MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 19 13 .594 —

Washington 17 15 .531 2

Philadelphia 16 18 .471 4

New York 13 16 .448 4 1/2

Miami 10 24 .294 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 20 12 .625 —

Pittsburgh 18 14 .563 2

Cincinnati 19 15 .559 2

Milwaukee 15 16 .484 4 1/2

Chicago 13 20 .394 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Colorado 19 13 .594 —

San Francisco 19 14 .576 1/2

Arizona 18 15 .545 1 1/2

San Diego 15 18 .455 4 1/2

Los Angeles 13 19 .406 6

Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Seattle 1

Detroit at Washington, ppd., rain

Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 4

N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0, 10 innings

Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 1

Milwaukee 6, Texas 3

Colorado 2, N.Y. Yankees 0

Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 3

San Diego 5, Miami 1

Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 2

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta (Minor 3-2) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-1), 12:35 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-2) at Pittsburgh (A.Burnett 3-2), 12:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-2), 2:20 p.m.

Miami (Nolasco 2-3) at San Diego (Marquis 3-2), 3:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pettibone 2-0) at San Francisco (Zito 3-1), 3:45 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 4-0) at Washington (Haren 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 3-1) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 2-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 1-3), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 1-1) at Colorado (Nicasio 3-0), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 21 12 .636 —

Baltimore 20 13 .606 1

New York 18 13 .581 2

Tampa Bay 14 18 .438 6 1/2

Toronto 13 21 .382 8 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 19 11 .633 —

Kansas City 17 12 .586 1 1/2

Cleveland 16 14 .533 3

Minnesota 14 15 .483 4 1/2

Chicago 13 18 .419 6 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 20 13 .606 —

Oakland 18 16 .529 2 1/2

Seattle 15 19 .441 5 1/2

Los Angeles 11 21 .344 8 1/2

Houston 9 24 .273 11

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 4, Kansas City 3

Cleveland 1, Oakland 0

Pittsburgh 4, Seattle 1

Detroit at Washington, ppd., rain

N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0, 10 innings

Minnesota 6, Boston 1

Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 4

Houston 7, L.A. Angels 6

Milwaukee 6, Texas 3

Colorado 2, N.Y. Yankees 0

Wednesday’s Games

Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-2) at Pittsburgh (A.Burnett 3-2), 12:35 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 4-0) at Washington (Haren 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 0-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 3-2) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 3-1) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hernandez 1-0) at Boston (Doubront 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Romero 0-1) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 5-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Blanton 0-5) at Houston (B.Norris 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 2-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 1-3), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 1-1) at Colorado (Nicasio 3-0), 8:40 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Oakland at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 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.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 5, Braves 4

Atlanta Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Smmns ss 4 1 1 0 Choo cf 5 2 2 2

BUpton cf 3 1 1 0 Cozart ss 4 1 1 0

J.Upton rf 3 1 0 0 Votto 1b 4 0 2 0

FFrmn 1b 3 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 3 0 0 1

Gattis lf 4 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 0 1 0

OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Paul lf 2 0 0 0

Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Frazier ph-lf 1 0 0 0

McCnn c 4 0 1 2 Hannhan 3b 3 1 0 0

Uggla 2b 4 0 1 1 CMiller c 4 0 1 0

JFrncs 3b 3 0 0 0 HBailey p 1 0 0 0

R.Pena 3b 0 0 0 0 Lutz ph 1 0 1 1

Medlen p 2 0 0 0 LeCure p 0 0 0 0

JSchafr lf 1 0 0 0 CIzturs ph 1 0 0 0

Marshall p 0 0 0 0

Broxton p 0 0 0 0

Mesorco ph 1 1 1 1

Totals 31 4 5 4 Totals 34 5 9 5

 

Atlanta 300 010 000 — 4

Cincinnati 001 010 012 — 5

 

Two outs when winning run scored.

LOB—Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 6. 2B—Simmons (5), Votto (8). HR—Choo 2 (7), Mesoraco (1). S—Medlen. SF—Phillips.

IP H R ER BB SO

Atlanta

Medlen 7 4 2 2 2 6

O’Flaherty H,11 1 3 1 1 0 1

Kmbrl L,0-1 BS,3-13 2-3 2 2 2 0 2

Cincinnati

H.Bailey 5 5 4 4 4 7

LeCure 2 0 0 0 0 2

Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0

Broxton W,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1

WP—H.Bailey.

Umpires—Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Vic Carapazza.

T—2:50 (Rain delay: 0:35). A—25,730 (42,319).

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—CGomez, Milwaukee, .364; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .348; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .340; Segura, Milwaukee, .339; Choo, CINCINNATI, .333; YMolina, St. Louis, .333; Cuddyer, Colorado, .330; MYoung, Philadelphia, .330.

RUNS—Choo, CINCINNATI, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 27; JUpton, Atlanta, 26; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 25; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 24; Holliday, St. Louis, 24; Pagan, San Francisco, 24; Votto, CINCINNATI, 24.

RBI—Buck, New York, 29; Phillips, CINCINNATI, 29; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 28; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Craig, St. Louis, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; 5 tied at 24.

HITS—Choo, CINCINNATI, 42; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 41; Sandoval, San Francisco, 41; Votto, CINCINNATI, 41; CGomez, Milwaukee, 40; YMolina, St. Louis, 40; SCastro, Chicago, 39; GParra, Arizona, 39; Segura, Milwaukee, 39.

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

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; YBetancourt, Milwaukee, 8; Fowler, Colorado, 8.

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

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

STRIKEOUTS—Harvey, New York, 58; ABurnett, Pittsburgh, 57; Samardzija, Chicago, 52; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 52; Wainwright, St. Louis, 48; Ryu, Los Angeles, 48; Lynn, St. Louis, 47.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 13; Romo, San Francisco, 12; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 10; RSoriano, Washington, 10; RBetancourt, Colorado, 9; Mujica, St. Louis, 8; League, Los Angeles, 8.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .385; TorHunter, Detroit, .361; CSantana, Cleveland, .355; Altuve, Houston, .338; LCain, Kansas City, .333; AJones, Baltimore, .331; CDavis, Baltimore, .318.

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

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 36; Fielder, Detroit, 32; Napoli, Boston, 32; CDavis, Baltimore, 30; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 27; NCruz, Texas, 24; Donaldson, Oakland, 23; AJones, Baltimore, 23; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 23.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 47; Altuve, Houston, 45; AJones, Baltimore, 45; Machado, Baltimore, 44; TorHunter, Detroit, 43; Kinsler, Texas, 41; Cano, New York, 40; Ellsbury, Boston, 40; AGordon, Kansas City, 40.

DOUBLES—Napoli, Boston, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 13; Machado, Baltimore, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 11; Lowrie, Oakland, 11; Seager, Seattle, 11; 5 tied at 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; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 9; Cano, New York, 8; Fielder, Detroit, 8.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 12; McLouth, Baltimore, 10; 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; Hammel, Baltimore, 5-1; Darvish, Texas, 5-1; 10 tied at 4.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 72; Buchholz, Boston, 56; Dempster, Boston, 55; Scherzer, Detroit, 54; FHernandez, Seattle, 51; AniSanchez, Detroit, 50; Verlander, Detroit, 50.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 12; Reed, Chicago, 11; Rivera, New York, 11; Janssen, Toronto, 9; Nathan, Texas, 8; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 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

Indiana 102, New York 95

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

Newe York 105, Indiana 79, series tied 1-1

Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93, series tied 1-1

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

Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 0

Sunday, May 5

Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT

Ottawa 6, Montreal 1

San Jose 5, Vancouver 2

Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, OT

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

Ottawa 3, Montreal 2, OT, Ottawa leads series 3-1

N.Y. Islanders 6, Pittsburgh 4, series tied 2-2

Chicago 3, Minnesota 0, Chicago leads series 3-1

San Jose 4, Vancouver 3, San Jose wins series 4-0

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-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

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-Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD

 

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

National League

CINCINNATI REDS — Sent C Ryan Hanigan to Louisville (IL) for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reinstated 1B Matt Adams from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Jermaine Curtis to Memphis (PCL).

COLLEGE

TENNESSEE — Announced men’s basketball G Trae Golden will transfer.