PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 38 21 .644 — Toronto 28 31 .475 10 Baltimore 28 32 .467 10 1/2
New York 27 31 .466 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 26 32 .448 11 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 36 22 .621 — Detroit 34 25 .576 2 1/2
Minnesota 29 29 .500 7 Chicago 26 30 .464 9 Kansas City 22 39 .361 15 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 38 23 .623 — Seattle 30 26 .536 5 1/2
Oakland 31 28 .525 6 Texas 21 39 .350 16 1/2
Thursday’s Games
Cleveland 8, Kansas City 3
Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3
Boston 1, Oakland 0
N.Y. Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 3
Detroit 11, Texas 4
National League
East Division
New York 35 21 .625 — Atlanta 33 26 .559 3 1/2
Philadelphia 29 29 .500 7 Florida 29 31 .483 8 Washington 23 35 .397 13 Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 33 26 .559 — St. Louis 25 30 .455 6 Pittsburgh 25 33 .431 7 1/2
Chicago 24 32 .429 7 1/2
Houston 24 33 .421 8 Cincinnati 22 37 .373 11 West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 34 23 .596 — Arizona 35 24 .593 — Los Angeles 34 24 .586 1/2
San Francisco 27 30 .474 7 Colorado 27 31 .466 7 1/2
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
Colorado 7, Houston 6
Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 3, 10 innings
Chicago Cubs 2, Atlanta 1
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 1
San Francisco 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings
San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Today’s Games
N.Y. Mets (JSosa 5-1) at Detroit (Durbin 5-1), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Howell 1-0) at Florida (Kim 3-2), 6:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 6-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 5-4) at Baltimore (Trachsel 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Lee 2-3) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 6:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Marshall 1-2) at Atlanta (Cormier 0-1), 6:35 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Colon 5-2) at St. Louis (K.Wells 2-10), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Simontacchi 2-4) at Minnesota (Silva 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Garcia 1-4) at Kansas City (Elarton 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Sampson 5-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-5), 7:11 p.m.
Milwaukee (Capuano 5-4) at Texas (Tejeda 4-6), 7:35 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 8-0) at Arizona (Davis 4-6), 8:40 p.m.
Seattle (Batista 6-4) at San Diego (Germano 4-0), 9:05 p.m.
Oakland (Gaudin 6-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 2-0), 9:15 p.m.
Toronto (McGowan 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny 7-1), 9:40 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 0-0), 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 6-4) at Detroit (Bonderman 5-0), 2:55 p.m.
Oakland (Haren 6-2) at San Francisco (Zito 6-5), 2:55 p.m.
Houston (Jennings 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-3), 2:55 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Marquis 5-2) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-4), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 5-0) at Florida (Willis 7-4), 6:05 p.m.
Colorado (Lopez 2-0) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-1), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Sowers 1-6) at Cincinnati (Belisle 5-4), 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Lieber 2-4) at Kansas City (Meche 3-5), 6:10 p.m.
Washington (Speigner 1-2) at Minnesota (J.Santana 6-5), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-6) at St. Louis (Looper 6-4), 6:15 p.m.
Milwaukee (Sheets 6-3) at Texas (McCarthy 4-4), 7:35 p.m.
Boston (Tavarez 3-4) at Arizona (Owings 4-1), 8:40 p.m.
Seattle (Jeff Weaver 0-6) at San Diego (D.Wells 3-3), 9:05 p.m.
Toronto (Marcum 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 6-5), 9:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida, 12:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 12:15 p.m.
Colorado at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.
Houston at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Toronto at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
Boston at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Texas, 7:35 p.m.
Indians 8, Royals 3
KANSAS CITY CLEVELAND
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 Sizemore cf 5 1 2 2
Grdzlnk 2b 4 0 0 0 Blake 3b 4 1 1 2
Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 Hafner dh 3 0 1 0
Brown dh 4 0 0 0 VMartnz c 4 0 1 0
Gordon 1b 4 2 4 0 JhPeralta ss 3 1 0 0
EGerman 3b 3 0 0 0 Garko 1b 3 1 0 0
Buck c 4 0 1 1 Michels lf 2 2 1 1
TPena ss 3 0 0 0 Barfield 2b 3 0 2 2
Costa ph 1 1 0 0 Gutierrez rf 3 2 1 1
Gathright lf 4 0 3 2 Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 8 9 8
Kansas City 000 000 102 — 3 9 1
Cleveland 000 201 05x — 8 9 0
E — TPena (10). DP — Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1. LOB — Kansas City 7, Cleveland 7. 2B — Gordon (10), Sizemore (10), VMartinez (10), Barfield (8). 3B — Gordon (2). HR — Blake (9), Michaels (4), Gutierrez (2). SB — Gathright (2), Sizemore (18). S — Michaels. SF — Barfield.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
OPerez L,3-6 5 1-3 7 3 3 3 4
Duckworth 2 0 2 0 2 1
Greinke 2-3 2 3 3 1 0
Cleveland
Carmona W,7-1 7 7 1 1 1 5
RBetancourt 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mastny 1 2 2 2 1 1
HBP — by OPerez (Garko). WP — Greinke, Carmona.
Umpires — Home, Tim Tschida; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Troy Fullwood; Third, Jim Wolf.
T — 3:16. Att — 19,315 (43,415).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .368; Posada, New York, .354; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .348; Youkilis, Boston, .341; LCastillo, Minnesota, .339; Polanco, Detroit, .336; ISuzuki, Seattle, .333; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .333.
RUNS — Sheffield, Detroit, 54; ARodriguez, New York, 52; MOrdonez, Detroit, 51; Sizemore, Cleveland, 50; ISuzuki, Seattle, 45; Youkilis, Boston, 43; Rios, Toronto, 42.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 56; MOrdonez, Detroit, 54; VMartinez, Cleveland, 51; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 51; THunter, Minnesota, 47; Morneau, Minnesota, 45; Lowell, Boston, 45.
HITS — MOrdonez, Detroit, 82; ISuzuki, Seattle, 79; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 78; Polanco, Detroit, 77; Jeter, New York, 77; Youkilis, Boston, 75; Tejada, Baltimore, 75.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 29; DOrtiz, Boston, 23; Posada, New York, 21; MYoung, Texas, 20; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 19; Granderson, Detroit, 18; 8 are tied with 17.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 12; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; Cano, New York, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; Kotchman, Los Angeles, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 22; Morneau, Minnesota, 16; Sheffield, Detroit, 16; Rios, Toronto, 14; MOrdonez, Detroit, 13; THunter, Minnesota, 13; VMartinez, Cleveland, 12; Teixeira, Texas, 12; CPena, Tampa Bay, 12; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 12.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 19; Sizemore, Cleveland, 18; JLugo, Boston, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 15; ISuzuki, Seattle, 15; Willits, Los Angeles, 14.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 8-0, 1.000, 2.95; Sabathia, Cleveland, 9-1, .900, 3.40; Carmona, Cleveland, 7-1, .875, 3.11; Gaudin, Oakland, 6-1, .857, 2.41; Verlander, Detroit, 6-2, .750, 3.12; Haren, Oakland, 6-2, .750, 1.70; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-2, .750, 3.80; Schilling, Boston, 6-2, .750, 3.49.
STRIKEOUTS — Burnett, Toronto, 96; Bedard, Baltimore, 95; JoSantana, Minnesota, 91; Sabathia, Cleveland, 83; Matsuzaka, Boston, 76; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 75; Shields, Tampa Bay, 74.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 19; Borowski, Cleveland, 17; Jenks, Chicago, 16; Putz, Seattle, 15; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 15; TJones, Detroit, 15; Papelbon, Boston, 13; Nathan, Minnesota, 13.
National League
BATTING — Holliday, Colorado, .361; DeLee, Chicago, .338; DYoung, Washington, .329; Helton, Colorado, .328; Taveras, Colorado, .324; Rowand, Philadelphia, .321; MiCabrera, Florida, .320.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 51; Uggla, Florida, 49; Rollins, Philadelphia, 48; Utley, Philadelphia, 44; Johnson, Atlanta, 42; JBReyes, New York, 42; Renteria, Atlanta, 41.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 52; Fielder, Milwaukee, 48; Utley, Philadelphia, 48; Hardy, Milwaukee, 47; Holliday, Colorado, 46; Bay, Pittsburgh, 45; Francoeur, Atlanta, 43.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 88; Byrnes, Arizona, 76; JBReyes, New York, 75; Rollins, Philadelphia, 74; Renteria, Atlanta, 74; HaRamirez, Florida, 73; Utley, Philadelphia, 73.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 26; Uggla, Florida, 25; Holliday, Colorado, 22; Church, Washington, 20; DeLee, Chicago, 20; Francoeur, Atlanta, 18; CaLee, Houston, 18.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; CGuzman, Washington, 5; 7 are tied with 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 21; Hardy, Milwaukee, 16; Dunn, Cincinnati, 15; ARamirez, Chicago, 13; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 13; 6 are tied with 12.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 31; HaRamirez, Florida, 18; Pierre, Los Angeles, 18; Victorino, Philadelphia, 17; Taveras, Colorado, 13; Wright, New York, 12; Rollins, Philadelphia, 12.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 1.97; Penny, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875, 2.37; Hamels, Philadelphia, 8-2, .800, 3.57; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 4.24; Marquis, Chicago, 5-2, .714, 2.84; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-3, .700, 2.83; 6 are tied with 667.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 96; Peavy, San Diego, 95; Webb, Arizona, 82; Wolf, Los Angeles, 80; Harang, Cincinnati, 75; RHill, Chicago, 74; Snell, Pittsburgh, 71.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 22; Valverde, Arizona, 21; Hoffman, San Diego, 18; Fuentes, Colorado, 17; Saito, Los Angeles, 16; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 14; BWagner, New York, 13.
PRO BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
FINALS
San Antonio vs. Cleveland
Thursday, June 7: San Antonio 85, Cleveland 76, San Antonio leads series 1-0
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
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated RHP Joakim Soria from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Ryan Braun to Omaha (PCL).
OAKLAND ATHETLTICS — Released RHP Jay Witasick.
TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Scott Feldman from Oklahoma (PCL). Optioned LHP John Rheinecker to Oklahoma.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated RHP Tomo Ohka for assignment.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Ramon Ramirez to Colorado (PCL). Activated RHP Josh Fogg from the 15-day DL.
NEW YORK METS — Placed OF Endy Chavez on the 15-day DL. Activated 2B Jose Valentin from the 15-day DL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Andy Cavazos from Memphis (PCL). Optioned INF Brendan Ryan to Memphis.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Named Phil Ford and Lee Rose assistant coaches. Retained Jeff Capel, assistant coach.
ORLANDO MAGIC — Named Stan Van Gundy coach.
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Named Sam Presti general manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed S Jerome Woods to a one-year contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DT Paul Soliai to a four-year contract.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Named George Paton director of player personnel.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR C.J. Jones.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed G Zach Piller. Released DT Sir Henry Anderson and CB R.W Cobbs.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DB Colin Branch.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Announced the retirement of TE Dave Moore.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Jerametrius Butler. Released DB Chip Cox.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Re-signed Marshall Johnston, director of professional scouting; Claude Larose and Ron Smith, professional scouts; and Martin Madden, amateur scout, to multiyear contracts.
MINNESOTA WILD — Agreed to terms with G Niklas Backstrom on a multiyear contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Announced a one-year affiliation agreement with Mississippi (ECHL) for the 2007-08 season.
COLLEGE
LA SALLE — Signed Tom Lochner, women’s basketball coach, to a contract extension through 2009-10.
MISSOURI STATE — Agreed to terms with Barry Hinson, men’s basketball coach, on a two-year contract extension through 2010-2011.
NJIT — Named Margaret McKeon women’s basketball coach.