MLB schedule

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 77 55 .583 —

New York 68 64 .515 9

Miami 67 65 .508 10

Philadelphia 60 72 .455 17

Atlanta 49 83 .371 28

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 84 47 .641 —

St. Louis 70 61 .534 14

Pittsburgh 67 63 .515 16 1/2

Milwaukee 56 76 .424 28 1/2

Cincinnati 55 76 .420 29

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 58 .557 —

San Francisco 71 60 .542 2

Colorado 63 68 .481 10

Arizona 56 76 .424 17 1/2

San Diego 55 76 .420 18

Tuesday’s Games

Washington 3, Philadelphia 2

Atlanta 7, San Diego 3

N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 4

Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 0

St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 1, 10 innings

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, ppd., 2nd game

L.A. Angels 4, Cincinnati 2

Arizona 4, San Francisco 3

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 3-5) at Colorado (Hoffman 0-2), 3:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 7-12) at San Francisco (Moore 8-10), 3:45 p.m.

Cincinnati (Finnegan 8-9) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco 4-12), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Gonzalez 9-9) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-8), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Phelps 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 12-7), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Friedrich 4-10) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-9), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Vogelsong 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Weaver 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-6), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Diego at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 75 57 .568 —

Boston 73 59 .553 2

Baltimore 72 60 .545 3

New York 68 63 .519 6 1/2

Tampa Bay 56 75 .427 18 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 75 56 .573 —

Detroit 71 61 .538 4 1/2

Kansas City 69 63 .523 6 1/2

Chicago 63 68 .481 12

Minnesota 49 83 .371 26 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 79 54 .594 —

Houston 70 62 .530 8 1/2

Seattle 68 64 .515 10 1/2

Los Angeles 58 74 .439 20 1/2

Oakland 57 75 .432 21 1/2

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 5, Toronto 3

Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4

Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 4

Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3

Texas 8, Seattle 7

Houston 3, Oakland 1

N.Y. Yankees 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

L.A. Angels 4, Cincinnati 2

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Sale 15-7) at Detroit (Verlander 14-7), 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Smyly 6-11) at Boston (Wright 13-6), 1:35 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 9-4) at Texas (Perez 8-10), 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (Detwiler 1-3) at Houston (Fiers 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Finnegan 8-9) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco 4-12), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Sanchez 12-2) at Baltimore (Gallardo 4-6), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Dean 1-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 14-8), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cessa 4-0) at Kansas City (Kennedy 9-9), 8:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—LeMahieu, Colorado, .344; Murphy, Washington, .344; Seager, Los Angeles, .320; Blackmon, Colorado, .320; Prado, Miami, .319; Segura, Arizona, .316; Braun, Milwaukee, .313; Ramos, Washington, .313; Votto, CINCINNATI, .310; Gonzalez, Colorado, .305; Marte, Pittsburgh, .305; Bryant, Chicago, .305.

RUNS—Bryant, Chicago, 109; Arenado, Colorado, 96; Blackmon, Colorado, 90; Seager, Los Angeles, 87; LeMahieu, Colorado, 86; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 86; Votto, CINCINNATI, 83; Myers, San Diego, 81; Murphy, Washington, 81.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 112; Murphy, Washington, 98; Rizzo, Chicago, 93; Bryant, Chicago, 89; Bruce, New York, 86; Kemp, Atlanta, 85; Russell, Chicago, 84; Gonzalez, Colorado, 83; Duvall, CINCINNATI, 83; Lamb, Arizona, 80.

HITS—Murphy, Washington, 162; Segura, Arizona, 162; Seager, Los Angeles, 162; Prado, Miami, 160; LeMahieu, Colorado, 156; Bryant, Chicago, 151; Blackmon, Colorado, 150; Arenado, Colorado, 146; Villar, Milwaukee, 145; Yelich, Miami, 144; Gonzalez, Colorado, 144.

DOUBLES—Murphy, Washington, 38; Seager, Los Angeles, 37; Rizzo, Chicago, 37; Freeman, Atlanta, 34; Rendon, Washington, 33; Belt, San Francisco, 33; Villar, Milwaukee, 33; Yelich, Miami, 33; Segura, Arizona, 33; Markakis, Atlanta, 33.

TRIPLES—Hernandez, Philadelphia, 9; Crawford, San Francisco, 9; Lamb, Arizona, 8; Owings, Arizona, 8; Revere, Washington, 7; Harrison, Pittsburgh, 7; Belt, San Francisco, 7; LeMahieu, Colorado, 7; Turner, Washington, 6; Segura, Arizona, 6; Bourjos, Philadelphia, 6; Freeman, Atlanta, 6; Carpenter, St. Louis, 6; Bourn, Arizona, 6; Bruce, New York, 6; Panik, San Francisco, 6.

HOME RUNS—Bryant, Chicago, 35; Arenado, Colorado, 35; Carter, Milwaukee, 30; Duvall, CINCINNATI, 29; Cespedes, New York, 27; Tomas, Arizona, 27; Freeman, Atlanta, 27; Bruce, New York, 27; Story, Colorado, 27; Kemp, Atlanta, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 26.

STOLEN BASES—Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 54; Villar, Milwaukee, 50; Marte, Pittsburgh, 46; Nunez, San Francisco, 32; Jankowski, San Diego, 29; Segura, Arizona, 27; Perez, Milwaukee, 26; Myers, San Diego, 23; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21.

PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 16-5; Strasburg, Washington, 15-4; Scherzer, Washington, 15-7; Roark, Washington, 14-7; Cueto, San Francisco, 14-4; Lester, Chicago, 14-4; Hammel, Chicago, 13-7; Hendricks, Chicago, 13-7; Fernandez, Miami, 13-7; Maeda, Los Angeles, 13-8; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 13-8.

ERA—Hendricks, Chicago, 2.09; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.49; Syndergaard, New York, 2.55; Lester, Chicago, 2.70; Fernandez, Miami, 2.79; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.84; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.86; Roark, Washington, 2.87; Scherzer, Washington, 2.89; deGrom, New York, 2.96.

STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 238; Fernandez, Miami, 219; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 207; Syndergaard, New York, 184; Ray, Arizona, 181; Strasburg, Washington, 179; Arrieta, Chicago, 161; Lester, Chicago, 160; Cueto, San Francisco, 158; Lackey, Chicago, 156.

SAVES—Familia, New York, 43; Jansen, Los Angeles, 39; Melancon, Washington, 37; Gomez, Philadelphia, 34; Ramos, Miami, 32; Chapman, Chicago, 31; Casilla, San Francisco, 28; Rodney, Miami, 25; Papelbon, Washington, 19; Rondon, Chicago, 18.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .352; Pedroia, Boston, .320; Escobar, Los Angeles, .320; Betts, Boston, .320; Trout, Los Angeles, .319; Ortiz, Boston, .316; Lindor, Cleveland, .312; Cabrera, Detroit, .309; Machado, Baltimore, .306; Bogaerts, Boston, .306.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 106; Betts, Boston, 102; Trout, Los Angeles, 102; Springer, Houston, 98; Kinsler, Detroit, 96; Altuve, Houston, 93; Bogaerts, Boston, 92; Machado, Baltimore, 92; Desmond, Texas, 92; Pedroia, Boston, 86; Cano, Seattle, 86.

RBI—Encarnacion, Toronto, 106; Pujols, Los Angeles, 103; Ortiz, Boston, 102; Betts, Boston, 96; Trumbo, Baltimore, 96; Donaldson, Toronto, 92; Correa, Houston, 89; Napoli, Cleveland, 88; Altuve, Houston, 88; Beltre, Texas, 87.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 183; Betts, Boston, 178; Bogaerts, Boston, 164; Pedroia, Boston, 163; Cano, Seattle, 161; Machado, Baltimore, 159; Lindor, Cleveland, 159; Desmond, Texas, 153; Cabrera, Detroit, 151; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 146; Trout, Los Angeles, 146.

DOUBLES—Ortiz, Boston, 42; Machado, Baltimore, 38; Altuve, Houston, 37; Betts, Boston, 35; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 34; Schoop, Baltimore, 33; Ramirez, Cleveland, 33; Cabrera, Chicago, 31; Correa, Houston, 31; Seager, Seattle, 31; Dozier, Minnesota, 31; Pedroia, Boston, 31.

TRIPLES—Eaton, Chicago, 8; Andrus, Texas, 6; Bradley Jr., Boston, 6; Beckham, Tampa Bay, 5; Miller, Tampa Bay, 5; Cabrera, Chicago, 5; Dozier, Minnesota, 5; Naquin, Cleveland, 5; Betts, Boston, 5; Donaldson, Toronto, 5; Gardner, New York, 5; Ellsbury, New York, 5.

HOME RUNS—Trumbo, Baltimore, 40; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; Davis, Oakland, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Frazier, Chicago, 33; Davis, Baltimore, 32; Cruz, Seattle, 32; Machado, Baltimore, 32; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 31; Dozier, Minnesota, 31; Ortiz, Boston, 31.

STOLEN BASES—Davis, Cleveland, 33; Altuve, Houston, 26; Upton Jr., Toronto, 24; Betts, Boston, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 21; Dyson, Kansas City, 21; Ramirez, Cleveland, 20; Andrus, Texas, 20; Desmond, Texas, 19; Ellsbury, New York, 18.

PITCHING—Porcello, Boston, 18-3; Happ, Toronto, 17-4; Tillman, Baltimore, 15-5; Sale, Chicago, 15-7; Kluber, Cleveland, 14-8; Hamels, Texas, 14-4; Iwakuma, Seattle, 14-10; Verlander, Detroit, 14-7; Wright, Boston, 13-6; Price, Boston, 13-8.

ERA—Quintana, Chicago, 2.77; Hamels, Texas, 2.91; Sanchez, Toronto, 2.99; Pomeranz, Boston, 3.00; Duffy, Kansas City, 3.01; Kluber, Cleveland, 3.07; Tanaka, New York, 3.11; Sale, Chicago, 3.14; Wright, Boston, 3.18; Happ, Toronto, 3.23.

STRIKEOUTS—Archer, Tampa Bay, 202; Verlander, Detroit, 189; Price, Boston, 186; Sale, Chicago, 179; Kluber, Cleveland, 178; Hamels, Texas, 171; Pomeranz, Boston, 169; Pineda, New York, 168; Kennedy, Kansas City, 153; Porcello, Boston, 152.

SAVES—Britton, Baltimore, 39; Rodriguez, Detroit, 37; Robertson, Chicago, 33; Dyson, Texas, 30; Osuna, Toronto, 29; Colome, Tampa Bay, 29; Jeffress, Texas, 27; Madson, Oakland, 27; Cishek, Seattle, 25; Allen, Cleveland, 24.

 

 

NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Exhibition Standings

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 3 0 0 1.000 76 61

Miami 2 1 0 .667 58 57

Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 55 40

N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 55 56

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 3 0 0 1.000 74 46

Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 70 50

Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 60 70

Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 60 65

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 71 46

Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 44 61

Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 67 57

Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 37 71

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 2 1 0 .667 63 40

San Diego 1 2 0 .333 39 53

Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 59 45

Oakland 1 2 0 .333 57 57

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 67 32

Washington 2 1 0 .667 60 57

N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 31 68

Dallas 1 2 0 .333 82 69

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 66 51

Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 53 47

Carolina 1 2 0 .333 62 57

New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 45 77

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Minnesota 3 0 0 1.000 58 37

Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 58 33

Detroit 1 2 0 .333 53 77

Chicago 0 3 0 .000 29 68

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Los Angeles 2 1 0 .667 58 61

Seattle 2 1 0 .667 55 51

San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 54 69

Arizona 0 3 0 .000 37 84

Thursday, Sept. 1

Jacksonville at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Tennessee at Miami, 7 p.m.

New England at New York Giants, 7 p.m.

New York Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

 

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2015 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 2015 final ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (33) 14-1 1,469 1

2. Clemson (16) 14-1 1,443 2

3. Oklahoma (4) 11-2 1,352 5

4. Florida St. (5) 10-3 1,325 14

5. LSU (1) 9-3 1,269 16

6. Ohio St. (1) 12-1 1,224 4

7. Michigan (1) 10-3 1,147 12

8. Stanford 12-2 1,029 3

9. Tennessee 9-4 1,021 22

10. Notre Dame 10-3 1,006 11

11. Mississippi 10-3 718 10

12. Michigan St. 12-2 710 6

13. TCU 11-2 707 11

14. Washington 7-6 651 NR

15. Houston 13-1 644 8

16. UCLA 8-5 496 NR

17. Iowa 12-2 484 9

18. Georgia 10-3 448 NR

19. Louisville 8-5 447 NR

20. Southern Cal 8-6 344 NR

21. Oklahoma St. 10-3 316 20

22. North Carolina 11-3 283 15

23. Baylor 10-3 280 13

24. Oregon 9-4 218 19

25. Florida 10-4 180 25

Others receiving votes: Miami 159, Texas A&M 81, Utah 74, Washington St. 68, Boise St. 49, San Diego St. 46, Wisconsin 42, Auburn 22, Pittsburgh 15, Arkansas 14, Texas 12, Nebraska 11, Navy 8, Northwestern 5, W. Kentucky 4, South Florida 2, Toledo 2.