PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 40 22 .645 — New York 30 31 .492 9 1/2
Toronto 30 33 .476 10 1/2
Baltimore 29 34 .460 11 1/2
Tampa Bay 28 33 .459 11 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 37 25 .597 — Detroit 36 26 .581 1 Minnesota 30 31 .492 6 1/2
Chicago 27 33 .450 9 Kansas City 24 40 .375 14 West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 40 24 .625 — Seattle 34 26 .567 4 Oakland 34 28 .548 5 Texas 23 40 .365 16 1/2
National League
East Division
New York 36 26 .581 — Atlanta 35 29 .547 2 Philadelphia 33 31 .516 4 Florida 31 33 .484 6 Washington 26 37 .413 10 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 34 29 .540 — Chicago 28 34 .452 5 1/2
St. Louis 27 33 .450 5 1/2
Houston 26 37 .413 8 Pittsburgh 26 37 .413 8 Cincinnati 25 39 .391 9 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 36 26 .581 — Arizona 37 27 .578 — Los Angeles 36 28 .563 1 Colorado 31 32 .492 5 1/2
San Francisco 29 34 .460 7 1/2
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia 3, Chicago White Sox 0
Chicago Cubs 2, Houston 1
L.A. Dodgers 5, N.Y. Mets 3
San Francisco 4, Toronto 3
Today’s Games
Colorado (Cook 4-2) at Boston (Wakefield 5-7), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Millwood 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Duke 2-6), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Webb 6-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Carmona 7-1) at Florida (Olsen 4-5), 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Suppan 7-6) at Detroit (Verlander 6-2), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Bowie 2-2) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 5-6), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Contreras 4-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 8-2), 6:05 p.m.
San Diego (Maddux 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-3), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Escobar 7-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-7), 6:10 p.m.
Seattle (Washburn 5-5) at Chicago Cubs (Hill 5-4), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Kennedy 2-4) at Houston (Oswalt 6-4), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Davies 3-4) at Minnesota (Slowey 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Thompson 4-1) at Kansas City (Bannister 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 6-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuo 0-1), 9:10 p.m.
Toronto (Burnett 5-5) at San Francisco (Lowry 5-5), 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-6) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 0-0), 12:05 p.m.
Toronto (McGowan 2-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 2-0), 2:35 p.m.
Colorado (Fogg 1-5) at Boston (Schilling 6-2), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Tejeda 5-6) at Pittsburgh (Snell 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Lee 2-4) at Florida (Kim 3-2), 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Capuano 5-5) at Detroit (Maroth 4-2), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (L.Hernandez 5-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Chico 3-4) at Baltimore (Trachsel 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
San Diego (Peavy 7-1) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 0-7), 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Lackey 9-4) at Cincinnati (Lohse 3-7), 6:10 p.m.
Seattle (Batista 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Marshall 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Blanton 5-4) at Houston (Sampson 6-5), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (James 5-5) at Minnesota (Silva 3-7), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 4-5) at Kansas City (Perez 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (JSosa 6-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny 7-1), 9:10 p.m.
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .367; Posada, New York, .358; Polanco, Detroit, .348; ISuzuki, Seattle, .337; Youkilis, Boston, .336; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .335; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .335.
RUNS — Sheffield, Detroit, 57; ARodriguez, New York, 56; Sizemore, Cleveland, 54; MOrdonez, Detroit, 53; ISuzuki, Seattle, 48; BAbreu, New York, 46; Rios, Toronto, 45; DeJesus, Kansas City, 45; Jeter, New York, 45.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 63; MOrdonez, Detroit, 56; VMartinez, Cleveland, 54; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 54; THunter, Minnesota, 49; Lowell, Boston, 47; Morneau, Minnesota, 46; Hafner, Cleveland, 46.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 86; Polanco, Detroit, 85; MOrdonez, Detroit, 84; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 83; Jeter, New York, 81; BRoberts, Baltimore, 78; Youkilis, Boston, 77.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 30; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Posada, New York, 21; MYoung, Texas, 20; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 20; Granderson, Detroit, 19.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 12; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; Cano, New York, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 24; Morneau, Minnesota, 17; Sheffield, Detroit, 17; Rios, Toronto, 14; CPena, Tampa Bay, 13; MOrdonez, Detroit, 13; THunter, Minnesota, 13.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 21; Sizemore, Cleveland, 18; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 17; ISuzuki, Seattle, 17; JLugo, Boston, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; Willits, Los Angeles, 14.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 9-0, 1.000, 2.87; Sabathia, Cleveland, 9-1, .900, 3.09; Carmona, Cleveland, 7-1, .875, 3.11; Gaudin, Oakland, 6-1, .857, 2.43; Haren, Oakland, 7-2, .778, 1.58; Verlander, Detroit, 6-2, .750, 3.12; Halladay, Toronto, 6-2, .750, 4.56; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-2, .750, 4.50; Schilling, Boston, 6-2, .750, 3.49.
STRIKEOUTS — Bedard, Baltimore, 103; JoSantana, Minnesota, 96; Burnett, Toronto, 96; Sabathia, Cleveland, 89; Matsuzaka, Boston, 85; Shields, Tampa Bay, 83; Haren, Oakland, 76.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 19; Putz, Seattle, 18; Borowski, Cleveland, 18; Jenks, Chicago, 17; TJones, Detroit, 16; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 15; Papelbon, Boston, 14; Nathan, Minnesota, 14.
National League
BATTING — Holliday, Colorado, .352; DYoung, Washington, .342; MiCabrera, Florida, .333; Helton, Colorado, .332; DeLee, Chicago, .329; Renteria, Atlanta, .325; Taveras, Colorado, .321.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 55; Uggla, Florida, 51; Rollins, Philadelphia, 50; Johnson, Atlanta, 45; JBReyes, New York, 45; Utley, Philadelphia, 44; Fielder, Milwaukee, 43; Renteria, Atlanta, 43.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 52; Fielder, Milwaukee, 51; Utley, Philadelphia, 48; Hardy, Milwaukee, 47; MiCabrera, Florida, 47; Holliday, Colorado, 46; Willingham, Florida, 45; Bay, Pittsburgh, 45.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 90; HaRamirez, Florida, 80; Byrnes, Arizona, 80; JBReyes, New York, 79; Rollins, Philadelphia, 79; Renteria, Atlanta, 78; MiCabrera, Florida, 77.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 26; Uggla, Florida, 25; Holliday, Colorado, 22; Church, Washington, 21; DeLee, Chicago, 20; CaLee, Houston, 19; Francoeur, Atlanta, 18.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; Johnson, Atlanta, 5; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; CGuzman, Washington, 5.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 23; Hardy, Milwaukee, 16; Dunn, Cincinnati, 15; Pujols, St. Louis, 15; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 15; MiCabrera, Florida, 14; Howard, Philadelphia, 13; ARamirez, Chicago, 13; Bonds, San Francisco, 13.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 31; HaRamirez, Florida, 20; Pierre, Los Angeles, 20; Victorino, Philadelphia, 18; Taveras, Colorado, 15; Wright, New York, 13; Duffy, Pittsburgh, 12; Byrnes, Arizona, 12; Rollins, Philadelphia, 12.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 1.97; Penny, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875, 2.26; JSosa, New York, 6-1, .857, 2.64; Hamels, Philadelphia, 8-2, .800, 3.57; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 3.93; Morris, San Francisco, 7-3, .700, 2.56; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-3, .700, 2.83.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 96; Peavy, San Diego, 95; Harang, Cincinnati, 85; Wolf, Los Angeles, 83; Webb, Arizona, 82; RHill, Chicago, 74; Snell, Pittsburgh, 71.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 22; Valverde, Arizona, 21; Fuentes, Colorado, 18; Hoffman, San Diego, 18; Saito, Los Angeles, 17; BWagner, New York, 14; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 14.
PRO BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
FINALS
San Antonio vs. Cleveland
Thursday, June 7: San Antonio 85, Cleveland 76
Sunday, June 10: San Antonio 103, Cleveland 92, San Antonio leads series 2-0
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
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Activated LHP Jon Lester from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Pawtucket (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Aquilino Lopez to Toledo (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed RHP Chris Reitsma on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Jake Woods from Tacoma (PCL).
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS — Recalled RHP Jason Hammel from Durham (IL). Announced RHP Jae Seo accepted his outright assignment to Durham. Released RHP Shinji Mori.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated OF Cliff Floyd from the bereavement list. Placed INF Aramis Ramirez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 7.
NEW YORK METS — Activated OF Shawn Green from the 15-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with C Juan Garcia, LHP Anthony Watson, INF Erik Huber, RHP Harrison Bishop, INF Matt Cavagnaro, RHP Taylor Cameron and RHP Gary Amato.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Philip Dean, CF Mark Gildea, LHP Patrick McCoy, 1B Bill Rhinehart, SS Daniel Lyons, RHP Patrick Arnold, OF Chris Blackwood, RHP Luke Pisker, RHP Jeff Mandel, SS Jake Rogers, OF Aaron Seuss, RHP Devin Drag, RHP Randall Staudt, LHP Kai Tuomi, OF Garrett Bass and OF Jacob Dugger.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE C.J. Ah You.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed QB Justin Zwick.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed G Uche Nwaneri.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with CB Usama Young and G Andy Alleman on three-year contracts.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DL Sam Rayburn.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed C Nick Tarnasky to a three-year contract and RW Kyle Wanvig to a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
MONTANA STATE — Named Rob Ash football coach.
SAN DIEGO — Named Chris Carlson men’s basketball coach.