MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 34 22 .607 —

Florida 31 23 .574 2

Atlanta 31 26 .544 3 1/2

New York 26 30 .464 8

Washington 25 31 .446 9

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 33 25 .569 —

Milwaukee 30 26 .536 2

Cincinnati 29 28 .509 3 1/2

Pittsburgh 26 29 .473 5 1/2

Chicago 23 31 .426 8

Houston 23 34 .404 9 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 31 25 .554 —

Arizona 31 26 .544 1/2

Colorado 26 29 .473 4 1/2

Los Angeles 26 31 .456 5 1/2

San Diego 24 32 .421 7 1/2

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 9, Pittsburgh 8

San Francisco 12, St. Louis 7

Washington 6, Arizona 1

Houston 7, San Diego 4

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia (Hamels 7-2) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 4-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-5) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Wolf 4-4) at Florida (Nolasco 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-4) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-1), 8:15 p.m.

Washington (Maya 0-0) at Arizona (Collmenter 3-1), 9:40 p.m.

Houston (Happ 3-6) at San Diego (Moseley 1-6), 10:05 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 1-0) at San Francisco (Cain 3-4), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 4:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 8:35 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Florida, 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 8:05 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 31 23 .574 —

Boston 30 26 .536 2

Tampa Bay 29 27 .518 3

Toronto 28 28 .500 4

Baltimore 25 29 .463 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 33 21 .611 —

Detroit 29 26 .527 4 1/2

Chicago 27 31 .466 8

Kansas City 25 31 .446 9

Minnesota 18 37 .327 15 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 31 26 .544 —

Seattle 29 27 .518 1 1/2

Los Angeles 29 29 .500 2 1/2

Oakland 27 30 .474 4

Thursday’s Games

Texas 7, Cleveland 4

Minnesota 8, Kansas City 2

Seattle 8, Tampa Bay 2

Friday’s Games

Texas (Ogando 5-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Villanueva 2-0) at Baltimore (Britton 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Outman 1-0) at Boston (C.Buchholz 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (A.Oliver 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 2-5) at Kansas City (Duffy 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-4), 10:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 0-1) at Seattle (Vargas 3-3), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Oakland at Boston, 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Texas at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Oakland at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

MLB 3-HR game

Major League Baseball

2011 Three-Homer Games

May 12 — Carlos Beltran, N.Y. Mets at Colorado

May 15 — Jose Bautista, Toronto at Minnesota

May 19 — Jason Giambi, Colorado at Philadelphia

May 23 — Corey Hart, Milwaukee vs. Washington

May 24 — Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox at Texas

June 2 — Aubrey Huff, San Francisco at St. Louis

H.S. baseball

Ohio High School Baseball

Thursday’s Boys’ Baseball Scores

State Tournament

Semifinal

Division I

Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 7, Grove City 2

Perrysburg 4, Willoughby S. 3

Division IV

New Middletown Spring. 6, Delphos St. John’s 2

H.S. softball

Ohio High School Baseball

Thursday’s Girls’ Softball Scores

State Tournament

Semifinal

Division I

Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 7, Grove City 2

Perrysburg 4, Willoughby S. 3

Division IV

New Middletown Spring. 6, Delphos St. John’s 2

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association

Playoff Results

THE FINALS

Tuesday, May 31: Miami 92, Dallas 84

Thursday, June 2: Dallas 95, Miami 93, series tied 1-1

Sunday, June 5: Miami at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 7: Miami at Dallas, 9 p.m.

x-Thursday, June 9: Miami at Dallas, 9 p.m.

x-Sunday, June 12: Dallas at Miami, 8 p.m.

x-Tuesday, June 14: Dallas at Miami, 9 p.m.

NBA boxscore

National Basketball Association

The Finals

Game Two At Miami

DALLAS (95)

Marion 9-14 2-2 20, Nowitzki 10-22 3-3 24, Chandler 4-6 5-8 13, Kidd 2-7 0-0 6, Stevenson 3-6 0-0 9, Stojakovic 0-0 0-0 0, Terry 5-11 6-6 16, Haywood 1-2 0-0 2, Barea 2-7 1-2 5, Cardinal 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-75 17-21 95.

MIAMI (93)

James 8-15 2-4 20, Bosh 4-16 4-4 12, Anthony 0-0 0-0 0, Bibby 5-8 0-0 14, Wade 13-20 8-12 36, Haslem 1-3 0-0 2, Chalmers 3-8 2-4 9, Miller 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 34-73 16-24 93.

Dallas 28 23 20 24 — 95

Miami 28 23 24 18 — 93

3-Point Goals—Dallas 6-17 (Stevenson 3-5, Kidd 2-5, Nowitzki 1-2, Terry 0-2, Barea 0-3), Miami 9-30 (Bibby 4-7, Wade 2-7, James 2-7, Chalmers 1-6, Miller 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Dallas 51 (Nowitzki 11), Miami 39 (Bosh, James 8). Assists—Dallas 18 (Kidd, Terry 5), Miami 13 (Wade 6). Total Fouls—Dallas 20, Miami 17. Technicals—Dallas Coach Carlisle, Miller. A—20,003 (19,600).

NHL playoffs

National Hockey League Playoffs

STANLEY CUP CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, June 1

Wednesday, June 1: Vancouver 1, Boston 0

Saturday, June 4

Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 6

Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8

Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 10

x-Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 13

x-Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 15

x-Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Arena standings

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 9 2 0 .818 671 518

Utah 5 5 0 .500 630 602

San Jose 5 6 0 .455 639 634

Spokane 4 7 0 .364 604 606

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 8 3 0 .727 577 518

Dallas 6 5 0 .545 645 628

Kansas City 4 7 0 .364 536 593

Tulsa 4 7 0 .364 474 513

Iowa 3 7 0 .300 500 616

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Jacksonville 9 1 0 .900 637 436

Orlando 7 3 0 .700 530 487

Georgia 6 5 0 .545 614 589

Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 441 532

New Orleans 2 9 0 .182 449 588

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 6 4 0 .600 468 450

Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 497 514

Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 587 614

Milwaukee 3 7 0 .300 425 486

Friday, June 3

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 4

Chicago at Kansas City, 2 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Georgia, 7:35 p.m.

Orlando at Iowa, 8:05 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Utah, 9 p.m.