BASEBALL
National League
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 19 8 .704 —
New York 17 9 .654 1½
Philadelphia 16 12 .571 3½
Miami 14 12 .538 4½
Atlanta 7 20 .259 12
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 20 6 .769 —
Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 6
St. Louis 14 14 .500 7
Milwaukee 11 16 .407 9½
Cincinnati 11 17 .393 10
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 15 14 .517 —
Los Angeles 14 14 .500 ½
Colorado 13 14 .481 1
Arizona 12 17 .414 3
San Diego 11 17 .393 3½
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Wednesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 4
N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 0
L.A. Angels 7, Milwaukee 3
Washington 13, Kansas City 2
Colorado 2, San Diego 0
Miami 4, Arizona 3
Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 5
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4
Thursday’s Games
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 1-2), 1:45 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 1-1) at Miami (Conley 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Anderson 1-3) at Cincinnati (Simon 0-3), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Ross 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 1-2), 8:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-0) at San Diego (Rea 2-1), 10:10 p.m.
Colorado (Rusin 1-0) at San Francisco (Cain 0-3), 10:15 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Washington (Scherzer 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 3-1), 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 7:07 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 2-3) at Cincinnati (Adleman 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-1) at Miami (Chen 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 2-2) at Atlanta (Blair 0-1), 7:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-1) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-1), 8:15 p.m.
Colorado (Bettis 3-1) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-2), 10:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-1) at San Diego (Pomeranz 2-3), 10:40 p.m.
American League
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 16 11 .593 —
Baltimore 15 11 .577 ½
Toronto 14 15 .483 3
Tampa Bay 12 14 .462 3½
New York 9 16 .360 6
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 19 9 .679 —
Detroit 14 12 .538 4
Kansas City 14 13 .519 4½
Cleveland 12 12 .500 5
Minnesota 8 20 .286 11
West Division
W L Pct GB
Seattle 16 11 .593 —
Texas 15 13 .536 1½
Los Angeles 13 15 .464 3½
Oakland 13 16 .448 4
Houston 10 18 .357 6½
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Wednesday’s Games
L.A. Angels 7, Milwaukee 3
Washington 13, Kansas City 2
Seattle 9, Oakland 8
Cleveland 4, Detroit 0
N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 0
Toronto 4, Texas 3
Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 5
Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 2
Houston 16, Minnesota 4
Thursday’s Games
Detroit (Fulmer 1-0) at Cleveland (Bauer 1-0), 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Texas (Holland 3-1) at Toronto (Happ 3-0), 7:07 p.m.
Boston (Owens 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Johnson 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Miley 2-2) at Houston (Devenski 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Boston (Porcello 5-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Hahn 1-0) at Baltimore (Wright 1-2), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-1) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 7:07 p.m.
Texas (Hamels 3-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 5-0), 7:08 p.m.
Kansas City (Ventura 2-1) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Duffey 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Latos 4-0), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Walker 2-1) at Houston (Fister 2-3), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 1-4) at L.A. Angels (Richards 1-3), 10:05 p.m.
MLB Linescores
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Seattle 000 042 300—9 16 2
Oakland 001 160 000—8 11 2
F.Hernandez, Nuno (5), Montgomery (6), J.Peralta (8), Cishek (9) and Iannetta; Manaea, Dull (6), Doolittle (6), Axford (7), Madson (9) and Vogt. W—Montgomery 1-0. L—Axford 2-1. Sv—Cishek (8). HRs—Seattle, Cruz (5), Lee 2 (4). Oakland, Semien (7).
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Detroit 000 000 000—0 5 0
Cleveland 000 400 00x—4 5 0
An.Sanchez, Ryan (8) and J.McCann; Kluber and Gomes. W—Kluber 2-3. L—An.Sanchez 3-3.
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Texas 210 000 000—3 8 0
Toronto 100 002 001—4 7 0
Lewis, Wilhelmsen (8), Barnette (9) and B.Wilson; Aa.Sanchez, Storen (8), Osuna (9) and R.Martin. W—Osuna 1-0. L—Barnette 1-2. HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion (4).
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New York 000 003 040—7 10 0
Baltimore 000 000 000—0 7 1
Sabathia, Yates (8), Betances (8), Shreve (9) and B.McCann; T.Wilson, McFarland (7), Bundy (8), Wright (9) and Joseph. W—Sabathia 2-2. L—T.Wilson 1-1.
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Boston 001 020 110—5 11 0
Chicago 200 000 000—2 3 0
Buchholz, Uehara (8), Kimbrel (9) and Vazquez; Rodon, Putnam (7), Duke (7), Da.Jennings (9) and Navarro. W—Buchholz 1-3. L—Rodon 1-4. Sv—Kimbrel (9). HRs—Boston, Ortiz (6). Chicago, Abreu (4).
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Minnesota 003 100 000— 4 9 1
Houston 332 150 02x—16 14 0
P.Hughes, Fien (3), O’Rourke (5), Graham (5), May (7), Pressly (8), Tonkin (8) and J.Murphy; Fiers, Fields (5), Feldman (6), Feliz (8) and J.Castro. W—Feldman 1-2. L—P.Hughes 1-5. HRs—Minnesota, Dozier (4). Houston, Altuve (8), Correa (4), Castro (2).
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INTERLEAGUE
Los Angeles 002 000 041—7 12 0
Milwaukee 010 011 000—3 9 0
Santiago, Bedrosian (6), Salas (7), J.Smith (8) and Soto; Davies, Torres (7), Thornburg (8), Boyer (8), Goforth (9) and Lucroy. W—Salas 2-1. L—Thornburg 2-1. Sv—J.Smith (2). HRs—Los Angeles, Trout (7). Milwaukee, Perez (2).
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Washington 604 111 000—13 16 1
Kansas City 020 000 000— 2 5 3
Strasburg, Petit (7), Treinen (9) and W.Ramos; Medlen, D.Duffy (3), Gee (4), Wang (6), K.Herrera (8), W.Davis (9) and Butera. W—Strasburg 5-0. L—Medlen 1-3. HRs—Washington, Murphy (4), Harper (10).
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Los Angeles 000 101 030—5 8 1
Tampa Bay 100 103 30x—8 10 0
Wood, Coleman (6), P.Baez (7), Liberatore (7), Hatcher (8) and Grandal; Smyly, E.Ramirez (6), Romero (8), Cedeno (8), Colome (9) and Casali. W—E.Ramirez 5-1. L—Wood 1-3. Sv—Colome (6). HRs—Tampa Bay, Souza Jr. (6), Guyer (2), Pearce (3), Casali (3).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 010 100 101—4 9 1
Cincinnati 051 001 00x—7 10 0
Peavy, Strickland (7), Law (8) and Brown; Straily, Cingrani (7), Ohlendorf (9) and R.Cabrera. W—Straily 1-1. L—Peavy 1-3. HRs—San Francisco, Belt (4), Gillaspie (1). Cincinnati, Suarez (6), Duvall (4), Cozart (3), Phillips (2).
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Atlanta 000 000 000—0 3 0
New York 024 020 00x—8 8 0
Chacin, Norris (5), Cervenka (8) and Flowers; Matz, Henderson (8), Reed (9) and Rivera. W—Matz 4-1. L—Chacin 1-2. HRs—New York, Rivera (1), Cabrera (2), Duda 2 (7).
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Colorado 000 010 001—2 8 0
San Diego 000 000 000—0 3 1
Chatwood, McGee (9) and Wolters; Vargas, Villanueva (7), Quackenbush (8), Hand (9) and Bethancourt. W—Chatwood 4-2. L—Vargas 0-1. Sv—McGee (7).
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Arizona 000 120 000—3 9 1
Miami 013 000 00x—4 8 0
De La Rosa, Chafin (6), Barrett (7), Hudson (8) and Herrmann; Fernandez, Urena (6), Morris (7), Barraclough (8), A.Ramos (9) and Realmuto. W—Fernandez 3-2. L—De La Rosa 3-4. Sv—A.Ramos (9). HRs—Arizona, Peralta (3). Miami, Stanton (9).
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Philadelphia 000 310 000—4 6 0
St. Louis 000 030 002—5 10 0
Morgan, Murray (5), Araujo (6), Bailey (7), Neris (8), J.Gomez (9) and Ruiz; Leake, Bowman (6), Oh (8), Siegrist (9) and Fryer, Molina. W—Siegrist 4-0. L—J.Gomez 2-1. HRs—Philadelphia, Herrera (3), Howard (7).
Pirates Summary
Cubs 6, Pirates 2
Chicago Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Fowler cf 4 0 1 0 Mercer ss 5 0 1 0
L Stlla 2b 4 1 1 0 McCtchn cf 5 1 2 0
Soler ph 1 0 0 0 Freese 3b 3 0 2 0
Strop p 0 0 0 0 Vglsong p 0 0 0 0
H.Rndon p 0 0 0 0 Joyce ph 1 1 1 2
Bryant lf 4 1 1 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0
Rizzo 1b 5 3 3 1 Mlancon p 0 0 0 0
Zobrist rf-2b 5 1 1 3 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
J.Baez 3b 5 0 3 2 S.Marte lf 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 2 0 Crvelli c 4 0 1 0
D.Ross c 2 0 0 0 S.Rdrgz 1b 4 0 1 0
Lester p 3 0 0 0 Hrrison 2b 4 0 2 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0 G.Plnco rf 3 0 1 0
Kalish ph-rf 0 0 0 0 Nicasio p 1 0 0 0
J.Hghes p 0 0 0 0
J.Rgers ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Jaso ph-1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6 Totals 37 2 11 2
Chicago 003 010 101—6
Pittsburgh 000 000 200—2
E—McCutchen (1). LOB—Chicago 10, Pittsburgh 10. 2B—Rizzo (7), J.Baez (3), McCutchen (6). HR—Rizzo (9), Zobrist (2), Joyce (4). CS—J.Baez (1). S—Kalish (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Lester W,3-1 5
2
⁄
3
8 0 0 2 5
Warren H,3 1
1
⁄
3
2 2 2 0 1
Strop H,5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rondon 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh
Nicasio L,3-3 4
1
⁄
3
8 4 1 3 3
Hughes 0
2
⁄
3
1 0 0 1 0
Vogelsong 2 1 1 1 0 1
Watson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Melancon 1 2 1 1 0 0
Umpires—Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Ben May.
T—3:25. A—28,782 (38,362).
