MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 78 41 .655 —

Atlanta 71 51 .582 8 1/2

New York 59 62 .488 20

Washington 57 62 .479 21

Florida 56 65 .463 23

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 71 51 .582 —

St. Louis 65 57 .533 6

Cincinnati 59 62 .488 11 1/2

Pittsburgh 57 63 .475 13

Chicago 54 68 .443 17

Houston 38 84 .311 33

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 68 53 .562 —

San Francisco 66 56 .541 2 1/2

Colorado 57 66 .463 12

Los Angeles 55 65 .458 12 1/2

San Diego 54 69 .439 15

Monday’s Games

Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4

Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2

Chicago Cubs 4, Houston 3

Milwaukee 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

Colorado 7, Florida 4

N.Y. Mets 5, San Diego 4, 10 innings

Tuesday’s Games

Arizona (Collmenter 7-7) at Philadelphia (Halladay 15-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 10-7) at Washington (Wang 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 4-7) at Atlanta (Delgado 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-8) at Houston (Myers 3-12), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-9) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 13-8), 8:10 p.m.

Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-6) at Colorado (Chacin 9-9), 8:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 11-9) at San Diego (Luebke 4-6), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Florida at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 73 46 .613 —

New York 73 46 .613 —

Tampa Bay 64 55 .538 9

Toronto 61 60 .504 13

Baltimore 47 72 .395 26

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 64 57 .529 —

Cleveland 60 57 .513 2

Chicago 60 60 .500 3 1/2

Minnesota 53 67 .442 10 1/2

Kansas City 50 72 .410 14 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 70 52 .574 —

Los Angeles 65 57 .533 5

Seattle 53 67 .442 16

Oakland 53 68 .438 16 1/2

Monday’s Games

Minnesota 9, Detroit 6

N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 4

Baltimore 6, Oakland 2

Texas 8, L.A. Angels 4

Seattle 6, Toronto 5

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay (Shields 11-9) at Boston (Lester 11-6), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Minnesota (Blackburn 7-9) at Detroit (Verlander 17-5), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-4) at Boston (Bedard 4-7), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game

Cleveland (Jimenez 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 10-10), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-6), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Matusz 1-4) at Oakland (Moscoso 5-6), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 10-4) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 6-8), 10:05 p.m.

Toronto (Mills 1-2) at Seattle (Vargas 7-10), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .336; Braun, Milwaukee, .328; Morse, Washington, .321; Kemp, Los Angeles, .320; DanMurphy, New York, .320; Votto, Cincinnati, .318; Holliday, St. Louis, .313; Victorino, Philadelphia, .313.

RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 81; JosReyes, New York, 80; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 80; Braun, Milwaukee, 79; JUpton, Arizona, 79; Votto, Cincinnati, 78; Fielder, Milwaukee, 75; Rollins, Philadelphia, 75.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 95; Fielder, Milwaukee, 89; Kemp, Los Angeles, 89; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 84; Braun, Milwaukee, 78; Bruce, Cincinnati, 78; Berkman, St. Louis, 76.

HITS—SCastro, Chicago, 158; Bourn, Atlanta, 146; JosReyes, New York, 144; Kemp, Los Angeles, 141; Pence, Philadelphia, 141; JUpton, Arizona, 141; Votto, Cincinnati, 141.

DOUBLES—JUpton, Arizona, 34; Beltran, San Francisco, 31; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 31; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 30; Holliday, St. Louis, 29; Pence, Philadelphia, 29; 12 tied at 28.

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

HOME RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 29; Berkman, St. Louis, 28; Kemp, Los Angeles, 28; Fielder, Milwaukee, 27; Stanton, Florida, 27; Uggla, Atlanta, 27; Bruce, Cincinnati, 26; Howard, Philadelphia, 26.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 45; JosReyes, New York, 34; Kemp, Los Angeles, 31; Maybin, San Diego, 31; Bonifacio, Florida, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 28; Rollins, Philadelphia, 27.

PITCHING—IKennedy, Arizona, 15-3; Halladay, Philadelphia, 15-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-5; Hamels, Philadelphia, 13-7; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 13-8; Jurrjens, Atlanta, 12-4; THudson, Atlanta, 12-7; ClLee, Philadelphia, 12-7; DHudson, Arizona, 12-8; Correia, Pittsburgh, 12-11.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 193; ClLee, Philadelphia, 177; Lincecum, San Francisco, 175; Halladay, Philadelphia, 163; Hamels, Philadelphia, 155; AniSanchez, Florida, 153; Garza, Chicago, 143; Greinke, Milwaukee, 143.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 36; BrWilson, San Francisco, 35; Axford, Milwaukee, 35; LNunez, Florida, 32; HBell, San Diego, 32; Storen, Washington, 31; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 30.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .352; MiYoung, Texas, .336; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .335; VMartinez, Detroit, .321; MiCabrera, Detroit, .320; Ellsbury, Boston, .314; Konerko, Chicago, .311; MeCabrera, Kansas City, .311; Bautista, Toronto, .311.

RUNS—Granderson, New York, 107; Bautista, Toronto, 85; Ellsbury, Boston, 85; Kinsler, Texas, 84; AdGonzalez, Boston, 81; MiCabrera, Detroit, 78; Cano, New York, 78; Pedroia, Boston, 78; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 78.

RBI—Granderson, New York, 94; AdGonzalez, Boston, 92; Teixeira, New York, 88; Konerko, Chicago, 82; MiYoung, Texas, 82; Cano, New York, 81; DOrtiz, Boston, 79.

HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 169; MiYoung, Texas, 162; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 156; Ellsbury, Boston, 153; Pedroia, Boston, 143; AGordon, Kansas City, 142; Cano, New York, 141.

DOUBLES—Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 37; AdGonzalez, Boston, 36; AGordon, Kansas City, 36; MiYoung, Texas, 35; Francoeur, Kansas City, 34; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 33; MiCabrera, Detroit, 32.

TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 9; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 8; AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 7; Cano, New York, 6; RDavis, Toronto, 6; Gardner, New York, 6; MiYoung, Texas, 6; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 6.

HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 34; Granderson, New York, 33; Teixeira, New York, 32; Konerko, Chicago, 27; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 27; NCruz, Texas, 26; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Quentin, Chicago, 24.

STOLEN BASES—Crisp, Oakland, 37; Gardner, New York, 36; RDavis, Toronto, 34; Andrus, Texas, 31; Ellsbury, Boston, 31; ISuzuki, Seattle, 30; Aybar, Los Angeles, 25.

PITCHING—Verlander, Detroit, 17-5; Sabathia, New York, 16-7; Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-6; Tomlin, Cleveland, 12-5; Ogando, Texas, 12-5; Haren, Los Angeles, 12-6; Scherzer, Detroit, 12-7.

STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 196; FHernandez, Seattle, 176; Sabathia, New York, 175; Shields, Tampa Bay, 167; Price, Tampa Bay, 158; Weaver, Los Angeles, 153; CWilson, Texas, 153.

SAVES—Valverde, Detroit, 35; MaRivera, New York, 31; League, Seattle, 30; Papelbon, Boston, 27; Walden, Los Angeles, 26; SSantos, Chicago, 25; CPerez, Cleveland, 25.

NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Miami 1 0 0 1.000 28 23

New England 1 0 0 1.000 47 12

N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 16 20

Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 3 10

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 14 3

Houston 1 0 0 1.000 20 16

Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 10 33

Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 12 47

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 27 17

Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 6 13

Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 3 34

Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 7 16

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 0 1 0 .000 23 24

Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 0 25

Oakland 0 1 0 .000 18 24

San Diego 0 1 0 .000 17 24

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 23

Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 13 6

Washington 1 0 0 1.000 16 7

N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 10 20

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 20 10

New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 24 3

Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 25 0

Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 23 28

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 10 3

Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 34 3

Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 17 27

Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 3 14

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 24 18

Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 24 17

St. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 33 10

San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 3 24

Thursday, Dec. 2

Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 6

New England 47, Jacksonville 12

Seattle 24, San Diego 17

Dallas 24, Denver 23

Arizona 24, Oakland 18

Friday’s Games

Detroit 34, Cincinnati 3

Miami 28, Atlanta 23

Washington 16, Pittsburgh 7

Tampa Bay 25, Kansas City 0

New Orleans 24, San Francisco 3

Saturday’s Games

Cleveland 27, Green Bay 17

Chicago 10, Buffalo 3

Tennessee 14, Minnesota 3

St. Louis 33, Indianapolis 10

Carolina 20, N.Y. Giants 10

Monday’s Game

Houston 20, N.Y. Jets 16

NASCAR

NASCAR Sprint Cup-

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at The Glen Results

Monday

At Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Lap length: 2.45 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 92 laps, 132.2 rating, 47 points, $217,741.

2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 92, 122.7, 43, $178,158.

3. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 92, 134.9, 43, $184,541.

4. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 92, 112.3, 40, $120,350.

5. (13) Joey Logano, Toyota, 92, 100.6, 39, $106,450.

6. (23) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 92, 86.9, 38, $139,386.

7. (5) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 92, 108.8, 38, $120,708.

8. (2) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 92, 93.9, 37, $117,186.

9. (40) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 92, 88.7, 35, $92,675.

10. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 92, 104.9, 35, $127,286.

11. (19) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 92, 91.4, 34, $116,533.

12. (8) Carl Edwards, Ford, 92, 85.1, 32, $117,216.

13. (17) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 92, 96.7, 32, $110,886.

14. (24) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 92, 79.4, 30, $109,286.

15. (25) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 92, 86.2, 29, $78,825.

16. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 92, 70.4, 28, $109,050.

17. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 92, 67.6, 27, $104,589.

18. (20) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 92, 68, 26, $96,689.

19. (11) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 92, 70.5, 25, $95,445.

20. (26) Casey Mears, Toyota, 92, 55.6, 24, $69,975.

21. (36) Andy Lally, Ford, 92, 52.7, 23, $77,950.

22. (15) Boris Said, Chevrolet, 92, 55.8, 22, $84,808.

23. (10) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 92, 68.7, 21, $94,120.

24. (31) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 92, 55.6, 20, $82,608.

25. (22) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 92, 55.1, 19, $75,275.

26. (18) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 92, 80.1, 18, $86,783.

27. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 92, 96.2, 17, $109,833.

28. (16) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 91, 52.4, 16, $74,600.

29. (39) David Reutimann, Toyota, accident, 91, 43.6, 15, $91,483.

30. (38) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, accident, 91, 52.5, 0, $75,472.

31. (28) Greg Biffle, Ford, 91, 60.9, 13, $81,625.

32. (32) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, accident, 85, 65.4, 12, $71,050.

33. (41) David Gilliland, Ford, brakes, 79, 37.3, 11, $63,850.

34. (43) Terry Labonte, Ford, transmission, 78, 33.3, 10, $62,775.

35. (35) Andrew Ranger, Ford, transmission, 75, 41.7, 0, $62,625.

36. (42) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 65, 61.6, 8, $110,475.

37. (34) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, power steering, 58, 36.5, 7, $62,325.

38. (27) Kurt Busch, Dodge, accident, 48, 51.9, 6, $106,725.

39. (29) Scott Speed, Ford, suspension, 45, 30.1, 0, $61,975.

40. (21) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 12, 29.5, 0, $61,845.

41. (33) Michael McDowell, Toyota, engine, 7, 29.9, 3, $61,680.

42. (30) J.J. Yeley, Ford, brakes, 5, 27.9, 2, $61,555.

43. (37) Mike Skinner, Toyota, brakes, 4, 28.3, 0, $61,930.

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Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 99.417 mph.

T ime of Race: 2 hours, 16 minutes, 2 seconds.

Margin of Victory: Under Caution.

Caution Flags: 5 for 14 laps.

Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: A.Allmendinger 1-8; M.Ambrose 9-16; Ky.Busch 17-29; M.Ambrose 30-37; J.Montoya 38-41; J.Gordon 42-44; Ky.Busch 45-57; B.Keselowski 58-59; C.Bowyer 60; M.Ambrose 61-63; J.Johnson 64; J.Gordon 65-67; Ky.Busch 68-90; M.Ambrose 91-92.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 3 times for 49 laps; M.Ambrose, 4 times for 21 laps; A.Allmendinger, 1 time for 8 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 6 laps; J.Montoya, 1 time for 4 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. Ky.Busch, 752; 2. C.Edwards, 752; 3. J.Johnson, 746; 4. K.Harvick, 738; 5. M.Kenseth, 724; 6. Ku.Busch, 712; 7. J.Gordon, 700; 8. R.Newman, 686; 9. D.Earnhardt Jr., 670; 10. T.Stewart, 659; 11. C.Bowyer, 634; 12. D.Hamlin, 626.

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NASCAR Driver Rating Formula

A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.