
St. Louis (K.Wells 2-9) at Houston (Sampson 4-5), 2:55 p.m.
Florida (Kim 3-2) at Milwaukee (Capuano 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuo 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Snell 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
San Diego (Germano 3-0) at Washington (Speigner 1-1), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lowry 5-4) at Philadelphia (Hamels 7-2), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Lohse 2-6) at Colorado (Francis 4-4), 7:05 p.m.
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .357; Posada, New York, .357; Youkilis, Boston, .354; MOrdonez, Detroit, .345; Jeter, New York, .343; ISuzuki, Seattle, .336; LCastillo, Minnesota, .335.
RUNS — Sizemore, Cleveland, 46; Sheffield, Detroit, 46; ARodriguez, New York, 45; MOrdonez, Detroit, 44; Youkilis, Boston, 40; DeJesus, Kansas City, 39; Rios, Toronto, 38; Morneau, Minnesota, 38; ISuzuki, Seattle, 38.
RBI — MOrdonez, Detroit, 49; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 46; THunter, Minnesota, 45; ARodriguez, New York, 45; Morneau, Minnesota, 44; VMartinez, Cleveland, 44; Lowell, Boston, 41.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 71; Youkilis, Boston, 70; Jeter, New York, 70; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 68; MOrdonez, Detroit, 68; BRoberts, Baltimore, 66; Polanco, Detroit, 66; Tejada, Baltimore, 66.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 26; DOrtiz, Boston, 20; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 18; Granderson, Detroit, 17; Youkilis, Boston, 17; MYoung, Texas, 17; THunter, Minnesota, 17.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 8; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 6; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; Kotchman, Los Angeles, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 19; Morneau, Minnesota, 16; Rios, Toronto, 12; MOrdonez, Detroit, 12; Sheffield, Detroit, 12; THunter, Minnesota, 11; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 11.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 19; Sizemore, Cleveland, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; JLugo, Boston, 15; ISuzuki, Seattle, 14; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12; Willits, Los Angeles, 11; CPatterson, Baltimore, 11.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 8-0, 1.000, 2.65; Sabathia, Cleveland, 8-1, .889, 3.78; Carmona, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 2.89; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 3.57; Gaudin, Oakland, 5-1, .833, 2.32; Haren, Oakland, 6-2, .750, 1.64; Lackey, Los Angeles, 8-3, .727, 2.36.
STRIKEOUTS — Bedard, Baltimore, 88; JoSantana, Minnesota, 87; Sabathia, Cleveland, 75; Burnett, Toronto, 71; Shields, Tampa Bay, 69; Matsuzaka, Boston, 68; Bonser, Minnesota, 68.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 18; Borowski, Cleveland, 17; TJones, Detroit, 15; Jenks, Chicago, 14; Papelbon, Boston, 13; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 13; Ray, Baltimore, 12; Putz, Seattle, 12.
National League
BATTING — DeLee, Chicago, .352; Holliday, Colorado, .345; Helton, Colorado, .337; Renteria, Atlanta, .328; MiCabrera, Florida, .323; Rowand, Philadelphia, .321; Lo Duca, New York, .319.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 46; Rollins, Philadelphia, 43; Uggla, Florida, 42; JBReyes, New York, 42; Johnson, Atlanta, 40; Dunn, Cincinnati, 38; Utley, Philadelphia, 37; Renteria, Atlanta, 37.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 48; Hardy, Milwaukee, 46; Holliday, Colorado, 43; Fielder, Milwaukee, 43; Utley, Philadelphia, 43; Bay, Pittsburgh, 39; Francoeur, Atlanta, 38.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 76; JBReyes, New York, 67; Renteria, Atlanta, 67; HaRamirez, Florida, 66; Hardy, Milwaukee, 66; Byrnes, Arizona, 66; CaLee, Houston, 65.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 22; Uggla, Florida, 20; DeLee, Chicago, 20; Holliday, Colorado, 18; Church, Washington, 17; McCann, Atlanta, 16; JBautista, Pittsburgh, 16; CaLee, Houston, 16; ASoriano, Chicago, 16; Biggio, Houston, 16.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 7; Rollins, Philadelphia, 7; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; Johnson, Atlanta, 4; Weeks, Milwaukee, 4; OHudson, Arizona, 4; DRoberts, San Francisco, 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 19; Hardy, Milwaukee, 15; Dunn, Cincinnati, 14; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 12; ARamirez, Chicago, 12; CJones, Atlanta, 12; Bonds, San Francisco, 12.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 29; Pierre, Los Angeles, 17; HaRamirez, Florida, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 16; Taveras, Colorado, 12; Duffy, Pittsburgh, 10; Wright, New York, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 10.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 1.47; Penny, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875, 2.06; Hamels, Philadelphia, 7-2, .778, 3.74; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-2, .778, 2.82; Maine, New York, 6-2, .750, 2.79; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 4.22; Heilman, New York, 5-2, .714, 3.47; Marquis, Chicago, 5-2, .714, 2.93; Morris, San Francisco, 5-2, .714, 2.90; LHernandez, Arizona, 5-2, .714, 3.58.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 86; Peavy, San Diego, 85; Wolf, Los Angeles, 71; Harang, Cincinnati, 68; Webb, Arizona, 67; Lilly, Chicago, 65; Smoltz, Atlanta, 65.
SAVES — Valverde, Arizona, 19; FCordero, Milwaukee, 19; Hoffman, San Diego, 16; Saito, Los Angeles, 15; Fuentes, Colorado, 15; BWagner, New York, 13; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 13.
PRO HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
PLAYOFFS
Finals
Ottawa vs. Anaheim
Monday, May 28: Anaheim 3, Ottawa 2
Wednesday, May 30: Anaheim 1, Ottawa 0, Anaheim leads series 2-0
Saturday, June 2: Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Monday, June 4: Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6: Ottawa at Anaheim, 7 p.m., if necessary
Saturday, June 9: Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m., if necessary
Monday, June 11: Ottawa at Anaheim, 7 p.m., if necessary
PRO BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
Conference Final
Eastern Conference
Detroit vs. Cleveland
Monday, May 21: Detroit 79, Cleveland 76
Thursday, May 24: Detroit 79, Cleveland 76
Sunday, May 27: Cleveland 88, Detroit 82
Tuesday, May 29: Cleveland 91, Detroit 87
Thursday, May 31: Cleveland 109, Detroit 107, 2OT, Cleveland leads series 3-2
Saturday, June 2: Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, June 4: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary
Western Conference
San Antonio vs. Utah
Sunday, May 20: San Antonio 108, Utah 100
Tuesday, May 22: San Antonio 105, Utah 96
Saturday, May 26: Utah 109, San Antonio 83
Monday, May 28: San Antonio 91, Utah 79
Wednesday, May 30: San Antonio 109, Utah 84, San Antonio wins series 4-1
FINALS
San Antonio vs. Cleveland or Detroit
Thursday, June 7: Cleveland or Detroit at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 10: Cleveland or Detroit at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 12: San Antonio at Cleveland or Detroit, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 14: San Antonio at Cleveland or Detroit, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 17: San Antonio at Cleveland or Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary
Tuesday, June 19: Cleveland or Detroit at San Antonio, 8 p.m., if necessary
Thursday, June 21: Cleveland or Detroit at San Antonio 8 p.m., if necessary
COMMUNITY GOLF
EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT
Emporia Country Club
Beautiful Bluebirds flight
1. Penny Hickman, Council Grove, and Stacey Clodfelter, Emporia
2. Connie Anderson, Topeka, and Mary Stanley, Ozawkie
3. Eunice Gunkel and Fran Hudson, Emporia
4. Myrna Taunton, Emporia, and Robin Hanna, Winfield
Charming Cardinals flight
1. Jane Heinen, Meriden, and Pearl Raugewitz, Ozawkie
2. Mary Teichgraeber, Eureka, and Shirley Hogoboom, El Dorado
3. Barbara Maas and Betty Cochran, Wichita
4. Mary Gunter and Armella Thompson, Hays
Wonderful Wrens flight
1. Jackie Wall, Emporia, and Rhonda Donovan
2. Bev Schaefer and Judy Patton, Emporia
3. Kay Zang and Rosie Clites, El Dorado
4. Jan Peak, Emporia, and Lynn Resch, Lenexa
Bird Race
1. Pam Goodeyon, Grand Lake, Olka., and Anne Ranz, Chanute
2. Ireta Werner, Meriden, and Mary McLeod, Perry
3. Jan Peak, Emporia, and Lynn Resch, Lenexa
4. Myrna Taunton, Emporia, and Robin Hanna, Winfield
Special Hole Winners
Straightest Drive: Jan Peak, Emporia
Longest Putt: Connie Anderson, Topeka
Closest to Flag: Jackie Wall, Emporia
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled OF Franklin Gutierrez from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Mike Koplove to Buffalo.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Max Scherzer on a four-year contract.
FLORIDA MARLINS — Activated RHP Henry Owens from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Lee Gardner to Albuquerque (PCL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy McBryde. Claimed OF Hiram Bocachica off waivers from Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Traded RHP Armando Benitez to Florida for RHP Randy Messenger.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
INDIANA PACERS — Named Jim O’Brien coach.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Named Marc Iavaroni coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed P Dan Sepulveda and OL Cameron Stephenson.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Re-signed G Cam Ward to a three-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed RW Vladimir Dravecky, to a multi-year entry-level contract and G Erik Ersberg, to a one-year entry-level contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Acquired F Ryan Russell from New York for a 2007 seventh-round draft pick and signed him to a three-year contract. Signed F Janne Lahti to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Named Mike Sullivan assistant coach. Signed G Riku Helenius and C Chris Lawrence to three-year contracts.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed D Sami Lepisto to a two-year contract.
COLLEGE
METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Announced the resignation of Lauren Venarchik, director of championships and special events, effective June 15.
PRINCETON — Named Courtney Banghart women’s basketball coach.