MLB schedule

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 27 18 .600 —

New York 26 18 .591 1/2

Philadelphia 25 20 .556 2

Miami 23 21 .523 3 1/2

Atlanta 12 31 .279 14

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 29 14 .674 —

Pittsburgh 24 19 .558 5

St. Louis 24 21 .533 6

Milwaukee 18 26 .409 11 1/2

Cincinnati 15 30 .333 15

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 28 19 .596 —

Los Angeles 23 23 .500 4 1/2

Colorado 21 22 .488 5

Arizona 21 25 .457 6 1/2

San Diego 19 27 .413 8 1/2

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 3

N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 1

Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4

Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6

St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3

L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0

San Francisco 1, San Diego 0

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-2) at Miami (Koehler 2-4), 12:10 p.m.

Arizona (Miller 1-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Harvey 3-6) at Washington (Strasburg 7-0), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hellickson 4-2) at Detroit (Verlander 3-4), 7:08 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 1-2) at Boston (Price 6-1), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 4-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Moscot 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 2-3), 10:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 2-3) at San Francisco (Samardzija 6-2), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 26 16 .619 —

Boston 27 17 .614 —

New York 21 22 .488 5 1/2

Toronto 22 24 .478 6

Tampa Bay 20 22 .476 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 27 19 .587 —

Cleveland 23 20 .535 2 1/2

Kansas City 23 21 .523 3

Detroit 22 22 .500 4

Minnesota 11 33 .250 15

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 26 18 .591 —

Texas 25 20 .556 1 1/2

Los Angeles 21 24 .467 5 1/2

Oakland 20 26 .435 7

Houston 17 28 .378 9 1/2

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 6, 1st game

Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4

Miami 7, Tampa Bay 6

L.A. Angels 2, Texas 0

Kansas City 10, Minnesota 4

Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd game

Oakland 5, Seattle 0

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-2) at Miami (Koehler 2-4), 12:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hellickson 4-2) at Detroit (Verlander 3-4), 7:08 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 1-2) at Boston (Price 6-1), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Chacin 1-2) at Texas (Perez 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 6-1) at Houston (Fister 4-3), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Tomlin 6-0) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-0), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 4-4) at Minnesota (Santana 1-2), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 1-6) at Seattle (Karns 4-1), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

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

Colorado at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

 

MLB Leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Murphy, Washington, .389; Braun, Milwaukee, .360; Prado, Miami, .348; Diaz, St. Louis, .345; Zobrist, Chicago, .338; Herrera, Philadelphia, .335; Piscotty, St. Louis, .329; Marte, Pittsburgh, .323; Reynolds, Colorado, .323; Ozuna, Miami, .321; Segura, Arizona, .321; Cozart, CINCINNATI, .321.

RUNS—Arenado, Colorado, 32; Zobrist, Chicago, 31; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 31; Piscotty, St. Louis, 31; Fowler, Chicago, 30; Bryant, Chicago, 30; Rendon, Washington, 30; Diaz, St. Louis, 29; Rizzo, Chicago, 29; Carpenter, St. Louis, 29; Cespedes, New York, 29.

RBI—Cespedes, New York, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 35; Arenado, Colorado, 34; Pence, San Francisco, 33; Carpenter, St. Louis, 32; Bryant, Chicago, 31; Carter, Milwaukee, 31; Story, Colorado, 31; Kemp, San Diego, 30; Harper, Washington, 30.

HITS—Murphy, Washington, 65; Segura, Arizona, 61; Piscotty, St. Louis, 57; Prado, Miami, 55; Ozuna, Miami, 53; Herrera, Philadelphia, 53; Marte, Pittsburgh, 52; Arenado, Colorado, 50; Zobrist, Chicago, 50; Diaz, St. Louis, 50.

DOUBLES—Polanco, Pittsburgh, 16; Diaz, St. Louis, 15; Parra, Colorado, 14; Fowler, Chicago, 14; Cozart, CINCINNATI, 14; Piscotty, St. Louis, 14; Murphy, Washington, 14; Lamb, Arizona, 14; Marte, Pittsburgh, 14; Villar, Milwaukee, 13; Yelich, Miami, 13.

TRIPLES—Ozuna, Miami, 4; Story, Colorado, 4; Owings, Arizona, 4; Segura, Arizona, 3; Belt, San Francisco, 3; Dietrich, Miami, 3; Peralta, Arizona, 3; Panik, San Francisco, 3; Blanco, San Francisco, 3.

HOME RUNS—Cespedes, New York, 15; Arenado, Colorado, 14; Carter, Milwaukee, 13; Story, Colorado, 12; Walker, New York, 11; Stanton, Miami, 11; Rizzo, Chicago, 11; Harper, Washington, 11; Kemp, San Diego, 10; Bryant, Chicago, 9; Carpenter, St. Louis, 9; Suarez, CINCINNATI, 9; Bour, Miami, 9; Ozuna, Miami, 9.

STOLEN BASES—Villar, Milwaukee, 14; Marte, Pittsburgh, 13; Upton Jr., San Diego, 9; Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 8; Harper, Washington, 7; Harrison, Pittsburgh, 7; Herrera, Philadelphia, 6; Taylor, Washington, 6; Smith, Atlanta, 6; Segura, Arizona, 6; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 6; Span, San Francisco, 6; Fowler, Chicago, 6; Gordon, Miami, 6; Myers, San Diego, 6; Owings, Arizona, 6.

PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 8-0; Cueto, San Francisco, 7-1; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 7-1; Strasburg, Washington, 7-0; Matz, New York, 6-1; Fernandez, Miami, 6-2; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-2; Samardzija, San Francisco, 6-2; Scherzer, Washington, 5-3; Chatwood, Colorado, 5-3.

ERA—Arrieta, Chicago, 1.29; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.48; Pomeranz, San Diego, 1.70; Syndergaard, New York, 1.94; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.17; Hammel, Chicago, 2.31; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.38; Lester, Chicago, 2.60; Samardzija, San Francisco, 2.66; Ross, Washington, 2.70.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 95; Scherzer, Washington, 84; Fernandez, Miami, 78; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 77; Syndergaard, New York, 76; Strasburg, Washington, 75; Cueto, San Francisco, 67; Nola, Philadelphia, 64; Arrieta, Chicago, 63; Lackey, Chicago, 61; Velasquez, Philadelphia, 61.

SAVES—Gomez, Philadelphia, 16; Familia, New York, 15; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 15; Ramos, Miami, 14; McGee, Colorado, 13; Jansen, Los Angeles, 13; Papelbon, Washington, 12; Casilla, San Francisco, 12; Jeffress, Milwaukee, 11; Rodney, San Diego, 10.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Bogaerts, Boston, .346; Castellanos, Detroit, .346; Bradley Jr., Boston, .342; Martinez, Detroit, .340; Ortiz, Boston, .329; Altuve, Houston, .328; Cabrera, Detroit, .327; Trout, Anaheim, .325; Saunders, Toronto, .322; Reddick, Oakland, .322.

RUNS—Kinsler, Detroit, 40; Betts, Boston, 39; Altuve, Houston, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 37; Bogaerts, Boston, 33; Machado, Baltimore, 33; Pedroia, Boston, 32; Desmond, Texas, 32; Trout, Anaheim, 32; Davis, Baltimore, 31.

RBI—Cano, Seattle, 39; Ortiz, Boston, 37; Bautista, Toronto, 34; Frazier, Chicago, 34; Betts, Boston, 33; Bradley Jr., Boston, 33; Encarnacion, Toronto, 32; Trumbo, Baltimore, 31; Castellanos, Detroit, 31; Trout, Anaheim, 31; Rasmus, Houston, 31.

HITS—Bogaerts, Boston, 63; Altuve, Houston, 58; Kinsler, Detroit, 56; Trout, Anaheim, 55; Escobar, Anaheim, 55; Betts, Boston, 55; Castellanos, Detroit, 54; Lindor, Cleveland, 54; Cabrera, Detroit, 54; Machado, Baltimore, 53.

DOUBLES—Ortiz, Boston, 19; Altuve, Houston, 18; Machado, Baltimore, 16; Shaw, Boston, 15; Bogaerts, Boston, 15; Pillar, Toronto, 13; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 13; Lawrie, Chicago, 13; Castellanos, Detroit, 12; Beltran, New York, 12; Cano, Seattle, 12.

TRIPLES—Eaton, Chicago, 4; Bradley Jr., Boston, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Aoki, Seattle, 3; Ellsbury, New York, 3; Betts, Boston, 3; Burns, Oakland, 3; Miller, Tampa Bay, 2; Cabrera, Chicago, 2; Marte, Seattle, 2; Escobar, Kansas City, 2; Castro, Houston, 2; Gose, Detroit, 2; Perez, Kansas City, 2; Seager, Seattle, 2; Shaw, Boston, 2; Jackson, Chicago, 2; Naquin, Cleveland, 2; Torreyes, New York, 2.

HOME RUNS—Frazier, Chicago, 14; Trumbo, Baltimore, 13; Davis, Oakland, 12; Machado, Baltimore, 12; Cano, Seattle, 12; Donaldson, Toronto, 11; Ortiz, Boston, 11; Cabrera, Detroit, 11; Kinsler, Detroit, 10; Davis, Baltimore, 10; Semien, Oakland, 10; Trout, Anaheim, 10; Bautista, Toronto, 10; Martinez, Detroit, 10.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 15; Burns, Oakland, 12; Davis, Cleveland, 11; Santana, Minnesota, 10; Escobar, Kansas City, 10; Ellsbury, New York, 9; Dyson, Kansas City, 8; Lindor, Cleveland, 8; Betts, Boston, 8; Desmond, Texas, 8; Nunez, Minnesota, 8; Correa, Houston, 8; Gardner, New York, 8.

PITCHING—Sale, Chicago, 9-0; Porcello, Boston, 7-2; Zimmermann, Detroit, 7-2; Hill, Oakland, 7-3; Tomlin, Cleveland, 6-0; Tillman, Baltimore, 6-1; Ramirez, Tampa Bay, 6-2; Latos, Chicago, 6-1; Price, Boston, 6-1; Quintana, Chicago, 5-3.

ERA—Sale, Chicago, 1.58; Quintana, Chicago, 1.98; Hill, Oakland, 2.18; Hernandez, Seattle, 2.21; Salazar, Cleveland, 2.32; Zimmermann, Detroit, 2.52; Wright, Boston, 2.52; Estrada, Toronto, 2.61; Tillman, Baltimore, 2.61; Walker, Seattle, 2.70.

STRIKEOUTS—Price, Boston, 70; Salazar, Cleveland, 67; Hill, Oakland, 65; Archer, Tampa Bay, 65; Smyly, Tampa Bay, 63; Hamels, Texas, 62; Sale, Chicago, 62; Verlander, Detroit, 60; Kluber, Cleveland, 58; Pineda, New York, 56.

SAVES—Rodriguez, Detroit, 13; Britton, Baltimore, 12; Cishek, Seattle, 12; Robertson, Chicago, 12; Kimbrel, Boston, 12; Tolleson, Texas, 11; Colome, Tampa Bay, 11; Davis, Kansas City, 11; Madson, Oakland, 11; Allen, Cleveland, 10.

 

NBA playoffs

National Basketball Association Playoffs

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

CONFERENCE FINALS

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

Monday, May 16

Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 102

Tuesday, May 17

Cleveland 115, Toronto 84

Wednesday, May 18

Golden State 118, Oklahoma City 91, series tied 1-1

Thursday, May 19

Cleveland 108, Toronto 89, Cleveland leads series 2-0

Saturday, May 21

Toronto 99, Cleveland 84, Cleveland leads series 2-1

Sunday, May 22

Oklahoma City 133, Golden State 105, Oklahoma City leads series 2-1

Monday, May 23

Toronto 105, Cleveland 99, series tied 2-2

Tuesday, May 24

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25

Cleveland at Toronto, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 26

Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Friday, May 27

Cleveland at Toronto, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 28

x-Golden State at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 29

x-Toronto at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 30

x-Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

CLEVELAND (99)

James 11-16 6-6 29, T.Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Love 4-14 0-0 10, Irving 11-21 1-1 26, Smith 3-12 0-0 9, Jefferson 4-4 0-0 8, Frye 4-8 0-0 12, Dellavedova 1-4 0-0 2, Shumpert 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 39-83 8-9 99.

TORONTO (105)

Carroll 3-12 4-5 11, Scola 0-1 0-0 0, Biyombo 2-4 1-4 5, Lowry 14-20 3-4 35, DeRozan 14-23 4-4 32, Ross 1-3 0-0 3, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Patterson 3-5 2-2 9, Joseph 4-8 0-0 8. Totals 42-78 14-19 105.

Cleveland 24 17 28 30 = 99

Toronto 27 30 21 27 = 105

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 13-41 (Frye 4-8, Irving 3-8, Smith 3-11, Love 2-7, James 1-3, Shumpert 0-1, Dellavedova 0-3), Toronto 7-22 (Lowry 4-7, Ross 1-2, Patterson 1-3, Carroll 1-7, DeRozan 0-1, Joseph 0-1, Scola 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 38 (T.Thompson, James 9), Toronto 35 (Biyombo 14). Assists—Cleveland 23 (James, Irving 6), Toronto 17 (Lowry 5). Total Fouls—Cleveland 17, Toronto 16. Technicals—Toronto defensive three second. A—20,367 (19,800).

 

NHL playoff

National Hockey League

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

(x-if necessary)

Friday, May 13

Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1, Tampa Bay leads series 1-0

Sunday, May 15

St. Louis 2, San Jose 1, St. Louis leads series 1-0

Monday, May 16

Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT, series tied 1-1

Tuesday, May 17

San Jose 4, St. Louis 0, series tied 1-1

Wednesday, May 18

Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1

Thursday, May 19

San Jose 3, St. Louis 0, San Jose leads series 2-1

Friday, May 20

Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3, series tied 2-2

Saturday, May 21

St. Louis 6, San Jose 3, series tied 2-2

Sunday, May 22

Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT, Tampa Bay leads series 3-2

Monday, May 23

San Jose 6, St. Louis 3, San Jose leads series 3-2

Tuesday, May 24

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25

St. Louis at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 26

x-Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 27

x-San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

 

Boys’ baseball

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Boys’ Baseball Tournaments

Monday’s Scores

Division I

Bellefontaine 3, Loveland 1

Cin. La Salle 10, Hamilton 0

Clayton Northmont 5, Harrison 2

Milford 3, Springboro 1

Division II

Cin. McNicholas 6, Waynesville 1

Division III

Bellville Clear Fork 4, Galion 1

Cin. Hills Christian Academy 10, Carlisle 3

Division IV

Lewisburg Tri-County N. 9, Miami Valley Christian Academy 2

New London 6, Bucyrus Wynford 1

 

Girls’ softball

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Girls’ Softball Tournaments

Monday’s Scores

Division I

Ashville Teays Valley 5, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 0

Clayton Northmont 3, Cin. Oak Hills 1

Grove City Cent. Crossing 12, Powell Olentangy Liberty 1

Kings Mills Kings 2, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 0

Mason 3, Fairfield 0

W. Chester Lakota W. 3, Centerville 2

Division II

Granville 3, Plain City Jonathan Alder 0

Hamilton Ross 4, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 0

Hebron Lakewood 8, Caledonia River Valley 2

Richfield Revere 3, Mantua Crestwood 1

Spring. Kenton Ridge 11, Mt. Orab Western Brown 1

Division III

Albany Alexander 4, South Point 2

Johnstown-Monroe 4, Richwood N. Union 3

New Lexington 6, Williamsport Westfall 4

Division IV

Leesburg Fairfield 2, Bainbridge Paint Valley 0

Williamsburg 11, Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 2

Willow Wood Symmes Valley 8, Portsmouth Clay 1

 

Baseball poll

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through May 22 (selected by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Prv

1. Texas A&M 41-13 2

2. Mississippi State 40-14 3

3. Miami 43-10 4

4. Florida 44-11 1

5. Texas Tech 40-14 5

6. Louisville 46-10 7

7. LSU 39-17 8

8. Virginia 36-18 9

9. South Carolina 42-13 10

10. Mississippi 40-16 6

11. Tulane 37-17 11

12. Vanderbilt 41-15 12

13. FAU 37-15 17

14. TCU 38-14 15

15. Clemson 38-18 23

16. N.C. State 34-18 19

17. Oklahoma State 35-18 20

18. Florida State 34-19 14

19. Coastal Carolina 40-15 22

20. Southern Miss. 36-18 13

21. Bryant 44-10 24

22. Long Beach State 35-18 25

23. Cal State Fullerton 33-19 18

24. Louisiana-Lafayette 37-19 —

25. Rice 32-20 16