National League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 68 49 .581 —

Washington 61 53 .535 5½

Philadelphia 59 55 .518 7½

New York 59 56 .513 8

Miami 43 71 .377 23½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 62 52 .544 —

Milwaukee 60 56 .517 3

St. Louis 58 55 .513 3½

Cincinnati 54 58 .482 7

Pittsburgh 48 66 .421 14

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 77 40 .658 —

Arizona 58 57 .504 18

San Francisco 56 59 .487 20

San Diego 52 61 .460 23

Colorado 52 62 .456 23½

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Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 2

Atlanta 11, Minnesota 7

Houston 14, Colorado 3

Chicago Cubs 10, Oakland 1

L.A. Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1

Washington 4, San Francisco 1

Seattle 3, San Diego 2

Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 3

Arizona 6, Philadelphia 1

Thursday’s Games

Miami 9, Atlanta 2

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Atlanta (Teheran 6-7) at Miami (Smith 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Darvish 4-5) at Cincinnati (Bauer 9-8), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 14-5) at N.Y. Mets (Stroman 6-11), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Allard 0-0) at Milwaukee (Gonzalez 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Archer 3-8) at St. Louis (Hudson 10-6), 8:15 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 10-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 10-2), 10:10 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 3-9) at San Diego (Quantrill 4-3), 10:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Smyly 2-6) at San Francisco (Beede 3-6), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

BC-BBA--American League Glance

American League

At A Glance

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 76 39 .661 —

Tampa Bay 66 50 .569 10½

Boston 61 56 .521 16

Toronto 47 71 .398 30½

Baltimore 38 76 .333 37½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 70 44 .614 —

Cleveland 68 46 .596 2

Chicago 51 62 .451 18½

Kansas City 41 74 .357 29½

Detroit 33 78 .297 35½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 75 40 .652 —

Oakland 65 50 .565 10

Texas 58 56 .509 16½

Los Angeles 56 60 .483 19½

Seattle 48 68 .414 27½

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Wednesday’s Games

Boston 4, Kansas City 4, 9½ innings, susp.

Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 1

Cleveland 2, Texas 0, 1st game

Atlanta 11, Minnesota 7

Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3

Houston 14, Colorado 3

Chicago Cubs 10, Oakland 1

Cleveland 5, Texas 1, 2nd game

Seattle 3, San Diego 2

N.Y. Yankees 14, Baltimore 2

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 12, Toronto 6

Boston 3, L.A. Angels 0

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Oakland (Fiers 10-3) at Chicago White Sox (Detwiler 1-2), 3:10 p.m.

Houston (Miley 10-4) at Baltimore (Bundy 5-11), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Happ 9-6) at Toronto (Reid-Foley 1-2), 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City (Keller 7-11) at Detroit (TBD), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Barria 4-5) at Boston (Johnson 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Bieber 11-4) at Minnesota (Smeltzer 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Allard 0-0) at Milwaukee (Gonzalez 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (TBD) at Seattle (Gonzales 12-9), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.

Houston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEBATTING—McNeil, New York, .339; Yelich, Milwaukee, .336; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, .334; Blackmon, Colorado, .323; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .321; KMarte, Arizona, .319; Rendon, Washington, .314; Freeman, Atlanta, .307; Arenado, Colorado, .306; Dahl, Colorado, .302.RUNS—Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 94; Freeman, Atlanta, 91; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 90; Blackmon, Colorado, 83; Bryant, Chicago, 83; Story, Colorado, 83; Yelich, Milwaukee, 82; Baez, Chicago, 81; Rendon, Washington, 80; 2 tied at 78.RBI—Escobar, Arizona, 93; Freeman, Atlanta, 92; Bell, Pittsburgh, 89; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 88; Rendon, Washington, 87; Arenado, Colorado, 85; Yelich, Milwaukee, 84; Alonso, New York, 83; Baez, Chicago, 78; Hosmer, San Diego, 77.HITS—KMarte, Arizona, 141; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 140; Freeman, Atlanta, 138; Albies, Atlanta, 137; Baez, Chicago, 133; Yelich, Milwaukee, 133; Arenado, Colorado, 131; Blackmon, Colorado, 131; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 129; McNeil, New York, 129.DOUBLES—Bell, Pittsburgh, 34; Bryant, Chicago, 30; Baez, Chicago, 30; Harper, Philadelphia, 30; Rendon, Washington, 30; Albies, Atlanta, 29; McNeil, New York, 29; 4 tied at 28.TRIPLES—Escobar, Arizona, 9; KMarte, Arizona, 8; Albies, Atlanta, 7; Blackmon, Colorado, 7; Eaton, Washington, 6; Rosario, New York, 6; 6 tied at 5.HOME RUNS—Yelich, Milwaukee, 39; Alonso, New York, 37; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 37; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 30; Renfroe, San Diego, 30; Suarez, Cincinnati, 30; Freeman, Atlanta, 29; Baez, Chicago, 28; 4 tied at 27.STOLEN BASES—Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 26; Dyson, Arizona, 24; Turner, Washington, 23; Yelich, Milwaukee, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 17; Robles, Washington, 17; Margot, San Diego, 15; Wong, St. Louis, 15; 4 tied at 14.PITCHING—Strasburg, Washington, 14-5; Fried, Atlanta, 13-4; Castillo, Cincinnati, 11-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2; Ryu, Los Angeles, 11-2; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 11-3; 9 tied at 10.ERA—Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.53; Scherzer, Washington, 2.41; Soroka, Atlanta, 2.46; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.63; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.77; deGrom, New York, 2.77; Greinke, Houston, 2.90; Hendricks, Chicago, 3.06; Buehler, Los Angeles, 3.22; Gray, Cincinnati, 3.26.STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 189; deGrom, New York, 182; Ray, Arizona, 178; Strasburg, Washington, 175; Castillo, Cincinnati, 164; Corbin, Washington, 164; Nola, Philadelphia, 163; Marquez, Colorado, 154; Buehler, Los Angeles, 152; Flaherty, St. Louis, 150.AMERICAN LEAGUEBATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .338; Brantley, Houston, .322; Devers, Boston, .315; Alberto, Baltimore, .313; Bogaerts, Boston, .308; Martinez, Boston, .304; Merrifield, Kansas City, .302; Lindor, Cleveland, .301; Moncada, Chicago, .301; Trout, Los Angeles, .299.RUNS—Betts, Boston, 104; Devers, Boston, 94; Bogaerts, Boston, 90; Trout, Los Angeles, 88; Semien, Oakland, 86; Bregman, Houston, 85; LeMahieu, New York, 81; Kepler, Minnesota, 77; Merrifield, Kansas City, 77; 2 tied at 76.RBI—Trout, Los Angeles, 89; Bogaerts, Boston, 87; Devers, Boston, 87; Abreu, Chicago, 83; Gurriel, Houston, 80; LeMahieu, New York, 79; Soler, Kansas City, 79; Kepler, Minnesota, 77; 3 tied at 76.HITS—Devers, Boston, 147; Merrifield, Kansas City, 147; LeMahieu, New York, 143; Bogaerts, Boston, 137; Brantley, Houston, 136; Polanco, Minnesota, 133; Semien, Oakland, 130; Martinez, Boston, 129; Betts, Boston, 128; Gurriel, Houston, 126.DOUBLES—Bogaerts, Boston, 38; Devers, Boston, 38; Castellanos, Chicago, 37; Benintendi, Boston, 34; Brantley, Houston, 31; Merrifield, Kansas City, 31; Buxton, Minnesota, 30; Polanco, Minnesota, 30; Semien, Oakland, 30; Gurriel, Houston, 29.TRIPLES—Merrifield, Kansas City, 9; Mondesi, Kansas City, 9; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 7; Meadows, Tampa Bay, 7; Santana, Texas, 6; Smith, Seattle, 6; Dozier, Kansas City, 5; Gardner, New York, 5; Polanco, Minnesota, 5; 8 tied at 4.HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 38; Cruz, Minnesota, 32; Kepler, Minnesota, 31; Soler, Kansas City, 31; Encarnacion, New York, 30; Bregman, Houston, 27; Mancini, Baltimore, 27; Vogelbach, Seattle, 26; 5 tied at 25.STOLEN BASES—Mondesi, Kansas City, 31; Smith, Seattle, 31; Villar, Baltimore, 24; Andrus, Texas, 23; Ramirez, Cleveland, 23; Hamilton, Kansas City, 18; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 17; Lindor, Cleveland, 17; Gordon, Seattle, 16; Merrifield, Kansas City, 16.PITCHING—German, New York, 15-2; Verlander, Houston, 15-4; Cole, Houston, 14-5; Lynn, Texas, 14-7; Rodriguez, Boston, 13-5; Giolito, Chicago, 12-5; Gonzales, Seattle, 12-9; Morton, Tampa Bay, 12-4; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 12-5; 2 tied at 11.ERA—Verlander, Houston, 2.68; Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.77; Cole, Houston, 2.87; Stroman, New York, 2.96; Miley, Houston, 3.05; Minor, Texas, 3.06; Berrios, Minnesota, 3.24; Bieber, Cleveland, 3.32; Giolito, Chicago, 3.44; Fiers, Oakland, 3.46.STRIKEOUTS—Cole, Houston, 226; Sale, Boston, 206; Verlander, Houston, 206; Boyd, Detroit, 187; Bauer, Cincinnati, 185; Bieber, Cleveland, 182; Lynn, Texas, 178; Morton, Tampa Bay, 174; Giolito, Chicago, 158; Minor, Texas, 148.

Aug. 91916 — The Philadelphia A's ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.1939 — Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all-time list.1975 — Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey's 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.1976 — John Candelaria became the first Pirate pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Candelaria's no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium. No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.1981 — Baseball returned following the strike with the All-Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the NL a 5-4 triumph over the AL. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All-Star game in both leagues. His AL victory came in 1971 at Detroit.1988 — The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.1998 — Dennis Martinez became the winningest Latin pitcher in baseball history, breaking Juan Marichal's record of 243 victories. Martinez pitched a perfect eighth inning and got the victory when Chipper Jones hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for the win.2001 — Mike Hampton tied the NL record for pitchers with his seventh homer as the Rockies beat the Cubs 14-5. Hampton's seventh homer matched the NL mark shared by Don Drysdale (1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe (1955). The major league record is nine by Cleveland's Wes Ferrell in 1931.2002 — Barry Bonds hit his 600th homer, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark. With a 421-foot, solo shot off Pittsburgh's Kip Wells, the San Francisco Giants slugger joined Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in the exclusive club.2007 — Failed pitcher Rick Ankiel hit a three-run home run to cap his debut as a major league outfielder in St. Louis' 5-0 victory over San Diego.2018 — Mookie Betts homered for Boston in the ninth inning to complete his first career cycle, and Toronto held on to beat the Red Sox 8-5.Today's birthdays: Brendan Rodgers 23; Jason Heyward 30; Drew Butera 36.