BASEBALL
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-Atlanta 97 62 .610 —
y-Washington 90 69 .566 7
New York 83 76 .522 14
Philadelphia 79 80 .497 18
Miami 56 103 .352 41
Central Division
W L Pct GB
z-St. Louis 90 69 .566 —
z-Milwaukee 89 70 .560 1
Chicago 82 77 .516 8
Cincinnati 73 86 .459 17
Pittsburgh 68 91 .428 22
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-Los Angeles 103 56 .648 —
Arizona 82 77 .516 21
San Francisco 77 82 .484 26
San Diego 70 89 .440 33
Colorado 68 91 .428 35
x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
z-clinched playoff berth
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Wednesday's Games
Arizona 9, St. Louis 7
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 2
Washington 5, Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Mets 10, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Atlanta 10, Kansas City 2
San Francisco 2, Colorado 1
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 4
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 3
L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0
San Francisco 8, Colorado 3
Washington 6, Philadelphia 3
Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 2
Pittsburgh 9, Chicago Cubs 5
Friday's Games
Cincinnati (DeSclafani 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Brault 4-6), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Plesac 8-6) at Washington (Voth 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Miami (Lopez 5-8) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 7-8), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Foltynewicz 8-5) at N.Y. Mets (Stroman 9-13), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 10-7) at Colorado (Gonzalez 2-6), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (TBD) at St. Louis (Hudson 16-7), 8:15 p.m.
San Diego (Lauer 8-10) at Arizona (Weaver 4-3), 9:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 13-4) at San Francisco (Cueto 1-1), 10:15 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Cleveland at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Milwaukee at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 102 57 .642 —
Tampa Bay 95 64 .597 7
Boston 83 76 .522 19
Toronto 65 94 .409 37
Baltimore 52 107 .327 50
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Minnesota 99 60 .623 —
Cleveland 93 65 .589 5½
Chicago 69 88 .439 29
Kansas City 58 101 .365 41
Detroit 46 112 .291 52½
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-Houston 104 54 .658 —
Oakland 95 63 .601 9
Texas 76 83 .478 28½
Los Angeles 71 87 .449 33
Seattle 66 92 .418 38
x-clinched division
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Wednesday's Games
Minnesota 5, Detroit 1
Toronto 3, Baltimore 2
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Boston 10, Texas 3
Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 3
Atlanta 10, Kansas City 2
Houston 3, Seattle 0
Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 2
Thursday's Games
Minnesota 10, Detroit 4
Texas 7, Boston 5
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, night
Houston at L.A. Angels, night
Friday's Games
Detroit (Alexander 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Nova 11-12), 4:40 p.m., 1st game
Cleveland (Plesac 8-6) at Washington (Voth 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Glasnow 6-1) at Toronto (Zeuch 1-1), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Wojciechowski 3-8) at Boston (Eovaldi 2-0), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 15-6) at Texas (Palumbo 0-2), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 9-11) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 9-15), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game
Minnesota (Berrios 13-8) at Kansas City (Skoglund 0-2), 8:15 p.m.
Houston (Urquidy 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Sandoval 0-3), 10:07 p.m.
Oakland (Fiers 15-4) at Seattle (Sheffield 0-1), 10:10 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Baltimore at Boston, 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.
Cleveland at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Angels, 9:07 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
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