MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 74 47 .612 —

Washington 59 60 .496 14

New York 54 64 .458 18 1/2

Philadelphia 53 67 .442 20 1/2

Miami 46 73 .387 27

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 71 48 .597 —

St. Louis 68 51 .571 3

Cincinnati 68 52 .567 3 1/2

Chicago 52 68 .433 19 1/2

Milwaukee 52 68 .433 19 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 70 50 .583 —

Arizona 62 57 .521 7 1/2

Colorado 57 65 .467 14

San Diego 54 66 .450 16

San Francisco 52 67 .437 17 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Miami 5, Kansas City 2

Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 0

Colorado 4, San Diego 2

Arizona 5, Baltimore 4, 14 innings

Washington 6, San Francisco 5

Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 3

Texas 5, Milwaukee 4

Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1

L.A. Dodgers 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 12 innings

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 5-8) at St. Louis (Lynn 13-6), 1:45 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 2-4) at Washington (Haren 7-11), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cingrani 5-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 8-7), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 5-2) at San Diego (T.Ross 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

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American League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 72 50 .590 —

Tampa Bay 67 51 .568 3

Baltimore 65 55 .542 6

New York 62 57 .521 8 1/2

Toronto 55 65 .458 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 70 49 .588 —

Cleveland 65 56 .537 6

Kansas City 62 56 .525 7 1/2

Minnesota 53 65 .449 16 1/2

Chicago 46 73 .387 24

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 70 51 .579 —

Oakland 67 52 .563 2

Seattle 55 64 .462 14

Los Angeles 53 66 .445 16

Houston 39 80 .328 30

Wednesday’s Games

Cleveland 9, Minnesota 8, 12 innings

Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 4

Miami 5, Kansas City 2

Arizona 5, Baltimore 4, 14 innings

N.Y. Yankees 11, L.A. Angels 3

Toronto 4, Boston 3, 10 innings

Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 4

Texas 5, Milwaukee 4

Houston 2, Oakland 1, 11 innings

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 12-6) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 4-11), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 3-8) at Oakland (Gray 0-1), 3:35 p.m.

Boston (Peavy 9-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 8-7), 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 12-8) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 10-7), 7:08 p.m.

Seattle (J.Saunders 10-11) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-10), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m., 1st game

Colorado at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:08 p.m., 2nd game

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 5, Cubs 0

Cincinnati Chicago (NL)

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Heisey cf 3 1 0 0 DeJess cf 3 0 1 0

Frazier 3b 4 2 2 2 DMcDn lf 4 0 1 0

Votto 1b 4 0 1 1 Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0

Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0 Castillo c 3 0 0 0

Bruce rf 4 1 1 0 Schrhlt rf 3 0 0 0

Ludwick lf 4 0 0 0 DMrph ss 3 0 0 0

Cozart ss 4 1 2 1 Watkns 2b 3 0 0 0

Hanigan c 3 0 1 1 Ransm 3b 3 0 0 0

Arroyo p 3 0 0 0 Rusin p 1 0 0 0

Simon p 0 0 0 0 StCastr ph 1 0 0 0

Hannahan ph 1 0 0 0 Villanv p 0 0 0 0

Broxton p 0 0 0 0 Bowden p 0 0 0 0

Gillespi ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 5 7 5 Totals 28 0 2 0

 

Cincinnati 100 010 120 — 5

Chicago 000 000 000 — 0

 

E—Ransom (8). DP—Cincinnati 1, Chicago 1. LOB—Cincinnati 4, Chicago 2. 2B—Frazier (23), Votto (25), Bruce (33), Cozart (23), Hanigan (7). HR—Frazier (11).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Arroyo W,11-9 7 2 0 0 0 7

Simon 1 0 0 0 0 1

Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 2

Chicago (NL)

Rusin L,2-2 6 3 2 2 1 3

Villanueva 2 4 3 2 1 3

Bowden 1 0 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Broxton (DeJesus).

Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Bill Welke; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Brian O’Nora.

T—2:31. A—33,642 (41,019).

 

MLB Leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—CJohnson, Atlanta, .337; YMolina, St. Louis, .330; Cuddyer, Colorado, .324; Votto, CINCINNATI, .320; Craig, St. Louis, .317; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .316; Segura, Milwaukee, .312.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 88; Votto, CINCINNATI, 81; Choo, CINCINNATI, 78; JUpton, Atlanta, 78; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 77; Holliday, St. Louis, 77; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 75.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 93; Phillips, CINCINNATI, 90; Craig, St. Louis, 88; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 80; FFreeman, Atlanta, 80; DBrown, Philadelphia, 78; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 76; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 76.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 145; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 143; Votto, CINCINNATI, 141; Craig, St. Louis, 140; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 138; DanMurphy, New York, 134; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 133.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 39; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 33; Desmond, Washington, 32; Rizzo, Chicago, 32; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 31; YMolina, St. Louis, 30; GParra, Arizona, 30; Posey, San Francisco, 30.

TRIPLES—CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 9; Segura, Milwaukee, 8; Span, Washington, 7; CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 6; Venable, San Diego, 6; DWright, New York, 6.

HOME RUNS—PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 29; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 24; JUpton, Atlanta, 22; Uggla, Atlanta, 21.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 37; Segura, Milwaukee, 35; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 34; CGomez, Milwaukee, 30; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 24; EYoung, New York, 23; Revere, Philadelphia, 22.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 14-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 13-5; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-6; Wainwright, St. Louis, 13-7; Latos, CINCINNATI, 12-3; Corbin, Arizona, 12-3; Ryu, Los Angeles, 12-3; Minor, Atlanta, 12-5; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 12-6.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.88; Harvey, New York, 2.23; Locke, Pittsburgh, 2.43; Fernandez, Miami, 2.45; Corbin, Arizona, 2.48; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.71; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.73.

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 181; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 174; Samardzija, Chicago, 163; Wainwright, St. Louis, 162; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 154; Latos, CINCINNATI, 154; HBailey, CINCINNATI, 153; Lincecum, San Francisco, 153; Strasburg, Washington, 153.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 38; RSoriano, Washington, 31; Mujica, St. Louis, 31; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 30; AChapman, CINCINNATI, 29; Romo, San Francisco, 28; Cishek, Miami, 26.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .360; Trout, Los Angeles, .330; DOrtiz, Boston, .327; ABeltre, Texas, .322; Mauer, Minnesota, .321; Loney, Tampa Bay, .314; TorHunter, Detroit, .306.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 87; CDavis, Baltimore, 85; Trout, Los Angeles, 84; AJones, Baltimore, 82; Bautista, Toronto, 79; Encarnacion, Toronto, 74; AJackson, Detroit, 74.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 114; CDavis, Baltimore, 112; Encarnacion, Toronto, 89; AJones, Baltimore, 85; Fielder, Detroit, 81; Trout, Los Angeles, 78; NCruz, Texas, 76.

HITS—ABeltre, Texas, 153; MiCabrera, Detroit, 153; Machado, Baltimore, 152; Trout, Los Angeles, 151; AJones, Baltimore, 146; Ellsbury, Boston, 144; AlRamirez, Chicago, 140.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 42; CDavis, Baltimore, 33; Mauer, Minnesota, 32; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 32; Trout, Los Angeles, 32; JCastro, Houston, 31; Lowrie, Oakland, 30; AlRamirez, Chicago, 30.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; Drew, Boston, 6; Gardner, New York, 5; AGordon, Kansas City, 5; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5; BMiller, Seattle, 5.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 44; MiCabrera, Detroit, 38; Encarnacion, Toronto, 30; Bautista, Toronto, 27; NCruz, Texas, 27; ADunn, Chicago, 27; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 26.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 44; RDavis, Toronto, 34; Andrus, Texas, 30; Altuve, Houston, 29; McLouth, Baltimore, 28; LMartin, Texas, 27; Rios, Texas, 27.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 17-1; Tillman, Baltimore, 14-3; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 14-3; Colon, Oakland, 14-5; Masterson, Cleveland, 13-8; Darvish, Texas, 12-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 12-5; CWilson, Los Angeles, 12-6; Guthrie, Kansas City, 12-8; Verlander, Detroit, 12-8.

ERA—FHernandez, Seattle, 2.28; Kuroda, New York, 2.33; AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.58; Darvish, Texas, 2.64; Sale, Chicago, 2.73; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.85; Colon, Oakland, 2.97.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 207; Scherzer, Detroit, 181; FHernandez, Seattle, 178; Masterson, Cleveland, 171; Sale, Chicago, 167; Verlander, Detroit, 154; DHolland, Texas, 151.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 39; Nathan, Texas, 36; MRivera, New York, 35; GHolland, Kansas City, 32; Balfour, Oakland, 30; Perkins, Minnesota, 28; AReed, Chicago, 28.

 

NFL schedule

National Football League

Preseason Schedule

All Times EDT

Thursday, Aug. 15

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

San Diego at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 16

Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Oakland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New England, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17

Dallas at Arizona, 4:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 8 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 18

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 19

Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m.

 

Transactions

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

TEXAS RANGERS—Acquired LHP Travis Blackley from Houston for cash considerations and assigned him to Round Rock (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Agreed to terms with F Elias Harris on a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Agreed to terms with C Nikola Pekovic on a five-year contract.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Signed F Al Harrington.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL—Suspended St. Louis LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Suspended San Francisco DL Demarcus Dobbs one regular-season game for a violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

BUFFALO BILLS—Waived/injured TE Mike Caussin. Signed LB Jamaal Westerman.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed CB Kennard Cox.

Canadian Football League

MONTREAL ALOUETTES—Signed QB Troy Smith to a two-year contract.