MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 61 36 .629 —

Atlanta 58 41 .586 4

New York 49 49 .500 12 1/2

Washington 48 50 .490 13 1/2

Florida 47 52 .475 15

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 51 45 .531 —

Milwaukee 53 47 .530 —

St. Louis 51 47 .520 1

Cincinnati 48 50 .490 4

Chicago 39 60 .394 13 1/2

Houston 33 65 .337 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 57 42 .576 —

Arizona 53 46 .535 4

Colorado 47 52 .475 10

San Diego 44 55 .444 13

Los Angeles 43 55 .439 13 1/2

Thursday’s Games

San Diego 5, Florida 3

St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 2

Atlanta 9, Colorado 6

Arizona 4, Milwaukee 0

Friday’s Games

Houston (Norris 5-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 6-5), 2:20 p.m.

San Diego (Luebke 3-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 11-5), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-9), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 12-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-8), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 5-9) at Florida (Volstad 5-8), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (A.Cook 0-5) at Arizona (D.Hudson 10-5), 9:40 p.m.

Washington (Lannan 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-11), 10:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Marcum 8-3) at San Francisco (Cain 8-5), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

Colorado at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Florida, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at San Francisco, 4:35 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 8:05 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 59 37 .615 —

New York 57 39 .594 2

Tampa Bay 52 45 .536 7 1/2

Toronto 50 49 .505 10 1/2

Baltimore 39 56 .411 19 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 52 46 .531 —

Cleveland 51 46 .526 1/2

Chicago 47 51 .480 5

Minnesota 46 52 .469 6

Kansas City 40 58 .408 12

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 56 43 .566 —

Los Angeles 53 46 .535 3

Oakland 43 55 .439 12 1/2

Seattle 43 55 .439 12 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Toronto 7, Seattle 5

L.A. Angels 1, Texas 0

Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Yankees 1

Detroit 6, Minnesota 2

Friday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Floyd 7-9) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 8-7), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-8) at Baltimore (Simon 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Cahill 8-8) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-8) at Boston (Lackey 7-8), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 5-7) at Texas (C.Lewis 9-7), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 10-5) at Minnesota (Duensing 7-7), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (W.Davis 7-6) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-8), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Seattle at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .349; Helton, Colorado, .324; Braun, Milwaukee, .319; Holliday, St. Louis, .318; Votto, Cincinnati, .318; Pence, Houston, .316; Morse, Washington, .312.

RUNS—RWeeks, Milwaukee, 70; JosReyes, New York, 68; CGonzalez, Colorado, 63; CYoung, Arizona, 62; Bourn, Houston, 60; Braun, Milwaukee, 60; Rollins, Philadelphia, 60; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 60.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 74; Fielder, Milwaukee, 73; Kemp, Los Angeles, 72; Berkman, St. Louis, 66; Braun, Milwaukee, 66; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 64; Walker, Pittsburgh, 62.

HITS—JosReyes, New York, 127; SCastro, Chicago, 124; Pence, Houston, 118; Bourn, Houston, 115; Votto, Cincinnati, 115; RWeeks, Milwaukee, 110; Kemp, Los Angeles, 109.

DOUBLES—Beltran, New York, 30; CaLee, Houston, 27; CYoung, Arizona, 27; SCastro, Chicago, 25; Headley, San Diego, 25; ArRamirez, Chicago, 25; SSmith, Colorado, 25.

TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 9; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Houston, 7; Fowler, Colorado, 7; SSmith, Colorado, 7; Maybin, San Diego, 6; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6.

HOME RUNS—Berkman, St. Louis, 26; Kemp, Los Angeles, 24; Fielder, Milwaukee, 22; Bruce, Cincinnati, 21; Pujols, St. Louis, 21; CPena, Chicago, 20; Stanton, Florida, 20.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 35; JosReyes, New York, 30; Kemp, Los Angeles, 27; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 23; Bartlett, San Diego, 21; Desmond, Washington, 20; Bonifacio, Florida, 19; Braun, Milwaukee, 19; Maybin, San Diego, 19; Rollins, Philadelphia, 19.

PITCHING—Jurrjens, Atlanta, 12-3; IKennedy, Arizona, 11-3; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-4; Halladay, Philadelphia, 11-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 11-5; Hanson, Atlanta, 11-5; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 11-6; Correia, Pittsburgh, 11-7.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 167; Lincecum, San Francisco, 146; ClLee, Philadelphia, 143; Halladay, Philadelphia, 139; AniSanchez, Florida, 130; Hanson, Atlanta, 124; Hamels, Philadelphia, 124.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 30; BrWilson, San Francisco, 29; HBell, San Diego, 28; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 28; LNunez, Florida, 27; Axford, Milwaukee, 26; Street, Colorado, 26.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .343; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .333; Bautista, Toronto, .332; MiYoung, Texas, .322; VMartinez, Detroit, .318; JhPeralta, Detroit, .317; Ellsbury, Boston, .316.

RUNS—Granderson, New York, 85; Bautista, Toronto, 75; Ellsbury, Boston, 70; Kinsler, Texas, 68; MiCabrera, Detroit, 67; AdGonzalez, Boston, 67; Pedroia, Boston, 63; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 63.

RBI—AdGonzalez, Boston, 78; Beltre, Texas, 75; Granderson, New York, 70; Konerko, Chicago, 69; Bautista, Toronto, 68; Youkilis, Boston, 68; Teixeira, New York, 67.

HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 134; MiYoung, Texas, 124; Ellsbury, Boston, 123; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 120; ACabrera, Cleveland, 114; Markakis, Baltimore, 114; AGordon, Kansas City, 112.

DOUBLES—AdGonzalez, Boston, 29; MiYoung, Texas, 29; Beltre, Texas, 28; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 28; Youkilis, Boston, 27; Ellsbury, Boston, 26; Quentin, Chicago, 25.

TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 8; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 6; RDavis, Toronto, 6; Aybar, Los Angeles, 5; Cano, New York, 5; Crisp, Oakland, 5; Gardner, New York, 5; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 5.

HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 31; Granderson, New York, 26; Teixeira, New York, 25; Konerko, Chicago, 22; NCruz, Texas, 21; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 21; Beltre, Texas, 20; MiCabrera, Detroit, 20.

STOLEN BASES—Gardner, New York, 30; RDavis, Toronto, 29; Andrus, Texas, 28; Ellsbury, Boston, 28; Crisp, Oakland, 27; ISuzuki, Seattle, 24; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 22.

PITCHING—Sabathia, New York, 14-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 13-4; Verlander, Detroit, 13-5; Tomlin, Cleveland, 11-4; Ogando, Texas, 10-3; Lester, Boston, 10-4; CWilson, Texas, 10-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 10-5; Haren, Los Angeles, 10-6.

STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 162; Shields, Tampa Bay, 151; FHernandez, Seattle, 146; Sabathia, New York, 142; Price, Tampa Bay, 137; CWilson, Texas, 132; Weaver, Los Angeles, 129.

SAVES—Valverde, Detroit, 25; MaRivera, New York, 24; League, Seattle, 23; Walden, Los Angeles, 23; CPerez, Cleveland, 22; Papelbon, Boston, 21; Feliz, Texas, 20.

Arena standings

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

z-Arizona 15 2 0 .882 1059 787

Spokane 9 8 0 .529 1002 952

Utah 8 9 0 .471 1006 1048

San Jose 7 10 0 .412 978 1023

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Chicago 13 4 0 .765 916 779

x-Dallas 11 6 0 .647 1012 952

Tulsa 7 10 0 .412 823 834

Kansas City 6 11 0 .353 799 903

Iowa 5 12 0 .294 857 1053

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

z-Jacksonville 13 4 0 .765 1083 853

Georgia 10 7 0 .588 944 872

Orlando 10 7 0 .588 939 889

Tampa Bay 6 11 0 .353 745 949

New Orleans 3 14 0 .176 782 955

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 10 7 0 .588 835 766

Pittsburgh 8 9 0 .471 809 924

Milwaukee 6 11 0 .353 818 826

Philadelphia 6 11 0 .353 866 908

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Friday’s Games

Milwaukee 83, Iowa 49

Cleveland 67, Pittsburgh 55

Kansas City 49, Jacksonville 48, OT

Saturday’s Games

Georgia 58, Tampa Bay 40

Orlando 85, Tulsa 49

Chicago 53, Dallas 44

Utah 62, New Orleans 58

Spokane 63, San Jose 61

Friday, July 22

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 23

New Orleans at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Tulsa at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Georgia at Iowa, 8:05 p.m.

Arizona at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions

Thursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned INF Luis Valbuena to Columbus.

National League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed OF Carlos Gomez on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Brett Carroll from Nashville (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Signed RHP Jason Grilli. Optioned INF Pedro Ciriaco and INF Josh Harrison to Indianapolis (IL). Transferred RHP Evan Meek to the 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Released RHP Chad Gaudin.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS—Re-signed G Jordan Pearce to a two-year contract.

COLLEGE

GEORGIA—Announced RB Carlton Thomas will be suspended for the first game of the 2011 season.