MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 48 40 .545 —

Atlanta 49 41 .544 —

Miami 44 46 .489 5

New York 41 49 .456 8

Philadelphia 39 51 .433 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 52 39 .571 —

St. Louis 49 42 .538 3

Cincinnati 48 42 .533 3 1/2

Pittsburgh 47 43 .522 4 1/2

Chicago 38 51 .427 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 51 41 .554 —

San Francisco 49 41 .544 1

San Diego 40 50 .444 10

Colorado 38 53 .418 12 1/2

Arizona 38 54 .413 13

Tuesday’s Games

Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game

Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain

Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5

N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 3

Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 2nd game

Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7

St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4

Colorado 2, San Diego 1

Miami 2, Arizona 1

Oakland 6, San Francisco 1

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 1:08 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 3-11) at Colorado (Jurrjens 0-1), 3:10 p.m.

Miami (Eovaldi 5-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 7-5), 3:40 p.m.

Washington (Roark 7-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 8-3), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (E.Santana 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 11-3), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-8) at Milwaukee (Lohse 9-3), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 7-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 8:15 p.m.

Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Chicago (Hendricks 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 8-5), 12:35 p.m.

Philadephia (Buchanan 4-5) at Milwaukee (Garza 6-5), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kasmir 10-3) at San Francisco (Hudson (7-5), 3:45 p.m.

Washington (Gonzalez 6-4) at Baltimore (Chen 8-3), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 8-6) at New York Mets (Colon (8-7), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 7-6) at St. Louis (Miller 7-7), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 2-) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 10:10 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 49 40 .551 —

Toronto 48 44 .522 2 1/2

New York 45 44 .506 4

Tampa Bay 42 51 .452 9

Boston 39 51 .433 10 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 49 37 .570 —

Kansas City 46 43 .517 4 1/2

Cleveland 44 45 .494 6 1/2

Chicago 44 47 .484 7 1/2

Minnesota 40 49 .449 10 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 57 33 .633 —

Los Angeles 52 37 .584 4 1/2

Seattle 49 41 .544 8

Texas 38 52 .422 19

Houston 38 54 .413 20

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3

Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain

Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5

Chicago White Sox 8, Boston 3

Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3

Houston 8, Texas 3

Oakland 6, San Francisco 1

Toronto 4, L.A. Angels 0

Minnesota 2, Seattle 0

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 1:08 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 3:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Roark 7-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 8-3), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-1) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 6-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-6), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at Texas (Darvish 8-4), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 7-7) at Seattle (Elias 7-7), 10:10 p.m.

Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Oakland (Kasmir 10-3) at San Francisco (Hudson (7-5), 3:45 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-7) at Boston (Lester 9-7), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Cleveland (House (1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Gonzalez 6-4) at Baltimore (Chen 8-3), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (TBD) at Texas (Lewis 6-5), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Smyly 4-8) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-7), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pino 0-2) at Seattle (TBD), 10:10 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

FIRST GAME

Reds 4, Cubs 2

Chicago (NL) Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Coghlan lf 3 1 1 1 B.Hamiltn cf 4 1 2 0

Olt ph 0 0 0 0 Frazier 1b 4 0 0 0

Sweeney cf 5 1 2 1 Phillips 2b 4 1 1 1

Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 1 1 2

S.Castro ss 4 0 0 0 Mesoraco c 3 0 0 0

Valbuena 3b 4 0 0 0 Heisey lf 3 1 3 0

Schierholtz rf 4 0 0 0 R.Sntiago 3b 4 0 3 1

Jo.Baker c 2 0 1 0 Cozart ss 4 0 1 0

Lake ph 1 0 1 0 Cueto p 2 0 0 0

Barney 2b 4 0 1 0 M.Parra p 0 0 0 0

T.Wood p 1 0 0 0 Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0

Schlitter p 0 0 0 0 A.Chapmn p 0 0 0 0

Ruggiano ph 1 0 1 0

Grimm p 0 0 0 0

N.Ramirez p 0 0 0 0

Castillo ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 32 4 11 4

 

Chicago 000 002 000 — 2

Cincinnati 300 001 00x — 4

 

E—Jo.Baker (1). DP—Chicago 1. LOB—Chicago 9, Cincinnati 7. 2B—B.Hamilton (18), R.Santiago (2). HR—Coghlan (3), Sweeney (1), Bruce (10). SB—B.Hamilton 2 (37), Heisey (7). S—T.Wood, Cueto.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chciago (NL)

T.Wood L,7-7 5 1-3 8 4 3 2 5

Schlitter 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

Grimm 1 0 0 0 0 1

N.Ramirez 1 2 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati

Cueto W,9-6 6 1-3 6 2 2 1 4

M.Parra H,11 2-3 0 0 0 1 1

Ju.Diaz H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2

A.Chapman S,18-20 1 1 0 0 1 2

M.Parra pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP—by Cueto (Coghlan).

Umpires—Home, Mike Winters; First, Toby Basner; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Mike Muchlinski.

T—2:51. A—17,371 (42,319).

 

SECOND GAME

Reds 6, Cubs 5

Chicago (NL) Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Lake cf 5 0 0 0 B.Hamiltn cf 4 0 2 2

Ruggiano rf 4 0 1 0 Frazier 3b 4 1 1 0

Rizzo 1b 5 1 3 1 Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0

S.Castro ss 5 1 1 0 Bruce 1b 4 0 1 2

Castillo c 3 0 0 0 Ludwick lf 4 0 1 0

Olt 3b 3 2 1 2 Schumakr rf 3 2 1 0

Valbuena 3b 1 0 0 0 Cozart ss 3 1 2 0

Coghlan lf 4 1 2 2 Barnhart c 2 0 1 0

Barney 2b 5 0 3 0 Ondrusek p 0 0 0 0

Wada p 1 0 0 0 B.Pena ph 1 0 1 0

Schlitter p 0 0 0 0 Leake pr 0 1 0 0

Schierholtz ph 1 0 0 0 Holmberg p 0 0 0 0

W.Wright p 0 0 0 0 Contreras p 1 0 0 0

Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 Heisey ph 1 0 0 0

Strop p 0 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0

H.Rondon p 0 0 0 0 Mesoraco c 2 0 1 0

Totals 37 5 11 5 Totals 33 6 12 4

 

Chicago 023 000 000 — 5

Cincinnati 000 011 211 — 6

 

No outs when winning run scored.

E—Lake (6). DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Chicago 12, Cincinnati 7. 2B—Rizzo (14), Barney (10), Frazier (17), Bruce (18), Ludwick (12). 3B—B.Hamilton (5). HR—Rizzo (19), Olt (12), Coghlan (4). SB—Ruggiano (1). S—Wada.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chciago (NL)

Wada 5 5 1 0 1 3

Schlitter 1 1 1 1 0 0

W.Wright 0 0 1 1 1 0

Villanueva H,2 1 1 1 1 2 0

Strop BS,2-4 1 2 1 1 0 2

H.Rondon L,1-3 0 3 1 1 0 0

Cincinnati

Holmberg 2 2-3 7 5 5 3 1

Contreras 2 1-3 1 0 0 2 0

Hoover 2 2 0 0 1 6

Ondrusek W,3-2 2 1 0 0 0 2

W.Wright pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

H.Rondon pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

WP—Holmberg. PB—Barnhart.

Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Toby Basner.

T—3:33. A—29,991 (42,319).

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Tulowitzki, Colorado, .348; MaAdams, St. Louis, .331; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .327; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .319; McGehee, Miami, .318; Morneau, Colorado, .313; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .312.

RUNS—Tulowitzki, Colorado, 68; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 66; Pence, San Francisco, 64; FFreeman, Atlanta, 61; Rendon, Washington, 61; Stanton, Miami, 61; Rizzo, Chicago, 58.

RBI—Stanton, Miami, 62; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 59; Morneau, Colorado, 59; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 58; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 56; Desmond, Washington, 53; McGehee, Miami, 53.

HITS—McGehee, Miami, 110; DanMurphy, New York, 109; Pence, San Francisco, 108; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 107; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 107; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 106; FFreeman, Atlanta, 104.

DOUBLES—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 34; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 31; Span, Washington, 28; SCastro, Chicago, 26; FFreeman, Atlanta, 26; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 26; Utley, Philadelphia, 24.

TRIPLES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 9; BCrawford, San Francisco, 8; Yelich, Miami, 6; Braun, Milwaukee, 5; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 5; Owings, Arizona, 5; Rendon, Washington, 5; Revere, Philadelphia, 5; Span, Washington, 5; BUpton, Atlanta, 5.

HOME RUNS—Stanton, Miami, 21; Rizzo, Chicago, 19; Byrd, Philadelphia, 18; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 18; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 17; JUpton, Atlanta, 17; Gattis, Atlanta, 16; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 16.

STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 42; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 37; Revere, Philadelphia, 26; EYoung, New York, 22; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 21; Rollins, Philadelphia, 17; Blackmon, Colorado, 16.

PITCHING—Simon, CINCINNATI, 11-3; Greinke, Los Angeles, 11-4; Wainwright, St. Louis, 11-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 10-2; 7 tied at 9.

ERA—Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.79; Cueto, CINCINNATI, 2.03; Beckett, Los Angeles, 2.26; HAlvarez, Miami, 2.27; Hudson, San Francisco, 2.53; Teheran, Atlanta, 2.57; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.66.

STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg, Washington, 140; Cueto, CINCINNATI, 134; Kennedy, San Diego, 125; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 123; Greinke, Los Angeles, 119; TRoss, San Diego, 117; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 115.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 27; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 27; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 26; Jansen, Los Angeles, 26; Street, San Diego, 23; Romo, San Francisco, 22; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 21; RSoriano, Washington, 21.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .341; Beltre, Texas, .333; Brantley, Cleveland, .328; VMartinez, Detroit, .328; Cano, Seattle, .319; MiCabrera, Detroit, .312; AJones, Baltimore, .305.

RUNS—Dozier, Minnesota, 63; Kinsler, Detroit, 61; Brantley, Cleveland, 59; Donaldson, Oakland, 59; Trout, Los Angeles, 59; Bautista, Toronto, 57; Encarnacion, Toronto, 57.

RBI—NCruz, Baltimore, 73; MiCabrera, Detroit, 70; Encarnacion, Toronto, 70; JAbreu, Chicago, 69; Trout, Los Angeles, 64; Donaldson, Oakland, 63; Moss, Oakland, 63.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 126; MeCabrera, Toronto, 113; AJones, Baltimore, 112; Markakis, Baltimore, 111; Kinsler, Detroit, 109; Brantley, Cleveland, 108; Cano, Seattle, 106.

DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Detroit, 32; Altuve, Houston, 26; Kinsler, Detroit, 26; Pedroia, Boston, 25; Plouffe, Minnesota, 25; AEscobar, Kansas City, 24; AGordon, Kansas City, 24; Hosmer, Kansas City, 24; Trout, Los Angeles, 24.

TRIPLES—Rios, Texas, 8; Bourn, Cleveland, 7; Eaton, Chicago, 6; Gardner, New York, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; JJones, Seattle, 4; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Reddick, Oakland, 4; BRoberts, New York, 4.

HOME RUNS—NCruz, Baltimore, 28; JAbreu, Chicago, 27; Encarnacion, Toronto, 26; VMartinez, Detroit, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 20; Donaldson, Oakland, 19; Moss, Oakland, 19; Ortiz, Boston, 19; Pujols, Los Angeles, 19.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 41; Ellsbury, New York, 25; RDavis, Detroit, 22; AEscobar, Kansas City, 21; Andrus, Texas, 19; JJones, Seattle, 17; LMartin, Texas, 17; Reyes, Toronto, 17.

PITCHING—Tanaka, New York, 12-4; Porcello, Detroit, 11-5; Richards, Los Angeles, 10-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 10-2; Kazmir, Oakland, 10-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 10-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-6.

ERA—FHernandez, Seattle, 2.11; Tanaka, New York, 2.51; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.53; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.60; Darvish, Texas, 2.63; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.71; Lester, Boston, 2.73.

STRIKEOUTS—Price, Tampa Bay, 159; FHernandez, Seattle, 145; Scherzer, Detroit, 139; Kluber, Cleveland, 137; Tanaka, New York, 135; Darvish, Texas, 134; Lester, Boston, 122.

SAVES—Rodney, Seattle, 26; Holland, Kansas City, 23; Perkins, Minnesota, 21; DavRobertson, New York, 21; Uehara, Boston, 18; Nathan, Detroit, 17; Soria, Texas, 16.