MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 28 18 .609 —

Washington 24 23 .511 4 1/2

Philadelphia 23 24 .489 5 1/2

New York 17 27 .386 10

Miami 13 34 .277 15 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 30 16 .652 —

Cincinnati 29 18 .617 1 1/2

Pittsburgh 28 18 .609 2

Chicago 18 27 .400 11 1/2

Milwaukee 18 27 .400 11 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 26 21 .553 —

Colorado 26 21 .553 —

San Francisco 26 21 .553 —

San Diego 21 25 .457 4 1/2

Los Angeles 19 26 .422 6

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 8, Minnesota 3

Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 4

L.A. Dodgers 9, Milwaukee 2

Colorado 4, Arizona 1

Washington 2, San Francisco 1, 10 innings

Pittsburgh 1, Chicago Cubs 0

Philadelphia 3, Miami 0

St. Louis 5, San Diego 3

Thursday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 1-6) at Pittsburgh (J.Gomez 2-0), 12:35 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 28 18 .609 —

Boston 28 19 .596 1/2

Baltimore 25 21 .543 3

Tampa Bay 24 22 .522 4

Toronto 19 27 .413 9

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 26 19 .578 —

Detroit 25 19 .568 1/2

Kansas City 21 22 .488 4

Chicago 21 24 .467 5

Minnesota 18 25 .419 7

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 30 17 .638 —

Oakland 25 23 .521 5 1/2

Seattle 20 27 .426 10

Los Angeles 19 27 .413 10 1/2

Houston 14 33 .298 16

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 8, Minnesota 3

Texas 3, Oakland 1

Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3, 10 innings

Detroit 11, Cleveland 7

Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 3

L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 1

Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Houston 3, Kansas City 1

Thursday’s Games

Baltimore (Gausman 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 1-3), 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Diamond 3-4) at Detroit (Porcello 2-2), 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland (McAllister 3-3) at Boston (Dempster 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Blanton 0-7) at Kansas City (E.Santana 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 4, Mets 0

Cincinnati New York (NL)

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Choo cf 5 1 1 0 DnMrp 2b 4 2 3 2

Cozart ss 5 2 4 0 Ankiel cf 4 0 3 2

Votto 1b 3 3 2 2 Lagars ph 1 0 0 0

Phillips 2b 4 1 2 2 DWrght 3b 4 0 0 0

Bruce rf 4 0 0 1 Duda lf 4 0 1 0

Paul lf 4 0 0 0 Byrd rf 4 0 0 0

Simon p 0 0 0 0 I.Davis 1b 2 0 0 0

Frazier ph 1 0 1 2 Buck c 4 0 1 0

Chapman p 0 0 0 0 RTejad ss 4 2 1 0

Hannahan 3b 5 0 1 0 Harvey p 1 0 0 0

Mesoraco c 3 0 1 0 Rice p 0 0 0 0

Latos p 3 0 0 0 Vldspn ph 1 0 0 0

Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Lyon p 0 0 0 0

Lutz ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Parnell p 0 0 0 0

Turner ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 38 7 12 7 Totals 34 4 9 4

 

Cincinnati 002 000 203 — 7

New York 100 010 200 — 4

 

E—Cozart (3). DP—Cincinnati 1, New York 1. LOB—Cincinnati 9, New York 7. 2B—Choo (11), Cozart 2 (8), Phillips (12), Dan.Murphy (14), Ankiel 2 (4), Duda (8), R.Tejada (10). 3B—Ankiel (1). HR—Votto (7). S—Harvey. SF—Dan.Murphy.

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Latos 6 2-3 8 4 4 1 4

Hoover 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Simon W,4-1 1 0 0 0 1 0

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

New York (NL)

Harvey 6 1-3 9 4 4 3 6

Rice 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 2

Parnell L,4-1 1 3 3 3 2 0

Umpires—Home, Chris Guccione; First, Phil Cuzzi; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Ron Kulpa.

T—3:09. A—30,415 (41,922).

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Votto, CINCINNATI, .358; Segura, Milwaukee, .351; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .338; Scutaro, San Francisco, .331; Aoki, Milwaukee, .329; CGomez, Milwaukee, .325; Braun, Milwaukee, .323.

RUNS—CGonzalez, Colorado, 39; Votto, CINCINNATI, 38; Choo, CINCINNATI, 37; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 34; Holliday, St. Louis, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 33; JUpton, Atlanta, 33.

RBI—Phillips, CINCINNATI, 40; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 38; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Sandoval, San Francisco, 34; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 31; Buck, New York, 31; Craig, St. Louis, 31.

HITS—Votto, CINCINNATI, 63; Segura, Milwaukee, 61; Scutaro, San Francisco, 58; Aoki, Milwaukee, 57; GParra, Arizona, 56; Sandoval, San Francisco, 56; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 55.

DOUBLES—Bruce, CINCINNATI, 16; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 15; GParra, Arizona, 15; Desmond, Washington, 14; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 14; DanMurphy, New York, 14; Pollock, Arizona, 14; Schierholtz, Chicago, 14.

TRIPLES—Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Segura, Milwaukee, 5; ECabrera, San Diego, 4; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; DWright, New York, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3; 18 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 12; Harper, Washington, 12; CGonzalez, Colorado, 11; Beltran, St. Louis, 10; Buck, New York, 10; Gattis, Atlanta, 10; Rizzo, Chicago, 10.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 18; Segura, Milwaukee, 14; Pierre, Miami, 13; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 10; DWright, New York, 10; CCrawford, Los Angeles, 9; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9.

PITCHING—Corbin, Arizona, 7-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 7-2; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-1; Marquis, San Diego, 6-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 6-3; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 6-3; Maholm, Atlanta, 6-4.

STRIKEOUTS—AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 79; Harvey, New York, 74; Samardzija, Chicago, 72; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 72; Wainwright, St. Louis, 69; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 63; SMiller, St. Louis, 62; Strasburg, Washington, 62.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 18; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 14; RSoriano, Washington, 13; Romo, San Francisco, 13; Mujica, St. Louis, 13; Street, San Diego, 11; Chapman, CINCINNATI, 10; RBetancourt, Colorado, 10.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .387; AGordon, Kansas City, .352; Loney, Tampa Bay, .350; Mauer, Minnesota, .337; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .335; Pedroia, Boston, .332; CDavis, Baltimore, .329.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 37; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 35; AJackson, Detroit, 33; AJones, Baltimore, 33; McLouth, Baltimore, 33; Pedroia, Boston, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, 33.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 52; CDavis, Baltimore, 43; Fielder, Detroit, 39; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 37; Napoli, Boston, 35; Encarnacion, Toronto, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 34.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 70; AGordon, Kansas City, 64; Machado, Baltimore, 64; AJones, Baltimore, 61; Pedroia, Boston, 61; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 59; TorHunter, Detroit, 56; Markakis, Baltimore, 56.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 18; Napoli, Boston, 18; Mauer, Minnesota, 17; Donaldson, Oakland, 16; CDavis, Baltimore, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 15; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 15; Lowrie, Oakland, 15.

TRIPLES—Trout, Los Angeles, 5; Ellsbury, Boston, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Gardner, New York, 3; LMartin, Texas, 3; 21 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 14; MiCabrera, Detroit, 13; Cano, New York, 13; Encarnacion, Toronto, 12; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 12; Bautista, Toronto, 11; NCruz, Texas, 11; ADunn, Chicago, 11.

STOLEN BASES—McLouth, Baltimore, 14; Ellsbury, Boston, 13; Andrus, Texas, 12; Crisp, Oakland, 9; Gardner, New York, 9; Kipnis, Cleveland, 9; Trout, Los Angeles, 9.

PITCHING—MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Buchholz, Boston, 7-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Masterson, Cleveland, 7-2; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-0; Lester, Boston, 6-1; Hammel, Baltimore, 6-2; Kuroda, New York, 6-3.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 91; Scherzer, Detroit, 75; Buchholz, Boston, 73; FHernandez, Seattle, 72; Masterson, Cleveland, 71; Shields, Kansas City, 69; Verlander, Detroit, 69.

SAVES—Rivera, New York, 17; AReed, Chicago, 16; Nathan, Texas, 14; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 14; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 11; Janssen, Toronto, 10; Frieri, Los Angeles, 9; Balfour, Oakland, 9; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 9.

 

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association Playoffs

BEST-OF-7

(x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(All Times EDT)

Saturday, May 18

Indiana 106, New York 99, Indiana wins series 4-2

(Best-of-7)

CONFERENCE FINALS

Sunday, May 19

San Antonio 105, Memphis 83

Tuesday, May 21

San Antonio 93, Memphis 89, OT, San Antonio leads series 2-0

Wednesday, May 22

Miami 103, Indiana 102, OT, Miami leads series 1-0

Friday, May 24

Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 25

San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 26

Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 27

San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, May 28

Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29

x-Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 30

x-Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 31

x-San Antonio at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 1

x-Miami at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 2

x-Memphis at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Monday, June 3

x-Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

 

NHL playoffs

NHL Daily Playoffs

(x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 14

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1

Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0

Wednesday, May 15

Chicago 4, Detroit 1

Thursday, May 16

Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT

Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3

Friday, May 17

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3

Saturday, May 18

Detroit 4, Chicago 1

San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT

Sunday, May 19

Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2

Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT

Monday, May 20

Detroit 3, Chicago 1, Detroit leads series 2-1

Tuesday, May 21

Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston leads series 3-0

Los Angeles at San Jose 2, series tied 2-2

Wednesday, May 22

Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1

Thursday, May 23

Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24

x-Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 25

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

x-N.Y. Rangers at Boston TBD

Sunday, May 26

x-Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD

Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD

Monday, May 27

x-Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD

x-Chicago at Detroit, TBD

Tuesday, May 28

x-Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD

x-San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD

Wednesday, May 29

x-N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD

x-Detroit at Chicago, TBD

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Postseason Tournament

Division II

Region 7-Zanesville

District Final

Cadiz Harrison Cent. 6, Dover 2

Vincent Warren 11, Washington C.H. 3

Waverly 2, Gallipolis Gallia 0

Softball

Division III

Region 11-Lancaster

District Semifinal

Chillicothe Zane Trace 2, Wellston 1

Williamsport Westfall 7, Proctorville Fairland 1

 

Baseball poll

Record Pvs

1. Vanderbilt 48-7 1

2. Louisiana State 48-8 2

3. Cal State Fullerton 45-8 4

4. Oregon State 43-9 6

5. Virginia 45-9 7

6. North Carolina 47-8 3

7. Florida State 44-11 9

8. UCLA 37-15 8

9. N.C. State 42-13 5

10. Louisville 46-10 12

11. Oregon 43-13 10

12. Indiana 40-13 15

13. New Mexico 35-18 16

14. Arkansas 35-19 11

15. Kansas State 39-16 19

16. Mississippi State 40-16 24

17. South Carolina 39-16 14

18. Clemson 39-17 17

19. Arizona State 34-17 13

20. Oklahoma State 39-14 20

21. Virginia Tech 35-19 22

22. Seton Hall 36-17 NR

23. Troy 39-16 NR

24. South Alabama 40-16 18

25. Mercer 42-14 NR