MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 28 20 .583 —

New York 27 22 .551 1 1/2

Atlanta 23 25 .479 5

Miami 19 30 .388 9 1/2

Philadelphia 19 31 .380 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 32 16 .667 —

Chicago 25 22 .532 6 1/2

Pittsburgh 25 23 .521 7

Cincinnati 20 27 .426 11 1/2

Milwaukee 16 33 .327 16 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 30 20 .600 —

Los Angeles 28 19 .596 1/2

San Diego 24 26 .480 6

Arizona 22 25 .468 6 1/2

Colorado 20 26 .435 8

Friday’s Games

Kansas City 8, Chicago Cubs 4

Colorado 4, Philadelphia 1

Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3

Cincinnati 5, Washington 2

Arizona 7, Milwaukee 5

St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 2

San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2

Saturday’s Games

Colorado at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games

Miami (Phelps 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 7-3), 1:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 1-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-4), 1:10 p.m.

Colorado (Lyles 2-5) at Philadelphia (Williams 3-4), 1:35 p.m.

Arizona (C.Anderson 1-1) at Milwaukee (Wagner 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 2-2) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 4-2), 2:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-0), 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 4-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-2), 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 3-2) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-3), 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Toronto (Dickey 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-1) at Miami (Urena 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 2-7) at St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-3) at Colorado (E.Butler 2-5), 8:40 p.m.

Atlanta (A.Wood 3-2) at Arizona (Bradley 2-2), 9:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-7), 10:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (G.Cole 7-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-2), 10:15 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 25 24 .510 —

Tampa Bay 24 25 .490 1

Baltimore 23 24 .489 1

Toronto 23 27 .460 2 1/2

Boston 22 27 .449 3

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 29 18 .617 —

Minnesota 28 19 .596 1

Detroit 28 22 .560 2 1/2

Chicago 22 25 .468 7

Cleveland 22 26 .458 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 30 19 .612 —

Los Angeles 25 24 .510 5

Seattle 24 24 .500 5 1/2

Texas 24 25 .490 6

Oakland 19 32 .373 12

Friday’s Games

Kansas City 8, Chicago Cubs 4

Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1

Texas 7, Boston 4

Chicago White Sox 6, Houston 3, 11 innings

Toronto 6, Minnesota 4

L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0

Oakland 6, N.Y. Yankees 2

Seattle 2, Cleveland 1

Saturday’s Games

Toronto at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Houston, 4:10 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 7:15 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-6), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-4) at Houston (R.Hernandez 2-3), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 4-1) at Minnesota (Nolasco 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-0), 2:20 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 1-4) at Texas (W.Rodriguez 2-2), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 3-3) at Oakland (Chavez 1-5), 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 5-1) at Seattle (Happ 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

Detroit (Price 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-4), 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Toronto (Dickey 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-1) at Boston (Buchholz 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 3-3) at Houston (Oberholtzer 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Colome 3-1) at L.A. Angels (Richards 4-3), 10:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 6-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-1), 10:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

(Through Friday’s Games)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—DGordon, Miami, .374; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, .339; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .337; Harper, Washington, .329; LeMahieu, Colorado, .329; Aoki, San Francisco, .321; Holliday, St. Louis, .320.

RUNS—Harper, Washington, 41; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 33; Fowler, Chicago, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 33; Upton, San Diego, 33; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 32.

RBI—Harper, Washington, 43; Stanton, Miami, 42; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 38; Braun, Milwaukee, 37; Upton, San Diego, 37; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 35; BCrawford, San Francisco, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 33.

HITS—DGordon, Miami, 74; Aoki, San Francisco, 60; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 58; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 57; Pagan, San Francisco, 57; Wong, St. Louis, 57; Inciarte, Arizona, 56; JhPeralta, St. Louis, 56.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 17; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 17; DeNorris, San Diego, 17; Desmond, Washington, 16; FFreeman, Atlanta, 16; Belt, San Francisco, 15; Duda, New York, 15; JhPeralta, St. Louis, 15; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 15.

TRIPLES—Revere, Philadelphia, 4; Bourjos, St. Louis, 3; Fowler, Chicago, 3; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 3; Pagan, San Francisco, 3; Realmuto, Miami, 3; Trumbo, Arizona, 3.

HOME RUNS—Harper, Washington, 18; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 15; Stanton, Miami, 13; Braun, Milwaukee, 12; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 12; Pederson, Los Angeles, 12; Upton, San Diego, 12.

STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Miami, 20; BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 19; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 12; Aoki, San Francisco, 11; Fowler, Chicago, 11; Pollock, Arizona, 11; Blackmon, Colorado, 10; Upton, San Diego, 10.

PITCHING—Wacha, St. Louis, 7-0; GCole, Pittsburgh, 7-2; BColon, New York, 7-3; Shields, San Diego, 6-0; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-2; Scherzer, Washington, 6-3; 9 tied at 5.

ERA—SMiller, Atlanta, 1.48; Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.48; Scherzer, Washington, 1.51; Burnett, Pittsburgh, 1.81; Wacha, St. Louis, 1.87; Harang, Philadelphia, 1.93; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.11.

STRIKEOUTS—Shields, San Diego, 88; Scherzer, Washington, 85; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 83; Hamels, Philadelphia, 76; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 75; Harvey, New York, 71; GCole, Pittsburgh, 70.

SAVES—Storen, Washington, 16; Casilla, San Francisco, 15; Familia, New York, 14; Grilli, Atlanta, 14; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 14; Kimbrel, San Diego, 12; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 12.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Fielder, Texas, .364; Kipnis, Cleveland, .345; NCruz, Seattle, .342; MiCabrera, Detroit, .331; Paredes, Baltimore, .331; AvGarcia, Chicago, .327; Gose, Detroit, .327.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 42; Dozier, Minnesota, 38; Kipnis, Cleveland, 36; Trout, Los Angeles, 36; Cain, Kansas City, 34; NCruz, Seattle, 32; KMorales, Kansas City, 32.

RBI—NCruz, Seattle, 38; Donaldson, Toronto, 38; Fielder, Texas, 38; KMorales, Kansas City, 37; Teixeira, New York, 35; Vogt, Oakland, 35; MiCabrera, Detroit, 33.

HITS—Fielder, Texas, 72; Kipnis, Cleveland, 68; NCruz, Seattle, 64; Donaldson, Toronto, 61; Altuve, Houston, 60; MiCabrera, Detroit, 58; Pedroia, Boston, 57.

DOUBLES—Brantley, Cleveland, 17; Cespedes, Detroit, 16; KMorales, Kansas City, 15; Donaldson, Toronto, 14; Dozier, Minnesota, 14; Kipnis, Cleveland, 14; 7 tied at 12.

TRIPLES—Orlando, Kansas City, 5; Kipnis, Cleveland, 4; 11 tied at 3.

HOME RUNS—NCruz, Seattle, 18; Donaldson, Toronto, 14; Teixeira, New York, 14; CDavis, Baltimore, 12; Encarnacion, Toronto, 12; HRamirez, Boston, 12; MiCabrera, Detroit, 11; ARodriguez, New York, 11; Trout, Los Angeles, 11.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 15; Ellsbury, New York, 14; RDavis, Detroit, 12; Gardner, New York, 12; DeShields, Texas, 11; Springer, Houston, 11; Cain, Kansas City, 9; Marisnick, Houston, 9.

PITCHING—FHernandez, Seattle, 8-1; Keuchel, Houston, 6-1; Pineda, New York, 6-2; Gray, Oakland, 6-2; Carrasco, Cleveland, 6-4; Buehrle, Toronto, 6-4; 7 tied at 5.

ERA—Gray, Oakland, 1.82; FHernandez, Seattle, 1.91; Keuchel, Houston, 1.98; NMartinez, Texas, 2.03; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.12; Santiago, Los Angeles, 2.18; Odorizzi, Tampa Bay, 2.31.

STRIKEOUTS—Kluber, Cleveland, 96; Archer, Tampa Bay, 82; FHernandez, Seattle, 71; AnSanchez, Detroit, 68; Pineda, New York, 67; Salazar, Cleveland, 66; Gray, Oakland, 66; Carrasco, Cleveland, 66; Sale, Chicago, 66.

SAVES—Perkins, Minnesota, 18; Street, Los Angeles, 15; Soria, Detroit, 15; AMiller, New York, 14; Rodney, Seattle, 14; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 13; Britton, Baltimore, 13; Gregerson, Houston, 13.

 

H.S. softball

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Saturday’s Girls’ Softball Scores

Regional Finals

Division I

Ashville Teays Valley 11, Gahanna Lincoln 10, 8 innings

Barberton at Can. Glenoak, ppd. to June 1.

Holland Springfield 5, Westlake 4

Lebanon 2, Mason 1, 12 innings

Division II

Granville 7, Greenville 1

Hebron Lakewood 5, Lancaster Fairfield Union 0

Jefferson Area 6, Cle. Hts. Beaumont 0

LaGrange Keystone 7, Milan Edison 1

Division III

Bloom-Carroll 12, Archbold 6

Richwood N. Union 5, Williamsburg 0

Warren Champion 4, Elyria Cath. 0

Wheelersburg 10, Portsmouth W. 0, 6 innings

Division IV

Cuyahoga Hts. 4, Vienna Mathews 3

N. Lewisburg Triad 10, Newton 8

New Riegel 6, Kansas Lakota 2

Shadyside 3, Danville 1

 

H.S. baseball

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Friday’s Boys’ Baseball Scores

Regional Finals

Division I

Region 1-Canton

Aurora 3, Massillon Jackson 0

Region 2-Dublin

Westerville Cent. 9, Powell Olentangy Liberty 6

Region 3-Bowling Green

Cle. St. Ignatius 3, Tol. St. Francis 1

Region 4-Cincinnati

Cin. Moeller 7, Mason 5

 

Division II

Region 5-Hudson

Poland Seminary 8, Can. South 4

Region 6-Bowling Green

Defiance 8, Bellevue 0

Region 7-Zanesville

Sunbury Big Walnut 10, Steubenville 4

Region 8-Fairborn

Cols. Watterson 14, Bellbrook 2

 

Division III

Region 9-Massilon

Can. Cent. Cath. 3, Akr. Manchester 0

Region 10-Elida

Genoa Area 4, Huron 0

Region 11-Chillicothe

Wheelersburg 5, Albany Alexander 3

Region 12-Xenia

Cin. Summit Country Day 2, Waynesville 1

 

Division IV

Region 13-Lorain

Berlin Center Western Reserve 9, Louisville Aquinas 3

Region 14-Hamler

Hicksville 5, Miller City 1

Region 15-Lancaster

Newark Cath. 5, Berlin Hiland 4, 12 innings

Region 16-Springfield

Ft. Recovery 11, Cin. Country Day 9

 

NBA playoffs

NBA Playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS

Tuesday, May 19

Golden State 110, Houston 106

Wednesday, May 20

Cleveland 97, Atlanta 89

Thursday, May 21

Golden State 99, Houston 98

Friday, May 22

Cleveland 94, Atlanta 82

Saturday, May 23

Golden State 115, Houston 80

Sunday, May 24

Cleveland 114, Atlanta 111, OT

Monday, May 25

Houston 128, Golden State 115

Tuesday, May 26

Cleveland 118, Atlanta 88, Cleveland wins series 4-0

Wednesday, May 27

Golden State 104, Houston 90, Golden State wins series 4-1

FINALS

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

Thursday, June 4

Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 7

Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9

Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 11

Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 14

x-Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 16

x-Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Friday, June 19

x-Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

 

NHL playoffs

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS

Saturday, May 16

N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1

Sunday, May 17

Anaheim 4, Chicago 1

Monday, May 18

Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 2

Tuesday, May 19

Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT,

Wednesday, May 20

Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, OT

Thursday, May 21

Anaheim 2, Chicago 1

Friday, May 22

N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1

Saturday, May 23

Chicago 5, Anaheim 4, 2OT

Sunday, May 24

Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 0

Monday, May 25

Anaheim 5, Chicago 4, OT

Tuesday, May 26

N.Y. Rangers 7, Tampa Bay 3

Wednesday, May 27

Chicago 5, Anaheim 2, series tied 3-3

Friday, May 29

Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 0, Tampa Bay wins series 4-3

Saturday, May 30

Chicago at Anaheim 8 p.m.

FINALS

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

Wednesday, June 3: TBD

Saturday, June 6: TBD

Monday, June 8: TBD

Wednesday, June 10: TBD

x-Saturday, June 13: TBD

x-Monday, June 15: TBD

x-Wednesday, June 17: TBD

TBD—To be determined

 

Baseball poll

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through May 24 (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Prv

1. LSU 48-10 1

2. UCLA 42-14 2

3. Florida 44-16 6

4. Illinois 47-8 4

5. Vanderbilt 42-19 7

6. Missouri State 45-10 8

7. TCU 43-11 5

8. Texas A&M 45-11 9

9. Louisville 43-16 3

10. Florida State 41-19 17

11. Oklahoma State 37-18 12

12. Miami 44-14 13

13. Houston 42-18 14

14. Dallas Baptist 43-13 11

15. Southern California 37-19 15

16. UC Santa Barbara 40-15 10

17. Oregon State 38-16 23

18. College of Charleston 43-13 18

19. Arizona State 34-21 16

20. Arkansas 35-22 20

21. Cal State Fullerton 34-22 NR

22. Radford 43-14 24

23. East Carolina 40-20 NR

24. Iowa 39-16 19

25. California 34-19 22