BASEBALL
National League
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 49 36 .576 —
Washington 43 42 .506 6
Philadelphia 41 45 .477 8½
New York 35 47 .427 12½
Miami 32 52 .381 16½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 52 32 .619 —
St. Louis 50 34 .595 2
Cincinnati 49 36 .576 3½
Chicago 36 47 .434 15½
Milwaukee 34 50 .405 18
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 44 41 .518 —
Colorado 42 44 .488 2½
Los Angeles 40 44 .476 3½
San Diego 40 46 .465 4½
San Francisco 39 45 .464 4½
Wednesday’s Games
Milwaukee 4, Washington 1
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 5
Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 3
Miami 6, Atlanta 3
Boston 2, San Diego 1
Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2, 11 innings
L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 8
Chicago Cubs 3, Oakland 1
St. Louis 12, L.A. Angels 2
Thursday’s Games
Washington 8, Milwaukee 5
Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 15 innings
San Francisco at Cincinnati, ppd., rain
Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4
Boston 8, San Diego 2
Oakland 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Miami 4, Atlanta 3
Colorado 9, L.A. Dodgers 5
L.A. Angels 6, St. Louis 5
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 5-7), 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hudson 4-7) at Philadelphia (Lee 9-2), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 5-3) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 5-3), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Harang 3-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-3), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-1) at Milwaukee (Hellweg 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Miami (Ja.Turner 2-0) at St. Louis (Westbrook 4-3), 8:15 p.m.
Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-4) at Arizona (Skaggs 1-1), 9:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 5-4), 10:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Miami (Eovaldi 1-0) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 0-3), 2:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 4-10), 4:05 p.m.
San Diego (Marquis 9-4) at Washington (Zimmermann 12-3), 4:05 p.m.
Seattle (Bonderman 1-2) at Cincinnati (Latos 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Maholm 9-6) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 7-5), 7:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Fife 3-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 8-5), 7:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Marcum 1-9) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-8), 7:15 p.m.
Colorado (Pomeranz 0-1) at Arizona (Miley 4-7), 10:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 53 34 .609 —
Baltimore 48 38 .558 4½
New York 46 39 .541 6
Tampa Bay 46 40 .535 6½
Toronto 41 44 .482 11
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 46 38 .548 —
Cleveland 45 40 .529 1½
Kansas City 40 42 .488 5
Minnesota 36 46 .439 9
Chicago 34 48 .415 11
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 50 36 .581 —
Texas 49 36 .576 ½
Los Angeles 41 44 .482 8½
Seattle 37 48 .435 12½
Houston 31 55 .360 19
Wednesday’s Games
Detroit 6, Toronto 2
Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Boston 2, San Diego 1
Seattle 4, Texas 2, 10 innings
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5
N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 2
Houston 4, Tampa Bay 1
Chicago Cubs 3, Oakland 1
St. Louis 12, L.A. Angels 2
Thursday’s Games
Boston 8, San Diego 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 2
Kansas City 10, Cleveland 7
N.Y. Yankees 9, Minnesota 5
Tampa Bay 7, Houston 5, 11 innings
Oakland 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Detroit 11, Toronto 1
Texas 5, Seattle 4
L.A. Angels 6, St. Louis 5
Friday’s Games
Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 6-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 4-6) at Cleveland (Masterson 10-6), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Correia 6-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 4-5), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 7-3), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Harang 3-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-3), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 5-8) at Texas (Tepesch 3-6), 8:05 p.m.
Oakland (Milone 7-7) at Kansas City (W.Davis 4-6), 8:10 p.m.
Boston (Doubront 4-3) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-5), 10:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Baltimore (Tillman 10-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 5-6), 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-6) at Toronto (Dickey 8-8), 1:07 p.m.
Oakland (J.Parker 6-6) at Kansas City (E.Santana 5-5), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 6-5) at Cleveland (Carrasco 0-3), 4:05 p.m.
Seattle (Bonderman 1-2) at Cincinnati (Latos 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-7) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 11-3), 7:15 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 4-5) at Texas (Darvish 8-3), 7:15 p.m.
Boston (Dempster 5-8) at L.A. Angels (Undecided), 10:05 p.m.
Pirates Box Scores
Thursday
Phillies 6, Pirates 4
Philadelphia Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Revere cf 5 0 3 2 SMarte lf 4 2 2 0
Utley 2b 5 0 2 0 Tabata rf 3 1 2 0
Rollins ss 5 0 2 0 GJones ph 1 0 1 1
Howard 1b 4 1 1 0 McCtch cf 4 0 1 2
DBrwn lf 4 1 1 0 GSnchz 1b 4 0 0 0
DYong rf 4 1 2 0 RMartn c 4 0 1 0
Mayrry pr-rf 1 1 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 0 1 0
Frndsn 3b 3 1 1 1 Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
JMcDnl 3b 0 0 0 0 Barmes ss 3 0 0 0
Ruiz c 3 1 2 2 Reid p 0 0 0 0
Hamels p 1 0 0 0 Snider ph 1 0 0 0
MYong ph 0 0 0 1 Cole p 2 0 0 0
DeFrts p 0 0 0 0 Mazzar p 0 0 0 0
Papeln p 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0
Mercer ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 14 6 Totals 35 4 9 3
Philadelphia 000 014 010—6
Pittsburgh 002 000 020—4
E—Utley (6), McCutchen (3). DP—Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Philadelphia 9, Pittsburgh 4. 2B—Utley (12), Tabata (6). 3B—Utley (3). CS—Revere (8), Rollins (6). S—Ruiz, Hamels. SF—M.Young.
IP H R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Hamels W,3-11 7 5 2 1 0 8
De Fratus 1 3 2 2 0 0
Papelbon S,17-21 1 1 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh
Cole L,4-1 5.1 8 3 3 1 5
Mazzaro BS,2-2 0 3 2 2 0 0
Watson 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Reid 2 2 1 1 1 1
Mazzaro pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.
HBP—by Mazzaro (Hamels), by Reid (Frandsen).
Umpires—Home, Chris Conroy; First, Gary Darling; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Paul Emmel.
T—2:58. A—35,328 (38,362).
Wednesday
Pirates 6, Phillies 5
Philadelphia Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
MYong 3b 5 0 0 0 SMarte lf 5 0 1 0
Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 Mercer ss 5 0 0 0
Rollins ss 5 1 1 0 McCtch cf 3 2 3 0
DBrwn lf 5 2 3 2 GSnchz 1b 3 2 1 0
DYong rf 5 1 3 0 RMartn c 4 1 2 2
Mayrry 1b 3 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 1 2 3
Howard ph 1 0 0 0 Tabata rf 4 0 1 0
Revere cf 4 0 1 1 JGomz p 0 0 0 0
Ruiz c 3 1 1 0 Melncn p 0 0 0 0
Lannan p 1 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Frndsn ph 1 0 1 1 Walker 2b 4 0 2 0
Aumont p 0 0 0 0 Locke p 2 0 1 0
Diekmn p 0 0 0 0 JuWlsn p 0 0 0 0
L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 Snider rf 1 0 0 0
Savery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4 Totals 35 6 13 5
Philadelphia 000 102 002—5
Pittsburgh 000 042 00x—6
E—Mercer (7), S.Marte (4). DP—Philadelphia 2. LOB—Philadelphia 9, Pittsburgh 10. 2B—Utley (11), Rollins (18), R.Martin (15). 3B—McCutchen (1). HR—D.Brown (22), P.Alvarez (21). SB—McCutchen (17). CS—McCutchen (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Lannan L,1-3 5 11 4 4 3 5
Aumont 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Diekman 1.2 0 0 0 0 5
Savery 1 0 0 0 1 1
Pittsburgh
Locke W,8-1 5.2 7 3 2 3 2
Ju.Wilson H,7 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
J.Gomez H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Melancon H,24 1 0 0 0 0 1
Grilli S,28-29 1 2 2 2 0 1
HBP—by Aumont (G.Sanchez). WP—Diekman, J.Gomez.
Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel; First, Chris Conroy; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Jerry Meals.
T—3:26. A—33,197 (38,362).
Prospect League
Prospect League Standings
East Division
W L Pct GB
West Virginia Miners 21 12 .636 —
Chillicothe Paints 19 14 .576 2
Butler BlueSox 17 16 .515 4
Slippery Rock Sliders 15 18 .455 6
Lorain County Ironmen 14 19 .424 7
Richmond RiverRats 13 20 .394 8
West Division
W L Pct GB
Quincy Gems 21 10 .677 —
Danville Dans 20 11 .645 1
Terre Haute Rex 19 14 .576 3
Hannibal Cavemen 14 16 .467 6½
Springfield Sliders 4 27 .129 17