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September 28, 2009 Last Updated: September 28, 2009 12:45 PM Scoreboard

National League

All Times EDT

By The Associated Press

East Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 90 65 .581 —Atlanta 85 70 .548 5Florida 83 73 .532 7½New York 67 89 .429 23½Washington 52 103 .335 38Central Division

W L Pct GBy-St. Louis 90 66 .577 —Chicago 81 74 .523 8½Milwaukee 77 79 .494 13Cincinnati 74 82 .474 16Houston 72 83 .465 17½Pittsburgh 58 96 .377 31West Division

W L Pct GBx-Los Angeles 93 63 .596 —Colorado 88 68 .564 5San Francisco 83 73 .532 10San Diego 72 85 .459 21½Arizona 68 88 .436 25x-clinched playoff berthy-clinched division——Saturday's GamesAtlanta 11, Washington 5Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco 2Cincinnati 10, Houston 4L.A. Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh 4Milwaukee 7, Philadelphia 5Florida 9, N.Y. Mets 6Arizona 8, San Diego 5St. Louis 6, Colorado 3Sunday's GamesN.Y. Mets 4, Florida 0Atlanta 6, Washington 3, 10 inningsPittsburgh 6, L.A. Dodgers 5Houston 3, Cincinnati 2Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 5Colorado 4, St. Louis 3San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 1Arizona 7, San Diego 4Monday's GamesL.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 8-6) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-15), 12:35 p.m.Houston (Bazardo 0-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-9), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 2-7) at Washington (Detwiler 0-6), 7:05 p.m.Florida (A.Sanchez 3-7) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 13-10), 7:10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesHouston (W.Lopez 0-0) at Philadelphia (Happ 11-4), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 10-12) at Washington (J.Martin 5-4), 7:05 p.m.Florida (VandenHurk 2-2) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 2-1), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Pineiro 15-11) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 6-5), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-8) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-8), 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Narveson 2-0) at Colorado (Marquis 15-12), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 12-10) at San Diego (Ramos 0-1), 10:05 p.m.Arizona (D.Davis 8-13) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 7-12), 10:15 p.m.American LeagueAll Times EDTBy The Associated PressEast Division

W L Pct GBy-New York 100 56 .641 —Boston 91 64 .587 8½Tampa Bay 79 76 .510 20½Toronto 72 84 .462 28Baltimore 60 95 .387 39½Central Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 83 72 .535 —Minnesota 81 74 .523 2Chicago 75 81 .481 8½Cleveland 64 91 .413 19Kansas City 64 92 .410 19½West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 91 64 .587 —Texas 85 70 .548 6Seattle 80 76 .513 11½Oakland 75 81 .481 16½y-clinched division——Saturday's GamesToronto 5, Seattle 4, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 0Cleveland 9, Baltimore 8Detroit 12, Chicago White Sox 5Minnesota 11, Kansas City 6Texas 15, Tampa Bay 3Oakland 15, L.A. Angels 10Sunday's GamesCleveland 9, Baltimore 0N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 2Toronto 5, Seattle 4Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 4Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1Tampa Bay 7, Texas 6L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 4Monday's GamesChicago White Sox (Danks 12-10) at Cleveland (Laffey 7-7), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 7-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0), 7:05 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 11-11) at Detroit (Porcello 14-9), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Hendrickson 5-5) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-6), 7:08 p.m.Toronto (Richmond 7-10) at Boston (Beckett 16-6), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Tom.Hunter 9-4) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 7-8), 10:05 p.m.Tuesday's GamesChicago White Sox (C.Torres 1-1) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-9), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Lerew 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 12-9), 7:05 p.m.Minnesota (Duensing 5-1) at Detroit (Verlander 17-9), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Guthrie 10-16) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 1-1), 7:08 p.m.Toronto (R.Romero 12-9) at Boston (Buchholz 7-3), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Feldman 17-6) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 9-9), 10:05 p.m.Oakland (Cahill 10-12) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 17-5), 10:10 p.m.

Pirates 6, Dodgers 5Los Angeles Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h biFurcal ss 5 0 1 2 AMcCt cf 5 2 3 0Pierre lf 5 0 1 0 AnLRc 3b 5 1 2 2Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 GJones rf 2 1 0 0Kemp cf 4 0 1 0 Milledg lf 5 0 1 2Loney 1b 4 2 2 0 R.Diaz c 4 0 0 0Bellird 3b 4 0 2 0 Pearce 1b 4 0 1 0JCastro pr-3b 0 1 0 0 L.Cruz ss 3 0 1 0RMartn c 4 1 1 1 Bixler 2b 3 1 1 0OHudsn 2b 1 1 1 0 DlwYn ph 1 1 1 0Kershw p 0 0 0 0 DMcCt p 2 0 0 0Mntkw ph 1 0 0 0 JChavz p 0 0 0 0JefWvr p 0 0 0 0 RVazqz ph 1 0 0 0Thome ph 1 0 0 1 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0Belisari p 0 0 0 0 Capps p 0 0 0 0Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 Moss ph 1 0 1 0MRmrz ph 0 0 0 0Broxtn p 0 0 0 0Totals 33 5 9 4 Totals 36 6 11 4Los Angeles 001 000 103—5Pittsburgh 002 000 004—6One out when winning run scored.E—Furcal (20), Ethier (7). LOB—Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 9. 2B—Belliard (14), An.LaRoche (24), Pearce (13). 3B—A.McCutchen (8). SB—A.McCutchen (17). S—O.Hudson, Kershaw.IP H R ER BB SOLos AngelesKershaw 4 4 2 2 1 4Jef.Weaver 2 2 0 0 1 2Belisario 1 1 0 0 1 2Sherrill 1 0 0 0 0 1Broxton L,7-2 BS,6-42 ⅓ 4 4 3 1 0PittsburghD.McCutchen 6 5 2 2 2 3J.Chavez BS,4-4 1 1 0 0 1 1Hanrahan 1 0 0 0 0 0Capps W,4-8 1 3 3 2 1 1D.McCutchen pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.WP—Kershaw 2. PB—R.Diaz.Umpires—Home, Brian O'Nora; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.T—3:09. A—26,831 (38,362).

SCOREBOARDMonday, Sept. 28Minnesota at Detroit (7:05 p.m. EDT). The Twins and Tigers open a four-game series that will likely decide the AL Central title. Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.18 ERA) pitches for Minnesota against rookie Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.14).STARSSunday• Huston Street, Rockies, earned his first six-out save in three years to help Colorado beat St. Louis 4-3.• Matt Cain, Giants, struck out eight in eight scoreless innings to lead San Francisco to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.• Kendry Morales, Angels, went 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs as Los Angeles snapped its first four-game losing streak of the season with a 7-4 victory over Oakland.• Carlos Quentin, White Sox, hit a three-run homer in his second straight game to help Chicago beat Detroit 8-4.• Pat Misch, Mets, pitched an eight-hitter for his first career complete game and New York beat Florida 4-0 to spoil the Marlins' home finale.• Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, homered to power Philadelphia to a 6-5 victory at Milwaukee.• Wandy Rodriguez, Astros, pitched six solid innings and Houston beat Cincinnati 3-2 to snap the Reds' six-game winning streak.• Augie Ojeda, Diamondbacks, had three hits and three RBIs in Arizona's 7-4 victory over San Diego.ALL WRAPPED UPAndy Pettitte and the New York Yankees clinched the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason by beating Boston 4-2 for their 100th win of the year. Mariano Rivera closed it out for his 44th save and the Yankees won their first division title since 2006. After missing the playoffs last year, they let loose with a wild champagne celebration in the locker room. All alone in first place since July 21, the team with the best record in the majors can now spend the final week resting its players and setting up the playoff rotation. The Yankees finished 9-9 against Boston this year after losing the first eight matchups.MR. ZEROKansas City ace Zack Greinke pitched out of trouble for seven innings to bolster his AL Cy Young Award chances with a 4-1 victory over Minnesota. Greinke (16-8) worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the third and escaped two other tight spots to drop his major league-best ERA to 2.06. The Twins went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position against Greinke, who beat Minnesota for the first time in seven starts. He is 5-0 with a 0.73 ERA over his last seven outings and has allowed one run or less in 17 of 32 starts this season.WHAT A PLAYSecond baseman Clint Barmes made a diving catch to start a game-ending double play, preserving Colorado's 4-3 victory over St. Louis. With runners on first and third and one out, Barmes sprinted out to the outfield grass on Ryan Ludwick's flair. He dove headfirst for the ball, snaring it and firing to first base to double up Albert Pujols, who ran on contact.