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August 15, 2008 Last Updated: August 15, 2008 12:38 PM Scoreboard

National League

By The Associated Press

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GBNew York 65 56 .537 —Philadelphia 64 57 .529 1Florida 63 59 .516 2½Atlanta 55 66 .455 10Washington 44 78 .361 21½Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 74 47 .612 —Milwaukee 70 52 .574 4½St. Louis 68 56 .548 7½Houston 62 59 .512 12Pittsburgh 55 66 .455 19Cincinnati 54 68 .443 20½West Division

W L Pct GBArizona 62 59 .512 —Los Angeles 62 59 .512 —Colorado 54 69 .439 9San Francisco 50 70 .417 11½San Diego 47 74 .388 15Thursday's GamesHouston 7, San Francisco 4Arizona 6, Colorado 2San Diego 3, Milwaukee 2Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1Chicago Cubs 11, Atlanta 7N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 3St. Louis 3, Florida 0L.A. Dodgers 3, Philadelphia 1Friday's GamesN.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 10-8) at Pittsburgh (Davis 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 12-5) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 3-0), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Thompson 4-2) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-9), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 7-9) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 11-7), 7:35 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 5-6) at Washington (Redding 8-7), 7:35 p.m.Arizona (Webb 17-4) at Houston (Rodriguez 7-4), 8:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Moyer 10-7) at San Diego (Maddux 6-8), 10:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Parra 9-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 11-9), 10:40 p.m.Saturday's GamesN.Y. Mets (Martinez 3-3) at Pittsburgh (Duke 4-10), 7:05 p.m.Arizona (Petit 1-3) at Houston (Backe 7-11), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Marshall 2-2) at Florida (A.Sanchez 1-2), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (J.Sanchez 8-9) at Atlanta (Hampton 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Hernandez 10-9) at Washington (Lannan 6-11), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Pineiro 5-5) at Cincinnati (Harang 3-12), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Kendrick 10-6) at San Diego (Young 4-4), 10:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Bush 7-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 9-10), 10:10 p.m.Sunday's GamesChicago Cubs at Florida, 1:10 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.San Francisco at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Colorado at Washington, 1:35 p.m.Arizona at Houston, 2:05 p.m.Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.Philadelphia at San Diego, 8:05 p.m.American LeagueBy The Associated PressAll Times EDTEast Division

W L Pct GBTampa Bay 73 47 .608 —Boston 71 51 .582 3New York 64 57 .529 9½Toronto 62 60 .508 12Baltimore 58 62 .483 15Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 68 52 .567 —Minnesota 67 53 .558 1Detroit 59 62 .488 9½Cleveland 54 66 .450 14Kansas City 54 67 .446 14½West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 75 44 .630 —Texas 61 61 .500 15½Oakland 55 65 .458 20½Seattle 46 74 .383 29½Thursday's GamesDetroit 5, Toronto 1Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2Tampa Bay 7, Oakland 6, 12 inningsBoston 10, Texas 0Baltimore 11, Cleveland 6Friday's GamesToronto (Halladay 13-9) at Boston (Byrd 7-10), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Waters 1-0) at Detroit (Robertson 7-8), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Meche 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 12-9), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 10-9) at Cleveland (Lee 16-2), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Garza 9-7) at Texas (Millwood 6-6), 8:05 p.m.Seattle (Silva 4-13) at Minnesota (Liriano 2-3), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 12-6) at Oakland (Braden 3-2), 10:05 p.m.Saturday's GamesKansas City (Greinke 9-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Ponson 7-3), 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Danks 9-5) at Oakland (Smith 5-11), 3:55 p.m.L.A. Angels (Lackey 9-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 5-4), 3:55 p.m.Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1) at Minnesota (Baker 7-3), 3:55 p.m.Toronto (Marcum 7-5) at Boston (Beckett 11-8), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Sarfate 4-2) at Detroit (Verlander 8-13), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Jackson 9-7) at Texas (Harrison 4-2), 8:05 p.m.Sunday's GamesBaltimore at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 1:35 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Reds 3, Pirates 1CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH ab r h bi ab r h biDickerson lf 5 1 3 1 FSnchz 2b 5 1 3 0Kppngr ss 3 0 1 1 JaWlsn ss 5 0 2 0Bruce rf 5 0 0 0 McLuth cf 4 0 1 0BPhllps 2b 3 0 0 0 AdLrch 1b 3 0 0 0Vlentin 1b 2 1 1 1 AnLrch 3b 3 0 1 1EEcarn 3b 4 0 0 0 Moss lf 3 0 0 0CPttson cf 4 0 1 0 Pearce rf 3 0 0 0Bako c 3 0 1 0 RChavz c 3 0 1 0Cueto p 2 0 0 0 Doumit c 1 0 0 0APhllps ph 1 1 0 0 Snell p 2 0 0 0Masset p 0 0 0 0 Mchels ph 1 0 0 0Bray p 0 0 0 0 SBrntt p 0 0 0 0Mjwski p 0 0 0 0 Beam p 0 0 0 0Wthers p 0 0 0 0 Mntkw ph 1 0 0 0ARosls ph 1 0 0 0FCdero p 0 0 0 0Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 34 1 8 1Cincinnati 010 001 001—3Pittsburgh 100 000 000—1E—Cueto (3). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 10. 2B—Dickerson 2 (3), Keppinger (15), CPatterson (12). 3B—Dickerson (1). HR—Valentin (3). S—Keppinger.IP H R ER BB SOCincinnatiCueto W,8-11 5 4 1 1 3 7Masset 1 3 0 0 0 0Bray ⅓ 1 0 0 0 1Majewski 2/3 0 0 0 0 0Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 1FCordero S,23 1 0 0 0 0 1PittsburghSnell L,4-10 6 6 2 2 5 2SBurnett 2 0 0 0 0 2Beam 1 1 1 1 0 1Masset pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.HBP—by Cueto (AnLaRoche).Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel; First, Bill Miller; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Kevin Causey.T—2:54. A—35,439 (38,362).

By The Associated PressAMERICAN LEAGUEToronto 000 010 000—1 6 0Detroit 000 000 05x—5 7 0Litsch, Carlson (8), Frasor (8), Camp (8) and Zaun; Galarraga, Rodney (9) and Sardinha. W—Galarraga 11-4. L—Frasor 1-2. HR—Toronto, Overbay (9).———Kansas City 200 000 000—2 6 0Chicago 030 006 00x—9 13 2Davies, Peralta (6), Tejeda (6), Newman (8) and JBuck; Broadway, HoRamirez (6), DCarrasco (6), Russell (8) and THall. W—Broadway 1-0. L—Davies 5-4. HRs—Chicago, Thome (25), Konerko (12), AlRamirez (11), Uribe (4).———Tampa Bay 021 010 001 002—7 13 1Oakland 220 000 001 001—6 11 0(12 innings)JShields, Bradford (6), Howell (7), Wheeler (8), Percival (9), Balfour (9), Hammel (10), TMiller (12) and Navarro; Gallagher, Meyer (5), Embree (5), Devine (7), Ziegler (8), Street (10), Casilla (11) and KSuzuki. W—Hammel 4-3. L—Casilla 2-1. Sv—TMiller (1). HRs—Tampa Bay, CPena (23). Oakland, CGonzalez (4).———Texas 000 000 000— 0 6 0Boston 090 000 01x—10 13 0Hunter, Madrigal (2), Benoit (5), FFrancisco (7), Guardado (8) and Sltalamacchia; Matsuzaka, Delcarmen (8), Timlin (9) and Varitek, Cash (8). W—Matsuzaka 14-2. L—Hunter 0-2. HR—Boston, Ortiz (17).———Baltimore 200 010 080—11 17 1Cleveland 200 001 003— 6 13 2DCabrera, JWalker (6), Cherry (6), FCabrera (7), JJohnson (8), ACastillo (9) and RHernandez; ZJackson, Rincon (6), RPerez (8), Mujica (8), Kobayashi (9) and Shoppach. W—FCabrera 1-1. L—RPerez 2-3. HR—Cleveland, FGutierrez (6).——NATIONAL LEAGUESan Francisco 201 001 000—4 8 0Houston 012 000 13x—7 12 0Correia, Taschner (7), Yabu (7), Hinshaw (8), TWalker (8) and Sandoval; Moehler, Geary (6), Byrdak (7), WWright (8), Hawkins (8), Valverde (9) and Quintero. W—Hawkins 1-0. L—Yabu 3-5. Sv—Valverde (30). HRs—San Francisco, FLewis (9). Houston, Berkman (25).———Arizona 000 050 100—6 11 1Colorado 010 000 010—2 8 0Haren, Rauch (9) and CSnyder; Rusch, Herges (5), Vizcaino (7), Grilli (9) and Iannetta. W—Haren 13-6. L—Rusch 5-4. HRs—Arizona, CSnyder (11), CBurke (1). Colorado, Holliday (23).———Milwaukee 000 000 101—2 6 1San Diego 000 000 30x—3 7 1Sheets, Shouse (7), Gagne (8) and Kendall; Peavy, Bell (8), Hoffman (9) and Carlin, Hundley (8). W—Peavy 9-8. L—Sheets 11-6. Sv—Hoffman (26). HR—Milwaukee, MCameron (20).———St. Louis 001 000 200—3 10 0Florida 000 000 000—0 4 1Wellemeyer, Springer (8), Villone (9), Franklin (9) and YMolina; Olsen, Kensing (8) and Baker. W—Wellemeyer 10-4. L—Olsen 6-8. HR—St. Louis, Ludwick (30).———New York 000 221 004—9 8 0Washington 000 000 300—3 6 2OlPerez, JoSmith (7), DSanchez (8), Heilman (9) and Schneider; Balester, Mock (7), SRivera (8), Hanrahan (9) and Nieves. W—OlPerez 9-7. L—Balester 2-5. HRs—New York, Delgado (26), Schneider (3).———Chicago 203 220 200—11 14 0Atlanta 011 200 300— 7 14 1Lilly, Howry (7), Marmol (7), KWood (9) and Soto; Glavine, Carlyle (5), Tavarez (6), Boyer (7), VNunez (8), Ohman (9) and Sammons. W—Lilly 12-6. L—Glavine 2-4. HRs—Chicago, ASoriano (22), ArRamirez (20). Atlanta, Francoeur (10), Kotsay (6).———Philadelphia 000 000 100—1 2 0Los Angeles 010 001 10x—3 6 0Myers, Eyre (8) and Coste; Kuroda, Kuo (8) and Martin. W—Kuroda 7-8. L—Myers 5-10. Sv—Kuo (1). HR—Los Angeles, Kemp (14).

SCOREBOARDFriday, Aug. 15Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EDT). Cliff Lee (16-2, 2.45 ERA) tries to join Brandon Webb as the only 17-game winners when the Indians take on Jered Weaver (10-9, 4.51) and the Angels. Los Angeles has the best record in the major leagues.STARSThursday• Lance Berkman, Astros, homered and drove in three runs in a 7-4 victory over the Giants.• Dan Haren, Diamondbacks, gave up seven hits and struck out nine over eight innings in a 6-2 victory over the Rockies.• Jake Peavey, Padres, gave up four hits and a run in seven innings, striking out eight in a 3-2 victory over the surging Brewers.• Edgar Renteria, Tigers, hit a tiebreaking two-run double in a five-run eighth and Detroit avoided a four-game sweep with a 5-1 win over Toronto.• David Ortiz, Red Sox, hit a three-run homer to highlight a nine-run second in Boston's 10-0 win over Texas for a three-game sweep.• Hiroki Kuroda, Dodgers, gave up two hits and run in seven innings, striking out seven in a 3-1 win over the Phillies.NOT SO BLUEThe Dodgers have reason to feel chipper after a 3-1 win over Philadelphia. The Dodgers hadn't swept a four-game series since accomplishing the feat on the road against Arizona in July 2004, and hadn't done so in Los Angeles since June 1995 against the Giants. They won four straight over the Phillies in July 1962 during the inaugural season at Dodger Stadium.KOTSAY GOES CYCLINGMark Kotsay hit a seventh-inning double off Cubs reliever Bob Howry to become the first Braves player to hit for the cycle since 1987. Kotsay drove in a run with a second-inning triple, homered off Ted Lilly in the fourth and added a sixth-inning single off Lilly. The only other Atlanta player to hit for the cycle was Albert Hall on Sept. 23, 1987.GONE, GONE, GONE AND GONEJim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning Thursday to tie a major league record and the White Sox beat the Royals 9-2. Thome hit a two-out, three-run shot off Joel Peralta. Konerko followed with his 12th homer and Ramirez hit his 11th before Robinson Tejeda came on to pitch. Uribe, homerless in his 107 previous at-bats, greeted him with his fourth of the year.STREAK OVEROakland reliever Brad Ziegler started his career by not allowing a run in 39 consecutive shutout innings — including the eighth Thursday — to tie a 59-year-old major league record for relievers set by Cleveland's Al Benton in 1949. Tampa Bay's B.J. Upton ended Ziegler's run with an RBI double in the ninth.BACK OFF, MANWhite Sox slugger Carlos Quentin was hit by a pitch Thursday and has been plunked in his last six games, sending baseball historians scrambling to find a similar streak. Quentin is the only player since 1920 to be hit by a pitch in six straight games, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Quentin, who leads the AL with 32 homers, has been plunked a major league-high 20 times this season.PEAVEDJake Peavey was, well, peaved when he heard a talk radio show opining that he was avoiding tough pitching matchups against the likes of CC Sabathia. So the reigning Cy Young winner promptly struck out eight and lowered his ERA to an NL-leading 2.61 in the Padres' 3-2 win over Ben Sheets and the Brewers. The win snapped Milwaukee's eight-game winning streak.GIANT PAINLance Berkman's two-run homer spurred Houston to a 7-4 win over San Francisco, the Astros' eighth consecutive win. Houston has won 16 of 20 after the four-game sweep. Berkman's three RBIs gave him 942 for his career, tying him with Jose Cruz for third on the Astros' career list.WORTH NOTINGStephen Drew of the Diamondbacks extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a single in the fifth. ... Colorado's Willy Taveras stole his 53rd base, tying Eric Young's single-season franchise record set in 1996.