BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CENTRAL DIVISION
W L Pct GB
Chicago 25 20 .556 —
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Minnesota 23 23 .500 21⁄2
Cleveland 22 24 .478 31⁄2
Kansas City 21 25 .457 41⁄2
Detroit 19 27 .413 61⁄2
EAST DIVISION
Boston 30 19 .612 —
Tampa Bay 27 20 .574 2
Baltimore 24 21 .533 4
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Toronto 23 25 .479 61⁄2
New York 21 25 .457 71⁄2
WEST DIVISION
Los Angeles 28 20 .583 —
Oakland 25 23 .521 3
Texas 23 25 .479 5
Seattle 18 29 .383 91⁄2
WEDNESDAY
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Oakland 9, Tampa Bay 1
Detroit 9, Seattle 4
Boston 6, Kansas City 3
N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 0
L.A. Angels 4, Toronto 3
Texas 10, Minnesota 1
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 2
TODAY
Seattle (Batista 3-5) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-4), 12:05 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 6-2) at Minnesota (Hernandez 6-2), 12:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 4-5) at Boston (Matsuzaka 7-0), 12:35 p.m.
Baltimore (Burres 4-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Kennedy 0-3), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Saunders 7-1) at Toronto (Burnett 4-4), 6:07 p.m.
Cleveland (Laffey 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-5), 7:11 p.m.
FRIDAY
Minnesota at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Texas at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 7:11 p.m.
Boston at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CENTRAL DIVISION
W L Pct GB
Chicago 28 19 .596 —
Houston 27 21 .563 11⁄2
St. Louis 28 21 .571 1
Milwaukee 22 24 .478 51⁄2
Pittsburgh 21 25 .457 61⁄2
Cincinnati 21 26 .447 7
EAST DIVISION
Florida 26 19 .578 —
Atlanta 25 21 .543 11⁄2
Philadelphia 26 22 .542 11⁄2
New York 22 22 .500 31⁄2
Washington 20 28 .417 71⁄2
WEST DIVISION
Arizona 28 18 .609 —
Los Angeles 25 21 .543 3
San Francisco 19 29 .396 10
Colorado 18 29 .383 101⁄2
San Diego 17 31 .354 12
WEDNESDAY
San Francisco 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings
Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 11, N.Y. Mets 4
Florida 3, Arizona 1
Philadelphia 12, Washington 2
Houston 5, Chicago Cubs 3
L.A. Dodgers 5, Cincinnati 2
St. Louis 11, San Diego 3
TODAY
Milwaukee (Bush 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Santana 5-2) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-3), 6:10 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 5-2) at Florida (Miller 3-3), 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Kendrick 3-2) at Houston (Oswalt 4-4), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 2-5) at San Diego (Wolf 2-4), 8:05 p.m.
FRIDAY
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Florida, 6:10 p.m.
Arizona at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 6:35 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 9:40 p.m.
A.L. LEADERS
BATTING — Mauer, Minnesota, .336; Hamilton, Texas, .328; Youkilis, Boston, .320; Bradley, Texas, .317; Ordonez, Detroit, .310; Kotchman, Los Angeles, .309; Dye, Chicago, .307; Grudzielanek, Kansas City, .307.
RUNS — Ellsbury, Boston, 38; Kinsler, Texas, 38; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 35; Quentin, Chicago, 32; Youkilis, Boston, 31; MiYoung, Texas, 31; Hamilton, Texas, 30; ISuzuki, Seattle, 30; Ortiz, Boston, 30.
RBI — Hamilton, Texas, 51; Quentin, Chicago, 38; Ortiz, Boston, 38; Morneau, Minnesota, 35; EBrown, Oakland, 35; Youkilis, Boston, 34; DaMurphy, Texas, 31; JGuillen, Kansas City, 31.
TRIPLES — DYoung, Minnesota, 4; CaGomez, Minnesota, 3; DBarton, Oakland, 3; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 3; BRoberts, Baltimore, 3; Hamilton, Texas, 3; Jeter, New York, 3.
HOME RUNS — Quentin, Chicago, 12; Hamilton, Texas, 11; Napoli, Los Angeles, 10; Ortiz, Boston, 10; Youkilis, Boston, 9; CPena, Tampa Bay, 9; Beltre, Seattle, 9; Thome, Chicago, 9.
STOLEN BASES — ISuzuki, Seattle, 21; Ellsbury, Boston, 19; CaGomez, Minnesota, 16; Kinsler, Texas, 13; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12; BRoberts, Baltimore, 12; Gathright, Kansas City, 11; Upton, Tampa Bay, 11; Figgins, Los Angeles, 11.
SAVES — FRodriguez, Los Angeles, 19; Sherrill, Baltimore, 17; Papelbon, Boston, 13; Nathan, Minnesota, 13; Percival, Tampa Bay, 13; Soria, Kansas City, 11; Jenks, Chicago, 11; MRivera, New York, 11.
N.L. LEADERS
BATTING — CJones, Atlanta, .410; Berkman, Houston, .382; Furcal, Los Angeles, .366; Pujols, St. Louis, .351; Tejada, Houston, .340; Ludwick, St. Louis, .336.
RUNS—Berkman, Houston, 50; Tejada, Houston, 39; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 38; Young, Arizona, 37; Weeks, Milwaukee, 37; Uggla, Florida, 36; HRamirez, Florida, 36; DLee, Chicago, 36; CJones, Atlanta, 36.
RBI — Berkman, Houston, 44; Braun, Milwaukee, 37; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 37; Nady, Pittsburgh, 37; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 36; DWright, New York, 35; Ludwick, St. Louis, 35; CaLee, Houston, 35; Tejada, Houston, 35.
HITS — CJones, Atlanta, 68; Berkman, Houston, 66; Tejada, Houston, 65; Atkins, Colorado, 63; CGuzman, Washington, 61; Pujols, St. Louis, 60; Utley, Philadelphia, 58; DLee, Chicago, 58.
HOME RUNS — Berkman, Houston, 16; Uggla, Florida, 14; Utley, Philadelphia, 14; Braun, Milwaukee, 13; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 12; Howard, Philadelphia, 12; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 12; Ludwick, St. Louis, 12; CJones, Atlanta, 12.
STOLEN BASES — Bourn, Houston, 20; Taveras, Colorado, 19; Pierre, Los Angeles, 18; JReyes, New York, 14; HRamirez, Florida, 13; KMatsui, Houston, 11.
PITCHING (6 Decisions) — Webb, Arizona, 9-1, .900, 2.69; Volquez, Cincinnati, 7-1, .875, 1.33; Lincecum, San Francisco, 6-1, .857, 2.17; Zambrano, Chicago, 6-1, .857, 2.45; Wellemeyer, St. Louis, 5-1, .833, 3.25; Sheets, Milwaukee, 5-1, .833, 2.92; Hendrickson, Florida, 6-2, .750, 3.72.
SAVES — BWilson, San Francisco, 14; Valverde, Houston, 14; Lyon, Arizona, 12; Lidge, Philadelphia, 11; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 11; Capps, Pittsburgh, 10; Rauch, Washington, 10; Gagne, Milwaukee, 10; KWood, Chicago, 10.
