Reds’ boxscore

Astros 5, Reds 4

Cincinnati Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 Bourgs cf 5 2 2 0

Renteri ss 4 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 0 2 0

Votto 1b 4 1 3 0 JMrtnz lf 4 1 3 4

BPhllps 2b 4 0 1 1 Ca.Lee 1b 3 0 0 0

Bruce rf 4 1 1 0 Michals rf 4 0 2 0

FLewis lf 4 0 0 0 FRdrgz p 0 0 0 0

RHrndz c 4 0 0 0 Melncn p 0 0 0 0

Frazier 3b 2 1 1 1 Pareds 3b 4 0 2 0

Alonso ph 1 0 1 1 Barmes ss 3 0 0 0

Arroyo pr 0 0 0 0 Quinter c 4 1 1 1

Willis p 2 1 1 1 Lyles p 2 0 0 0

Masset p 0 0 0 0 Bogsvc ph-rf 1 1 0 0

LeCure p 0 0 0 0

Cairo ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 33 5 12 5

Cincinnati 000 011 101 — 4

Houston 200 000 21x — 5

E—Barmes (7). DP—Cincinnati 2. LOB—Cincinnati 5, Houston 8. 2B—Votto 2 (26), J.Martinez (2), Michaels (6), Paredes (1). HR—Frazier (2), Willis (1), J.Martinez (1), Quintero (2). S—Willis, Altuve.

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Willis 6 8 2 2 1 2

Masset L,1-5 BS,4-5 0 3 2 2 2 0

LeCure 2 1 1 1 0 2

Houston

Lyles W,1-6 7 6 3 3 0 3

Fe.Rodriguez H,2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Melancon S,11-14 1 2 1 1 0 0

Masset pitched to 5 batters in the 7th. HBP—by Lyles (Frazier). WP—Willis. Umpires—Home, Angel Campos; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Derryl Cousins; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T—2:25. A—22,102 (40,963).

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 71 39 .645 —

Atlanta 64 48 .571 8

Florida 55 55 .500 16

New York 55 55 .500 16

Washington 53 57 .482 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 62 50 .554 —

St. Louis 58 53 .523 3 1/2

Pittsburgh 54 55 .495 6 1/2

Cincinnati 54 57 .486 7 1/2

Chicago 46 65 .414 15 1/2

Houston 37 74 .333 24 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 62 49 .559 —

Arizona 61 50 .550 1

Colorado 51 60 .459 11

Los Angeles 50 60 .455 11 1/2

San Diego 48 64 .429 14 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 6, Washington 4

Milwaukee 10, St. Louis 5

Philadelphia 8, Colorado 6

San Francisco 8, Arizona 1

Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh 0

Florida at New York, ppd., rain

Houston 5, Cincinnati 4

San Diego 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

Thursday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (R.Lopez 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 7-5), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 9-7) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 1-0) at Colorado (Rogers 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 10-7) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-10), 10:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games

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

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 68 41 .624 —

New York 67 42 .615 1

Tampa Bay 57 52 .523 11

Toronto 56 54 .509 12 1/2

Baltimore 43 64 .402 24

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 59 51 .536 —

Cleveland 54 54 .500 4

Chicago 52 57 .477 6 1/2

Minnesota 51 59 .464 8

Kansas City 47 63 .427 12

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 61 50 .550 —

Los Angeles 60 51 .541 1

Oakland 49 62 .441 12

Seattle 48 62 .436 12 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Seattle 7, Oakland 4

Detroit 5, Texas 4

Boston 4, Cleveland 3

Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 1

Kansas City 6, Baltimore 2

N.Y. Yankees 18, Chicago White Sox 7

Minnesota 11, L.A. Angels 4

Thursday’s Games

Toronto (Cecil 4-4) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-7), 12:10 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 10-5) at Detroit (Penny 7-8), 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 8-7) at Boston (Bedard 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Britton 6-8) at Kansas City (Francis 4-11), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 9-4) at Chicago White Sox (Humber 8-7), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Liriano 7-8) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 6-7), 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .339; Braun, Milwaukee, .324; Votto, Cincinnati, .324; DanMurphy, New York, .319; Kemp, Los Angeles, .318; Morse, Washington, .315; Holliday, St. Louis, .313.

RUNS—JosReyes, New York, 79; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 74; Braun, Milwaukee, 71; RWeeks, Milwaukee, 71; JUpton, Arizona, 70; Votto, Cincinnati, 70; Rollins, Philadelphia, 69.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 87; Kemp, Los Angeles, 84; Fielder, Milwaukee, 79; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 74; Berkman, St. Louis, 73; Braun, Milwaukee, 73; Votto, Cincinnati, 69.

HITS—SCastro, Chicago, 142; JosReyes, New York, 142; Bourn, Atlanta, 134; Votto, Cincinnati, 133; Pence, Philadelphia, 129; Kemp, Los Angeles, 127; JUpton, Arizona, 126.

DOUBLES—Beltran, San Francisco, 30; JUpton, Arizona, 30; Pence, Philadelphia, 29; Headley, San Diego, 28; DanMurphy, New York, 28; 6 tied at 27.

TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 12; Fowler, Colorado, 10; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Atlanta, 7; SSmith, Colorado, 7; Infante, Florida, 6; Maybin, San Diego, 6; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6.

HOME RUNS—Berkman, St. Louis, 28; Kemp, Los Angeles, 26; Stanton, Florida, 25; Fielder, Milwaukee, 24; Howard, Philadelphia, 24; Pujols, St. Louis, 24; Uggla, Atlanta, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 40; JosReyes, New York, 32; Kemp, Los Angeles, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 27; Maybin, San Diego, 26; Bonifacio, Florida, 25; Rollins, Philadelphia, 24.

PITCHING—Halladay, Philadelphia, 14-4; IKennedy, Arizona, 13-3; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 13-4; Jurrjens, Atlanta, 12-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 12-6; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 12-7; Correia, Pittsburgh, 12-9.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 177; Lincecum, San Francisco, 160; ClLee, Philadelphia, 159; Halladay, Philadelphia, 159; Hamels, Philadelphia, 145; AniSanchez, Florida, 143; Hanson, Atlanta, 137.

SAVES—BrWilson, San Francisco, 33; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 32; LNunez, Florida, 31; HBell, San Diego, 31; Axford, Milwaukee, 31; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 30; Street, Colorado, 28.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .357; MiYoung, Texas, .334; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .328; Bautista, Toronto, .322; VMartinez, Detroit, .317; Ellsbury, Boston, .317; JhPeralta, Detroit, .317.

RUNS—Granderson, New York, 98; Ellsbury, Boston, 82; Bautista, Toronto, 79; AdGonzalez, Boston, 77; MiCabrera, Detroit, 74; Pedroia, Boston, 73; Kinsler, Texas, 72; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 72.

RBI—AdGonzalez, Boston, 90; Teixeira, New York, 85; Granderson, New York, 84; Beltre, Texas, 76; Konerko, Chicago, 76; Youkilis, Boston, 76; Cano, New York, 74.

HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 157; MiYoung, Texas, 145; Ellsbury, Boston, 142; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 139; Pedroia, Boston, 134; AGordon, Kansas City, 131; ACabrera, Cleveland, 126; Cano, New York, 126.

DOUBLES—Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 34; AdGonzalez, Boston, 33; AGordon, Kansas City, 33; MiYoung, Texas, 33; Ellsbury, Boston, 30; Beltre, Texas, 29; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 29; Francoeur, Kansas City, 29; Youkilis, Boston, 29.

TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 9; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 7; AJackson, Detroit, 7; RDavis, Toronto, 6; Gardner, New York, 6; 7 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 32; Teixeira, New York, 31; Granderson, New York, 28; Konerko, Chicago, 25; NCruz, Texas, 24; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 24; MiCabrera, Detroit, 22.

STOLEN BASES—Crisp, Oakland, 33; RDavis, Toronto, 33; Gardner, New York, 33; Ellsbury, Boston, 31; Andrus, Texas, 30; ISuzuki, Seattle, 28; Aybar, Los Angeles, 23; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 23.

PITCHING—Sabathia, New York, 16-5; Verlander, Detroit, 15-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-5; Lester, Boston, 11-4; Tomlin, Cleveland, 11-5; Scherzer, Detroit, 11-6; Porcello, Detroit, 11-6; Haren, Los Angeles, 11-6.

STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 178; FHernandez, Seattle, 162; Sabathia, New York, 162; Shields, Tampa Bay, 159; Price, Tampa Bay, 147; Weaver, Los Angeles, 142; GGonzalez, Oakland, 138.

SAVES—Valverde, Detroit, 30; MaRivera, New York, 28; League, Seattle, 26; Walden, Los Angeles, 24; Papelbon, Boston, 24; CPerez, Cleveland, 22; SSantos, Chicago, 22.

AFL playoffs

Arena Football Playoffs

First Round

National Conference

Friday, July 29

Chicago 54, Dallas 51

Arizona 62, Spokane 33

American Conference

Friday, July 29

Jacksonville 63, Orlando 48

Sunday, July 31

Georgia 50, Cleveland 41

Conference Championships

Aug. 5-6

National

Chicago at Arizona, 10 p.m.

American

Georgia at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

ArenaBowl

Friday, Aug. 12

Chicago-Arizona winner vs. Georgia-Jacksonville winner, 8 p.m.

NFL preseason

2011 NFL Preseason Schedule

WEEK 1

Thursday, Aug. 11

Baltimore at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Oakland, 10 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 12

Cincinnati at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Aug. 13

Green Bay at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 15

N.Y. Jets at Houston, 8 p.m. (ESPN)