Pro Baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 31 14 .689 — New York 20 24 .455 10 1/2
Toronto 20 24 .455 10 1/2
Baltimore 20 25 .444 11 Tampa Bay 18 26 .409 12 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 27 16 .628 — Detroit 27 17 .614 1/2
Chicago 23 19 .548 3 1/2
Minnesota 21 24 .467 7 Kansas City 18 28 .391 10 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 28 18 .609 — Oakland 22 23 .489 5 1/2
Seattle 20 21 .488 5 1/2
Texas 18 28 .391 10 Tuesday’s Games
Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 3
L.A. Angels 6, Detroit 3
Toronto 6, Baltimore 4
Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 2
Minnesota 7, Texas 1
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 3
Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland 4
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota (Bonser 2-1) at Texas (Tejeda 4-3), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Colon 5-0) at Detroit (Durbin 3-1), 6:05 p.m.
Boston (Schilling 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (McGowan 0-1) at Baltimore (Trachsel 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Seattle (Batista 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Fossum 3-3), 6:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Lee 2-0) at Kansas City (Elarton 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Gaudin 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Garland 3-2), 7:11 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-5) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-0), 12:05 p.m.
Seattle (Ramirez 4-2) at Tampa Bay (Seo 0-6), 2:10 p.m.
Toronto (Marcum 2-2) at Baltimore (Guthrie 2-1), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Sowers 0-3) at Kansas City (De La Rosa 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 28 16 .636 — Atlanta 27 18 .600 1 1/2
Florida 22 23 .489 6 1/2
Philadelphia 22 23 .489 6 1/2
Washington 17 29 .370 12 Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 28 18 .609 — Houston 21 24 .467 6 1/2
Chicago 20 23 .465 6 1/2
Pittsburgh 19 25 .432 8 St. Louis 17 25 .405 9 Cincinnati 18 28 .391 10 West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 26 20 .565 — San Diego 25 20 .556 1/2
Arizona 25 22 .532 1 1/2
San Francisco 23 22 .511 2 1/2
Colorado 19 27 .413 7 Tuesday’s Games
Florida 5, Philadelphia 3
Washington 8, Cincinnati 4
Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 1
St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 4
Colorado 3, Arizona 1
San Diego 5, Chicago Cubs 1
L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 2
San Francisco 4, Houston 2
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia (Garcia 1-3) at Florida (Kim 2-2), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Simontacchi 1-2) at Cincinnati (Lohse 1-5), 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 5-3) at Atlanta (James 4-3), 6:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Snell 4-2) at St. Louis (K.Wells 1-8), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 2-4) at Arizona (Davis 2-5), 8:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 4-2) at San Diego (D.Wells 1-2), 9:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Capuano 5-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny 5-1), 9:10 p.m.
Houston (Albers 1-3) at San Francisco (Zito 3-5), 9:15 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 5-2) at St. Louis (Looper 5-3), 12:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Lieber 2-2) at Florida (Willis 6-3), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Bacsik 0-0) at Cincinnati (Belisle 4-3), 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Glavine 5-1) at Atlanta (Smoltz 6-2), 6:35 p.m.
Houston (Rodriguez 2-3) at Arizona (Owings 2-1), 8:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 4-2) at San Diego (Young 5-3), 9:05 p.m.
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — Posada, New York, .371; Jeter, New York, .360; MOrdonez, Detroit, .344; Youkilis, Boston, .343; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .342; Polanco, Detroit, .333; Lowell, Boston, .329.
RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 39; MOrdonez, Detroit, 37; Sizemore, Cleveland, 36; DeJesus, Kansas City, 36; Sheffield, Detroit, 36; Youkilis, Boston, 33; Morneau, Minnesota, 32.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 43; MOrdonez, Detroit, 40; THunter, Minnesota, 39; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 38; DOrtiz, Boston, 37; Lowell, Boston, 36; Sosa, Texas, 36.
HITS — Jeter, New York, 63; Youkilis, Boston, 57; Polanco, Detroit, 57; ISuzuki, Seattle, 55; MOrdonez, Detroit, 55; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 54; Tejada, Baltimore, 54.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 21; DOrtiz, Boston, 19; THunter, Minnesota, 16; Granderson, Detroit, 15; Teixeira, Texas, 14; MYoung, Texas, 14; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 14; Posada, New York, 14.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 6; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 4; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; Kotchman, Los Angeles, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; CGuillen, Detroit, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 18; Morneau, Minnesota, 13; THunter, Minnesota, 11; Kinsler, Texas, 10; JhPeralta, Cleveland, 10; MOrdonez, Detroit, 10; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 10; Dye, Chicago, 10; Sosa, Texas, 10.
STOLEN BASES — Sizemore, Cleveland, 15; BRoberts, Baltimore, 14; Lofton, Texas, 14; ISuzuki, Seattle, 12; JLugo, Boston, 12; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 11; Willits, Los Angeles, 10.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 7-0, 1.000, 2.66; Sabathia, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 3.51; Carmona, Cleveland, 5-1, .833, 2.77; Verlander, Detroit, 5-1, .833, 2.68; Matsuzaka, Boston, 6-2, .750, 4.06; KEscobar, Los Angeles, 5-2, .714, 2.82; Lackey, Los Angeles, 7-3, .700, 2.38.
STRIKEOUTS — JoSantana, Minnesota, 80; Bedard, Baltimore, 75; Sabathia, Cleveland, 67; Burnett, Toronto, 63; Shields, Tampa Bay, 62; Matsuzaka, Boston, 58; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 57; Lackey, Los Angeles, 57.
SAVES — Jenks, Chicago, 14; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 14; Borowski, Cleveland, 14; TJones, Detroit, 14; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 12; Papelbon, Boston, 11; Putz, Seattle, 11.
National League
BATTING — DeLee, Chicago, .381; Helton, Colorado, .359; Holliday, Colorado, .339; HaRamirez, Florida, .335; Rowand, Philadelphia, .331; Renteria, Atlanta, .331; MiCabrera, Florida, .321; JBReyes, New York, .321.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 40; JBReyes, New York, 37; Rollins, Philadelphia, 35; Uggla, Florida, 33; Johnson, Atlanta, 33; Weeks, Milwaukee, 33; Dunn, Cincinnati, 33; Renteria, Atlanta, 33; CJones, Atlanta, 33.
RBI — Hardy, Milwaukee, 41; CaLee, Houston, 41; Fielder, Milwaukee, 36; Francoeur, Atlanta, 35; ARamirez, Chicago, 35; Utley, Philadelphia, 34; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 34.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 63; Hardy, Milwaukee, 59; JBReyes, New York, 59; HaRamirez, Florida, 58; Renteria, Atlanta, 58; Helton, Colorado, 56; DeLee, Chicago, 56.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 19; Uggla, Florida, 17; Holliday, Colorado, 17; DeLee, Chicago, 17; Church, Washington, 15; KGreene, San Diego, 15; Francoeur, Atlanta, 14; McCann, Atlanta, 14; ASoriano, Chicago, 14; CJones, Atlanta, 14.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 7; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5; Johnson, Atlanta, 4; DRoberts, San Francisco, 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 14; Hardy, Milwaukee, 14; CJones, Atlanta, 12; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 11; Dunn, Cincinnati, 11; ARamirez, Chicago, 11; Bonds, San Francisco, 11.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 25; Victorino, Philadelphia, 16; Pierre, Los Angeles, 16; HaRamirez, Florida, 15; Taveras, Colorado, 10; Wright, New York, 9; Byrnes, Arizona, 9; Rollins, Philadelphia, 9.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 6-1, .857, 1.63; Marquis, Chicago, 5-1, .833, 2.76; Penny, Los Angeles, 5-1, .833, 2.54; Morris, San Francisco, 5-1, .833, 2.93; TGlavine, New York, 5-1, .833, 3.43; Hamels, Philadelphia, 6-2, .750, 3.67; Smoltz, Atlanta, 6-2, .750, 2.85.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 78; Peavy, San Diego, 77; Wolf, Los Angeles, 66; Webb, Arizona, 59; Harang, Cincinnati, 56; Smoltz, Atlanta, 55; RHill, Chicago, 54; Lilly, Chicago, 54.
SAVES — Valverde, Arizona, 17; FCordero, Milwaukee, 17; Saito, Los Angeles, 14; Fuentes, Colorado, 12; Hoffman, San Diego, 12; STorres, Pittsburgh, 11; BWagner, New York, 10; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 10.
Pro Hockey
National Hockey League
Playoffs
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
Buffalo vs. Ottawa
Thursday, May 10: Ottawa 5, Buffalo 2
Saturday, May 12: Ottawa 4, Buffalo 3, 2OT
Monday, May 14: Ottawa 1, Buffalo 0
Wednesday, May 16: Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2
Saturday, May 19: Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2, OT, Ottawa wins series 4-1
Western Conference
Detroit vs. Anaheim
Friday, May 11: Detroit 2, Anaheim 1
Sunday, May 13: Anaheim 4, Detroit 3, OT
Tuesday, May 15: Detroit 5, Anaheim 0
Thursday, May 17: Anaheim 5, Detroit 3
Sunday, May 20: Anaheim 2, Detroit 1, OT
Tuesday, May 22: Anaheim 4, Detroit 3, Anaheim wins series 4-2
Finals
Ottawa vs. Anaheim
Monday, May 28: Ottawa at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30: Ottawa at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 2: Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Monday, June 4: Anaheim at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
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
Detroit 79, Cleveland 76, Detroit leads series 1-0
Thursday, May 24: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 27: Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 29: Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 31: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary
Saturday, June 2: Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m., if necessary
Monday, June 4: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary
Western Conference
San Antonio vs. Utah
Sunday, May 20: San Antonio 108, Utah 100
Tuesday, May 22: San Antonio 105, Utah 96, San Antonio leads series 2-0
Saturday, May 26: San Antonio at Utah, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, May 28: San Antonio at Utah, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30: Utah at San Antonio, 8 p.m., if necessary
Friday, June 1: San Antonio at Utah, 8 p.m., if necessary
Sunday, June 3: Utah at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m., if necessary
Community Golf
Emporia Women’s Municipal Golf Results
May 21
Name of Game — 2 Person Best Ball
1. Jane Schrader and Beverly Schaefer
2. Judy Patton and Ida Schierling
May 22
Name of Game — 2 Person Best Ball
9 Hole
1. Jerry Rogers and Fran Hudson
2. Dorothy Rolf and Betty Skillett
Low Putts
Dorothy Rolf
18 Hole
Ida Schierling and Ann Hollon
Low Putts
Ida Schierling
18 Hole
Name of Game — Low Net
Ida Schierling
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated RHP Octavio Dotel from the 15-day DL. Sent C Jason LaRue to Omaha (PCL) to begin a rehab assignment.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed LHP Glen Perkins on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP Carmen Cali from Rochester (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP Justin Duchscherer on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 15. Purchased the contract of RHP Colby Lewis from Sacramento (PCL). Designated C Jeremy Brown for assignment.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Neal Cotts to Iowa (IL). Recalled LHP Sean Marshall from Iowa.
CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Josh Hamilton on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 19. Recalled 3B Edwin Encarnacion from Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated RHP LaTroy Hawkins from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Darren Clarke to Tulsa (TL).
FLORIDA MARLINS — Assigned OF John Gall outright to Albuquerque (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Purchased the contract of INF Tony Abreu from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Hong-Chih Kuo to Las Vegas.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Brian Rogers from Indianapolis (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Fined the San Antonio Spurs organization $50,000 for failing to make its players available for a required media session on May 21. Named Attila J. Gazdag senior vice president of global media distribution.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Re-signed Sam Mitchell, coach, to a three-year contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR Donovan Morgan.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Acquired K Lawrence Tynes from Kansas City for a conditional draft pick.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed DE Eric Hicks. Released DT Keyonta Marshall.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with WR Travis Taylor and RB Curtis Brown.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed TE C.J. Leak. Released CB Kenny Scott.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed D Patrik Hersley.
COLLEGE
ALASKA-FAIRBANKS — Announced the resignation of Frank Ostanik men’s basketball coach.