MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 63 53 .543 —

Atlanta 60 58 .508 4

Miami 58 60 .492 6

New York 57 62 .479 7 1/2

Philadelphia 53 66 .445 11 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 66 53 .555 —

Pittsburgh 63 55 .534 2 1/2

St. Louis 62 55 .530 3

Cincinnati 60 58 .508 5 1/2

Chicago 50 67 .427 15

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 68 52 .567 —

San Francisco 62 56 .525 5

San Diego 55 62 .470 11 1/2

Arizona 51 67 .432 16

Colorado 46 72 .390 21

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 3

Pittsburgh 11, Detroit 6

L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 2

Miami 6, St. Louis 5

Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 1

San Diego 4, Colorado 3

Tuesday’s Games

Arizona (Collmenter 8-6) at Cleveland (House 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-7) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 13-5) at Atlanta (Minor 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 14-6) at Miami (Cosart 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Fister 11-3) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 14-6) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Williams 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 10-4), 10:05 p.m.

Colorado (Flande 0-4) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-3), 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Boston at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

Arizona at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

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

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

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 68 50 .576 —

Toronto 63 57 .525 6

New York 61 57 .517 7

Tampa Bay 58 60 .492 10

Boston 52 65 .444 15 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 64 53 .547 —

Detroit 63 53 .543 1/2

Cleveland 59 59 .500 5 1/2

Chicago 56 63 .471 9

Minnesota 53 64 .453 11

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 72 46 .610 —

Los Angeles 68 49 .581 3 1/2

Seattle 63 55 .534 9

Houston 49 70 .412 23 1/2

Texas 46 72 .390 26

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 11, Detroit 6

Baltimore 11, N.Y. Yankees 3

Tampa Bay 7, Texas 0

Minnesota 4, Houston 2

Kansas City 3, Oakland 2

Seattle 11, Toronto 1

Tuesday’s Games

Arizona (Collmenter 8-6) at Cleveland (House 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-7) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 12-4), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-1) at Texas (Tepesch 4-7), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pino 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 4-9), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Lester 12-7) at Kansas City (Guthrie 8-9), 8:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Williams 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 10-4), 10:05 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 8-6) at Seattle (C.Young 10-6), 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Boston at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Arizona at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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

Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Tulowitzki, Colorado, .340; Morneau, Colorado, .321; Puig, Los Angeles, .313; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .311; Revere, Philadelphia, .309; Span, Washington, .306; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .306.

RUNS—Rendon, Washington, 81; Pence, San Francisco, 80; Stanton, Miami, 76; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 75; Rizzo, Chicago, 75; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 74; CGomez, Milwaukee, 74.

RBI—Stanton, Miami, 82; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 80; Howard, Philadelphia, 72; Desmond, Washington, 70; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 69; JUpton, Atlanta, 68; Braun, Milwaukee, 67; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 67.

HITS—DanMurphy, New York, 147; Pence, San Francisco, 139; Span, Washington, 137; McGehee, Miami, 135; FFreeman, Atlanta, 132; SCastro, Chicago, 131; DGordon, Los Angeles, 130.

DOUBLES—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 39; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 38; DanMurphy, New York, 33; FFreeman, Atlanta, 32; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 32; Span, Washington, 32; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 31; Puig, Los Angeles, 31; Rendon, Washington, 31.

TRIPLES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 10; BCrawford, San Francisco, 9; Puig, Los Angeles, 9; Pence, San Francisco, 8; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 7; 8 tied at 6.

HOME RUNS—Stanton, Miami, 31; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Byrd, Philadelphia, 22; Duda, New York, 21; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 21; JUpton, Atlanta, 21; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 20; Mesoraco, CINCINNATI, 20; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 20.

STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 51; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 43; Revere, Philadelphia, 32; CGomez, Milwaukee, 27; EYoung, New York, 26; Span, Washington, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 22; Rollins, Philadelphia, 22.

PITCHING—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-2; Cueto, CINCINNATI, 14-6; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 14-6; Wainwright, St. Louis, 14-6; Ryu, Los Angeles, 13-5; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 13-9; Simon, CINCINNATI, 12-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 12-8; Lynn, St. Louis, 12-8.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.78; Cueto, CINCINNATI, 2.05; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.28; Hamels, Philadelphia, 2.37; HAlvarez, Miami, 2.48; TRoss, San Diego, 2.63; Hudson, San Francisco, 2.81.

STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg, Washington, 186; Cueto, CINCINNATI, 181; Greinke, Los Angeles, 164; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 163; TRoss, San Diego, 160; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 158; Kennedy, San Diego, 155.

SAVES—FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 36; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 35; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 34; Jansen, Los Angeles, 32; Cishek, Miami, 30; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 27; AReed, Arizona, 27.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .336; Cano, Seattle, .333; Brantley, Cleveland, .324; VMartinez, Detroit, .322; Beltre, Texas, .321; MeCabrera, Toronto, .315; Gillaspie, Chicago, .313.

RUNS—Dozier, Minnesota, 83; Trout, Los Angeles, 81; Brantley, Cleveland, 77; Donaldson, Oakland, 75; Gardner, New York, 74; Bautista, Toronto, 72; MeCabrera, Toronto, 72; MiCabrera, Detroit, 72.

RBI—JAbreu, Chicago, 86; MiCabrera, Detroit, 85; Trout, Los Angeles, 85; Ortiz, Boston, 84; NCruz, Baltimore, 83; Donaldson, Oakland, 80; Brantley, Cleveland, 76.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 162; MeCabrera, Toronto, 153; Brantley, Cleveland, 144; Cano, Seattle, 144; Markakis, Baltimore, 144; Kinsler, Detroit, 141; AJones, Baltimore, 139.

DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Detroit, 36; Altuve, Houston, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; Kinsler, Detroit, 32; Brantley, Cleveland, 31; EEscobar, Minnesota, 31; Plouffe, Minnesota, 31.

TRIPLES—Rios, Texas, 8; Bourn, Cleveland, 7; Eaton, Chicago, 7; Gardner, New York, 7; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 6; LMartin, Texas, 6; 5 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS—JAbreu, Chicago, 31; NCruz, Baltimore, 31; Trout, Los Angeles, 27; Carter, Houston, 26; Encarnacion, Toronto, 26; Ortiz, Boston, 26; Bautista, Toronto, 23; Donaldson, Oakland, 23; VMartinez, Detroit, 23; Moss, Oakland, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 46; Ellsbury, New York, 31; RDavis, Detroit, 27; JDyson, Kansas City, 26; AEscobar, Kansas City, 24; Reyes, Toronto, 22; Andrus, Texas, 21.

PITCHING—FHernandez, Seattle, 13-3; Kazmir, Oakland, 13-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 13-4; Kluber, Cleveland, 13-6; Porcello, Detroit, 13-7; 7 tied at 12.

ERA—FHernandez, Seattle, 1.95; Sale, Chicago, 2.14; Lester, Oakland, 2.44; Lester, Oakland, 2.44; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.46; Tanaka, New York, 2.51; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.54.

STRIKEOUTS—Price, Detroit, 205; FHernandez, Seattle, 194; Kluber, Cleveland, 187; Scherzer, Detroit, 182; Darvish, Texas, 182; Lester, Oakland, 160; Richards, Los Angeles, 157.

SAVES—Holland, Kansas City, 35; Rodney, Seattle, 33; DavRobertson, New York, 31; Perkins, Minnesota, 29; Uehara, Boston, 25; Britton, Baltimore, 24; Nathan, Detroit, 24.

 

NFL schedule

National Football League

Preseason Schedule

Thursday, Aug. 7

N.Y. Jets 13, Indianapolis 10

Washington 23, New England 6

Baltimore 23, San Francisco 3

Kansas City 41, Cincinnati 39

Denver 21, Seattle 16

San Diego 27, Dallas 7

Friday, Aug. 8

Atlanta 16, Miami 10

Buffalo 20, Carolina 18

Jacksonville 16, Tampa Bay 10

Chicago 34, Philadelphia 28

Minnesota 10, Oakland 6

New Orleans 26, St. Louis 24

Saturday, Aug. 9

Detroit 13, Cleveland 12

N.Y. Giants 20, Pittsburgh 16

Tennessee 20, Green Bay 16

Arizona 32, Houston 0

Thursday, Aug. 14

Jacksonville at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 15

Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Diego at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 10 p.m.

 

AFL playoffs

Arena Football Playoffs

First Round

Saturday, Aug. 2

National Conference

San Jose 55, Spokane 28

American Conference

Cleveland 39, Philadelphia 37

Sunday, Aug. 3

National Conference

Arizona 52, Portland 48

American Conference

Orlando 56, Pittsburgh 48

Conference Championships

Sunday, Aug. 10

American Conference

Cleveland 56, Orlando 46

National Conference

Arizona 72, San Jose 55

ArenaBowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Saturday, Aug. 23

Cleveland vs. Arizona, 8 p.m.

 

FCS coaches’ poll

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the preaseason Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2103 records, points and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. North Dakota State (18) 15-0 636 1

2. Eastern Washington (6) 12-3 615 3

3. Southeastern La. (1) 11-3 542 6

4. New Hampshire 10-5 510 5

5. Montana 10-3 505 8

6. Coastal Carolina 12-3 447 7

7. Towson (1) 13-3 438 2

8. Jacksonville State 12-2 425 12

9. McNeese State 10-3 424 9

10. South Dakota State 9-5 332 14

11. Eastern Illinois 12-2 314 4

12. Fordham 12-2 305 10

13. Villanova 6-5 287 NR

14. Sam Houston State 9-5 277 13

15. Northern Iowa 7-5 263 NR

16. Chattanooga 8-4 238 25

17. Tennessee State 10-4 237 17

18. Furman 8-6 188 21

19. Montana State 7-5 170 20

20. Maine 10-3 169 11

21. Youngtown State 8-4 162 19

22. William & Mary 7-5 159 NR

23. Bethune-Cookman 10-3 136 16

24. Richmond 6-6 118 NR

25. Northern Arizona 9-3 116 15

Others receiving votes: Samford 95, Southern Illinois 59, Harvard 42, Charleston Southern 39, James Madison 30, Princeton 24, Southern Utah 20, Alcorn State 16, Liberty 16, Delaware 15, South Carolina State 15, Cal Poly 14, Missouri State 12, Sacred Heart 10, Wofford 8, Central Arkansas 7, Alabama State 6, Lehigh 6, Eastern Kentucky 4, Holy Cross 1, Illinois State 1, Jacksonville 1.

 

 

NASCAR leaders

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through Aug. 10

Points

1, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 773. 2, Jeff Gordon, 768. 3, Matt Kenseth, 703. 4, Brad Keselowski, 696. 5, Joey Logano, 671. 6, Carl Edwards, 658. 7, Jimmie Johnson, 650. 8, Kevin Harvick, 645. 9, Ryan Newman, 645. 10, Kyle Larson, 635.

11, Clint Bowyer, 634. 12, Greg Biffle, 626. 13, Kasey Kahne, 622. 14, Austin Dillon, 616. 15, Kyle Busch, 615. 16, Marcos Ambrose, 584. 17, Paul Menard, 574. 18, Brian Vickers, 573. 19, Jamie McMurray, 566. 20, Denny Hamlin, 552.

Money

1, Brad Keselowski, $4,890,795. 2, Jeff Gordon, $4,666,596. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,561,089. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $4,510,201. 5, Jamie McMurray, $4,286,167. 6, Kevin Harvick, $4,216,650. 7, Matt Kenseth, $4,192,805. 8, Joey Logano, $4,147,686. 9, Kyle Busch, $4,146,468. 10, Denny Hamlin, $3,969,926.

11, Greg Biffle, $3,581,489. 12, Austin Dillon, $3,500,672. 13, Clint Bowyer, $3,427,598. 14, Carl Edwards, $3,369,747. 15, Brian Vickers, $3,367,948. 16, Aric Almirola, $3,366,127. 17, Paul Menard, $3,354,713. 18, Kyle Larson, $3,275,280. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $3,190,155. 20, Tony Stewart, $3,178,572.