MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 83 45 .648 —

Atlanta 79 53 .598 6

Washington 62 67 .481 21 1/2

New York 61 68 .473 22 1/2

Florida 58 72 .446 26

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 78 54 .591 —

St. Louis 68 63 .519 9 1/2

Cincinnati 64 66 .492 13

Pittsburgh 61 69 .469 16

Chicago 57 74 .435 20 1/2

Houston 43 88 .328 34 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 72 59 .550 —

San Francisco 69 62 .527 3

Colorado 63 68 .481 9

Los Angeles 60 69 .465 11

San Diego 60 71 .458 12

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Arizona 8, Washington 1

Cincinnati at Florida, ppd., rain

St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 4

Houston 3, San Francisco 1

Friday’s Games

Florida (Hensley 1-5) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (T.Hudson 13-7) at N.Y. Mets (Capuano 9-11), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Wang 2-2) at Cincinnati (Willis 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (R.Lopez 4-4) at Milwaukee (Wolf 10-8), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 8-6) at St. Louis (Westbrook 10-7), 8:15 p.m.

San Diego (LeBlanc 2-2) at Arizona (Collmenter 7-8), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (Rogers 6-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 7-13), 10:10 p.m.

Houston (Happ 4-14) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-12), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Florida at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 4:10 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 80 50 .615 —

New York 78 50 .609 1

Tampa Bay 70 59 .543 9 1/2

Toronto 66 64 .508 14

Baltimore 51 77 .398 28

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 71 59 .546 —

Cleveland 63 64 .496 6 1/2

Chicago 63 65 .492 7

Minnesota 55 75 .423 16

Kansas City 54 77 .412 17 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 74 58 .561 —

Los Angeles 71 59 .546 2

Oakland 59 71 .454 14

Seattle 56 73 .434 16 1/2

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 22, Oakland 9

Baltimore 6, Minnesota 1

Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 0

Kansas City 9, Toronto 6

Boston 6, Texas 0

Friday’s Games

Kansas City (F.Paulino 2-5) at Cleveland (Jimenez 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 9-10) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Shields 11-10) at Toronto (H.Alvarez 0-1), 7:07 p.m.

Oakland (G.Gonzalez 10-11) at Boston (Wakefield 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Haren 13-6) at Texas (D.Holland 11-5), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 11-8) at Minnesota (Diamond 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 5-6) at Seattle (Furbush 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Oakland at Boston, 12:05 p.m., 1st game

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m.

Oakland at Boston, 5:05 p.m., 2nd game

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

All Times EDT

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Miami 2 0 0 1.000 48 33

New England 2 0 0 1.000 78 26

N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 43 27

Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 13 34

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 2 0 0 1.000 47 30

Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 27 60

Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 30 20

Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 13 49

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 71 57

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 31 30

Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 69 71

Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 34 74

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 1 1 0 .500 47 34

San Diego 1 1 0 .500 37 31

Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 13 56

Oakland 0 2 0 .000 21 41

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 2 1 0 .667 63 44

Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 51 44

Dallas 1 1 0 .500 31 43

N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 51 33

wSouth

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 38 30

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 39 31

Carolina 1 2 0 .333 43 54

Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 36 43

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 2 0 0 1.000 64 31

Chicago 1 1 0 .500 23 44

Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 47

Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 23 21

West

W L T Pct PF PA

St. Louis 2 0 0 1.000 50 26

Arizona 1 1 0 .500 44 46

San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 20 27

Seattle 1 1 0 .500 31 37

Thursday, Aug. 25

Cincinnati 24, Carolina 13

Philadelphia 24, Cleveland 14

Baltimore 34, Washington 31

Friday, Aug. 26

St. Louis at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Indianapolis, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 27

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

New England at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 28

New Orleans at Oakland, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Sep. 1

Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Kansas City at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m.

Denver at Arizona, 10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Friday, Sep. 2

Oakland at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.

Bengals’ stats

Carolina 7 0 6 0 — 13

Cincinnati 0 24 0 0 — 24

First Quarter

Car—Newton 16 run (Mare kick), 6:17.

Second Quarter

Cin—Benson 1 run (Nugent kick), 12:55.

Cin—Green 40 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 7:43.

Cin—Scott 12 run (Weber kick), 1:29.

Cin—FG Nugent 55, :08.

Third Quarter

Car—FG Mare 42, 11:06.

Car—FG Mare 38, 7:40.

A—41,735.

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Car Cin

First downs 11 21

Total Net Yards 203 356

Rushes-yards 25-108 41-191

Passing 95 165

Punt Returns 2-5 4-36

Kickoff Returns 4-119 0-0

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 10-26-0 18-27-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 1-5

Punts 7-46.1 5-45.6

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2

Penalties-Yards 7-44 7-60

Time of Possession 25:47 34:13

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Carolina, Newton 4-49, D.Williams 5-27, Stewart 8-13, Vaughan 3-12, Sutton 4-5, Clausen 1-2. Cincinnati, Benson 16-68, Scott 6-63, Peerman 9-36, Gradkowski 3-12, Green 1-10, Leonard 3-5, Shipley 1-4, Griffin 1-(minus 1), Dalton 1-(minus 6).

PASSING—Carolina, Newton 6-19-0-75, Clausen 4-7-0-35. Cincinnati, Dalton 11-17-0-130, Gradkowski 7-10-0-40.

RECEIVING—Carolina, Shockey 2-21, Olsen 1-28, Sutton 1-13, Vaughan 1-13, D.Williams 1-11, S.Smith 1-9, Hartsock 1-6, Naanee 1-6, Brockel 1-3. Cincinnati, Gresham 4-49, Leonard 3-19, Shipley 3-15, Green 2-45, Peerman 2-4, Benson 1-15, Coffman 1-12, Cosby 1-8, Whalen 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Browns’ stats

Cleveland 0 0 0 14 — 14

Philadelphia 7 10 7 0 — 24

First Quarter

Phi—Brown 13 run (Henery kick), 4:53.

Second Quarter

Phi—FG Henery 37, 11:57.

Phi—Vick 8 run (Henery kick), 4:52.

Third Quarter

Phi—Young 10 run (Henery kick), 4:06.

Fourth Quarter

Cle—Al.Smith 17 pass from Wallace (Dawson kick), 14:16.

Cle—Matthews 4 pass from J.Brown (Wolfert kick), 1:57.

A—69,144.

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Cle Phi

First downs 16 18

Total Net Yards 242 282

Rushes-yards 20-103 32-147

Passing 139 135

Punt Returns 3-5 3-12

Kickoff Returns 5-114 1-17

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-17

Comp-Att-Int 16-28-1 19-30-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 5-38 2-21

Punts 5-46.0 4-43.5

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-2

Penalties-Yards 7-65 10-87

Time of Possession 25:16 34:44

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cleveland, Porter 4-32, Hillis 3-18, J.Brown 1-16, Hardesty 5-15, Ar.Smith 4-14, McCoy 1-4, Clutts 1-3, Wallace 1-1. Philadelphia, Lewis 9-41, Brown 6-41, Vick 4-24, Young 4-24, McCoy 6-12, Harbor 1-7, Kafka 2-(minus 2).

PASSING—Cleveland, McCoy 9-18-1-89, Wallace 3-6-0-53, J.Brown 4-4-0-35. Philadelphia, Vick 10-18-0-98, Young 9-12-0-58.

RECEIVING—Cleveland, Little 3-23, Robiskie 3-23, Hillis 2-35, Castile 2-17, Cameron 1-25, Al.Smith 1-17, Windsor 1-14, Haggerty 1-11, Watson 1-8, Matthews 1-4. Philadelphia, McCoy 7-69, Brown 3-15, Lee 3-9, Moss 2-20, Celek 2-15, Avant 1-14, Hall 1-14.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cleveland, Dawson 33.

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Football

Thursday’s Scores

Akr. Coventry 42, Can. South 22

Avon 38, Avon Lake 7

Berea 26, Cle. Hay 8

Berlin Center Western Reserve 52, Vienna Mathews 19

Can. Glenoak 35, Akr. Firestone 17

Cin. Mt. Healthy 35, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 7

Cin. N. College Hill 63, Reading 7

Defiance 20, Napoleon 13

Dover 58, Carrollton 14

Leavittsburg LaBrae 21, Salem 7

Leetonia 12, Lisbon David Anderson 10

Massillon Washington 31, Akr. Buchtel 6

N. Olmsted 27, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 0

New Philadelphia 21, Wheeling Park, W.Va. 20

Oak Glen, W.Va. 29, Richmond Edison 28

Painesville Harvey 54, Fairport Harbor Harding 21

Poland Seminary 37, Hubbard 31

Ravenna SE 50, Newton Falls 0

Steubenville 31, Morgantown, W.Va. 9

Warren Howland 33, Ashtabula Lakeside 0

Wednesday’s Score

Cin. Walnut Hills 23, Cin. Wyoming 22

NASCAR

2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup

Driver Standings

1. Kyle Busch, 799.

2. Jimmie Johnson, 789.

3. Kevin Harvick, 760.

(tie) Carl Edwards, 760.

5. Matt Kenseth, 759.

6. Jeff Gordon, 739.

7. Ryan Newman, 725.

8. Kurt Busch, 722.

9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 700.

10. Tony Stewart, 694.

11. Clint Bowyer, 670.

12. Brad Keselowski, 642.

13. Greg Biffle, 636.

14. Denny Hamlin, 635.

15. A J Allmendinger, 632.

16. Mark Martin, 627.

17. Kasey Kahne, 623.

18. Paul Menard, 617.

19. Joey Logano, 610.

20. David Ragan, 604.