PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 41 23 .641 — New York 32 31 .508 8 1/2
Toronto 31 34 .477 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 29 34 .460 11 1/2
Baltimore 29 36 .446 12 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 38 26 .594 — Detroit 37 27 .578 1 Minnesota 32 31 .508 5 1/2
Chicago 27 35 .435 10 Kansas City 25 41 .379 14 West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 41 25 .621 — Seattle 35 27 .565 4 Oakland 35 29 .547 5 Texas 23 42 .354 17 1/2
National League
East Division
New York 36 28 .563 — Atlanta 35 31 .530 2 Philadelphia 35 31 .530 2 Florida 32 34 .485 5 Washington 28 37 .431 8 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 35 30 .538 — Chicago 29 35 .453 5 1/2
St. Louis 28 34 .452 5 1/2
Pittsburgh 28 37 .431 7 Houston 27 38 .415 8 Cincinnati 26 40 .394 9 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 37 27 .578 — Los Angeles 38 28 .576 — Arizona 37 29 .561 1 Colorado 32 33 .492 5 1/2
San Francisco 30 35 .462 7 1/2
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 8, Chicago White Sox 4
Toronto 7, San Francisco 4
Colorado 12, Boston 2
Pittsburgh 8, Texas 1
Milwaukee 3, Detroit 2
Cleveland 7, Florida 3
N.Y. Yankees 7, Arizona 2
Washington 9, Baltimore 6, 11 innings
San Diego 9, Tampa Bay 0
L.A. Angels 6, Cincinnati 3
Chicago Cubs 3, Seattle 2
Oakland 7, Houston 3
Minnesota 6, Atlanta 0
St. Louis 7, Kansas City 3
L.A. Dodgers 9, N.Y. Mets 1
Today’s Games
San Diego (Germano 4-0) at Tampa Bay (Howell 1-0), 11:10 a.m.
L.A. Angels (Colon 5-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 1-0), 11:35 a.m.
Milwaukee (Sheets 6-3) at Detroit (Durbin 5-2), 12:05 p.m.
Arizona (Davis 4-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-4), 12:05 p.m.
Oakland (Gaudin 6-1) at Houston (Jennings 0-1), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Weaver 0-6) at Chicago Cubs (Marquis 5-3), 1:20 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 5-5) at Boston (Beckett 9-0), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (McCarthy 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 6-3), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Stanford 0-0) at Florida (Willis 7-5), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Simontacchi 3-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-1), 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-4) at Minnesota (J.Santana 6-6), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (K.Wells 2-10) at Kansas City (Elarton 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
San Diego (D.Wells 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Howry 4-4), 1:20 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 6-6) at Boston (Tavarez 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Carlyle 1-1) at Cleveland (Sabathia 9-1), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-9), 6:05 p.m.
Detroit (Bonderman 6-0) at Philadelphia (Lieber 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Owings 4-1) at Baltimore (Bedard 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Bacsik 1-3) at Toronto (Halladay 6-2), 6:07 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 2-8) at Cincinnati (Belisle 5-4), 6:10 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-3) at Houston (Rodriguez 3-6), 7:05 p.m.
Florida (Mitre 2-2) at Kansas City (Meche 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 3-6) at Minnesota (Baker 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 6-0) at Colorado (Lopez 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Looper 6-5) at Oakland (Haren 7-2), 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 6-6), 9:40 p.m.
Cardinals 7, Royals 3
ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Eckstin ss 3 2 2 0 DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0
AKennedy 2b 2 0 0 0 EGerman 2b 4 1 2 0
Tguchi cf 3 2 1 0 Teahen rf 3 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 2 3 Sweeney dh 2 0 0 0
JEncrcn rf 5 0 2 2 Brown dh 1 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Gordon 3b 4 1 1 3
Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 Buck c 4 0 0 0
TJohnson p 0 0 0 0 Shealy 1b 4 0 1 0
Sprger p 0 0 0 0 TPena ss 4 0 0 0
Spiezio dh 5 1 1 0 Gathright lf 2 0 0 0
Ludwick lf 5 0 0 0 GBennett c 4 1 3 0 Miles 2b 3 0 2 1 Totals 38 7 14 7 Totals 32 3 4 3
St. Louis 150 100 000 — 7 14 1
Kansas City 000 000 003 — 3 4 1
E — Miles (4), Gathright (1). LOB — St. Louis 9, Kansas City 5. 2B — Eckstein (8), Spiezio (9). HR — Gordon (4). S — Taguchi. SF — Rolen, Miles.
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Wnwrgt W,5-5 8 1 0 0 2 3
TJohnson 1-3 2 3 3 1 1
Springer 2-3 1 0 0 0 2
Kansas City
OPerez L,3-7 3 10 7 6 2 0
Duckworth 0 0 0 0 0 0
JoPeralta 3 3 0 0 0 1
Gobble 1 1 0 0 0 0
Soria 1 0 0 0 0 2
Dotel 1 0 0 0 0 1
OPerez pitched to 2 batters in the 4th.
Umpires — Home, Ted Barrett; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Larry Young; Third, Angel Hernandez.
T — 3:07. Att — 25,555 (40,785).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .364; Posada, New York, .354; Polanco, Detroit, .343; ISuzuki, Seattle, .340; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .339; Youkilis, Boston, .338; DOrtiz, Boston, .338.
RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 58; Sheffield, Detroit, 58; Sizemore, Cleveland, 56; MOrdonez, Detroit, 53; ISuzuki, Seattle, 49; BAbreu, New York, 49; Rios, Toronto, 47.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 66; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 58; MOrdonez, Detroit, 57; VMartinez, Cleveland, 55; THunter, Minnesota, 53; Morneau, Minnesota, 50; Lowell, Boston, 48.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 90; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 87; Polanco, Detroit, 86; MOrdonez, Detroit, 86; Jeter, New York, 83; Youkilis, Boston, 80; BRoberts, Baltimore, 78; Tejada, Baltimore, 78.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 30; DOrtiz, Boston, 25; MYoung, Texas, 21; Posada, New York, 21; Granderson, Detroit, 20; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 20; Cano, New York, 19; Youkilis, Boston, 19; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 19.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 13; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; Cano, New York, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 25; Morneau, Minnesota, 18; Sheffield, Detroit, 17; Rios, Toronto, 15; CPena, Tampa Bay, 14; THunter, Minnesota, 14; MOrdonez, Detroit, 13.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 22; Sizemore, Cleveland, 19; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 18; JLugo, Boston, 18; ISuzuki, Seattle, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; Willits, Los Angeles, 15.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 9-0, 1.000, 2.87; Sabathia, Cleveland, 9-1, .900, 3.09; Gaudin, Oakland, 6-1, .857, 2.43; Carmona, Cleveland, 7-2, .778, 3.17; Verlander, Detroit, 7-2, .778, 2.79; Haren, Oakland, 7-2, .778, 1.58; Halladay, Toronto, 6-2, .750, 4.56; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-2, .750, 4.50.
STRIKEOUTS — Bedard, Baltimore, 103; Burnett, Toronto, 100; JoSantana, Minnesota, 96; Sabathia, Cleveland, 89; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 86; Matsuzaka, Boston, 85; Shields, Tampa Bay, 83.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 20; Putz, Seattle, 19; Borowski, Cleveland, 18; Jenks, Chicago, 17; TJones, Detroit, 16; Papelbon, Boston, 15; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 15.
National League
BATTING — Holliday, Colorado, .352; DYoung, Washington, .340; DeLee, Chicago, .336; MiCabrera, Florida, .335; Helton, Colorado, .324; HaRamirez, Florida, .320; Renteria, Atlanta, .320.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 57; Uggla, Florida, 52; Rollins, Philadelphia, 51; Utley, Philadelphia, 47; Johnson, Atlanta, 45; JBReyes, New York, 45; Fielder, Milwaukee, 44.
RBI — Utley, Philadelphia, 53; CaLee, Houston, 53; Fielder, Milwaukee, 51; Holliday, Colorado, 47; Hardy, Milwaukee, 47; MiCabrera, Florida, 47; Bay, Pittsburgh, 46.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 93; HaRamirez, Florida, 83; JBReyes, New York, 82; Byrnes, Arizona, 82; Utley, Philadelphia, 80; Rollins, Philadelphia, 80; MiCabrera, Florida, 79.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 27; Uggla, Florida, 25; Holliday, Colorado, 23; Church, Washington, 21; DeLee, Chicago, 21; JBautista, Pittsburgh, 20; KGreene, San Diego, 20; CaLee, Houston, 20.
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; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 13; ARamirez, Chicago, 13; Bonds, San Francisco, 13.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 32; HaRamirez, Florida, 22; Victorino, Philadelphia, 20; Pierre, Los Angeles, 20; Taveras, Colorado, 15; Wright, New York, 14; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 13.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 8-1, .889, 1.82; Penny, Los Angeles, 8-1, .889, 2.18; Hamels, Philadelphia, 9-2, .818, 3.47; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 3.93; JSosa, New York, 6-2, .750, 3.42; Morris, San Francisco, 7-3, .700, 2.56; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-3, .700, 2.83.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 104; Peavy, San Diego, 103; Webb, Arizona, 86; Harang, Cincinnati, 85; Wolf, Los Angeles, 83; RHill, Chicago, 78; Snell, Pittsburgh, 78.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 23; Valverde, Arizona, 21; Saito, Los Angeles, 18; Fuentes, Colorado, 18; Hoffman, San Diego, 18; Dempster, Chicago, 14; 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
Tuesday, June 12: San Antonio 75, Cleveland 72, San Antonio leads series 3-0
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
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Purchased the contract of INF Fernando Cortez from Omaha (PCL). Optioned OF Shane Costa to Omaha.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Hodson, RHP Brent Lysander, SS Matt Ray, C Michael Napoleon, OF Dan Wentzell, OF James Pruitt, 3B Justin Frash, RHP Charles Kerfoot, LHP Rosalio Gomez, RHP Bryan Collins, RHP John Quine, C Ben Barrone and OF Adam Klein. Extended the contracts of Michael Crowley, president, and Billy Beane, vice president and general manager, through the 2014 season.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Brophy, RHP Kevin Chavez and CF Emeel Salem.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Activated INF Chipper Jones from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Blaine Boyer to Richmond (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Purchased the contract of LHP Clay Rapada from Iowa (PCL). Optioned OF Matt Murton to Iowa.
FLORIDA MARLINS — Placed RHP Henry Owens on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 9. Recalled RHP Lee Gardner from Albuquerque (PCL). Claimed LHP Chris Seddon off waivers from Tampa Bay and optioned him to Carolina (SL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF Collin DeLome, RHP Brett Robinson, 2B David Dixon, RHP Luis Pardo, 2B Matthew Cusick, 3B Brian Pellegrini, RF Craig Corrado, RHP Mason Roberts, RHP Brian Espersen, C Jonathan Fixler, C Kyle Miller, OF Bernard Anderson, 3B Charles Gamble, SS Philip Stringer, C Kevin Carkeek, C Sal Iacono, OF Jared Pitts, OF Travis Sweet, RHP Danny Gil, RHP Jason Dominguez, RHP David Milller, RHP Brian Wabick, RHP Jordan Powe, RHP Robert Leonhardt, OF Christopher Turner and SS Cat Everett.
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Stephen Clyne, 3B Zachary Lutz, INF Matthew Bouchard, C Jordan Abruzzo, LHP Michael Antonini, INF Michael Parker and C Juan Centeno.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Sean Giblin, SS Robert Spain, OF Keanon Simon, OF Quincy Latimore, OF Andrew Biela and OF Caleb Fields.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with LHP Colt Hynes.