BASEBALL

By The Associated Press

August 28, 2015 Last Updated: August 28, 2015 09:44 AM Scoreboard

MLB Standings

National League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 71 56 .559 —

Washington 64 62 .508 6½

Atlanta 54 73 .425 17

Miami 51 77 .398 20½

Philadelphia 50 78 .391 21½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 82 45 .646 —

Pittsburgh 77 49 .611 4½

Chicago 73 53 .579 8½

Milwaukee 53 74 .417 29

Cincinnati 52 74 .413 29½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 70 56 .556 —

San Francisco 68 59 .535 2½

Arizona 62 65 .488 8½

San Diego 62 65 .488 8½

Colorado 51 74 .408 18½

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Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0

San Francisco 9, Chicago Cubs 1

N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 5, 13 innings

Washington 4, San Diego 2

Pittsburgh 2, Miami 1

St. Louis 5, Arizona 3

Friday’s Games

Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Conley 1-1) at Washington (Scherzer 11-10), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 8-11) at Philadelphia (Nola 4-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 7:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 7-5), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch.Anderson 6-5), 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6), 10:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 15-4) at San Francisco (Leake 9-6), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Boston (J.Kelly 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-6), 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 10-8) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-9), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 4-6) at Pittsburgh (Happ 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 8-12) at Washington (Zimmermann 10-8), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Rea 2-1) at Philadelphia (Morgan 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2) at Milwaukee (Garza 6-14), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Severino 1-2) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Doubront 1-1) at Arizona (Chacin 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9), 9:10 p.m.

American League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 71 56 .559 —

New York 69 57 .548 1½

Baltimore 63 64 .496 8

Tampa Bay 63 64 .496 8

Boston 58 69 .457 13

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 78 49 .614 —

Minnesota 65 62 .512 13

Chicago 60 66 .476 17½

Cleveland 60 66 .476 17½

Detroit 60 67 .472 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 71 57 .555 —

Texas 65 61 .516 5

Los Angeles 65 62 .512 5½

Seattle 59 69 .461 12

Oakland 55 73 .430 16

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Thursday’s Games

L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0

Texas 4, Toronto 1

Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3

Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 4

Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 2

Friday’s Games

Detroit (Boyd 1-4) at Toronto (Dickey 8-10), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-2) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 7:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 1-1), 8:05 p.m.

Houston (Kazmir 7-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (T.Walker 9-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-11), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch.Anderson 6-5), 9:40 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Toronto (Hutchison 12-2), 1:07 p.m.

Boston (J.Kelly 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-6), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Medlen 2-0) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Fiers 1-0) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-7), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 12-10) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-10), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Severino 1-2) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 5-3) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-10), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-8) at Texas (M.Perez 1-3), 8:05 p.m.

Oakland (Doubront 1-1) at Arizona (Chacin 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

MLB Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Los Angeles 000 001 001—2 7 0

Detroit 000 000 000—0 2 1

Shoemaker, J.Smith (8), Street (9) and C.Perez; Wolf, B.Hardy (8), B.Rondon (9) and Avila. W—Shoemaker 6-9. L—Wolf 0-2. Sv—Street (31).

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Toronto 000 000 010—1 8 1

Texas 100 000 30x—4 11 0

Estrada, Hendriks (7), Hawkins (8), Aa.Sanchez (8) and D.Navarro; Gallardo, Kela (6), Diekman (7), S.Dyson (7), Sh.Tolleson (9) and B.Wilson. W—Gallardo 11-9. L—Estrada 11-8. Sv—Sh.Tolleson (26).

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Baltimore 000 000 102—3 6 0

Kansas City 000 211 10x— 5 12 1

Tillman, J.Rondon (7) and Joseph; Ventura, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Ventura 9-7. L—Tillman 9-9. HRs—Baltimore, Flaherty (6). Kansas City, Orlando (5).

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Minnesota 011 200 000—4 9 0

Tampa Bay 200 012 00x—5 9 1

Milone, Boyer (6), Cotts (6), Fien (7) and K.Suzuki; Smyly, B.Gomes (5), Colome (7), Boxberger (9) and Arencibia. W—B.Gomes 2-4. L—Milone 6-4. Sv—Boxberger (31). HRs—Minnesota, Edu.Escobar (8). Tampa Bay, Forsythe (15).

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Seattle 000 000 200—2 7 1

Chicago 102 010 00x—4 9 0

Elias, Kensing (7) and Zunino; Rodon, Petricka (7), Duke (7), N.Jones (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Flowers. W—Rodon 6-5. L—Elias 4-7. Sv—Dav.Robertson (27). HRs—Seattle, Gutierrez (9).

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Los Angeles 010 000 000—1 7 0

Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 4 1

Greinke, Hatcher (8), Ji.Johnson (9) and Grandal, Ellis; DeSclafani, Hoover (8), A.Chapman (9) and Barnhart. W—Greinke 14-3. L—DeSclafani 7-10. Sv—Ji.Johnson (10).

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Chicago 010 000 000—1 3 1

San Francisco 014 000 04x—9 10 0

Haren, Rosscup (7), J.Russell (8) and Schwarber, M.Montero; Bumgarner, Kontos (7), Broadway (8), Osich (9) and Posey. W—Bumgarner 16-6. L—Haren 8-9. HRs—San Francisco, Byrd (21), Tomlinson (1).

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San Diego 000 100 001—2 3 0

Washington 000 021 10x—4 11 1

Cashner, B.Norris (6), Quackenbush (7) and Hedges; J.Ross, Janssen (7), Storen (8), Papelbon (9) and W.Ramos. W—J.Ross 5-5. L—Cashner 5-13. Sv—Papelbon (21). HRs—Washington, Werth (4), Zimmerman (11).

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New York 000 230 000 000 4—9 16 1

Philadelphia 005 000 000 000 0—5 8 3

(13 innings)

Niese, Verrett (7), Robles (8), Gilmartin (9), C.Torres (10), Familia (13) and d’Arnaud; Harang, J.Gomez (7), Giles (8), Araujo (11), Lu.Garcia (11), Neris (12), De Fratus (13) and Ruiz. W—C.Torres 5-5. L—Neris 2-2. HRs—New York, d’Arnaud (9), Cespedes (8), K.Johnson (12). Philadelphia, Ruf (6).

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St. Louis 120 020 000—5 8 0

Arizona 030 000 000—3 6 0

C.Martinez, Choate (7), Broxton (7), Cishek (8), Maness (8), Rosenthal (9) and T.Cruz, Molina; R.De La Rosa, Mat.Reynolds (6), A.Reed (7), D.Hudson (8), Ziegler (9) and W.Castillo. W—C.Martinez 13-6. L—R.De La Rosa 11-6. Sv—Rosenthal (41). HRs—St. Louis, T.Cruz (1), Moss (1).

Pirates Summary

Pirates 2, Marlins 1

Pittsburgh Miami

ab r h bi ab r h bi

GPolnc rf 2 0 1 0 DGordn 2b 4 0 1 0

SMarte lf 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki rf 4 0 0 0

McCtch cf 2 0 1 0 Prado 3b 4 1 2 0

ArRmr 3b 3 0 1 0 Bour 1b 4 0 0 0

JHrrsn pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Ozuna cf 4 0 2 0

Cervelli c 2 1 1 0 Dietrch lf 2 0 0 1

Stewart c 2 0 0 0 Hchvrr ss 3 0 0 0

PAlvrz 1b 3 1 1 1 Mathis c 2 0 0 0

SRdrgz 1b 1 0 0 0 Realmt ph-c 1 0 1 0

NWalkr 2b 3 0 0 1 Nicolin p 1 0 0 0

Mercer ss 4 0 1 0 Gillespi ph 1 0 0 0

G.Cole p 2 0 1 0 Brrclgh p 0 0 0 0

Watson p 0 0 0 0 BMorrs p 0 0 0 0

Morse ph 1 0 0 0 Rojas ph 0 0 0 0

Melncn p 0 0 0 0 Dunn p 0 0 0 0

Totals 29 2 7 2 Totals 30 1 6 1

Pittsburgh 010 100 000—2

Miami 000 000 100—1

DP—Pittsburgh 1, Miami 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 7, Miami 4. 3B—Cervelli (5). HR—P.Alvarez (21). CS—G.Polanco (10). S—G.Cole, Rojas. SF—N.Walker, Dietrich.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

G.Cole W,15-7 7

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₃

5 1 1 0 4

Watson H,33

⁄

₃

0 0 0 0 1

Melancon S,41 1 1 0 0 0 0

Miami

Nicolino L,2-2 6 6 2 2 4 1

Barraclough 1 0 0 0 1 2

B.Morris 1 1 0 0 0 0

Dunn 1 0 0 0 0 2

WP—Nicolino.

Umpires—Home, Alan Porter; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Brian O’Nora; Third, Clint Fagan.

T—2:46. A—19,950 (37,442).

LL World Series

At South Williamsport, Pa.

All Times EDT

UNITED STATES

GREAT LAKES, Bowling Green, Ky.; MID-ATLANTIC, Lewisberry, Pa.; MIDWEST, Webb City, Mo.; NEW ENGLAND, Cranston, R.I.; NORTHWEST, Portland, Ore.; SOUTHEAST, Taylors, S.C.; SOUTHWEST, Pearland, Texas; WEST, Bonita, Calif.

INTERNATIONAL

ASIA-PACIFIC, Taipei, Taiwan; AUSTRALIA, Sydney; CANADA, White Rock, B.C.; CARIBBEAN, Santiago de los Caballero, Dominican Republic; EUROPE & AFRICA, Kampala, Uganda; JAPAN, Tokyo; LATIN AMERICA, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; MEXICO, Mexicali Baja California

Double Elimination

Wednesday, Aug. 26

Tokyo 5, Barquisimento 4, 8 innings

Lewisberry 3, Pearland 0

Thursday, Aug. 27

Mexicali Baja California 11, Barquisimento 0, Barquisimento eliminated

Pearland 9, Bonita 7, 8 innings, Bonita eliminated

Saturday, Aug. 29

International Championship

Game 27 — Tokyo vs. Mexicali Baja California, 12:30 p.m.

United States Championship

Game 28 — Lewisberry vs. Pearland, 3:30 p.m.