PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 37 19 .661 — Toronto 27 29 .482 10 Baltimore 27 31 .466 11 New York 24 31 .436 12 1/2
Tampa Bay 24 31 .436 12 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 34 21 .618 — Detroit 32 24 .571 2 1/2
Minnesota 28 28 .500 6 1/2
Chicago 26 27 .491 7 Kansas City 21 37 .362 14 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 37 22 .627 — Seattle 29 25 .537 5 1/2
Oakland 29 27 .518 6 1/2
Texas 20 37 .351 16 Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Yankees 4
Oakland 5, Boston 4, 11 innings
Seattle 7, Baltimore 4
L.A. Angels 16, Minnesota 3
Today’s Games
Kansas City (De La Rosa 4-5) at Cleveland (Sabathia 8-1), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 0-0) at Toronto (Halladay 5-2), 6:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Clippard 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-2), 7:11 p.m.
Detroit (Robertson 4-5) at Texas (Padilla 2-8), 7:35 p.m.
Baltimore (Burres 3-2) at Seattle (Baek 3-2), 9:05 p.m.
Boston (Matsuzaka 7-3) at Oakland (DiNardo 1-2), 9:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Baker 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Escobar 6-3), 9:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota (Slowey 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 9-3), 2:35 p.m.
Baltimore (D.Cabrera 4-6) at Seattle (Washburn 5-4), 3:35 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 1-3) at Cleveland (Byrd 6-1), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-3) at Toronto (Ohka 2-4), 6:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Wang 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 3-3), 7:11 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 5-2) at Texas (Millwood 2-4), 7:35 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 5-6) at Oakland (Kennedy 1-4), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 35 20 .636 — Atlanta 32 25 .561 4 Philadelphia 28 29 .491 8 Florida 28 30 .483 8 1/2
Washington 23 34 .404 13 Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 32 26 .552 — St. Louis 24 30 .444 6 Chicago 24 31 .436 6 1/2
Pittsburgh 24 33 .421 7 1/2
Houston 23 33 .411 8 Cincinnati 22 36 .379 10 West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 34 23 .596 — San Diego 33 23 .589 1/2
Arizona 34 24 .586 1/2
San Francisco 27 29 .482 6 1/2
Colorado 27 30 .474 7 Monday’s Games
San Francisco 8, Philadelphia 1
Florida 6, Atlanta 4
L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 5
Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 2
Today’s Games
Florida (Mitre 2-2) at Atlanta (Carlyle 0-1), 1:35 p.m., 1st game
Pittsburgh (Chacon 1-0) at Washington (Bacsik 1-1), 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 5-4) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 5-3), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Vanden Hurk 0-1) at Atlanta (Smoltz 7-2), 6:35 p.m., 2nd game
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 4-3) at Milwaukee (Vargas 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 6-2) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Rodriguez 2-5) at Colorado (Hirsh 2-5), 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 2-5) at Arizona (R.Johnson 3-2), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Schmidt 1-2) at San Diego (Young 6-3), 9:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Florida (Olsen 4-5) at Atlanta (Davies 3-3), 12:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 5-5) at Milwaukee (Suppan 7-5), 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Duke 2-6) at Washington (Bowie 2-2), 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eaton 5-4) at N.Y. Mets (O.Hernandez 3-1), 6:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-6) at St. Louis (Thompson 4-1), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Williams 2-7) at Colorado (Cook 4-2), 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Morris 6-2) at Arizona (Webb 5-3), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 7-3) at San Diego (Maddux 4-3), 9:05 p.m.
Devil Rays 4, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY TAMPA BAY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DeJesus cf 4 0 1 0 Dukes cf 3 0 0 1
EGerman 2b 3 0 0 0 Upton 2b 4 0 0 0
Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 Crawford lf 4 1 1 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0 Norton dh 3 0 0 0
Berroa pr 0 0 0 0 CPena 1b 3 2 3 2
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0 Wiggintn 3b 4 0 2 1
Brown lf 3 0 0 0 DYoung rf 3 0 0 0
Buck c 4 2 2 2 Navarro c 2 1 1 0
Shealy 1b 2 0 0 0 BHarris ss 3 0 0 0
Costa ph 1 0 0 0 Grdzlnk 2b 1 0 0 0 TPena ss 3 0 1 0 Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 29 4 7 4
Kansas City 000 010 010 — 2 6 1
Tampa Bay 011 100 01x — 4 7 0
E — DeJesus (3). DP — Kansas City 1. LOB — Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 5. 2B — CPena 2 (7), Wigginton (10). 3B — Crawford (7). HR — Buck 2 (10), CPena (12). SF — Dukes.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Meche L,3-5 6 4 3 2 1 3
JoPeralta 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1
Gobble 0 2 1 1 1 0
Braun 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay
Shields W,5-0 7 1-3 4 2 2 1 5
Fossum 0 1 0 0 0 0
Camp 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Glover 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Reyes S,14 1 1 0 0 1 2
Meche pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, Gobble pitched to 3 batters in the 8th, Fossum pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
HBP — by Meche (Navarro).
Umpires — Home, Ed Rapuano; First, Ed Hickox; Second, C.B. Bucknor; Third, Joe West.
T — 2:48. Att —9,435 (43,772).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .362; Posada, New York, .360; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .357; Youkilis, Boston, .346; LCastillo, Minnesota, .337; Polanco, Detroit, .335; ISuzuki, Seattle, .333; DOrtiz, Boston, .333.
RUNS — Sheffield, Detroit, 51; MOrdonez, Detroit, 50; Sizemore, Cleveland, 49; ARodriguez, New York, 49; ISuzuki, Seattle, 45; Youkilis, Boston, 42; Rios, Toronto, 40; DOrtiz, Boston, 40; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 40.
RBI — MOrdonez, Detroit, 52; VMartinez, Cleveland, 50; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 50; ARodriguez, New York, 47; THunter, Minnesota, 46; Lowell, Boston, 45; Morneau, Minnesota, 44.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 76; MOrdonez, Detroit, 76; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 74; Youkilis, Boston, 73; BRoberts, Baltimore, 73; Jeter, New York, 73; Polanco, Detroit, 72.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 28; DOrtiz, Boston, 23; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 19; Posada, New York, 19; Granderson, Detroit, 18; MYoung, Texas, 18.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 9; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4; Cano, New York, 3; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; Kotchman, Los Angeles, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 20; Morneau, Minnesota, 16; Rios, Toronto, 13; MOrdonez, Detroit, 13; Sheffield, Detroit, 13; VMartinez, Cleveland, 12; CPena, Tampa Bay, 12; THunter, Minnesota, 12; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 12.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 19; Sizemore, Cleveland, 17; JLugo, Boston, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; ISuzuki, Seattle, 15; Willits, Los Angeles, 13; Crisp, Boston, 12; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 8-0, 1.000, 2.95; Sabathia, Cleveland, 8-1, .889, 3.78; Carmona, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 3.29; Gaudin, Oakland, 6-1, .857, 2.41; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 3.57; Lackey, Los Angeles, 9-3, .750, 2.37; Haren, Oakland, 6-2, .750, 1.70.
STRIKEOUTS — Bedard, Baltimore, 95; JoSantana, Minnesota, 91; Burnett, Toronto, 83; Sabathia, Cleveland, 75; Shields, Tampa Bay, 74; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 71; Haren, Oakland, 70.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 19; Borowski, Cleveland, 17; Jenks, Chicago, 16; TJones, Detroit, 15; Putz, Seattle, 14; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 14; Papelbon, Boston, 13.
National League
BATTING — DeLee, Chicago, .357; Holliday, Colorado, .345; Helton, Colorado, .335; Renteria, Atlanta, .335; DYoung, Washington, .323; BMolina, San Francisco, .320; MiCabrera, Florida, .319; Rowand, Philadelphia, .319.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 49; Uggla, Florida, 47; Rollins, Philadelphia, 45; JBReyes, New York, 42; Johnson, Atlanta, 41; Utley, Philadelphia, 41; Renteria, Atlanta, 41.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 52; Hardy, Milwaukee, 47; Fielder, Milwaukee, 45; Holliday, Colorado, 44; Utley, Philadelphia, 44; Bay, Pittsburgh, 43; Francoeur, Atlanta, 41.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 80; Renteria, Atlanta, 74; JBReyes, New York, 72; HaRamirez, Florida, 71; DeLee, Chicago, 71; Byrnes, Arizona, 70; Hardy, Milwaukee, 69.
DOUBLES — Uggla, Florida, 24; Utley, Philadelphia, 24; DeLee, Chicago, 20; Holliday, Colorado, 18; Church, Washington, 17; CaLee, Houston, 17.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; Johnson, Atlanta, 4; Weeks, Milwaukee, 4; OHudson, Arizona, 4; DRoberts, San Francisco, 4; CGuzman, Washington, 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 20; Hardy, Milwaukee, 16; Dunn, Cincinnati, 14; ARamirez, Chicago, 13; Uggla, Florida, 12; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 12; CJones, Atlanta, 12; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 12; Bonds, San Francisco, 12.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 30; Pierre, Los Angeles, 18; HaRamirez, Florida, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 16; Taveras, Colorado, 13; Wright, New York, 11; Duffy, Pittsburgh, 10; Byrnes, Arizona, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 10.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 1.68; Penny, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875, 2.37; Hamels, Philadelphia, 8-2, .800, 3.55; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-2, .778, 2.82; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 4.22; Morris, San Francisco, 6-2, .750, 2.66; Heilman, New York, 5-2, .714, 3.42; Marquis, Chicago, 5-2, .714, 2.84.
STRIKEOUTS — Peavy, San Diego, 92; Hamels, Philadelphia, 91; Webb, Arizona, 75; Wolf, Los Angeles, 74; Harang, Cincinnati, 68; OlPerez, New York, 66; Lilly, Chicago, 65; Smoltz, Atlanta, 65.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 21; Valverde, Arizona, 20; Saito, Los Angeles, 16; Fuentes, Colorado, 16; Hoffman, San Diego, 16; 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
Saturday, June 2: Ottawa 5, Anaheim 3
Monday, June 4: Anaheim 3, Ottawa 2, Anaheim leads series 3-1
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: Cleveland 98, Detroit 82, Cleveland wins series 4-2
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
Thursday, June 7: Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 10: Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 12: San Antonio at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 14: San Antonio at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 17: San Antonio at Cleveland, 8 p.m., if necessary
Tuesday, June 19: Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m., if necessary
Thursday, June 21: Cleveland at San Antonio 8 p.m., if necessary
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB — Suspended Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella four games for his actions in a June 2 game against Atlanta.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP David Aardsma and RHP Mike MacDougal to Charlotte (IL). Purchased the contracts of RHP Ryan Bukvich and RHP Bret Prinz from Charlotte. Transferred INF-OF Pablo Ozuna from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed 1B Doug Doug Mientkiewicz on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Matt DeSalvo from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Activated RHP Chris Reitsma from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Ryan Feierabend to Tacoma (PCL).
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS — Placed C Shawn Riggans on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Raul Casanova from Durham (IL). Designated LHP Chris Seddon for assignment.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Suspended Mississippi manager Phillip Wellman three games for his actions during a June 1 Southern League game at Chattanooga.
CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Brad Salmon to Louisville (IL). Sent OF Dewayne Wise outright to Louisville.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Named Dan Reed president of the NBA Development League, effective July 1.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Named Bill Peterson assistant coach for player development. Named Dan Smyczek director of public relations.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended Chicago DT Tank Johnson for the first eight games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed DT Sam Adams.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR David Clowney.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Re-signed RB Verron Haynes to a one-year contract.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released CB Kelly Herndon and T Steve Morley.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Signed C Petri Kontiola and C Adam Hobson to three-year contracts. Signed D Magnus Johansson.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Traded RW Matt Ellison to Nashville for future considerations.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Re-signed F Taylor Pyatt to a two-year contract.
COLLEGE
CABRINI — Promoted Bobbi Morgan to women’s basketball coach and assistant to the director for programming, advancement and promotion.
LONGWOOD — Named Kristin Caruso women’s basketball coach.
LOUISIANA-MONROE — Announced the resignation of Steve Snell, men’s assistant basketball coach, to take a similar position at the Air Force Academy.