BASEBALL
National League
By The Associated Press
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GBNew York 83 65 .561 —Philadelphia 83 67 .553 1Florida 77 72 .517 6Z\xAtlanta 67 83 .447 17Washington 56 93 .376 27Z\xCentral Division
W L Pct GBChicago 89 58 .605 —Milwaukee 83 67 .553 7½Houston 80 68 .541 9½St. Louis 78 71 .523 12Cincinnati 68 81 .456 22Pittsburgh 63 86 .423 27West Division
W L Pct GBLos Angeles 77 72 .517 —Arizona 72 76 .486 4½San Francisco 68 81 .456 9Colorado 68 82 .453 9½San Diego 57 93 .380 20Z\xSaturday's GamesAtlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 1st gamePhiladelphia 7, Milwaukee 3N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 0, 2nd gamePittsburgh 7, St. Louis 6, 12 inningsChicago Cubs at Houston, ppd., hurricaneFlorida 4, Washington 2L.A. Dodgers 5, Colorado 1Cincinnati 3, Arizona 2, 10 inningsSan Francisco 7, San Diego 0Sunday's GamesAtlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 4Florida 8, Washington 7Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 2Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 3, 1st gamePhiladelphia 6, Milwaukee 1, 2nd gameColorado 1, L.A. Dodgers 0, 10 inningsSan Francisco 8, San Diego 6, 10 inningsCincinnati 2, Arizona 1, 10 inningsChicago Cubs 5, Houston 0Monday's GamesChicago Cubs (Lilly 14-9) vs. Houston (Moehler 11-6) at Miller Park, 2:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 8-10) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-1), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Martinez 5-4) at Washington (Lannan 8-13), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (LeBlanc 0-1) at Colorado (Reynolds 2-6 or U.Jimenez 10-12), 8:35 p.m.San Francisco (Hennessey 1-1) at Arizona (Davis 6-8), 9:40 p.m.Tuesday's GamesL.A. Dodgers (Lowe 13-11) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-5), 7:05 p.m.Houston (Oswalt 15-9) at Florida (Volstad 4-3), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Moyer 14-7) at Atlanta (Parr 1-0), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 13-9) at Washington (Od.Perez 6-10), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Looper 12-12) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 14-10), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Sabathia 9-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 15-6), 8:05 p.m.San Diego (Estes 2-2) at Colorado (U.Jimenez 10-12), 8:35 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 8-12) at Arizona (Haren 14-8), 9:40 p.m.American LeagueAll Times EDTEast Division
W L Pct GBTampa Bay 88 59 .599 —Boston 88 61 .591 1Toronto 80 70 .533 9½New York 79 70 .530 10Baltimore 66 82 .446 22Z\xCentral Division
W L Pct GBChicago 83 65 .561 —Minnesota 82 67 .550 1½Cleveland 72 77 .483 11½Detroit 70 78 .473 13Kansas City 65 84 .436 18Z\xWest Division
W L Pct GBx-Los Angeles 92 57 .617 —Texas 73 77 .487 19½Oakland 69 80 .463 23Seattle 57 91 .385 34Z\xx-clinched divisionSaturday's GamesToronto 8, Boston 1, 1st gameBoston 7, Toronto 5, 2nd gameTampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 1, 1st gameKansas City 8, Cleveland 3, 1st gameN.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 5, 2nd gameKansas City 8, Cleveland 4, 2nd gameDetroit at Chicago White Sox, ppd., Rain, 1st gameDetroit at Chicago White Sox, ppd., Rain, 2nd gameOakland 7, Texas 1Minnesota 12, Baltimore 2, 1st gameMinnesota 12, Baltimore 6, 2nd gameL.A. Angels 5, Seattle 2Sunday's GamesN.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4Kansas City 13, Cleveland 3Boston 4, Toronto 3Baltimore 7, Minnesota 3Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 2, 1st gameChicago White Sox 11, Detroit 7, 2nd gameL.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3Oakland 7, Texas 4Monday's GamesMinnesota (Slowey 12-9) at Cleveland (Lewis 1-0), 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 13-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Aceves 1-0), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Matsuzaka 16-2) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 11-6), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Willis 0-1) at Texas (McCarthy 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Seattle (Silva 4-14) at Kansas City (K.Davies 6-7), 8:10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesMinnesota (Liriano 5-3) at Cleveland (Jackson 0-3), 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 15-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 13-13), 7:05 p.m.Baltimore (Waters 2-3) at Toronto (Marcum 9-6), 7:07 p.m.Boston (Beckett 12-9) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 13-7), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Miner 8-4) at Texas (Millwood 9-9), 8:05 p.m.Seattle (Morrow 2-3) at Kansas City (Duckworth 2-1), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Lackey 11-3) at Oakland (Gallagher 1-2), 10:05 p.m.Pirates BoxPirates 7, Cardinals 2
ST. LOUIS PITTSBURGH
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SCOREBOARDMonday, Sept. 15Boston at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m. EDT). Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.97 ERA) and Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99) meet up in a rematch of a Sept. 9 game, won 5-4 by the Rays. In that game, Matsuzaka gave up three runs and eight hits with four walks in five innings and Kazmir allowed two runs and five hits in six frames. Both pitchers got no-decisions.
STARSSundayn Carlos Zambrano, Cubs, pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, striking out 10 in a 5-0 win over the Astros in a game relocated to Milwaukee because of Hurricane Ike.• Brett Myers, Phillies, pitched a two-hitter on three-days' rest and Philadelphia moved into a tie with Milwaukee for the NL wild-card lead, sweeping a doubleheader from the Brewers with a 6-1 win in the second game.• Ryan Shealy, Royals, went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs in Kansas City's 13-3 rout of Cleveland. Shealy has seven hits in the last two games.• Derek Jeter, Yankees, had three hits including a home run and a double, tying Lou Gehrig for the most career hits at Yankee Stadium in New York's 8-4 win over Tampa Bay.• David Wright, Mets, hit two home runs and went 4-for-5 in New York's 7-4 loss to Atlanta.• Oscar Salazar, Orioles, hit two homers and drove in three to help Baltimore beat Minnesota 7-3.
SWEPT AWAYThe Brewers got swept 7-3 and 6-1 by the Phillies to fall into a tie with Philadelphia for the NL wild-card lead.
SEPTEMBER SWOONA dreadful bullpen is making it awfully difficult for the Mets to avoid another September meltdown. Fill-in closer Luis Ayala gave up a go-ahead homer to pinch-hitter Greg Norton.