MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 19 12 .613 —

Washington 17 15 .531 2 1/2

Philadelphia 15 18 .455 5

New York 12 16 .429 5 1/2

Miami 10 23 .303 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 20 11 .645 —

Pittsburgh 17 14 .548 3

Cincinnati 18 15 .545 3

Milwaukee 14 16 .467 5 1/2

Chicago 12 20 .375 8 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 19 13 .594 —

Colorado 18 13 .581 1/2

Arizona 17 15 .531 2

San Diego 14 18 .438 5

Los Angeles 13 18 .419 5 1/2

Monday’s Games

Atlanta 7, Cincinnati 4

Chicago Cubs 9, Texas 2

Arizona 9, L.A. Dodgers 2

San Diego 5, Miami 0

Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 2

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 3-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Harang 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Medlen 1-4) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-0), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 5-0) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 2-2), 8:05 p.m.

Texas (Grimm 2-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-2), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 4-1) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 2-3), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 0-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-4), 10:10 p.m.

Miami (Sanabia 2-4) at San Diego (Stults 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 3-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 2-1), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Seattle at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 21 11 .656 —

New York 18 12 .600 2

Baltimore 19 13 .594 2

Tampa Bay 14 17 .452 6 1/2

Toronto 12 21 .364 9 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 19 11 .633 —

Kansas City 17 11 .607 1

Cleveland 15 14 .517 3 1/2

Minnesota 13 15 .464 5

Chicago 13 17 .433 6

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 20 12 .625 —

Oakland 18 15 .545 2 1/2

Seattle 15 18 .455 5 1/2

Los Angeles 11 20 .355 8 1/2

Houston 8 24 .250 12

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City 1, 11 innings

Cleveland 7, Oakland 3

Boston 6, Minnesota 5, 11 innings

Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 7

Chicago Cubs 9, Texas 2

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 3-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (E.Santana 3-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 3-3) at Cleveland (McAllister 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Harang 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-0), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Diamond 2-2) at Boston (Dempster 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-0) at Houston (Lyles 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Grimm 2-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 2-2), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 4-1) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 2-3), 8:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Seattle at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Braves 7, Reds 4

Atlanta Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Choo cf 3 0 1 0

CJhnsn 3b 4 1 0 0 Cozart ss 5 2 2 0

Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 2 1 1

J.Upton rf 4 1 2 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 2 1

FFrmn 1b 5 0 2 1 Bruce rf 4 0 0 1

Gattis lf 4 0 1 1 Frazier 3b 4 0 1 1

Walden p 0 0 0 0 Mesorco c 4 0 0 0

OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 DRobnsn lf 1 0 1 0

R.Pena ph-3b 1 0 0 0 CIzturs ph 1 0 0 0

McCnn c 4 0 0 0 Ondrusek p 0 0 0 0

Uggla 2b 4 2 2 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0

Smmns ss 4 2 3 4 Paul ph 1 0 0 0

Mahlm p 3 0 0 0 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0

Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 Simon p 0 0 0 0

Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Lutz ph-lf 2 0 1 0

JSchafr ph-lf 1 1 1 1

Totals 38 7 11 7 Totals 33 4 9 4

 

Atlanta 110 110 030 — 7

Cincinnati 000 200 020 — 4

 

E—Gattis (3), Mesoraco (3). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Atlanta 8, Cincinnati 8. 2B—F.Freeman (4), Gattis (8), Cozart (4), Votto (7), Phillips (8). 3B—Uggla (2). HR—Simmons 2 (4), J.Schafer (1). CS—Choo (1). S—Arroyo 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

Atlanta

Maholm W,4-3 5 2-3 4 2 2 2 6

Gearrin H,1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Avilan H,4 2-3 0 0 0 1 1

Walden 0 3 2 2 0 0

O’Flaherty H,10 1 0 0 0 0 0

Kimbrel S,10-12 1 2 0 0 0 1

Cincinnati

Arroyo L,2-4 5 8 4 4 2 7

Simon 2 0 0 0 0 6

Ondrusek 1 3 3 3 1 1

Hoover 1 0 0 0 1 1

Walden pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

HBP—by Maholm (Choo). WP—Gearrin.

Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Mike Winters.

T—3:21. A—19,308 (42,319).

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—CGomez, Milwaukee, .368; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .348; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .337; Cuddyer, Colorado, .333; Segura, Milwaukee, .333; MYoung, Philadelphia, .333; Choo, CINCINNATI, .331.

RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Choo, CINCINNATI, 25; JUpton, Atlanta, 25; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 24; Holliday, St. Louis, 24; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 24; Pagan, San Francisco, 24; Votto, CINCINNATI, 24.

RBI—Buck, New York, 29; Phillips, CINCINNATI, 28; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 28; Craig, St. Louis, 25; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Cuddyer, Colorado, 24; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 24; Sandoval, San Francisco, 24.

HITS—Choo, CINCINNATI, 40; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 40; Sandoval, San Francisco, 40; CGomez, Milwaukee, 39; Votto, CINCINNATI, 39; SCastro, Chicago, 38; YMolina, St. Louis, 38; Pence, San Francisco, 38.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 11; Desmond, Washington, 11; Schierholtz, Chicago, 11; Craig, St. Louis, 10; DeJesus, Chicago, 10; Pollock, Arizona, 10; 10 tied at 9.

TRIPLES—ECabrera, San Diego, 3; Hechavarria, Miami, 3; Segura, Milwaukee, 3; DWright, New York, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3; 9 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 12; Buck, New York, 10; Harper, Washington, 9; Rizzo, Chicago, 9; Beltran, St. Louis, 8; Fowler, Colorado, 8; 6 tied at 7.

STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Miami, 12; ECabrera, San Diego, 10; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; Segura, Milwaukee, 8; CGomez, Milwaukee, 7; CCrawford, Los Angeles, 6; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; DWright, New York, 6.

PITCHING—Lynn, St. Louis, 5-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 5-1; Harvey, New York, 4-0; Corbin, Arizona, 4-0; JGarcia, St. Louis, 4-1; Hudson, Atlanta, 4-1; SMiller, St. Louis, 4-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 4-2; Maholm, Atlanta, 4-3.

STRIKEOUTS—ABurnett, Pittsburgh, 57; Samardzija, Chicago, 52; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 52; Wainwright, St. Louis, 48; Ryu, Los Angeles, 48; Harvey, New York, 46; Strasburg, Washington, 44.

SAVES—Romo, San Francisco, 12; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 12; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 10; RSoriano, Washington, 10; Mujica, St. Louis, 8; League, Los Angeles, 8; RBetancourt, Colorado, 8.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .385; CSantana, Cleveland, .367; TorHunter, Detroit, .361; LCain, Kansas City, .337; AJones, Baltimore, .331; Altuve, Houston, .331; CDavis, Baltimore, .327.

RUNS—AJackson, Detroit, 31; MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; McLouth, Baltimore, 25; Crisp, Oakland, 24; Jennings, Tampa Bay, 24; AJones, Baltimore, 24; Machado, Baltimore, 23.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 36; Fielder, Detroit, 32; Napoli, Boston, 32; CDavis, Baltimore, 30; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 27; NCruz, Texas, 23; Donaldson, Oakland, 23.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 47; AJones, Baltimore, 44; Altuve, Houston, 43; TorHunter, Detroit, 43; Machado, Baltimore, 42; Kinsler, Texas, 41; Cano, New York, 40.

DOUBLES—Napoli, Boston, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 13; Machado, Baltimore, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 11; Lowrie, Oakland, 11; Seager, Seattle, 11; Cano, New York, 10; JCastro, Houston, 10; Crisp, Oakland, 10; Loney, Tampa Bay, 10.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 3; Trout, Los Angeles, 3; 12 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—MarReynolds, Cleveland, 10; Arencibia, Toronto, 9; CDavis, Baltimore, 9; Encarnacion, Toronto, 9; Morse, Seattle, 9; Cano, New York, 8; Fielder, Detroit, 8; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 8.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 12; McLouth, Baltimore, 9; Crisp, Oakland, 8; AEscobar, Kansas City, 7; Pedroia, Boston, 7; Andrus, Texas, 6; RDavis, Toronto, 6; Kipnis, Cleveland, 6; Rios, Chicago, 6.

PITCHING—Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 5-0; Darvish, Texas, 5-1; Hammel, Baltimore, 5-1; 10 tied at 4.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 72; Buchholz, Boston, 56; Scherzer, Detroit, 54; FHernandez, Seattle, 51; AniSanchez, Detroit, 50; Verlander, Detroit, 50; Shields, Kansas City, 48.

SAVES—Reed, Chicago, 11; Rivera, New York, 11; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 11; Nathan, Texas, 8; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 8; Janssen, Toronto, 8; Perkins, Minnesota, 7; GHolland, Kansas City, 7.

 

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association Playoffs

FIRST ROUND

BEST-OF-7

(x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Sunday, May 5

Oklahoma City 93, Memphis 91, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0

Indiana 102, New York 95, Indiana leads series 1-0

Monday, May 6

Chicago 93, Miami 86, Chicago leads series 1-0

San Antonio 129, Golden State 127, 2OT, San Antonio leads series 1-0

Tuesday, May 7

Indiana at New York, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8

Chicago at Miami, 7 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, May 10

Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 11

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 12

San Antonio at Golden State, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 13

Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14

New York at Indiana, TBA

x-Golden State at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15

x-Chicago at Miami, TBA

x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBA

Thursday, May 16

x-Indiana at New York, 8 p.m.

x-San Antonio at Golden State, TBA

Friday, May 17

x-Miami at Chicago, TBA

x-Oklahoma City at Memphis, TBA

Saturday, May 18

x-New York at Indiana, TBA

Sunday, May 19

x-Chicago at Miami, TBA

x-Golden State at San Antonio, TBA

x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBA

Monday, May 20

x-Indiana at New York, 8 p.m.

 

NHL playoffs

NHL Daily Playoffs

(x-if necessary)

FIRST ROUND

BEST-OF-7

Tuesday, April 30

Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, OT

St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 1, OT

Anaheim 3, Detroit 1

Wednesday, May 1

Boston 4, Toronto 1

Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 0

San Jose 3, Vancouver 1

Thursday, May 2

Ottawa 4, Montreal 2

Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 1

St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 1

Detroit 5, Anaheim 4, OT

Friday, May 3

Montreal 3, Ottawa 1

N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3

Chicago 5, Minnesota 2

San Jose 3, Vancouver 2, OT

Saturday, May 4

Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers 0

Toronto 4, Boston 2

Anaheim 4, Detroit 0, Anaheim leads series 2-1

Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 0, St. Louis leads series 2-1

Sunday, May 5

Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1

Ottawa 6, Montreal 1, Ottawa leads series 2-1

San Jose 5, Vancouver 2, San Jose leads series 3-0

Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, OT, Chicago leads series 2-1

Monday, May 6

Boston 5, Toronto 2, Boston leads series 2-1

N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3, Washington leads series 2-1

Detroit 3, Anaheim 2, OT, series tied 2-2

Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 3, series tied 2-2

Tuesday, May 7

Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Washington at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

x-Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

x-Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD

Thursday, May 9

x-NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

x-Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.

x-San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD

Friday, May 10

x-Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

x-NY Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

x-St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBD

x-Anaheim at Detroit, TBD

Saturday, May 11

Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

x-Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, TBD

x-Montreal at Ottawa, TBD

x-Chicago at Minnesota, TBD

x-Vancouver at San Jose, TBD

Sunday, May 12

x-Detroit at Anaheim, TBD

x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD

x-Boston at Toronto, TBD

x-Ottawa at Montreal, TBD

x-NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, TBD

x-Washington at NY Rangers, TBD

Monday, May 13

x-NY Rangers at Washington, TBD

x-Toronto at Boston, TBD

x-San Jose at Vancouver, TBD

x-Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD

 

Transactions

Monday’s Sports Transactions

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS — Announced QB Brandon Mitchell, DE Austin Flynn, S Defonta Lowe and RB Keante Minor will transfer.

FLORIDA — Announced men’s basketball G-F DeVon Walker will transfer.