MLB schedule

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 56 37 .602 —

Miami 50 42 .543 5 1/2

New York 49 43 .533 6 1/2

Philadelphia 43 51 .457 13 1/2

Atlanta 32 61 .344 24

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 56 36 .609 —

St. Louis 48 44 .522 8

Pittsburgh 47 45 .511 9

Milwaukee 39 51 .433 16

Cincinnati 35 58 .376 21 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 57 36 .613 —

Los Angeles 52 42 .553 5 1/2

Colorado 43 49 .467 13 1/2

San Diego 41 52 .441 16

Arizona 40 53 .430 17

Monday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1

Miami 3, Philadelphia 2, 11 innings

Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 2

St. Louis 10, San Diego 2

Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4

Tuesday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 7-3) at Washington (Lopez 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-2), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Guerra 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-4) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-4), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Jenkins 0-1) at Cincinnati (Reed 0-4), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 5-7) at Boston (Porcello 11-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Rea 5-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 8-6), 8:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Snell 1-4) at Colorado (Chatwood 8-5), 8:40 p.m.

Toronto (Sanchez 9-1) at Arizona (Godley 2-0), 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Toronto at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 53 38 .582 —

Boston 51 39 .567 1 1/2

Toronto 52 42 .553 2 1/2

New York 46 46 .500 7 1/2

Tampa Bay 35 57 .380 18 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 54 38 .587 —

Detroit 49 44 .527 5 1/2

Kansas City 47 45 .511 7

Chicago 45 47 .489 9

Minnesota 33 59 .359 21

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 55 39 .585 —

Houston 50 43 .538 4 1/2

Seattle 47 46 .505 7 1/2

Los Angeles 41 52 .441 13 1/2

Oakland 41 52 .441 13 1/2

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 2, Baltimore 1

Detroit 1, Minnesota 0

Kansas City 7, Cleveland 3

Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4

L.A. Angels 9, Texas 5

Oakland 7, Houston 4

Seattle 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore (Worley 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Milone 2-2) at Detroit (Sanchez 5-10), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 5-7) at Boston (Porcello 11-2), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 10-3) at Kansas City (Flynn 1-0), 8:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Snell 1-4) at Colorado (Chatwood 8-5), 8:40 p.m.

Toronto (Sanchez 9-1) at Arizona (Godley 2-0), 9:40 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 6-9) at Oakland (Overton 1-1), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (Ramos 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Lincecum 1-3), 10:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-8) at Seattle (Miley 6-6), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota at Detroit, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

Toronto at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.

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

San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Murphy, Washington, .350; LeMahieu, Colorado, .330; Ramos, Washington, .327; Prado, Miami, .320; Gonzalez, Colorado, .318; Yelich, Miami, .317; Marte, Pittsburgh, .315; Diaz, St. Louis, .315; Realmuto, Miami, .313; Braun, Milwaukee, .313.

RUNS—Bryant, Chicago, 75; Myers, San Diego, 64; Arenado, Colorado, 63; Seager, Los Angeles, 63; Diaz, St. Louis, 61; Gonzalez, Colorado, 60; Zobrist, Chicago, 59; Story, Colorado, 57; Piscotty, St. Louis, 56; LeMahieu, Colorado, 56; Carpenter, St. Louis, 56; Rizzo, Chicago, 56; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 56.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 71; Rizzo, Chicago, 68; Murphy, Washington, 67; Bryant, Chicago, 65; Lamb, Arizona, 65; Duvall, CINCINNATI, 64; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 64; Kemp, San Diego, 62; Crawford, San Francisco, 61; Myers, San Diego, 61; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 61.

HITS—Murphy, Washington, 118; Segura, Arizona, 112; Gonzalez, Colorado, 112; Seager, Los Angeles, 111; Prado, Miami, 110; Arenado, Colorado, 103; LeMahieu, Colorado, 103; Marte, Pittsburgh, 103; Ozuna, Miami, 102; Yelich, Miami, 101.

DOUBLES—Seager, Los Angeles, 27; Belt, San Francisco, 27; Yelich, Miami, 25; Murphy, Washington, 25; Carpenter, St. Louis, 25; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 24; Jay, San Diego, 24; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Piscotty, St. Louis, 23; Diaz, St. Louis, 23.

TRIPLES—Lamb, Arizona, 8; LeMahieu, Colorado, 6; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 6; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Ozuna, Miami, 5; Revere, Washington, 5; Carpenter, St. Louis, 5; Panik, San Francisco, 5; Segura, Arizona, 5; Belt, San Francisco, 5; Bourjos, Philadelphia, 5.

HOME RUNS—Bryant, Chicago, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 23; Duvall, CINCINNATI, 23; Rizzo, Chicago, 22; Story, Colorado, 22; Carter, Milwaukee, 22; Lamb, Arizona, 21; Cespedes, New York, 21; Myers, San Diego, 20; Stanton, Miami, 20.

STOLEN BASES—Villar, Milwaukee, 33; Marte, Pittsburgh, 32; Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 27; Upton Jr., San Diego, 20; Myers, San Diego, 16; Jankowski, San Diego, 16; Segura, Arizona, 15; Smith, Atlanta, 14; Harper, Washington, 14; Harrison, Pittsburgh, 14.

PITCHING—Strasburg, Washington, 13-0; Cueto, San Francisco, 13-2; Arrieta, Chicago, 12-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2; Fernandez, Miami, 11-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 10-5; Greinke, Arizona, 10-3; Lester, Chicago, 10-4; Scherzer, Washington, 10-6; Samardzija, San Francisco, 9-5; Wainwright, St. Louis, 9-5.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.79; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.12; deGrom, New York, 2.38; Hendricks, Chicago, 2.41; Pomeranz, San Diego, 2.47; Strasburg, Washington, 2.51; Fernandez, Miami, 2.53; Syndergaard, New York, 2.56; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.64; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.68.

STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 171; Fernandez, Miami, 168; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 155; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 145; Strasburg, Washington, 138; Syndergaard, New York, 128; Lackey, Chicago, 128; Ray, Arizona, 122; Arrieta, Chicago, 121; Cueto, San Francisco, 119.

SAVES—Familia, New York, 32; Ramos, Miami, 30; Jansen, Los Angeles, 27; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 27; Gomez, Philadelphia, 25; Jeffress, Milwaukee, 23; Casilla, San Francisco, 21; Papelbon, Washington, 19; Rodney, Miami, 17; Rondon, Chicago, 16.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .348; Ortiz, Boston, .327; Bogaerts, Boston, .319; Trout, Anaheim, .319; Escobar, Anaheim, .318; Desmond, Texas, .311; Machado, Baltimore, .311; Nunez, Minnesota, .309; Cano, Seattle, .306; Beltran, New York, .303.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 82; Betts, Boston, 75; Kinsler, Detroit, 75; Trout, Anaheim, 72; Altuve, Houston, 71; Desmond, Texas, 66; Bogaerts, Boston, 66; Cano, Seattle, 65; Springer, Houston, 65; Davis, Baltimore, 64.

RBI—Encarnacion, Toronto, 81; Ortiz, Boston, 72; Trumbo, Baltimore, 68; Donaldson, Toronto, 66; Pujols, Anaheim, 65; Seager, Seattle, 63; Napoli, Cleveland, 63; Trout, Anaheim, 62; Davis, Oakland, 61; Bogaerts, Boston, 59; Frazier, Chicago, 59; Cano, Seattle, 59; Betts, Boston, 59.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 127; Betts, Boston, 120; Bogaerts, Boston, 118; Cano, Seattle, 116; Desmond, Texas, 114; Machado, Baltimore, 111; Kinsler, Detroit, 109; Pedroia, Boston, 108; Trout, Anaheim, 107; Lindor, Cleveland, 106.

DOUBLES—Ortiz, Boston, 34; Machado, Baltimore, 30; Seager, Seattle, 26; Shaw, Boston, 26; Saunders, Toronto, 25; Schoop, Baltimore, 25; Altuve, Houston, 25; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 24; Cano, Seattle, 23; Betts, Boston, 23.

TRIPLES—Eaton, Chicago, 7; Bradley Jr., Boston, 6; Naquin, Cleveland, 5; Donaldson, Toronto, 5; Andrus, Texas, 5; Ellsbury, New York, 5; Chisenhall, Cleveland, 4; Buxton, Minnesota, 4; Burns, Oakland, 4; Kipnis, Cleveland, 4; Castellanos, Detroit, 4; Miller, Tampa Bay, 4; Betts, Boston, 4.

HOME RUNS—Trumbo, Baltimore, 28; Frazier, Chicago, 26; Encarnacion, Toronto, 24; Cruz, Seattle, 23; Donaldson, Toronto, 23; Davis, Oakland, 23; Ortiz, Boston, 22; Davis, Baltimore, 22; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 21; Cano, Seattle, 21.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 25; Davis, Cleveland, 24; Nunez, Minnesota, 22; Ellsbury, New York, 16; Trout, Anaheim, 15; Betts, Boston, 15; Desmond, Texas, 15; Burns, Oakland, 14; Andrus, Texas, 13; Lindor, Cleveland, 13; Dyson, Kansas City, 13; Gardner, New York, 13.

PITCHING—Sale, Chicago, 14-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 13-2; Happ, Toronto, 12-3; Porcello, Boston, 11-2; Wright, Boston, 11-5; Iwakuma, Seattle, 10-6; Hamels, Texas, 10-2; Salazar, Cleveland, 10-3; Tomlin, Cleveland, 10-2; Hill, Oakland, 9-3.

ERA—Salazar, Cleveland, 2.75; Wright, Boston, 2.78; Estrada, Toronto, 2.93; Sanchez, Toronto, 2.97; Hamels, Texas, 3.00; Tanaka, New York, 3.15; Sale, Chicago, 3.18; Lewis, Texas, 3.21; Quintana, Chicago, 3.21; Tillman, Baltimore, 3.29.

STRIKEOUTS—Price, Boston, 141; Archer, Tampa Bay, 136; Verlander, Detroit, 130; Kluber, Cleveland, 130; Sale, Chicago, 129; Pineda, New York, 119; Salazar, Cleveland, 118; Hamels, Texas, 116; Smyly, Tampa Bay, 111; Shoemaker, Anaheim, 110.

SAVES—Britton, Baltimore, 29; Rodriguez, Detroit, 26; Robertson, Chicago, 23; Cishek, Seattle, 22; Colome, Tampa Bay, 20; Madson, Oakland, 20; Davis, Kansas City, 20; Osuna, Toronto, 19; Allen, Cleveland, 19; Dyson, Texas, 19; Chapman, New York, 19.

 

OVC poll

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The predicted order of finish for the 2016 season in the Ohio Valley Conference as predicted by coaches and sports information directors and released Monday. Eight points awarded for first, seven for second, etcetera, and coaches and sports information directors could not vote for their own teams (with first-place votes in parentheses):

1. Jacksonville State (16) 128

2. E. Kentucky 100

3. E. Illinois (2) 97

4. UT Martin 96

5. Southeast Missouri 66

6. Tennessee State 55

7. Tennessee Tech 45

8. Murray State 43

9. Austin Peay 18

 

All-OVC preseason

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference preseason players of the year and preseason team as voted on by coaches and sports information directors and released Monday:

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Eli Jenkins (QB), Jacksonville State

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Darius Jackson (DL), Jacksonville State

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OFFENSE

QB Eli Jenkins, Jacksonville St.

RB Tremane McCullough, SE Missouri

RB Devin Church, E. Illinois

WR Josh Barge, Jacksonville St.

WR Patrick Smith, Tennessee St.

WR Brock McCoin, Tennessee Tech

TE Jesse Blackburn, Murray St.

C Casey Dunn, Jacksonville St.

OG Jessamen Dunker, Tennessee St.

OG Garret Baker, SE Missouri

OT Justin Lea, Jacksonville St.

OT Dylan Cline, Jacksonville St.

OT Justin Adekoya, E. Kentucky

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DEFENSE

DL Ebenezer Ogundeko, Tennessee St.

DL Darius Jackson, Jacksonville St.

DL Damani Taylor, UT Martin

DL Desmond Owino, Jacksonville St.

LB Roper Garrett, SE Missouri

LB Joel McCandless, Jacksonville St.

LB Seth McDonald, E. Illinois

DB Maleek Hall, Tennessee Tech

DB Mike Ford, SE Missouri

DB Bradley Dewberry, E. Illinois

DB Jaylen Hill, Jacksonville St.

DB Eriq Moore, SE Missouri

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SPECIALISTS

K Lucas Williams, E. Kentucky

P Keith Wrzuszczak, E. Kentucky

RS Lawon DeBardelaben, Jacksonville St.

 

NASCAR leaders

NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders

1. Kevin Harvick, 636

2. Brad Keselowski, 622

3. Kurt Busch, 602

4. Carl Edwards, 587

5. Joey Logano, 571

6. Kyle Busch, 556

7. Martin Truex Jr, 540

8. Matt Kenseth, 521

9. Jimmie Johnson, 514

10. Denny Hamlin, 505

11. Chase Elliott, 499

12. Ryan Newman, 497

13. Austin Dillon, 488

14. Jamie McMurray, 474

15. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 461

16. Trevor Bayne, 447

17. Ryan Blaney, 445

18. Kasey Kahne, 439

19. Kyle Larson, 436

20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 420

21. AJ Allmendinger, 418

22. Greg Biffle, 395

23. Paul Menard, 366

24. Danica Patrick, 354

25. Aric Almirola, 347

26. Clint Bowyer, 339

27. Casey Mears, 293

28. Tony Stewart, 287

29. Landon Cassill, 284

30. David Ragan, 274