MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 52 46 .531 —

New York 52 48 .520 1

Atlanta 46 54 .460 7

Miami 42 58 .420 11

Philadelphia 38 63 .376 15 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 64 36 .640 —

Pittsburgh 58 41 .586 5 1/2

Chicago 52 47 .525 11 1/2

Cincinnati 44 54 .449 19

Milwaukee 44 57 .436 20 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 56 45 .554 —

San Francisco 55 45 .550 1/2

Arizona 48 51 .485 7

San Diego 47 53 .470 8 1/2

Colorado 43 55 .439 11 1/2

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 7, Atlanta 3

Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2

N.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 0

Miami 4, Washington 1

Colorado 7, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh 8, Minnesota 7

Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0

Arizona 8, Seattle 4

Oakland 2, L.A. Dodgers 0

Milwaukee 5, San Francisco 2

Wednesday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Liriano 6-6) at Minnesota (E.Santana 2-0), 1:10 p.m.

Colorado (E.Butler 3-6) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 5-8), 2:20 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 1-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-5), 3:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 5-8) at San Francisco (Peavy 2-4), 3:45 p.m.

Atlanta (Banuelos 1-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-7), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-7) at Toronto (Dickey 4-10), 7:07 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 6-8) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-9), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Fister 3-6) at Miami (Koehler 8-6), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 9-5), 8:15 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 57 42 .576 —

Baltimore 50 49 .505 7

Tampa Bay 51 51 .500 7 1/2

Toronto 50 51 .495 8

Boston 44 57 .436 14

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 61 38 .616 —

Minnesota 52 47 .525 9

Chicago 48 50 .490 12 1/2

Detroit 48 52 .480 13 1/2

Cleveland 45 54 .455 16

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 55 44 .556 —

Houston 56 45 .554 —

Texas 47 52 .475 8

Seattle 46 55 .455 10

Oakland 45 56 .446 11

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 7, Atlanta 3

Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2

Chicago White Sox 9, Boston 4

Tampa Bay 10, Detroit 2

Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1

N.Y. Yankees 21, Texas 5

Houston 10, L.A. Angels 5

Pittsburgh 8, Minnesota 7

Arizona 8, Seattle 4

Oakland 2, L.A. Dodgers 0

Wednesday’s Games

Detroit (Verlander 0-3) at Tampa Bay (Archer 9-7), 12:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 7-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 5-11), 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 6-6) at Minnesota (E.Santana 2-0), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 1-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-5), 3:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Banuelos 1-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-7), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-7) at Toronto (Dickey 4-10), 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-9) at Boston (Porcello 5-10), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 7-3) at Texas (Lewis 10-4), 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 10-7) at Houston (McCullers 4-3), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Pomeranz 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Goldschmidt, Arizona, .347; DGordon, Miami, .341; Harper, Washington, .330; Posey, San Francisco, .325; LeMahieu, Colorado, .324; GParra, Milwaukee, .324; YEscobar, Washington, .319.

RUNS—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 66; Harper, Washington, 65; Pollock, Arizona, 65; Fowler, Chicago, 62; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 61; Blackmon, Colorado, 60; Braun, Milwaukee, 57.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 76; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 75; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 67; Posey, San Francisco, 67; Stanton, Miami, 67; Harper, Washington, 64; BCrawford, San Francisco, 62.

HITS—DGordon, Miami, 124; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 122; LeMahieu, Colorado, 115; Pollock, Arizona, 114; Panik, San Francisco, 113; Posey, San Francisco, 111; Markakis, Atlanta, 110.

DOUBLES—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 30; Belt, San Francisco, 26; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 26; Arenado, Colorado, 25; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 25; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Duda, New York, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 24; GParra, Milwaukee, 24.

TRIPLES—DPeralta, Arizona, 7; Grichuk, St. Louis, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; Blackmon, Colorado, 5; DGordon, Miami, 5; GParra, Milwaukee, 5; Realmuto, Miami, 5.

HOME RUNS—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 27; Harper, Washington, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 21.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 46; DGordon, Miami, 33; Blackmon, Colorado, 25; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Pollock, Arizona, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 19; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 17; Maybin, Atlanta, 17; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 17; Upton, San Diego, 17.

PITCHING—GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-4; Wacha, St. Louis, 11-4; CMartinez, St. Louis, 11-4; Heston, San Francisco, 11-5; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-5; Arrieta, Chicago, 11-6; deGrom, New York, 10-6; Scherzer, Washington, 10-8.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.37; deGrom, New York, 2.05; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.24; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.27; Scherzer, Washington, 2.33; CMartinez, St. Louis, 2.34; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.51.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 185; Scherzer, Washington, 166; Shields, San Diego, 148; Arrieta, Chicago, 141; Hamels, Philadelphia, 137; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 136; TRoss, San Diego, 132.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 32; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 31; Storen, Washington, 29; Kimbrel, San Diego, 29; Familia, New York, 27; Casilla, San Francisco, 26; Grilli, Atlanta, 24.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .350; Fielder, Texas, .333; Kipnis, Cleveland, .330; Trout, Los Angeles, .315; JIglesias, Detroit, .314; Hosmer, Kansas City, .313; LCain, Kansas City, .313.

RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 75; Dozier, Minnesota, 72; Gardner, New York, 72; Donaldson, Toronto, 70; JMartinez, Detroit, 65; Kipnis, Cleveland, 64; LCain, Kansas City, 63.

RBI—Donaldson, Toronto, 68; KMorales, Kansas City, 68; Bautista, Toronto, 66; CDavis, Baltimore, 65; Teixeira, New York, 65; Trout, Los Angeles, 64; Pujols, Los Angeles, 63.

HITS—Kipnis, Cleveland, 128; Fielder, Texas, 125; NCruz, Seattle, 117; Altuve, Houston, 115; Bogaerts, Boston, 114; Cespedes, Detroit, 114; Hosmer, Kansas City, 114.

DOUBLES—Kipnis, Cleveland, 30; Brantley, Cleveland, 29; Cespedes, Detroit, 28; Dozier, Minnesota, 27; KMorales, Kansas City, 26; Betts, Boston, 25; Donaldson, Toronto, 25.

TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 10; Eaton, Chicago, 8; RDavis, Detroit, 7; Gattis, Houston, 7; Betts, Boston, 6; De Aza, Boston, 6; DeShields, Texas, 6; Kipnis, Cleveland, 6.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 31; Pujols, Los Angeles, 29; JMartinez, Detroit, 27; NCruz, Seattle, 26; CDavis, Baltimore, 24; Donaldson, Toronto, 24; ARodriguez, New York, 24; Teixeira, New York, 24.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 28; Burns, Oakland, 20; LCain, Kansas City, 18; JDyson, Kansas City, 17; DeShields, Texas, 16; Reyes, Toronto, 16; Gardner, New York, 15; Pillar, Toronto, 15.

PITCHING—McHugh, Houston, 12-5; Keuchel, Houston, 12-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 12-5; Gray, Oakland, 11-4; Buehrle, Toronto, 11-5; 6 tied at 10.

ERA—Gray, Oakland, 2.16; Kazmir, Houston, 2.24; Kazmir, Houston, 2.24; Keuchel, Houston, 2.32; Santiago, Los Angeles, 2.43; Price, Detroit, 2.53; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.67.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Chicago, 170; Kluber, Cleveland, 166; Archer, Tampa Bay, 162; Price, Detroit, 138; Carrasco, Cleveland, 133; Salazar, Cleveland, 132; Keuchel, Houston, 132.

SAVES—Perkins, Minnesota, 29; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 25; Britton, Baltimore, 25; Street, Los Angeles, 25; AMiller, New York, 23; Soria, Detroit, 22; Uehara, Boston, 22; DavRobertson, Chicago, 22; GHolland, Kansas City, 22.

 

Transactions

Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Suspended New York Mets RHP Jenrry Mejia for 162 yames following a positive test for Stanozolol and Boldenone in vioation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX — Claimed RHP Jean Machi off waivers from San Francisco. Transferred RHP Clay Buchholz to the 60-day DL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded OF David Murphy to the Los Angeles Angels for SS Eric Stamets. Optioned 1B Jesus Aguilar to Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Michael Roth from Columbus. Transferred LHP Nick Hagadone to the 60-day DL.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Kyle Ryan to Toledo (IL). Recalled RHP Buck Farmer from Toledo.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated RHP Joe Blanton for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned 3B Kyle Kubitza to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled INF Efren Navarro from Salt Lake. Placed OF Matt Joyce on the 7-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Acquired OF David DeJesus from the Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Eduar Lopez. Designated RHP Jeremy McBryde for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 3B Trevor Plouffe on paternity leave.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Diego Moreno from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Nick Goody to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded UT Ben Zobrist and cash considerations to Kansas City for RHP Aaron Brooks and LHP Sean Manaea. Recalled RHP R.J. Alvarez and INF Max Muncy from Nashville (PCL). Sent OF Coco Crisp to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned INF Jake Elmore to Durham (IL). Reinstated SS Asdrubal Cabrera from the 15-day DL.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with 1B Jordan Lennerton on a minor league contract. Placed LHP Manny Banuelos on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 25. Purchased the contract of RHP David Carpenter from Gwinnett (IL).

CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled RHP Dallas Beeler from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Yoervis Medina to Iowa. Agreed to terms with LHP Ryan Buchter on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned LHPs John Lamb and Brandon Finnegan to Louisville (IL). Assigned INF/OF Chris Dominguez outright to Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Traded SS Troy Tulowitzki and RHP LaTroy Hawkins to Toronto for SS Jose Reyes and RHPs Jeff Hofmann, Miguel Castro and Jesus Tinoco.

NEW YORK METS — Activated LHP Jonathon Niese from paternity leave. Added RHP Tyler Clippard to their 25-man roster. Optioned RHP Logan Verrett to Las Vegas (PCL). Transferred RHP Erik Goeddel to the 60-day DL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHPs Mitch Harris and Sam Tuivailala to Memphis (PCL). Reinstated LHP Jaime Garcia from the 15-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Acquired RHP Jonathan Papelbon and cash considerations from Philadelphia for RHP Nick Pivetta. Agreed to terms with Papelbon on a contract extension through 2016 season. Designated C Dan Butler for assignment. Reinstated OF Jayson Werth from the 60-day DL and 1B Ryan Zimmerman from the 15-day DL.

American Association