MLB schedule

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 28 19 .596 —

New York 27 19 .587 1/2

Philadelphia 26 21 .553 2

Miami 24 22 .522 3 1/2

Atlanta 12 33 .267 15

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 31 14 .689 —

Pittsburgh 26 19 .578 5

St. Louis 24 23 .511 8

Milwaukee 20 26 .435 11 1/2

Cincinnati 15 32 .319 17

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 30 19 .612 —

Los Angeles 25 23 .521 4 1/2

Colorado 21 24 .467 7

Arizona 21 27 .438 8 1/2

San Diego 19 29 .396 10 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0

Philadelphia 8, Detroit 5

Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis 8

San Francisco 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings

Pittsburgh 5, Arizona 4

Boston 10, Colorado 3

Miami 4, Tampa Bay 3

Milwaukee 3, Atlanta 2, 13 innings

L.A. Dodgers 3, Cincinnati 1

Thursday’s Games

Arizona (Corbin 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Cole 5-3), 12:35 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 6-2) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-5), 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Leake 3-3) at Washington (Ross 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Gray 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Peralta 2-5) at Atlanta (Wisler 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 29 17 .630 —

Baltimore 26 18 .591 2

New York 22 23 .489 6 1/2

Toronto 23 25 .479 7

Tampa Bay 21 23 .477 7

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 27 21 .563 —

Cleveland 25 20 .556 1/2

Kansas City 24 22 .522 2

Detroit 23 23 .500 3

Minnesota 12 34 .261 14

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 28 18 .609 —

Texas 27 20 .574 1 1/2

Los Angeles 21 26 .447 7 1/2

Oakland 20 28 .417 9

Houston 19 28 .404 9 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 7, Kansas City 5

Philadelphia 8, Detroit 5

Texas 15, L.A. Angels 9

Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 4

Boston 10, Colorado 3

Miami 4, Tampa Bay 3

Houston 4, Baltimore 3

Seattle 13, Oakland 3

Thursday’s Games

Miami (Fernandez 6-2) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-5), 1:10 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 5-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-2), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Gray 1-2) at Boston (Buchholz 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 0-1) at Houston (McCullers 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at Kansas City (Duffy 0-0), 8:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

 

MLB Leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Murphy, Washington, .394; Braun, Milwaukee, .361; Zobrist, Chicago, .346; Prado, Miami, .343; Diaz, St. Louis, .331; Ozuna, Miami, .331; Piscotty, St. Louis, .328; Herrera, Philadelphia, .327; Yelich, Miami, .320; Fowler, Chicago, .319.

RUNS—Polanco, Pittsburgh, 34; Zobrist, Chicago, 34; Arenado, Colorado, 33; Bryant, Chicago, 33; Fowler, Chicago, 32; Piscotty, St. Louis, 32; Rendon, Washington, 31; Diaz, St. Louis, 31; Cespedes, New York, 30; Ozuna, Miami, 30; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 30.

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

HITS—Murphy, Washington, 69; Segura, Arizona, 61; Piscotty, St. Louis, 59; Ozuna, Miami, 57; Prado, Miami, 57; Zobrist, Chicago, 54; Marte, Pittsburgh, 54; Herrera, Philadelphia, 54; Fowler, Chicago, 53; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 53.

DOUBLES—Polanco, Pittsburgh, 18; Fowler, Chicago, 15; Diaz, St. Louis, 15; Marte, Pittsburgh, 14; Parra, Colorado, 14; Villar, Milwaukee, 14; Murphy, Washington, 14; Lamb, Arizona, 14; Piscotty, St. Louis, 14; Cozart, CINCINNATI, 14.

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

HOME RUNS—Cespedes, New York, 15; Arenado, Colorado, 14; Carter, Milwaukee, 13; Stanton, Miami, 12; Story, Colorado, 12; Harper, Washington, 11; Walker, New York, 11; Rizzo, Chicago, 11; Bryant, Chicago, 10; Kemp, San Diego, 10.

STOLEN BASES—Villar, Milwaukee, 15; Marte, Pittsburgh, 14; Upton Jr., San Diego, 9; Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 8; Harrison, Pittsburgh, 7; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 7; Harper, Washington, 7; Duffy, San Francisco, 7; Smith, Atlanta, 6; Taylor, Washington, 6; Herrera, Philadelphia, 6; Myers, San Diego, 6; Owings, Arizona, 6; Gordon, Miami, 6; Fowler, Chicago, 6; Segura, Arizona, 6; Heyward, Chicago, 6; Span, San Francisco, 6.

PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 9-0; Strasburg, Washington, 8-0; Matz, New York, 7-1; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 7-1; Samardzija, San Francisco, 7-2; Cueto, San Francisco, 7-1; Fernandez, Miami, 6-2; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-2; Hammel, Chicago, 6-1; Greinke, Arizona, 5-3; Cole, Pittsburgh, 5-3; Chatwood, Colorado, 5-3.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.48; Pomeranz, San Diego, 1.70; Arrieta, Chicago, 1.72; Syndergaard, New York, 1.94; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.17; Hammel, Chicago, 2.17; Matz, New York, 2.36; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.38; Samardzija, San Francisco, 2.54; Teheran, Atlanta, 2.57.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 95; Strasburg, Washington, 86; Scherzer, Washington, 84; Fernandez, Miami, 78; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 77; Syndergaard, New York, 76; Nola, Philadelphia, 70; Cueto, San Francisco, 67; Arrieta, Chicago, 67; Samardzija, San Francisco, 62.

SAVES—Gomez, Philadelphia, 17; Familia, New York, 16; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 16; Ramos, Miami, 15; Jansen, Los Angeles, 14; McGee, Colorado, 13; Jeffress, Milwaukee, 12; Papelbon, Washington, 12; Casilla, San Francisco, 12; Rodney, San Diego, 10.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Bradley Jr., Boston, .350; Bogaerts, Boston, .349; Martinez, Detroit, .338; Castellanos, Detroit, .337; Ortiz, Boston, .333; Reddick, Oakland, .322; Cabrera, Detroit, .322; Mazara, Texas, .320; Lindor, Cleveland, .318; Trout, Anaheim, .318.

RUNS—Betts, Boston, 41; Kinsler, Detroit, 40; Altuve, Houston, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 37; Bogaerts, Boston, 36; Machado, Baltimore, 35; Pedroia, Boston, 34; Desmond, Texas, 34; Davis, Baltimore, 32; Trout, Anaheim, 32.

RBI—Cano, Seattle, 43; Ortiz, Boston, 43; Betts, Boston, 35; Frazier, Chicago, 34; Bradley Jr., Boston, 34; Bautista, Toronto, 34; Encarnacion, Toronto, 33; Trout, Anaheim, 32; Cruz, Seattle, 32; Shaw, Boston, 32.

HITS—Bogaerts, Boston, 66; Altuve, Houston, 58; Escobar, Anaheim, 58; Lindor, Cleveland, 57; Betts, Boston, 57; Kinsler, Detroit, 56; Cabrera, Detroit, 56; Trout, Anaheim, 56; Bradley Jr., Boston, 56; Cano, Seattle, 56.

DOUBLES—Ortiz, Boston, 21; Altuve, Houston, 18; Machado, Baltimore, 17; Shaw, Boston, 16; Bogaerts, Boston, 16; Lawrie, Chicago, 14; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 13; Cano, Seattle, 13; Pillar, Toronto, 13; Seager, Seattle, 12; Escobar, Anaheim, 12; Castellanos, Detroit, 12; Beltran, New York, 12; Bradley Jr., Boston, 12.

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

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

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

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

ERA—Hill, Oakland, 2.18; Hernandez, Seattle, 2.21; Quintana, Chicago, 2.22; Sale, Chicago, 2.26; Salazar, Cleveland, 2.32; Wright, Boston, 2.52; Zimmermann, Detroit, 2.52; Tillman, Baltimore, 2.61; Walker, Seattle, 2.70; Estrada, Toronto, 2.76.

STRIKEOUTS—Price, Boston, 76; Verlander, Detroit, 70; Sale, Chicago, 69; Kluber, Cleveland, 67; Salazar, Cleveland, 67; Archer, Tampa Bay, 65; Hill, Oakland, 65; Smyly, Tampa Bay, 63; Hamels, Texas, 62; Quintana, Chicago, 60.

SAVES—Rodriguez, Detroit, 14; Kimbrel, Boston, 12; Colome, Tampa Bay, 12; Cishek, Seattle, 12; Davis, Kansas City, 12; Robertson, Chicago, 12; Britton, Baltimore, 12; Allen, Cleveland, 11; Tolleson, Texas, 11; Madson, Oakland, 11.

 

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

Oklahoma City 118, Golden State 94, Oklahoma City leads series 3-1

Wednesday, May 25

Cleveland 116, Toronto 78, Cleveland leads series 3-2

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

TORONTO (78)

Carroll 2-7 1-1 5, Scola 3-4 0-0 7, Biyombo 2-3 3-3 7, Lowry 5-12 2-6 13, DeRozan 2-8 10-12 14, Ross 1-5 1-2 3, Patterson 1-4 0-0 3, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Valanciunas 4-4 1-2 9, J.Thompson 1-3 0-2 2, Wright 2-3 2-5 6, Joseph 1-5 1-2 3, Powell 3-9 0-0 6. Totals 27-69 21-35 78.

CLEVELAND (116)

James 10-17 1-3 23, T.Thompson 2-2 5-8 9, Love 8-10 6-6 25, Irving 9-17 4-5 23, Smith 3-5 0-0 7, J.Jones 2-3 0-0 5, Jefferson 4-9 2-2 11, Frye 3-4 0-0 7, Mozgov 2-2 0-0 4, Williams 0-4 0-0 0, Dellavedova 0-0 0-0 0, D.Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Shumpert 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 44-77 18-24 116.

Toronto 19 15 26 18 = 78

Cleveland 37 28 35 16 = 116

3-Point Goals—Toronto 3-17 (Scola 1-2, Patterson 1-3, Lowry 1-4, Joseph 0-1, Ross 0-3, Carroll 0-4), Cleveland 10-21 (Love 3-4, James 2-4, Irving 1-2, Frye 1-2, J.Jones 1-2, Jefferson 1-2, Smith 1-3, Williams 0-1, Shumpert 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Toronto 27 (J.Thompson 5), Cleveland 48 (T.Thompson 10). Assists—Toronto 19 (Lowry 6), Cleveland 23 (James 8). Total Fouls—Toronto 25, Cleveland 26. Technicals—DeRozan, Joseph. A—20,562 (20,562).

 

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 5, Tampa Bay 2, series tied 3-3

Wednesday, May 25

San Jose 5, St. Louis 2, San Jose wins series 4-2

Thursday, May 26

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

 

H.S. softball

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Girls Regional Softball Tournament

Wednesday’s Scores

Division I

Amherst Steele 3, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 1

Ashville Teays Valley 6, Grove City Cent. Crossing 1, 8 innings

Mason 3, Clayton Northmont 2

N. Can. Hoover 4, Macedonia Nordonia 1

Division II

Hamilton Ross 2, Spring. Kenton Ridge 1

Jefferson Area 1, Richfield Revere 0

LaGrange Keystone 5, Defiance 0

Zanesville Maysville 4, St. Clairsville 3

Division III

Albany Alexander 11, New Lexington 2

Archbold 12, Paulding 1

Canfield S. Range 6, Warren Champion 1

Johnstown-Monroe 2, Lewistown Indian Lake 0

Division IV

Convoy Crestview 11, Sherwood Fairview 0

Jeromesville Hillsdale 3, Bristol 0

Strasburg-Franklin 8, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 3

Williamsburg 12, Georgetown 4

 

Transactions

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES — Claimed LHP Dario Alvarez off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.

CINCINNATI REDS — Assigned RHP Steve Delabar outright to Louisville (IL). Sent RHP Anthony DeSclafani to Louisville for a rehab assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed LHP Boone Logan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 18. Reinstated RHP Jason Motte from the 15-day DL.

MIAMI MARLINS — Claimed RHP RHP Asher Wojciechowski off waivers from Houston and optioned him to Jupiter (FSL). Designated LHP Tim Berry for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed LHP Tony Watson on paternity leave and RHP Arquimedes Caminero on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Rob Scahill and LHP Kyle Lobstein from Indianapolis (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Assigned OF Jose Martinez to Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Mitch Harris to the 60-day DL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived OL Cody Elenz.

CHICAGO BEARS — Waived LB Danny Mason. Signed LB Jarrett Grace.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived/injured PK Jonathan Brown.Signed DT Andrew Billings and FB Andrew Bonnet.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Chuck Kyle youth football adviser.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released OL Vince Kowalski.

COLLEGE

KENTUCKY — Announced junior F Marcus Lee and sophomore G Isaiah Briscoe have withdrawn from the NBA draft and Lee will transfer.