MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 31 21 .596 —

Washington 27 26 .509 4 1/2

Philadelphia 26 27 .491 5 1/2

New York 21 29 .420 9

Miami 13 40 .245 18 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 35 17 .673 —

Cincinnati 33 20 .623 2 1/2

Pittsburgh 33 20 .623 2 1/2

Chicago 21 30 .412 13 1/2

Milwaukee 19 32 .373 15 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 30 22 .577 —

Colorado 28 25 .528 2 1/2

San Francisco 28 25 .528 2 1/2

San Diego 24 28 .462 6

Los Angeles 22 29 .431 7 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Chicago White Sox 3

Philadelphia 4, Boston 3

Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 2

Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3

N.Y. Mets 9, N.Y. Yankees 4

Baltimore 9, Washington 6

Tampa Bay 3, Miami 1

Toronto 3, Atlanta 0

Arizona at Texas, ppd., rain

Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 1

St. Louis 5, Kansas City 3

Houston 6, Colorado 3

L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 3

San Diego 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings

Oakland 9, San Francisco 6

Thursday’s Games

Arizona (Miley 3-4) at Texas (D.Holland 4-2), 2:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-3), 2:20 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 4-2), 3:40 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 5-3) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 3:45 p.m.

Boston (Morales 0-0) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Haren 4-5) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-0) at Miami (Nolasco 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 4-6) at Atlanta (Minor 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 1-5) at Minnesota (Walters 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 5-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 8:15 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-6) at Colorado (Nicasio 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 4-3), 10:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

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

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Toronto at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 32 22 .593 —

New York 30 22 .577 1

Baltimore 29 24 .547 2 1/2

Tampa Bay 28 24 .538 3

Toronto 23 30 .434 8 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 29 22 .569 —

Cleveland 28 24 .538 1 1/2

Chicago 24 26 .480 4 1/2

Minnesota 22 28 .440 6 1/2

Kansas City 21 29 .420 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 32 20 .615 —

Oakland 31 23 .574 2

Los Angeles 24 29 .453 8 1/2

Seattle 22 31 .415 10 1/2

Houston 16 37 .302 16 1/2

Friday’s Games

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

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Toronto at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Indians 5, Reds 2

Cincinnati Cleveland

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Choo cf 4 0 1 0 Bourn cf 4 0 1 0

Cozart ss 4 0 1 0 Kipnis 2b 3 0 0 0

Votto 1b 4 1 1 1 ACarer ss 4 2 2 0

Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0 Swisher 1b 4 1 2 1

Bruce rf 3 0 0 0 Giambi dh 4 1 2 3

Frazier 3b 2 0 0 0 CSantn c 3 0 1 0

Paul lf 4 1 1 1 MrRynl 3b 4 1 1 1

Hanigan c 3 0 0 0 Brantly lf 3 0 0 0

Hannahan dh 4 0 0 0 Stubbs rf 2 0 0 0

Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 31 5 9 5

 

Cincinnati 100 000 001 — 2

Cleveland 001 103 00x — 5

 

E—Votto (4), Swisher (2). DP—Cleveland 2. LOB—Cincinnati 8, Cleveland 5. 2B—A.Cabrera (17), Swisher (14), Giambi (4). HR—Votto (10), Paul (3), Giambi (4), Mar.Reynolds (13). CS—Giambi (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Arroyo L,5-5 5 2-3 8 5 5 1 3

Ondrusek 1 1-3 1 0 0 2 1

Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 1

Cleveland

Masterson W,8-3 6 4 1 1 4 7

Allen 1 0 0 0 0 2

J.Smith 1 1 0 0 0 1

Pestano S,1-3 1 1 1 1 0 1

HBP—by Masterson (Frazier).

Umpires—Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Eric Cooper; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Chad Fairchild.

T—2:49. A—18,004 (42,241).

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Segura, Milwaukee, .360; YMolina, St. Louis, .355; Votto, CINCINNATI, .352; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .337; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, .333; Scutaro, San Francisco, .330; CGomez, Milwaukee, .330.

RUNS—Votto, CINCINNATI, 44; CGonzalez, Colorado, 42; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 41; Choo, CINCINNATI, 40; JUpton, Atlanta, 37; Holliday, St. Louis, 36; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 36.

RBI—Phillips, CINCINNATI, 43; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 43; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 40; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 38; Craig, St. Louis, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 36; Sandoval, San Francisco, 35.

HITS—Segura, Milwaukee, 72; Votto, CINCINNATI, 70; YMolina, St. Louis, 66; Scutaro, San Francisco, 66; GParra, Arizona, 62; Craig, St. Louis, 61; CGomez, Milwaukee, 61; CGonzalez, Colorado, 61; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 61.

DOUBLES—Bruce, CINCINNATI, 17; DanMurphy, New York, 17; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 16; Pollock, Arizona, 16; Rizzo, Chicago, 16; Craig, St. Louis, 15; Desmond, Washington, 15; GParra, Arizona, 15; Pence, San Francisco, 15; Rollins, Philadelphia, 15.

TRIPLES—Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Segura, Milwaukee, 5; ECabrera, San Diego, 4; DWright, New York, 4; Coghlan, Miami, 3; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 3; Span, Washington, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3.

HOME RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 14; DBrown, Philadelphia, 13; CGonzalez, Colorado, 13; Beltran, St. Louis, 12; Gattis, Atlanta, 12; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 12; Harper, Washington, 12; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 12.

STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 19; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 14; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 14; Segura, Milwaukee, 14; Pierre, Miami, 13; DWright, New York, 11; CGomez, Milwaukee, 10; Revere, Philadelphia, 10.

PITCHING—Corbin, Arizona, 8-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 8-3; Lynn, St. Louis, 7-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 7-3; 7 tied at 6.

STRIKEOUTS—AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 89; Harvey, New York, 84; Samardzija, Chicago, 80; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 77; Wainwright, St. Louis, 74; Strasburg, Washington, 71; Lynn, St. Louis, 70.

SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 22; Mujica, St. Louis, 17; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 16; RSoriano, Washington, 14; Romo, San Francisco, 13; Chapman, CINCINNATI, 13; RBetancourt, Colorado, 11; Street, San Diego, 11; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 11; League, Los Angeles, 11.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .368; CDavis, Baltimore, .359; AGordon, Kansas City, .340; JhPeralta, Detroit, .337; Machado, Baltimore, .332; Pedroia, Boston, .332; Donaldson, Oakland, .332.

RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 43; Trout, Los Angeles, 42; CDavis, Baltimore, 40; AJones, Baltimore, 39; Pedroia, Boston, 37; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 36; Machado, Baltimore, 36.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 59; CDavis, Baltimore, 50; Encarnacion, Toronto, 44; Fielder, Detroit, 42; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 41; Napoli, Boston, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 37; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 37.

HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 77; Machado, Baltimore, 77; AGordon, Kansas City, 71; AJones, Baltimore, 70; Pedroia, Boston, 69; Markakis, Baltimore, 67; CDavis, Baltimore, 66.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 24; Napoli, Boston, 19; CDavis, Baltimore, 18; Donaldson, Oakland, 18; ACabrera, Cleveland, 17; AJones, Baltimore, 17; Mauer, Minnesota, 17; Seager, Seattle, 17.

TRIPLES—Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Ellsbury, Boston, 5; Gardner, New York, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Drew, Boston, 3; 24 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 19; MiCabrera, Detroit, 15; Encarnacion, Toronto, 14; Cano, New York, 13; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 13; Arencibia, Toronto, 12; Bautista, Toronto, 12; NCruz, Texas, 12; ADunn, Chicago, 12; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 12.

STOLEN BASES—McLouth, Baltimore, 17; Ellsbury, Boston, 16; Andrus, Texas, 13; Trout, Los Angeles, 12; Crisp, Oakland, 10; AEscobar, Kansas City, 10; Kipnis, Cleveland, 10; AlRamirez, Chicago, 10.

PITCHING—MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Masterson, Cleveland, 8-3; Buchholz, Boston, 7-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 7-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Hammel, Baltimore, 7-2; 5 tied at 6.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 105; AniSanchez, Detroit, 89; Masterson, Cleveland, 83; Verlander, Detroit, 82; Scherzer, Detroit, 81; FHernandez, Seattle, 81; Buchholz, Boston, 73; Shields, Kansas City, 73.

SAVES—Rivera, New York, 18; AReed, Chicago, 17; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 16; Nathan, Texas, 16; Balfour, Oakland, 12; Frieri, Los Angeles, 11; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 11; Janssen, Toronto, 11; Perkins, Minnesota, 11.

 

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association Playoffs

BEST-OF-7

(x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

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

Friday, May 24

Indiana 97, Miami 93

Saturday, May 25

San Antonio 104, Memphis 93

Sunday, May 26

Miami 114, Indiana 96

Monday, May 27

San Antonio 93, Memphis 86, San Antonio wins series 4-0

Tuesday, May 28

Indiana 99, Miami 92, series tied 2-2

Thursday, May 30

Indiana at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 1

Miami at Indiana, 8:30 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

Tuesday, May 21

Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1

Los Angeles at San Jose 2

Wednesday, May 22

Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3

Thursday, May 23

N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT

Detroit 2, Chicago 0

Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0, Los Angeles leads series 3-2

Friday, May 24

Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh wins series 4-1

Saturday, May 25

Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston wins series 4-1

Chicago 4, Detroit 1

Sunday, May 26

San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1

Monday, May 27

Chicago 4, Detroit 3

Tuesday, May 28

Los Angeles 2, San Jose 1, Los Angeles wins series 4-3

Wednesday, May 29

Chicago 2, Detroit 1, OT, Chicago wins series 4-3

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Saturday, June 1

Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Sunday, June 2

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 3

Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5

Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 6

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Friday, June 7

Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 8

x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 9

x-Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 10

x-Chicago at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11

x-Pittsburgh at Boston TBD

Wednesday, June 12

x-Boston at Pittsburgh, TBD

x-Los Angeles at Chicago, TBD

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Wednesday’s Girls Softball Scores

Regional Semifinals

Division I

Region 1-Akron

Mentor 3, Solon 2, 9 innings

Region 2-Clyde

Oregon Clay 5, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 4

Region 3-Columbus

Grove City 7, Pickerington Cent. 2

Region 4-Clayton

Lebanon 4, Cin. Colerain 1

Division II

Region 5-Akron

Navarre Fairless 6, Canfield 2

Region 6-Bucyrus

Mansfield Madison 6, Lima Bath 3

Region 7-Pickerington

Jackson 2, Philo 0

Region 8-Mason

Greenville 3, Lancaster Fairfield Union 1

Division III

Region 9-Massillon

Columbia Station Columbia 5, Loudonville 3

Region 10-Ashland

Pemberville Eastwood 3, Sherwood Fairview 2

Region 11-Lancaster

Bloom-Carroll 19, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 9

Region 12-Fairborn

Cols. Ready 14, Brookville 3

Division IV

Region 13-Kent

Vienna Mathews 1, Cuyahoga Hts. 0

Region 14-Findlay

Rockford Parkway 7, New Riegel 4

Region 15-Pickerington

Newark Cath. 13, Leesburg Fairfield 1

Region 16-Tipp City

N. Lewisburg Triad 7, Newton Local 5

 

3-HR games

Players who have hit three or more home runs in a game this season:

American League

3 — Will Middlebrooks, Boston at Toronto, April 7

3 — Miguel Cabrera, Detroit at Texas, May 19 Interleague

3 — Dioner Navarro, Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox, May 29

3 — Ryan Zimmerman, Washington at Baltimore, May 29