BASEBALL
National League
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 54 41 .568 —
Washington 48 47 .505 6
Philadelphia 48 48 .500 6½
New York 41 50 .451 11
Miami 35 58 .376 18
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 57 36 .613 —
Pittsburgh 56 37 .602 1
Cincinnati 53 42 .558 5
Chicago 42 51 .452 15
Milwaukee 38 56 .404 19½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 50 45 .526 —
Los Angeles 47 47 .500 2½
Colorado 46 50 .479 4½
San Francisco 43 51 .457 6½
San Diego 42 54 .438 8½
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 6-9) at Washington (Strasburg 5-7), 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 4-6), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 8-4), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hudson 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6), 8:10 p.m.
Miami (Ja.Turner 3-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 5-7), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Marquis 9-4) at St. Louis (Westbrook 5-4), 8:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 5-9) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 9-5), 8:40 p.m.
Arizona (Kennedy 3-6) at San Francisco (Gaudin 3-1), 10:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia (Hamels 4-11) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 3-1), 1:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Maholm 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-4), 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 4-6) at Cincinnati (Latos 8-3), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-2) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 7-3), 7:05 p.m.
Miami (Eovaldi 2-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 7-8), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 6-8) at St. Louis (Lynn 11-4), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 2-5) at Colorado (Nicasio 5-4), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 6-7) at San Francisco (M.Cain 5-6), 9:05 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 58 39 .598 —
Tampa Bay 55 41 .573 2½
Baltimore 53 43 .552 4½
New York 51 44 .537 6
Toronto 45 49 .479 11½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 52 42 .553 —
Cleveland 51 44 .537 1½
Kansas City 43 49 .467 8
Minnesota 39 53 .424 12
Chicago 37 55 .402 14
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 56 39 .589 —
Texas 54 41 .568 2
Los Angeles 44 49 .473 11
Seattle 43 52 .453 13
Houston 33 61 .351 22½
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay (Price 3-5) at Toronto (Rogers 3-4), 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-6) at Boston (Doubront 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (W.Chen 4-3) at Texas (D.Holland 8-4), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hudson 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-6), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Kazmir 5-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-7), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 7-6) at Kansas City (E.Santana 5-6), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (J.Saunders 8-8) at Houston (B.Norris 6-8), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Griffin 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-5), 10:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay (Hellickson 8-3) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-6), 1:07 p.m.
Atlanta (Maholm 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-4), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 8-6) at Boston (Lackey 7-6), 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 7-5) at Minnesota (Correia 6-6), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 10-6) at Kansas City (Shields 4-6), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 8-4) at Houston (Lyles 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 7-3) at Texas (M.Perez 3-2), 8:05 p.m.
Oakland (Straily 6-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-6), 9:05 p.m.
NL Leaders
National League Leaders
THROUGH JULY 17
BATTING
G AB R H BA
Molina, STL 87 323 40 110 .341
Craig, STL 90 348 50 116 .333
Cuddyer, COL 74 285 44 94 .330
Segura, MIL 92 372 54 121 .325
Posey, S-F 90 323 38 105 .325
Carpenter, STL 89 358 72 115 .321
Votto, CIN 95 352 66 112 .318
Scutaro, S-F 81 320 37 101 .316
Goldschmidt, ARI 94 352 60 110 .313
Beltran, STL 84 330 51 102 .309
HOME RUNS
Gonzalez, COL 25
Alvarez, PIT 24
Brown, PHL 23
Goldschmidt, ARI 21
Beltran, STL 19
Bruce, CIN 19
Uggla, ATL 18
J. Upton, ATL 16
Cuddyer, COL 16
Soriano, CHC 16
Tulowitzki, COL 16
RUNS BATTED IN
Goldschmidt, ARI 77
Phillips, CIN 74
Craig, STL 74
Brown, PHL 67
Bruce, CIN 66
Gonzalez, COL 64
Alvarez, PIT 62
Freeman, ATL 61
Gonzalez, LAD 59
Posey, S-F 56
STOLEN BASES
Cabrera, S-D 34
Marte, PIT 28
Segura, MIL 27
Revere, PHL 22
Gomez, MIL 21
McCutchen, PIT 20
Pierre, MIA 18
Gonzalez, COL 16
Young, NYM 16
Wright, NYM 15
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Gonzalez, COL .610
Cuddyer, COL .568
Goldschmidt, ARI .557
Posey, S-F .536
Brown, PHL .535
Beltran, STL .533
Gomez, MIL .533
Alvarez, PIT .516
Wright, NYM .507
Bruce, CIN .507
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
Votto, CIN .434
Choo, CIN .425
Wright, NYM .396
Posey, S-F .395
Goldschmidt, ARI .395
Carpenter, STL .394
Cuddyer, COL .391
Freeman, ATL .386
Molina, STL .386
Fowler, COL .381
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Kershaw, LAD 1.98
Locke, PIT 2.15
Corbin, ARI 2.35
Harvey, NYM 2.35
Wainwright, STL 2.45
Zimmermann, WAS 2.58
Leake, CIN 2.69
Fernandez, MIA 2.75
Wood, CHC 2.79
Lee, PHL 2.86
WON-LOST
Zimmermann, WAS 12-4
Wainwright, STL 12-5
Corbin, ARI 11-1
Lynn, STL 11-4
Lee, PHL 10-3
Bumgarner, S-F 10-5
Liriano, PIT 9-3
Minor, ATL 9-4
Chacin, COL 9-4
Marquis, S-D 9-4
De La Rosa, COL 9-5
Miller, STL 9-6
Maholm, ATL 9-8
SAVES
Grilli, PIT 29
Mujica, STL 26
Kimbrel, ATL 26
Soriano, WAS 25
Chapman, CIN 21
Romo, S-F 21
Papelbon, PHL 20
Parnell, NYM 17
Cishek, MIA 17
Gregg, CHC 17
STRIKEOUTS
Harvey, NYM 147
Kershaw, LAD 139
Wainwright, STL 130
Samardzija, CHC 128
Latos, CIN 127
Lee, PHL 125
Lincecum, S-F 125
Bumgarner, S-F 122
Bailey, CIN 121
Hamels, PHL 118
AL Leaders
American League Leaders
THROUGH JULY 17
BATTING
G AB R H BA
Cabrera, DET 93 362 73 132 .365
Trout, LAA 92 370 65 119 .322
Mauer, MIN 88 353 50 113 .320
Ortiz, BOS 77 287 49 91 .317
Pedroia, BOS 96 376 57 119 .316
A. Beltre, TEX 93 374 54 118 .316
Davis, BAL 95 343 70 108 .315
Loney, T-B 96 324 39 102 .315
Hunter, DET 84 356 56 112 .315
Donaldson, OAK 93 345 50 107 .310
HOME RUNS
Davis, BAL 37
Cabrera, DET 30
Encarnacion, TOR 25
Dunn, CHW 24
Ibanez, SEA 24
Cruz, TEX 22
A. Beltre, TEX 21
Trumbo, LAA 21
Cano, NYY 21
Bautista, TOR 20
RUNS BATTED IN
Cabrera, DET 95
Davis, BAL 93
Encarnacion, TOR 72
Cruz, TEX 69
Fielder, DET 69
Jones, BAL 67
Ortiz, BOS 65
Cano, NYY 65
Donaldson, OAK 61
Dunn, CHW 60
STOLEN BASES
Ellsbury, BOS 36
McLouth, BAL 24
Davis, TOR 24
Altuve, HOU 21
Trout, LAA 21
Kipnis, CLE 21
Ramirez, CHW 20
Andrus, TEX 19
Martin, TEX 19
Rios, CHW 19
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Davis, BAL .717
Cabrera, DET .674
Ortiz, BOS .606
Ibanez, SEA .578
Trout, LAA .565
A. Beltre, TEX .543
Encarnacion, TOR .532
Cano, NYY .531
Donaldson, OAK .522
Cruz, TEX .517
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
Cabrera, DET .458
Mauer, MIN .402
Ortiz, BOS .402
Trout, LAA .399
Pedroia, BOS .396
Davis, BAL .392
Cano, NYY .386
Kipnis, CLE .383
Santana, CLE .382
Donaldson, OAK .379
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Hernandez, SEA 2.53
Kuroda, NYY 2.65
Colon, OAK 2.70
Lackey, BOS 2.78
Sale, CHW 2.85
Iwakuma, SEA 3.02
Darvish, TEX 3.02
Holland, TEX 3.08
Scherzer, DET 3.19
Shields, K-C 3.21
WON-LOST
Scherzer, DET 13-1
Moore, T-B 13-3
Colon, OAK 12-3
Tillman, BAL 11-3
Hernandez, SEA 10-4
Verlander, DET 10-6
Masterson, CLE 10-7
Buchholz, BOS 9-0
Wilson, LAA 9-6
Sabathia, NYY 9-8
SAVES
J. Johnson, BAL 33
Nathan, TEX 30
Rivera, NYY 30
Balfour, OAK 25
Reed, CHW 24
Rodney, T-B 22
Frieri, LAA 22
Holland, K-C 22
Perkins, MIN 21
Wilhelmsen, SEA 19
STRIKEOUTS
Darvish, TEX 157
Scherzer, DET 152
Hernandez, SEA 140
Masterson, CLE 137
Sale, CHW 131
Verlander, DET 125
Holland, TEX 121
Sabathia, NYY 117
Shields, K-C 116
Iwakuma, SEA 113
Prospect League
Prospect League Standings
East Division
W L Pct GB
West Virginia Miners 29 16 .644 —
Chillicothe Paints 25 18 .581 3
Butler BlueSox 25 20 .556 4
Slippery Rock Sliders 20 25 .444 9
Lorain County Ironmen 17 26 .395 11
Richmond RiverRats 17 28 .378 12
West Division
W L Pct GB
Danville Dans 29 12 .707 —
Quincy Gems 28 15 .651 2
Hannibal Cavemen 20 20 .500 8x
Terre Haute Rex 21 22 .488 9
Springfield Sliders 6 35 .146 23