BASEBALL
National League
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 35 29 .547 —
Atlanta 34 30 .531 1
Miami 34 31 .523 1½
New York 29 36 .446 6½
Philadelphia 27 36 .429 7½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 39 27 .591 —
St. Louis 34 32 .515 5
Pittsburgh 31 34 .477 7½
Cincinnati 30 34 .469 8
Chicago 26 37 .413 11½
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 42 24 .636 —
Los Angeles 35 32 .522 7½
Colorado 30 35 .462 11½
San Diego 28 37 .431 13½
Arizona 29 39 .426 14
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Wednesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Philadelphia 3, San Diego 0
Cincinnati 5, L.A. Dodgers 0
Milwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Tampa Bay 6, St. Louis 3
Texas 6, Miami 0
Houston 5, Arizona 1
Colorado 8, Atlanta 2
Washington 6, San Francisco 2
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 8-3), 12:35 p.m.
San Diego (Stults 2-7) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 1-6), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (E.Santana 5-2) at Colorado (Chacin 0-4), 3:10 p.m.
Washington (Treinen 0-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 6-2), 3:45 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 3-5), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 7-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 3-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-1) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-4), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 2-5) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 5-5), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-1) at Atlanta (Harang 4-5), 7:35 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-4), 8:10 p.m.
Washington (Zimmermann 5-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-4), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (C.Anderson 5-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-2), 10:10 p.m.
Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-5) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-4), 10:15 p.m.
American League
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 39 28 .582 —
Baltimore 33 31 .516 4½
New York 33 31 .516 4½
Boston 29 36 .446 9
Tampa Bay 25 42 .373 14
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 33 28 .541 —
Kansas City 33 32 .508 2
Chicago 33 33 .500 2½
Cleveland 33 33 .500 2½
Minnesota 31 33 .484 3½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 40 26 .606 —
Los Angeles 36 29 .554 3½
Seattle 34 31 .523 5½
Texas 32 34 .485 8
Houston 30 37 .448 10½
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Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota 7, Toronto 2
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 6, Boston 0
Tampa Bay 6, St. Louis 3
Texas 6, Miami 0
Houston 5, Arizona 1
Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 2
Oakland 7, L.A. Angels 1
N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 2
Thursday’s Games
Toronto (Buehrle 10-2) at Baltimore (Gausman 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 4-2) at Boston (Lester 6-7), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 3-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-0), 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 1-0) at Seattle (Elias 5-4), 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Toronto (Hutchison 4-4) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-7), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 5-5) at Detroit (Smyly 3-4), 7:08 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 4-4) at Boston (Lackey 7-4), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-1) at Atlanta (Harang 4-5), 7:35 p.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 2-6) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-6), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 4-3), 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-4) at Oakland (Gray 6-2), 10:05 p.m.
Texas (Tepesch 2-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-1), 10:10 p.m.
MLB Linescores
Wednesday’s Major League Linescores
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 200 001 301—7 16 0
Toronto 000 000 020—2 10 1
P.Hughes, Burton (8), Fien (8) and K.Suzuki; Stroman, Korecky (7), Cecil (9) and Kratz, D.Navarro. W—P.Hughes 7-2. L—Stroman 3-1. Sv—Fien (1). HRs—Minnesota, Willingham (5).
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Cleveland 000 001 000—1 8 1
Kansas City 002 100 10x—4 11 1
Bauer, Rzepczynski (6), Axford (7), Outman (8) and Y.Gomes; Ventura, W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Ventura 4-5. L—Bauer 1-3. Sv—G.Holland (19).
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Boston 000 000 000—0 4 0
Baltimore 300 100 02x—6 9 1
R.De La Rosa, Mujica (6), Capuano (8) and Pierzynski; W.Chen, O’Day (8), Z.Britton (9) and Hundley. W—W.Chen 7-2. L—R.De La Rosa 1-2. HRs—Baltimore, C.Davis (10).
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Detroit 000 100 100—2 9 1
Chicago 010 007 00x—8 12 0
Verlander, Krol (6), Alburquerque (6), Knebel (7), Coke (8) and Avila; Joh.Danks, Guerra (8) and Nieto. W—Joh.Danks 5-5. L—Verlander 6-6. HRs—Chicago, J.Abreu (19).
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Oakland 001 003 003—7 10 0
Los Angeles 000 100 000—1 10 1
Milone, Cook (7), Gregerson (8), Ji.Johnson (9) and Vogt; Weaver, Morin (6), Jepsen (7), Salas (8), Cor.Rasmus (9), Shoemaker (9) and Iannetta. W—Milone 4-3. L—Weaver 7-5. HRs—Oakland, Vogt (1).
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New York 001 030 000—4 10 0
Seattle 000 000 002—2 6 1
Tanaka and McCann; C.Young, Wilhelmsen (6), Beimel (9) and Zunino. W—Tanaka 10-1. L—C.Young 5-4. HRs—New York, Teixeira (11). Seattle, Cano (3).
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INTERLEAGUE
St. Louis 002 100 000—3 9 1
Tampa Bay 000 400 20x—6 7 0
Wacha, C.Martinez (6), Choate (7), Maness (7) and Y.Molina; Bedard, Boxberger (5), Oviedo (6), C.Ramos (7), Balfour (7) and Hanigan. W—Oviedo 2-2. L—Wacha 4-5. Sv—Balfour (10).
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Miami 000 000 000—0 6 1
Texas 004 110 00x—6 11 0
Ja.Turner, Slowey (5), Hatcher (8) and Realmuto; Darvish and Gimenez. W—Darvish 7-2. L—Ja.Turner 2-4.
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Arizona 000 100 000—1 4 0
Houston 101 100 20x—5 9 1
McCarthy, Putz (7), Thatcher (7), Harris (8) and M.Montero; Keuchel, Qualls (9) and J.Castro. W—Keuchel 8-3. L—McCarthy 1-9. HRs—Arizona, Hill (6). Houston, Carter 2 (12).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 000 000 000—0 5 1
Philadelphia 000 000 003—3 6 0
T.Ross, Benoit (8), Vincent (9) and Rivera; Hamels, Papelbon (9) and Ruiz. W—Papelbon 2-1. L—Vincent 0-2. HRs—Philadelphia, Brignac (1).
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Los Angeles 000 000 000—0 5 0
Cincinnati 003 001 10x—5 8 0
Ryu, Maholm (7) and Butera; Cueto, Ondrusek (7), M.Parra (7), Broxton (7), A.Chapman (9) and B.Pena. W—Cueto 6-5. L—Ryu 7-3. HRs—Cincinnati, Bruce (5).
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Milwaukee 001 110 000—3 11 0
New York 010 000 000—1 5 2
W.Peralta, Duke (7), Wooten (7), W.Smith (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy; deGrom, Edgin (6), C.Torres (7), Eveland (8), Black (9) and Teagarden. W—W.Peralta 6-5. L—deGrom 0-3. Sv—Fr.Rodriguez (20).
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Atlanta 000 000 020—2 7 0
Colorado 301 011 20x—8 13 0
Teheran, D.Carpenter (7), Varvaro (8) and Gattis; Matzek, F.Morales (8), Hawkins (9) and McKenry. W—Matzek 1-0. L—Teheran 6-4.
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Washington 300 010 002—6 6 0
San Francisco 000 100 100—2 8 0
Roark, Storen (7), Clippard (8), Blevins (9) and Lobaton; M.Cain, Kontos (6), Affeldt (8), Petit (9), J.Lopez (9) and Posey. W—Roark 5-4. L—M.Cain 1-4. HRs—Washington, Werth (6).
Pirates Summary
Pirates 4, Cubs 2
Chicago Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Coghln lf 5 0 0 0 JHrrsn 2b 0 1 0 0
Ruggin cf-rf 3 0 1 0 Brms ph-2b 3 0 0 0
Rizzo 1b 2 0 0 0 Polanc rf 5 0 1 1
SCastro ss 4 0 0 0 AMcCt cf 2 1 2 2
Valuen 3b 4 1 3 0 I.Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Schrhlt rf 3 1 0 0 RMartn c 3 0 1 0
Grimm p 0 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 1 1 0
JoBakr c 4 0 1 1 SMarte lf 4 0 2 1
Barney 2b 4 0 0 1 Mercer ss 4 1 3 0
Hamml p 2 0 0 0 Cumptn p 2 0 1 0
Olt ph 1 0 0 0 Snider ph 1 0 0 0
Villanv p 0 0 0 0 JuWlsn p 0 0 0 0
Bonifac cf 1 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0
Melncn p 0 0 0 0
Tabata ph 1 0 0 0
Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2 Totals 33 4 11 4
Chicago 020 000 000—2
Pittsburgh 211 000 00x—4
E—P.Alvarez (14). DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 10. 2B—Valbuena (16), A.McCutchen (19), Mercer (9). 3B—P.Alvarez (1). HR—A.McCutchen (10). SB—A.McCutchen (8), R.Martin (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Hammel L,6-4 5 11 4 4 2 6
Villanueva 2 0 0 0 2 3
Grimm 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh
Cumpton W,2-2 5 5 2 2 2 5
Ju.Wilson H,10 1 0 0 0 0 1
Watson H,16 1 0 0 0 1 1
Melancon H,13 1 0 0 0 0 2
Grilli S,10-13 1 0 0 0 0 0
HBP—by Hammel (J.Harrison), by Cumpton (Rizzo). WP—Villanueva.
Umpires—Home, Scott Barry; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Tom Woodring.
T—2:56. A—20,540 (38,362).
Prospect League
East Division
Team W L GB
Chillicothe Pains 8 4 —
Butler Blue Sox 7 5 1
Champion City Kings 7 5 1
Lorain County Iromen 7 7 2
West Virginia Miners 5 8 3.5
Richmond RiverRats 4 9 4.5
East Division
Team W L GB
Terre Haute Rex 7 4 —
Hannibal Cavemen 7 5 .5
Quincy Gems 7 5 .5
Danville Dans 6 6 1.5
Springfield Sliders 2 5 5