MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 22 16 .579 —

Washington 21 17 .553 1

Philadelphia 18 21 .462 4 1/2

New York 14 21 .400 6 1/2

Miami 11 27 .289 11

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 24 13 .649 —

Cincinnati 22 16 .579 2 1/2

Pittsburgh 21 17 .553 3 1/2

Milwaukee 16 20 .444 7 1/2

Chicago 16 22 .421 8 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 23 15 .605 —

Arizona 21 18 .538 2 1/2

Colorado 20 18 .526 3

San Diego 16 21 .432 6 1/2

Los Angeles 15 22 .405 7 1/2

Monday’s Games

Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 1

St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 3

Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 1

Atlanta 10, Arizona 1

Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 2

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland (Kazmir 2-1) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 3-1) at Toronto (Dickey 2-5), 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-3) at Miami (Nolasco 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-2), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-4) at St. Louis (Gast 0-0), 8:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Arizona (Corbin 5-0), 9:40 p.m.

Washington (Haren 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

San Diego at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 24 14 .632 —

Baltimore 23 15 .605 1

Boston 22 16 .579 2

Tampa Bay 19 18 .514 4 1/2

Toronto 15 24 .385 9 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 21 15 .583 —

Cleveland 21 16 .568 1/2

Kansas City 19 16 .543 1 1/2

Minnesota 18 17 .514 2 1/2

Chicago 15 21 .417 6

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 24 14 .632 —

Oakland 20 20 .500 5

Seattle 18 20 .474 6

Los Angeles 14 24 .368 10

Houston 10 29 .256 14 1/2

Monday’s Games

Cleveland 1, N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game

N.Y. Yankees 7, Cleveland 0, 2nd game

Detroit 7, Houston 2

Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 3

Kansas City 11, L.A. Angels 4

Oakland 5, Texas 1

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland (Kazmir 2-1) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-3), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 3-1) at Toronto (Dickey 2-5), 7:07 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-3) at Detroit (Fister 4-1), 7:08 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 1-3) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 6-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-1) at Minnesota (Correia 4-2), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 5-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 1-3), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 3-2) at Oakland (Colon 3-2), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

San Diego at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

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

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

 

College poll

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through May 12 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Pvs

1. Vanderbilt 45-6 2

2. Louisiana State 45-7 3

3. North Carolina 45-6 1

4. Cal State Fullerton 41-8 4

5. N.C. State 39-12 5

6. Oregon State 41-8 6

7. Virginia 42-8 7

8. UCLA 34-14 8

9. Florida State 41-10 9

10. Oregon 40-11 10

11. Arkansas 34-17 11

12. Louisville 42-10 12

13. Arizona State 32-15 13

14. South Carolina 37-14 15

15. Indiana 38-11 14

16. New Mexico 32-18 16

17. Clemson 37-15 19

18. South Alabama 39-14 20

19. Kansas State 37-15 NR

20. Oklahoma State 36-13 NR

21. Pittsburgh 40-11 24

22. Virginia Tech 33-19 22

23. Mississippi 35-17 NR

24. Mississippi State 37-15 21

25. Oklahoma 35-16 18

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Segura, Milwaukee, .368; CGomez, Milwaukee, .367; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .350; YMolina, St. Louis, .343; CCrawford, Los Angeles, .321; SMarte, Pittsburgh, .320; Sandoval, San Francisco, .320.

RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 30; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 29; Choo, CINCINNATI, 29; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 29; CGonzalez, Colorado, 28; Holliday, St. Louis, 28; Votto, CINCINNATI, 26.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; Phillips, CINCINNATI, 31; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 31; Buck, New York, 29; Craig, St. Louis, 28; Rizzo, Chicago, 28; Braun, Milwaukee, 26; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 26; Sandoval, San Francisco, 26.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 50; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 48; GParra, Arizona, 48; CGomez, Milwaukee, 47; YMolina, St. Louis, 47; Sandoval, San Francisco, 47; SCastro, Chicago, 45.

DOUBLES—Pollock, Arizona, 14; Desmond, Washington, 13; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 12; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 12; GParra, Arizona, 12; Schierholtz, Chicago, 12; Craig, St. Louis, 11; DeJesus, Chicago, 11; YMolina, St. Louis, 11; Rollins, Philadelphia, 11.

TRIPLES—ECabrera, San Diego, 3; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; Hechavarria, Miami, 3; Segura, Milwaukee, 3; DWright, New York, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3; 12 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 13; Buck, New York, 10; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 10; Harper, Washington, 10; Beltran, St. Louis, 9; Rizzo, Chicago, 9; 5 tied at 8.

STOLEN BASES—Segura, Milwaukee, 13; Pierre, Miami, 12; ECabrera, San Diego, 11; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; CCrawford, Los Angeles, 8; CGomez, Milwaukee, 8; 5 tied at 7.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 7-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-1; Corbin, Arizona, 5-0; SMiller, St. Louis, 5-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 5-2; Minor, Atlanta, 5-2; 14 tied at 4.

STRIKEOUTS—AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 72; Harvey, New York, 62; Samardzija, Chicago, 57; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 56; Wainwright, St. Louis, 55; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 54; Lynn, St. Louis, 54.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 15; Romo, San Francisco, 12; RSoriano, Washington, 12; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 11; Mujica, St. Louis, 10; RBetancourt, Colorado, 9; Street, San Diego, 8; League, Los Angeles, 8; Chapman, CINCINNATI, 8.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Loney, Tampa Bay, .376; MiCabrera, Detroit, .369; Mauer, Minnesota, .343; Altuve, Houston, .333; TorHunter, Detroit, .333; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .333; Machado, Baltimore, .331; Pedroia, Boston, .331.

RUNS—AJackson, Detroit, 33; AJones, Baltimore, 29; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 28; Machado, Baltimore, 28; McLouth, Baltimore, 28; MiCabrera, Detroit, 27; Jennings, Tampa Bay, 27.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; CDavis, Baltimore, 37; Fielder, Detroit, 33; Napoli, Boston, 33; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 32; AGordon, Kansas City, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 28.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 55; Machado, Baltimore, 54; Altuve, Houston, 51; AJones, Baltimore, 51; AGordon, Kansas City, 49; TorHunter, Detroit, 49; Pedroia, Boston, 49.

DOUBLES—Napoli, Boston, 17; Mauer, Minnesota, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 14; Machado, Baltimore, 14; Lowrie, Oakland, 13; CDavis, Baltimore, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 12.

TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 4; Trout, Los Angeles, 3; 15 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 11; Encarnacion, Toronto, 11; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 11; Cano, New York, 10; 9 tied at 9.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 12; McLouth, Baltimore, 11; Andrus, Texas, 8; Crisp, Oakland, 8; RDavis, Toronto, 8; AEscobar, Kansas City, 8; Pedroia, Boston, 8.

PITCHING—Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 6-0; Darvish, Texas, 6-1; Masterson, Cleveland, 6-2; Guthrie, Kansas City, 5-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 5-0; Lester, Boston, 5-0; Hammel, Baltimore, 5-1; FHernandez, Seattle, 5-2; Kuroda, New York, 5-2.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 80; AniSanchez, Detroit, 66; Scherzer, Detroit, 61; Dempster, Boston, 61; Masterson, Cleveland, 60; Buchholz, Boston, 60; Verlander, Detroit, 57.

SAVES—Rivera, New York, 15; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 14; Nathan, Texas, 11; Reed, Chicago, 11; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 10; Janssen, Toronto, 10; Perkins, Minnesota, 8.

 

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

San Antonio 129, Golden State 127, 2OT

Tuesday, May 7

New York 105, Indiana 79

Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93

Wednesday, May 8

Miami 115, Chicago 78

Golden State 100, San Antonio 91

Friday, May 10

Miami 104, Chicago 94

San Antonio 102, Golden State 92

Saturday, May 11

Memphis 87, Oklahoma City 81

Indiana 82, New York 71, Indiana leads series 2-1

Sunday, May 12

Golden State 97, San Antonio 87, OT, series tied 2-2

Monday, May 13

Miami 88, Chicago 65, Miami leads series 3-1

Memphis 103, Oklahoma City 97, OT, Memphis leads series 3-1

Tuesday, May 14

New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday, May 15

Chicago at Miami, 7 p.m.

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

Thursday, May 16

Indiana at New York, 8 p.m.

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

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.

 

NBA defense

2012-13 NBA All-Defensive Team Voting

Voting by NBA head coaches

2 points for first team; 1 for second team

First Team

Pos. Player, Team 1st 2nd Pts

F LeBron James, Miami 25 2 52

F Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City 17 12 46

C Tyson Chandler, New York 9 6 24

C Joakim Noah, Chicago 8 8 24

G Tony Allen, Memphis 25 3 53

G Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers 15 7 37

Second Team

F Tim Duncan, San Antonio 3 14 20

F Paul George, Indiana 7 13 27

C Marc Gasol, Memphis 5 2 12

G Avery Bradley, Boston 10 5 25

G Mike Conley, Memphis 4 11 19

Others receiving votes (first-team votes in parentheses): Andre Iguodala, Denver, 16 (2); Larry Sanders, Milwaukee, 16 (4); Thabo Sefolosha, Oklahoma City, 15 (2); Luol Deng, Chicago, 11 (1); Dwight Howard, L.A. Lakers, 9 (3); Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (6 (1); Roy Hibbert, Indiana, 6 (2); Kenneth Faried, Denver, 4 (1); Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City, 4 (1); Shane Battier, Miami, 2; Nicolas Batum, Portland, 2 (1); Corey Brewer, Denver, 2; George Hill, Indiana, 2; Mike James, Dallas, 2 (1); Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio, 2, (1); Tony Parker, San Antonio, 2 (1); Dwyane Wade, Miami, 2; Metta World Peace, L.A. Lakers, 2 (1); Eric Bledsoe, L.A. Clippers, 1; Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City, 1; Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia, 1; Andrei Kirilenko, Minnesota, 1; Iman Shumpert, New York, 1; David West, Indiana, 1.

 

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

N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3

Detroit 3, Anaheim 2, OT

Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 3

Tuesday, May 7

Ottawa 3, Montreal 2, OT

N.Y. Islanders 6, Pittsburgh 4

Chicago 3, Minnesota 0

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

Wednesday, May 8

Boston 4, Toronto 3, OT

N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3

Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2, OT

Anaheim 3, Detroit 2, OT

Thursday, May 9

Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 0

Ottawa 6, Montreal 1, Ottawa wins series 4-1

Chicago 5, Minnesota 1, Chicago wins series 4-1

Friday, May 10

Toronto 2, Boston 1

Washington 2, NY Rangers 1, OT

Detroit 4, Anaheim 3, OT

Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 1, Los Angeles wins series 4-2

Saturday, May 11

Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2

Sunday, May 12

N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0

Toronto 2, Boston 1

Detroit 3, Anaheim 2, Detroit wins series 4-3

Monday, May 13

Toronto at Boston 5, Toronto 4, OT, Boston wins series 4-3

N.Y. Rangers 5, Washington 0, N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-3

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 14

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Tournament Scores

Boy’s Baseball

Division II

Region 7-Zanesville

First Round

Chillicothe Unioto 10, Chillicothe 1

Hillsboro 2, Thornville Sheridan 1

Proctorville Fairland 4, McArthur Vinton County 0

Second Round

Richmond Edison 2, Steubenville 0

Division IV

Region 15-Lancaster

First Round

Crown City South Gallia 12, Corning Miller 7

Manchester 12, Portsmouth Clay 5

Morral Ridgedale 1, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 0

New Boston Glenwood 11, Beaver Eastern 4

S. Webster 7, Franklin Furnace Green 4

Shekinah Christian 10, Grove City Christian 0, 5 innings

Tree of Life 12, Cols. Wellington 5