Reds’ boxscore

Reds 8, Cubs 2

Chicago Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Fukdm rf 3 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 4 1 2 1

Barney 2b 4 0 3 0 BPhllps 2b 4 1 1 0

SCastro ss 4 0 0 0 Votto 1b 3 1 1 1

C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 Bruce rf 3 2 1 0

ArRmr 3b 4 1 1 0 JGoms lf 3 0 1 1

DeWitt lf 4 1 3 1 Masset p 0 0 0 0

Campn cf 3 0 0 0 Horst p 0 0 0 0

Montnz ph 1 0 1 1 Cairo 3b 4 1 2 4

Soto c 4 0 1 0 RHrndz c 3 0 0 1

DDavis p 1 0 0 0 Janish ss 4 1 1 0

RLopez p 0 0 0 0 Volquez p 1 1 1 0

BSnydr ph 1 0 1 0 Heisey lf 1 0 0 0

Grabow p 0 0 0 0

Smrdzj p 0 0 0 0

LeMahi ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 33 2 10 2 Totals 30 8 10 8

Chicago 010 000 001 — 2

Cincinnati 001 120 40x — 8

E—S.Castro (11). DP—Chicago 1, Cincinnati 3. LOB—Chicago 7, Cincinnati 7. 2B—Ar.Ramirez (16), DeWitt 2 (6), Stubbs (12), B.Phillips (12). HR—Cairo (2). S—D.Davis, Volquez 2. SF—J.Gomes, R.Hernandez.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

D.Davis L,0-5 4 1-3 7 4 4 3 4

R.Lopez 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Grabow 1 3 4 4 1 1

Samardzija 1 0 0 0 0 1

Cincinnati

Volquez W,4-2 7 7 1 1 2 5

Masset 1 1 0 0 0 0

Horst 1 2 1 1 0 0

HBP—by Samardzija (Stubbs). Umpires—Home, Paul Nauert; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Dana DeMuth. T—2:53. A—24,921 (42,319).

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 36 25 .590 —

Atlanta 33 28 .541 3

Florida 31 28 .525 4

New York 29 31 .483 6 1/2

Washington 27 34 .443 9

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 37 25 .597 —

Milwaukee 34 27 .557 2 1/2

Cincinnati 32 30 .516 5

Pittsburgh 29 30 .492 6 1/2

Chicago 23 36 .390 12 1/2

Houston 23 38 .377 13 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 34 27 .557 —

Arizona 33 28 .541 1

Los Angeles 29 33 .468 5 1/2

Colorado 28 32 .467 5 1/2

San Diego 28 34 .452 6 1/2

Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 8, Arizona 5

L.A. Dodgers 6, Philadelphia 2

Atlanta 1, Florida 0

Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 2

St. Louis 7, Houston 4

N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 1

San Diego 2, Colorado 0

Washington 2, San Francisco 1

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-5) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 4-5), 12:35 p.m.

Washington (Maya 0-1) at San Francisco (Cain 4-4), 3:45 p.m.

Colorado (Cook 0-0) at San Diego (Moseley 2-6), 6:35 p.m.

Arizona (Duke 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-7), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 7-2), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-4) at Florida (Nolasco 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 6-1) at Houston (Norris 3-4), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-4) at Milwaukee (Wolf 4-4), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 33 25 .569 —

Boston 34 26 .567 —

Tampa Bay 32 29 .525 2 1/2

Toronto 31 30 .508 3 1/2

Baltimore 28 31 .475 5 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 34 25 .576 —

Detroit 33 27 .550 1 1/2

Chicago 30 33 .476 6

Kansas City 26 35 .426 9

Minnesota 22 38 .367 12 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 34 28 .548 —

Seattle 31 30 .508 2 1/2

Los Angeles 30 33 .476 4 1/2

Oakland 27 35 .435 7

Tuesday’s Games

Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 4

Cleveland 1, Minnesota 0

Baltimore 4, Oakland 0

Detroit 8, Texas 1

Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 1

Toronto 8, Kansas City 5

Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 1

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota (Pavano 3-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 5-4), 12:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-3), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Outman 1-0) at Baltimore (Britton 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Coke 1-5) at Texas (Ogando 6-0), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 6-5), 8:10 p.m.

Toronto (Villanueva 3-0) at Kansas City (Duffy 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Shields 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-4), 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Toronto at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

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

Texas at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .339; Votto, Cincinnati, .336; Berkman, St. Louis, .329; Ethier, Los Angeles, .324; Kemp, Los Angeles, .320; YMolina, St. Louis, .319; Wallace, Houston, .318.

RUNS—Stubbs, Cincinnati, 45; Bruce, Cincinnati, 44; Braun, Milwaukee, 43; Pujols, St. Louis, 43; Votto, Cincinnati, 43; Weeks, Milwaukee, 43; JosReyes, New York, 41.

RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 50; Kemp, Los Angeles, 50; Howard, Philadelphia, 47; Bruce, Cincinnati, 46; Pence, Houston, 44; Braun, Milwaukee, 43; Berkman, St. Louis, 42.

HITS—JosReyes, New York, 84; Pence, Houston, 79; SCastro, Chicago, 75; Polanco, Philadelphia, 75; Votto, Cincinnati, 74; Kemp, Los Angeles, 73; Prado, Atlanta, 71; GSanchez, Florida, 71.

DOUBLES—Beltran, New York, 19; Coghlan, Florida, 18; JosReyes, New York, 18; CYoung, Arizona, 18; Headley, San Diego, 17; Pence, Houston, 17; Prado, Atlanta, 17; SSmith, Colorado, 17.

TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 11; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6; SCastro, Chicago, 5; Fowler, Colorado, 5; Victorino, Philadelphia, 5; SDrew, Arizona, 4; Espinosa, Washington, 4.

HOME RUNS—Bruce, Cincinnati, 17; Kemp, Los Angeles, 17; Fielder, Milwaukee, 15; Pujols, St. Louis, 14; Berkman, St. Louis, 13; Braun, Milwaukee, 13; Stanton, Florida, 13.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 25; JosReyes, New York, 19; Desmond, Washington, 18; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 17; Braun, Milwaukee, 14; CGomez, Milwaukee, 14; Kemp, Los Angeles, 14; Rollins, Philadelphia, 14; Tabata, Pittsburgh, 14.

PITCHING—Gallardo, Milwaukee, 8-2; Halladay, Philadelphia, 8-3; Correia, Pittsburgh, 8-4; Jurrjens, Atlanta, 7-2; Hamels, Philadelphia, 7-2; Lohse, St. Louis, 7-2; Hanson, Atlanta, 7-4.

STRIKEOUTS—ClLee, Philadelphia, 100; Halladay, Philadelphia, 97; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 96; Lincecum, San Francisco, 93; Hamels, Philadelphia, 82; Norris, Houston, 79; AniSanchez, Florida, 79.

SAVES—LNunez, Florida, 19; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 18; Putz, Arizona, 17; FrRodriguez, New York, 17; BrWilson, San Francisco, 17; HBell, San Diego, 17; Axford, Milwaukee, 16; Street, Colorado, 16.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Bautista, Toronto, .348; Joyce, Tampa Bay, .340; AdGonzalez, Boston, .340; Ortiz, Boston, .324; Konerko, Chicago, .318; MiCabrera, Detroit, .318; JhPeralta, Detroit, .314.

RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 48; Granderson, New York, 47; MiCabrera, Detroit, 45; ACabrera, Cleveland, 40; Ellsbury, Boston, 40; AdGonzalez, Boston, 40; Kinsler, Texas, 40.

RBI—AdGonzalez, Boston, 51; Konerko, Chicago, 47; MiCabrera, Detroit, 45; Beltre, Texas, 43; ACabrera, Cleveland, 42; Quentin, Chicago, 42; Bautista, Toronto, 41; Granderson, New York, 41; Teixeira, New York, 41.

HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 84; ACabrera, Cleveland, 75; MiYoung, Texas, 75; Ellsbury, Boston, 72; Konerko, Chicago, 71; Ortiz, Boston, 70; AlRamirez, Chicago, 70.

DOUBLES—Quentin, Chicago, 20; Ellsbury, Boston, 19; AdGonzalez, Boston, 18; AGordon, Kansas City, 18; MiYoung, Texas, 18; MiCabrera, Detroit, 17; Youkilis, Boston, 17; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 17.

TRIPLES—Bourjos, Los Angeles, 6; Crisp, Oakland, 5; Granderson, New York, 5; RDavis, Toronto, 4; 15 tied at 3.

HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 20; Teixeira, New York, 18; Granderson, New York, 17; Quentin, Chicago, 15; NCruz, Texas, 14; Konerko, Chicago, 14; Ortiz, Boston, 14.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 22; Andrus, Texas, 19; Crisp, Oakland, 18; RDavis, Toronto, 18; Aybar, Los Angeles, 14; Fuld, Tampa Bay, 14; ISuzuki, Seattle, 14.

PITCHING—Lester, Boston, 8-2; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-2; Sabathia, New York, 7-3; Tomlin, Cleveland, 7-3; Hellickson, Tampa Bay, 7-3; Arrieta, Baltimore, 7-3; Weaver, Los Angeles, 7-4; Price, Tampa Bay, 7-5.

STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 97; Shields, Tampa Bay, 85; Weaver, Los Angeles, 85; Price, Tampa Bay, 83; Verlander, Detroit, 83; CWilson, Texas, 82; Haren, Los Angeles, 80.

SAVES—League, Seattle, 16; MaRivera, New York, 16; CPerez, Cleveland, 15; Valverde, Detroit, 15; Feliz, Texas, 13; Walden, Los Angeles, 13; Farnsworth, Tampa Bay, 12; Papelbon, Boston, 12.

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association

Playoff Results

All Times EDT

THE FINALS

Tuesday, May 31: Miami 92, Dallas 84

Thursday, June 2: Dallas 95, Miami 93

Sunday, June 5: Miami 88, Dallas 86

Tuesday, June 7: Dallas 86, Miami 83, series tied 2-2

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 Finals’ box

MIAMI (83)

James 3-11 2-4 8, Bosh 9-19 6-8 24, Anthony 2-6 0-0 4, Bibby 0-1 0-0 0, Wade 13-20 6-9 32, Chalmers 1-5 3-3 5, Haslem 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 2-8 0-0 6, Howard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-75 17-24 83.

DALLAS (86)

Marion 7-12 2-2 16, Nowitzki 6-19 9-10 21, Chandler 4-7 5-8 13, Barea 3-9 2-2 8, Kidd 0-3 0-0 0, Terry 6-15 4-6 17, Cardinal 0-1 0-0 0, Stevenson 3-7 2-2 11, Haywood 0-0 0-0 0, Stojakovic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-73 24-30 86.

Miami 21 26 22 14 — 83

Dallas 21 24 20 21 — 86

3-Point Goals—Miami 2-14 (Miller 2-5, Bibby 0-1, Wade 0-2, James 0-3, Chalmers 0-3), Dallas 4-19 (Stevenson 3-7, Terry 1-4, Cardinal 0-1, Barea 0-2, Nowitzki 0-2, Kidd 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 51 (James 9), Dallas 49 (Chandler 16). Assists—Miami 19 (James 7), Dallas 13 (Barea 4). Total Fouls—Miami 23, Dallas 18. Technicals—Dallas Coach Carlisle. A—20,430 (19,200).

NHL playoffs

National Hockey League Playoffs

STANLEY CUP CONFERENCE FINALS

All Times EDT

(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, June 1

Wednesday, June 1: Vancouver 1, Boston 0

Saturday, June 4

Vancouver 3, Boston 2, OT

Monday, June 6

Vancouver at Boston 8, Vancouver 1, Vancouver leads series 2-1

Wednesday, June 8

Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 10

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

All Times EDT

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 10 2 0 .833 743 555

Utah 5 6 0 .455 667 674

San Jose 5 7 0 .417 696 704

Spokane 4 7 0 .364 604 606

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 9 3 0 .750 635 548

Dallas 7 5 0 .583 715 685

Tulsa 4 7 0 .364 474 513

Kansas City 4 8 0 .333 566 651

Iowa 3 8 0 .273 561 693

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Jacksonville 10 1 0 .909 699 491

Orlando 8 3 0 .727 607 548

Georgia 7 5 0 .583 674 638

Tampa Bay 4 7 0 .364 490 592

New Orleans 2 10 0 .167 504 650

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 7 4 0 .636 532 546

Cleveland 6 5 0 .545 500 485

Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 626 651

Milwaukee 3 8 0 .273 462 525

Friday, June 3

Philadelphia 39, Milwaukee 37

Jacksonville 62, New Orleans 55

Saturday, June 4

Chicago 58, Kansas City 30

Pittsburgh 35, Cleveland 32

Georgia 60, Tampa Bay 49

Orlando 77, Iowa 61

Dallas 70, San Jose 57

Arizona 72, Utah 37

Friday, June 10

Philadelphia at Spokane, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 11

Georgia at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Utah at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Iowa at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Suspended Washington RHP Jason Marquis five games, Arizona RHP Esmerling Vasquez three games and Washington manager Jim Riggleman and Arizona manager Kirk Gibson one game each and fined them undisclosed amounts for throwing at hitters after both teams had been warned during a June 5 game. Suspended Boston RHP Jonathan Papelbon three games for making contact with an umpire during a June 4 game against Oakland.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Activated SS Marco Scutaro from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Scott Atchison to Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released INF Wes Hodges.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Activated OF Vernon Wells from the 15-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed LHP Brett Anderson and 2B Mark Ellis on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Jemile Weeks and recalled LHP Bobby Cramer from Sacramento (PCL). Transferred LHP Dallas Braden to the 60-day DL.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Recalled RHP Edinson Volquez from Louisville (IL). Optioned RHP Daryl Thompson to Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Placed OF Dexter Fowler on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Charlie Blackmon from Colorado Springs (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS—Announced G Ray Allen exercised his 2011-12 contract option.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Announced the resignation of assistant coach Mike Malone to become an assistant coach with Golden State.

FOOTBALL

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed QB Eric Ward.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed DB Andre Jones. Released DB C.J. James, DB Chayce Elliott and WR Liam Mahoney. Announced the retirement of WR Tim Brown.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Suspended Vancouver D Aaron Rome four games for his blindside hit on Boston F Nathan Horton during Monday’s game.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Announced the contracts of assistant general manager Don Boyd and director of pro scouting Bob Strumm will not be renewed.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Traded the rights to G Ilya Bryzgalov to Philadelphia for F Matt Clackson, a 2012 third-round draft pick and future considerations.

COLLEGE

ALASKA—Named Mick Durham men’s basketball coach.

BUFFALO—Announced sophomore men’s basketball F Will Regan is transferring from Virginia.

OREGON—Announced C Martin Seiferth will transfer to Eastern Washington.

TENNESSEE—Announced the resignation of athletic director Mike Hamilton, effective at the end of June.