Pro Baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 36 15 .706 — Baltimore 25 27 .481 11 1/2
Toronto 24 27 .471 12 New York 21 29 .420 14 1/2
Tampa Bay 21 29 .420 14 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 31 19 .620 — Detroit 30 21 .588 1 1/2
Chicago 24 23 .511 5 1/2
Minnesota 26 25 .510 5 1/2
Kansas City 19 34 .358 13 1/2
West Division
Los Angeles 32 21 .604 — Seattle 25 23 .521 4 1/2
Oakland 25 26 .490 6 Texas 19 33 .365 12 1/2
Tuesday’s Games
Boston 4, Cleveland 2
Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Detroit 14, Tampa Bay 2
Baltimore 6, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 9, Chicago White Sox 2
Texas 4, Oakland 0
L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 1
Today’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Garland 3-3) at Minnesota (Baker 1-0), 12:10 p.m.
Texas (Koronka 0-1) at Oakland (Haren 5-2), 2:35 p.m.
Cleveland (Byrd 5-1) at Boston (Matsuzaka 7-2), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Clippard 1-1) at Toronto (Litsch 1-1), 6:07 p.m.
Detroit (Robertson 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Shields 3-0), 6:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Bedard 3-3) at Kansas City (Meche 3-3), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-2) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 4-3), 9:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Detroit (Verlander 5-1) at Cleveland (Sabathia 7-1), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-1) at Toronto (Halladay 4-2), 6:07 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 2-7) at Seattle (Baek 2-2), 9:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Burres 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Escobar 6-2), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 33 17 .660 — Atlanta 29 23 .558 5 Philadelphia 26 26 .500 8 Florida 25 27 .481 9 Washington 21 31 .404 13 Central Division
Milwaukee 29 23 .558 — Pittsburgh 23 28 .451 5 1/2
Chicago 22 28 .440 6 Houston 21 30 .412 7 1/2
St. Louis 20 29 .408 7 1/2
Cincinnati 20 33 .377 9 1/2
West Division
Los Angeles 30 21 .588 — Arizona 31 23 .574 1/2
San Diego 29 22 .569 1 Colorado 25 27 .481 5 1/2
San Francisco 24 26 .480 5 1/2
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, San Diego 1
Arizona 11, Philadelphia 5
L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 0
N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 4, 12 innings
Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 4
Florida 9, Chicago Cubs 4
Cincinnati 2, Houston 1
Colorado 8, St. Louis 3
Today’s Games
Atlanta (T.Hudson 5-3) at Milwaukee (Bush 3-5), 12:05 p.m.
San Diego (Young 5-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-6), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 4-5) at Washington (Bacsik 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.Johnson 2-2) at Philadelphia (Moyer 5-3), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 4-5) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 5-2), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Mitre 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 4-2), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 5-2) at Houston (Rodriguez 2-4), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wellemeyer 0-1) at Colorado (Hirsh 2-4), 8:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
San Diego (Maddux 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Chacon 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Hendrickson 2-2) at Washington (Bowie 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (O.Hernandez 2-1), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Obermueller 1-3) at Milwaukee (Vargas 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-5) at Houston (W.Williams 1-7), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Thompson 3-1) at Colorado (Cook 4-1), 8:05 p.m.
Orioles 9, Royals 1
BALTIMORE KANSAS CITY
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BRbrts 2b 5 0 2 0 Costa lf 3 0 0 1
Mrkkis rf 5 0 0 1 Grdzln 2b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 1 2 0 Teahen rf 4 1 1 1
Huff dh 5 0 1 1 MiSwy dh 3 0 0 0
Payton lf 3 0 0 0 DJesus cf 3 0 0 0
Millar 1b 3 2 1 1 Buck c 2 0 0 0
Mora 3b 4 2 2 0 Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0
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CPttson cf 4 0 1 0 Berroa ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5 Totals 28 2 3 2
Baltimore 021 003 000 — 6 11 0
Kansas City 101 000 000 — 2 3 1
E — Costa (1). DP — Baltimore 1, Kansas City 2. LOB — Baltimore 7, Kansas City 1. 2B — Tejada (7), Huff (9), Mora 2 (14). HR — Millar (6), Teahen (5). SF — Costa.
IP H R ER BB SO
Baltimore
Guthrie W,3-1 7 3 2 2 1 3
Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ray 1 0 0 0 0 2
Kansas City
De La Rosa L,4-5 5 8 5 5 3 2
Gobble 1 2 1 0 0 1
Riske 1 0 0 0 0 0
Greinke 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dotel 1 1 0 0 0 0
De La Rosa pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Balk — Guthrie.
Umpires — Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Marty Foster; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Tim McClelland.
T — 2:36. Att — 13,556 (40,785).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — Posada, New York, .360; Youkilis, Boston, .358; MOrdonez, Detroit, .358; Jeter, New York, .350; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .343; LCastillo, Minnesota, .335; ISuzuki, Seattle, .333.
RUNS — MOrdonez, Detroit, 44; Sheffield, Detroit, 44; ARodriguez, New York, 43; Sizemore, Cleveland, 41; Youkilis, Boston, 40; DeJesus, Kansas City, 39; Rios, Toronto, 37.
RBI — MOrdonez, Detroit, 48; ARodriguez, New York, 44; Morneau, Minnesota, 43; THunter, Minnesota, 42; VMartinez, Cleveland, 41; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 41; Lowell, Boston, 39; Sosa, Texas, 39.
HITS — Jeter, New York, 70; Youkilis, Boston, 69; MOrdonez, Detroit, 68; ISuzuki, Seattle, 67; Tejada, Baltimore, 66; Polanco, Detroit, 64; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 64.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 26; DOrtiz, Boston, 20; Granderson, Detroit, 17; Youkilis, Boston, 17; Blake, Cleveland, 16; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 16; THunter, Minnesota, 16; Posada, New York, 16.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 7; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 6; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; Kotchman, Los Angeles, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 19; Morneau, Minnesota, 16; MOrdonez, Detroit, 12; Sheffield, Detroit, 12; Rios, Toronto, 11; THunter, Minnesota, 11.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 19; Sizemore, Cleveland, 16; Lofton, Texas, 16; JLugo, Boston, 15; ISuzuki, Seattle, 13; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12; Willits, Los Angeles, 11; CPatterson, Baltimore, 11.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Beckett, Boston, 8-0, 1.000, 2.65; Sabathia, Cleveland, 7-1, .875, 3.54; Carmona, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 2.89; Verlander, Detroit, 5-1, .833, 2.71; Gaudin, Oakland, 5-1, .833, 2.32; Byrd, Cleveland, 5-1, .833, 3.81; Matsuzaka, Boston, 7-2, .778, 4.43.
STRIKEOUTS — JoSantana, Minnesota, 87; Bedard, Baltimore, 83; Sabathia, Cleveland, 73; Burnett, Toronto, 71; Bonser, Minnesota, 68; Matsuzaka, Boston, 64; Shields, Tampa Bay, 64; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 64.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 17; Borowski, Cleveland, 17; TJones, Detroit, 15; Jenks, Chicago, 14; Papelbon, Boston, 13; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 13; Putz, Seattle, 12.
National League
BATTING — DeLee, Chicago, .354; Helton, Colorado, .351; Holliday, Colorado, .340; Rowand, Philadelphia, .326; MiCabrera, Florida, .323; Lo Duca, New York, .322; HaRamirez, Florida, .317; Renteria, Atlanta, .317.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 45; Rollins, Philadelphia, 42; JBReyes, New York, 41; Uggla, Florida, 40; Johnson, Atlanta, 38; Dunn, Cincinnati, 38; Utley, Philadelphia, 37.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 45; Hardy, Milwaukee, 44; Utley, Philadelphia, 43; Holliday, Colorado, 41; Fielder, Milwaukee, 40; Bay, Pittsburgh, 38; Francoeur, Atlanta, 37.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 72; JBReyes, New York, 65; HaRamirez, Florida, 64; Byrnes, Arizona, 64; Hardy, Milwaukee, 63; Utley, Philadelphia, 63; Rowand, Philadelphia, 63; DeLee, Chicago, 63; Renteria, Atlanta, 63.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 22; DeLee, Chicago, 20; Uggla, Florida, 19; Holliday, Colorado, 18; Church, Washington, 17; ASoriano, Chicago, 16; McCann, Atlanta, 15; JBautista, Pittsburgh, 15; KGreene, San Diego, 15.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 7; Rollins, Philadelphia, 6; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; Johnson, Atlanta, 4; Weeks, Milwaukee, 4; OHudson, Arizona, 4; DRoberts, San Francisco, 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 17; Hardy, Milwaukee, 15; Dunn, Cincinnati, 14; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 12; ARamirez, Chicago, 12; CJones, Atlanta, 12; Bonds, San Francisco, 12.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 28; Pierre, Los Angeles, 17; Victorino, Philadelphia, 16; HaRamirez, Florida, 15; Taveras, Colorado, 12; Duffy, Pittsburgh, 10; Wright, New York, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 10.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 1.47; Penny, Los Angeles, 7-1, .875, 2.06; Hamels, Philadelphia, 7-2, .778, 3.74; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-2, .778, 2.82; Maine, New York, 6-2, .750, 2.79.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 86; Peavy, San Diego, 85; Wolf, Los Angeles, 71; Webb, Arizona, 67; Smoltz, Atlanta, 65; OlPerez, New York, 61; Harang, Cincinnati, 61.
SAVES — Valverde, Arizona, 18; FCordero, Milwaukee, 18; Saito, Los Angeles, 15; Fuentes, Colorado, 15; Hoffman, San Diego, 15; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 13; BWagner, New York, 12; STorres, Pittsburgh, 12.
Pro Hockey
National Hockey League
Playoffs
Finals
Ottawa vs. Anaheim
Monday, May 28: Anaheim 3, Ottawa 2, Anaheim leads series 1-0
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
Monday, May 21: Detroit 79, Cleveland 76
Thursday, May 24: Detroit 79, Cleveland 76
Sunday, May 27: Cleveland 88, Detroit 82
Tuesday, May 29: Cleveland 91, Detroit 87, Series tied 2-2
Thursday, May 31: Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 2: Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
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
Saturday, May 26: Utah 109, San Antonio 83
Monday, May 28: San Antonio 91, Utah 79, San Antonio leads series 3-1
Wednesday, May 30: Utah at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
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 Municipal Golf Course
Ladies Day
Tuesday
Name of Game: Low Putts — Nine Holes
1st Place: Bev Schaefer
2nd Place: Jane Schrader
Name of Game: Low Putts — 18 Holes
1st Place: Fran Hudson
2nd Place: Ida Schierling
Hole Out: Fran Hudson
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Activated RHP Josh Beckett from the 15-day DL.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Jon Huber to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled LHP Ryan Feierabend from Tacoma.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Ryan Freel on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Dewayne Wise from Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated RHP Rodrigo Lopez from the 15-day DL.
NEW YORK METS — Placed OF Shawn Green on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26. Recalled OF Ben Johnson from New Orleans (PCL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Named Tom Penn assistant general manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed TE Tim Euhus to a one-year contract. Waived WR Evan Prall.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed LB Kris Griffin off waivers from the Kansas City Chiefs. Waived LB Mike Alston.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DB Tarell Brown to a four-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MINNESOTA WILD — Named Kevin Constantine coach of Houston (AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Announced the resignation of Mike Milbury, vice president of sports properties.
PHOENIX COYOTES — Named Don Maloney general manager and signed him to a multiyear contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Signed RW Tim Wallace to a two-year contract.
COLLEGE
INDIANAPOLIS — Named LeAnn Freeland women’s basketball coach.
Correction
There were some omissions in the State track and field results section of Tuesday’s Gazette.
Lebo track athlete Bryant Linsey finished 10th and Waverly’s Matt Coursen came in 12th in the preliminaries of the Class 1A 100-meter dash, and Linsey finished fourth in the javelin with a throw of 180-01.
The Gazette regrets the omissions.