PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 48 27 .640 — Toronto 38 37 .507 10 New York 36 37 .493 11 Tampa Bay 33 41 .446 14 1/2
Baltimore 32 43 .427 16 Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 45 30 .600 — Cleveland 44 31 .587 1 Minnesota 38 36 .514 6 1/2
Chicago 30 42 .417 13 1/2
Kansas City 31 46 .403 15 West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 49 28 .636 — Seattle 40 33 .548 7 Oakland 39 36 .520 9 Texas 31 45 .408 17 1/2
Monday’s Games
Texas 8, Detroit 3
Cleveland 5, Oakland 2
Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 4
Toronto 8, Minnesota 5
Seattle 9, Boston 4
Kansas City 5, L.A. Angels 3
Today’s Games
Texas (Koronka 0-2) at Detroit (Robertson 4-6), 6:05 p.m.
Oakland (Haren 9-2) at Cleveland (Lee 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 4-5) at Baltimore (Guthrie 4-1), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Shields 6-2), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Marcum 4-2) at Minnesota (Baker 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Boston (Gabbard 1-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-4), 9:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Meche 4-6) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-7), 9:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Texas (Millwood 4-6) at Detroit (Rogers 1-0), 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City (De La Rosa 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 6-3), 2:35 p.m.
Boston (Matsuzaka 9-5) at Seattle (Feierabend 1-2), 3:35 p.m.
Oakland (DiNardo 2-4) at Cleveland (Carmona 8-3), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 1-2) at Baltimore (Bedard 5-4), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 1-2), 6:10 p.m.
Toronto (Towers 2-5) at Minnesota (Bonser 5-3), 7:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
New York 42 32 .568 — Philadelphia 39 36 .520 3 1/2
Atlanta 39 38 .506 4 1/2
Florida 36 40 .474 7 Washington 32 44 .421 11 Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 44 32 .579 — Chicago 36 39 .480 7 1/2
St. Louis 33 40 .452 9 1/2
Houston 32 44 .421 12 Pittsburgh 31 44 .413 12 1/2
Cincinnati 29 47 .382 15 West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 44 33 .571 — Los Angeles 43 33 .566 1/2
San Diego 42 33 .560 1 Colorado 38 38 .500 5 1/2
San Francisco 33 42 .440 10 Monday’s Games
Atlanta 4, Washington 1
N.Y. Mets 2, St. Louis 1, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 10, Colorado 9
Milwaukee 6, Houston 1
L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 1
San Francisco 4, San Diego 3, 11 innings
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-10) at Florida (Willis 7-6), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey 2-0) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wellemeyer 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 7-6), 6:10 p.m.
Washington (Bacsik 1-4) at Atlanta (Carlyle 1-2), 6:35 p.m.
Colorado (Lopez 4-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 5-4), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Rodriguez 4-6) at Milwaukee (Vargas 6-1), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-0) at Arizona (Gonzalez 3-2), 8:40 p.m.
San Diego (D.Wells 3-5) at San Francisco (Zito 6-8), 9:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Houston (W.Williams 3-10) at Milwaukee (Suppan 8-7), 1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Hirsh 3-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 8-6), 1:20 p.m.
San Diego (Maddux 6-4) at San Francisco (Cain 2-8), 2:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten 0-2) at Florida (Mitre 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 8-2) at Philadelphia (Moyer 7-5), 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Reyes 0-9) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 6-5), 6:10 p.m.
Washington (Bowie 4-2) at Atlanta (Smoltz 8-4), 6:35 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 8-6) at Arizona (Webb 7-5), 8:40 p.m.
Royals 5, Angels 3
KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DJesus cf 4 0 1 1 Willits cf 4 0 0 0
EGrmn 2b 4 0 0 0 Figgins 3b 4 0 2 0
Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 OCbera ss 3 0 0 0
Butler dh 4 1 1 0 VGrero rf 4 1 2 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 1 0 Ktchm 1b 4 0 0 0
Shealy 1b 4 1 1 1 Kndrck 2b 3 1 1 1
LaRue c 3 1 1 1 Morles dh 3 1 1 1
TPena ss 4 0 0 0 Napoli c 2 0 0 1
Gthrght lf 3 1 1 0 Aybar lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 3 Totals 30 3 6 3
Kansas City 041 000 000 — 5 7 1
Los Angeles 010 020 000 — 3 6 1
E — TPena (13), Napoli (5). DP — Kansas City 1. LOB — Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 3. 2B — VGuerrero (22), Morales (4). CS — Gathright (1). SF — Kendrick, Napoli.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Thomson W,1-0 7 6 3 2 0 0
Soria 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dotel S,7 1 0 0 0 1 0
Los Angeles
Lackey L,10-5 8 7 5 3 1 7
HCarrasco 1 0 0 0 0 2
HBP — by Lackey (Gordon), by Lackey (Gathright). WP — Lackey. Balk — Lackey.
Umpires — Home, Bob Davidson; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Randy Marsh.
T — 2:23. Att — 43,895 (45,257).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .379; ISuzuki, Seattle, .359; Jeter, New York, .342; Posada, New York, .341; Willits, Los Angeles, .337; ARodriguez, New York, .333; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .332.
RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 72; Sheffield, Detroit, 66; MOrdonez, Detroit, 64; Sizemore, Cleveland, 62; Rios, Toronto, 55; DeJesus, Kansas City, 55; Granderson, Detroit, 54; BAbreu, New York, 54.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 77; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 69; MOrdonez, Detroit, 68; VMartinez, Cleveland, 62; Sosa, Texas, 59; Morneau, Minnesota, 57; THunter, Minnesota, 57.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 110; MOrdonez, Detroit, 105; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 102; Jeter, New York, 100; BRoberts, Baltimore, 95; Polanco, Detroit, 95; MYoung, Texas, 93.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 34; DOrtiz, Boston, 27; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 23; Posada, New York, 23; Cano, New York, 22; AHill, Toronto, 22; Granderson, Detroit, 22; MYoung, Texas, 22; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 22.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 14; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 8; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Teahen, Kansas City, 5; DeJesus, Kansas City, 5.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 20; Rios, Toronto, 17; CPena, Tampa Bay, 17; Sheffield, Detroit, 17; THunter, Minnesota, 15; Kinsler, Texas, 14; VMartinez, Cleveland, 14; Sexson, Seattle, 14; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 14.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 24; Sizemore, Cleveland, 22; ISuzuki, Seattle, 22; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 20; JLugo, Boston, 19; Willits, Los Angeles, 18; Figgins, Los Angeles, 18.
PITCHING (8 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 11-1, .917, 3.07; Bonderman, Detroit, 8-1, .889, 3.90; Sabathia, Cleveland, 11-2, .846, 3.24; Verlander, Detroit, 9-2, .818, 2.78; Haren, Oakland, 9-2, .818, 1.78; Halladay, Toronto, 9-2, .818, 4.25; KEscobar, Los Angeles, 9-3, .750, 2.81; Shields, Tampa Bay, 6-2, .750, 3.64.
STRIKEOUTS — Bedard, Baltimore, 121; JoSantana, Minnesota, 114; Sabathia, Cleveland, 108; Matsuzaka, Boston, 102; Burnett, Toronto, 100; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 96; Shields, Tampa Bay, 89; Haren, Oakland, 89.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 22; Putz, Seattle, 21; Borowski, Cleveland, 21; Jenks, Chicago, 19; Papelbon, Boston, 18; TJones, Detroit, 18; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 17.
National League
BATTING — Holliday, Colorado, .354; DeLee, Chicago, .350; DYoung, Washington, .337; MiCabrera, Florida, .330; Helton, Colorado, .326; Renteria, Atlanta, .323; HaRamirez, Florida, .320; Utley, Philadelphia, .320.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 62; Rollins, Philadelphia, 60; Uggla, Florida, 59; Fielder, Milwaukee, 52; Utley, Philadelphia, 52; JBReyes, New York, 52; Dunn, Cincinnati, 49; ASoriano, Chicago, 49; Renteria, Atlanta, 49.
RBI — Fielder, Milwaukee, 62; Holliday, Colorado, 60; CaLee, Houston, 60; Utley, Philadelphia, 58; MiCabrera, Florida, 54; Hawpe, Colorado, 52; Howard, Philadelphia, 51; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 51.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 109; HaRamirez, Florida, 97; Byrnes, Arizona, 97; JBReyes, New York, 96; DeLee, Chicago, 96; Utley, Philadelphia, 93; Rollins, Philadelphia, 93.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 30; Uggla, Florida, 29; Holliday, Colorado, 27; DeLee, Chicago, 26; Church, Washington, 22; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 22.
TRIPLES — Rollins, Philadelphia, 9; JBReyes, New York, 8; Johnson, Atlanta, 6; CGuzman, Washington, 6; Pence, Houston, 5; Byrnes, Arizona, 5.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 27; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 21; Dunn, Cincinnati, 20; Hardy, Milwaukee, 18; MiCabrera, Florida, 17; Howard, Philadelphia, 16; Pujols, St. Louis, 16.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 38; Pierre, Los Angeles, 23; HaRamirez, Florida, 22; Victorino, Philadelphia, 22; Taveras, Colorado, 18; Wright, New York, 16; CHart, Milwaukee, 15; KMatsui, Colorado, 15; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 15.
PITCHING (8 Decisions) — Penny, Los Angeles, 10-1, .909, 2.04; Peavy, San Diego, 9-2, .818, 2.14; Harang, Cincinnati, 8-2, .800, 3.59; Hamels, Philadelphia, 9-3, .750, 3.80; BSheets, Milwaukee, 9-3, .750, 3.09; CYoung, San Diego, 7-3, .700, 2.08; Maine, New York, 8-4, .667, 2.87; Smoltz, Atlanta, 8-4, .667, 3.14; Heilman, New York, 6-3, .667, 3.86; JSosa, New York, 6-3, .667, 3.79.
STRIKEOUTS — Peavy, San Diego, 113; Hamels, Philadelphia, 111; Webb, Arizona, 97; Harang, Cincinnati, 97; Wolf, Los Angeles, 89; CZambrano, Chicago, 86; RHill, Chicago, 85.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 27; Valverde, Arizona, 24; Saito, Los Angeles, 20; Fuentes, Colorado, 20; Hoffman, San Diego, 19; Dempster, Chicago, 16; BWagner, New York, 15.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB — Suspended New York Mets C Paul Lo Duca for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions after being ejected in a June 23 game against Oakland.
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned OF Greg Porter from Arkansas (Texas) to Salt Lake (PCL) and LHP Brad Beck from Arkansas to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP Kiko Calero on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Kevin Melillo to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled LHP Dallas Braden and RHP Ruddy Lugo from Sacramento.
TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP Scott Feldman from Oklahoma (PCL). Placed RHP Vicente Padilla on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 22.
National League
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LF-1B Matt LaPorta.
NEW YORK METS — Signed INF Tyler Vaughn and INF Jose Alvarez.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Signed INF Tyler Mach, SS Jesus-Villegas-Andino and LHP Jacob Diekman.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Activated RHP John Wasdin from the 15-day DL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LHP Tyler Johnson on the 15-day DL.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Signed OF Daniel Payne, RHP Jeremy Hefner, C Emmanuel Quiles, 3B Justin Baum, OF Angel Mercado and RHP Dylan Axelrod.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Purchased the contract of INF D’Angelo Jimenez from Columbus (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS — Announced G Chauncey Billups opted out of the final year of his contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Released DT Tank Johnson. Signed DB Nathan Vasher to a five-year contract extension through the 2012 season.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DALLAS STARS — Made qualifying offers to RW Marius Holtet, LW Jussi Jokinen, D Vadim Khomitski, RW Junior Lessard, C Joel Lundqvist, RW Antti Miettinen and C Mike Ribeiro.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Signed G Craig Anderson to a two-year contract. Made qualifying offers to RW Rob Globke, D Steve Montador, D Noah Welch, C Stephen Weiss, C Kamil Kreps and C Janis Sprukts.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed G Pekka Rinne to a two-year contract. Traded F Brandon Segal to Anaheim for future considerations.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Simon Gamache to a two-year contract. Re-signed D Jay Harrison.