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May 04, 2009 Last Updated: May 04, 2009 01:30 PM Scoreboard

National League

All Times EDT

By The Associated Press

East Division

W L Pct GBFlorida 14 11 .560 —Philadelphia 12 10 .545 ½Atlanta 11 13 .458 2½New York 10 13 .435 3Washington 6 17 .261 7Central Division

W L Pct GBSt. Louis 17 8 .680 —Chicago 13 11 .542 3½Cincinnati 13 11 .542 3½Milwaukee 13 12 .520 4Pittsburgh 12 12 .500 4½Houston 11 14 .440 6West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 18 8 .692 —San Francisco 12 11 .522 4½Arizona 11 14 .440 6½San Diego 11 14 .440 6½Colorado 9 14 .391 7½——Saturday's GamesWashington 6, St. Louis 1Chicago Cubs 6, Florida 1Houston 5, Atlanta 1Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 10 inningsColorado 5, San Francisco 1Arizona 4, Milwaukee 1Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 6L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1, 10 inningsSunday's GamesHouston 7, Atlanta 5Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 0N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, ppd., rainSt. Louis at Washington, ppd., rainMilwaukee 4, Arizona 3Chicago Cubs 6, Florida 4San Francisco 1, Colorado 0, 10 inningsL.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 3Monday's GamesHouston (Moehler 0-2) at Washington (Lannan 0-3), 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-0), 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Harang 2-3) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 2-0), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Maine 1-2) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 2-2), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (J.Sanchez 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Blanton 0-2) at St. Louis (Lohse 3-0), 8:15 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 0-2) at San Diego (Correia 0-2), 10:05 p.m.Arizona (D.Davis 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Stults 2-1), 10:10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesHouston at Washington, 12:35 p.m.San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Florida, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.American LeagueAll Times EDTBy The Associated PressEast Division

W L Pct GBToronto 18 9 .667 —Boston 15 10 .600 2New York 13 11 .542 3½Tampa Bay 11 15 .423 6½Baltimore 9 16 .360 8Central Division

W L Pct GBKansas City 14 11 .560 —Detroit 13 11 .542 ½Chicago 12 12 .500 1½Minnesota 12 13 .480 2Cleveland 9 16 .360 5West Division

W L Pct GBSeattle 15 10 .600 —Texas 12 12 .500 2½Los Angeles 10 13 .435 4Oakland 9 13 .409 4½——Saturday's GamesL.A. Angels 8, N.Y. Yankees 4Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, 11 inningsDetroit 9, Cleveland 7Boston 10, Tampa Bay 6Kansas City 10, Minnesota 7, 11 inningsTexas 9, Chicago White Sox 6Oakland 3, Seattle 2Sunday's GamesDetroit 3, Cleveland 1L.A. Angels at New York, ppd., rainToronto 4, Baltimore 3Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3Kansas City 7, Minnesota 5Seattle 8, Oakland 7, 15 inningsTexas 5, Chicago White Sox 1Monday's GamesMinnesota (Liriano 0-4) at Detroit (E.Jackson 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Lester 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Hughes 1-0), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 1-3) at Toronto (Tallet 1-1), 7:07 p.m.Baltimore (Eaton 1-3) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-2), 7:08 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Colon 2-1) at Kansas City (Greinke 5-0), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Saunders 3-1) at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 0-2), 10:05 p.m.Texas (Millwood 2-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-0), 10:10 p.m.Tuesday's GamesCleveland at Toronto, 12:37 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:08 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 4:40 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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SCOREBOARDMonday, May 4Boston at New York Yankees (7:05 p.m. EDT). Joba Chamberlain (1-0) starts for the Yankees against Jon Lester (1-2) in Boston's first game at the new Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox swept a three-game series against New York at Fenway Park from April 24-26.STARSSunday• Carl Crawford, Rays, tied a modern major league record with six stolen bases, going 4 for 4 with an RBI to lead Tampa Bay over Boston 5-3. Eddie Collins, Otis Nixon and Eric Young were the other players to steal six bases since 1900.• Johnny Cueto, Reds, limited Pittsburgh to four singles while striking out nine in eight innings of a 5-0 victory. He lowered his ERA to 1.65.• Justin Verlander, Tigers, struck out 11 and pitched two-hit ball for seven innings of Detroit's 3-1 victory over Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians.• Derrek Lee, Cubs, hit a tiebreaking grand slam in Chicago's 6-2 win over Florida.• Jose Guillen, Royals, homered and drove in four runs to rally Kansas City past Minnesota 7-5 after Twins starter Scott Baker carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning.LONG DAY AT THE OFFICEJose Lopez blooped an RBI single in the 15th inning and Seattle, after pulling off a pair of late rallies, beat Oakland 8-7 in the longest game in the majors this season. It lasted 5 hours, 2 minutes, and was the longest by innings and time in 2009, the Elias Sports Bureau said. A throwing error by Dana Eveland, who started Friday night and pitched 4 2-3 innings, set up the winning run. Jason Vargas, called up from the minors Saturday, got the win in his first big league appearance since July 2007.HOME SWEET HOMEThe Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 7-3 to set a club record for the best home winning streak to begin a season. The 10-0 start at Chavez Ravine eclipsed the mark set at Ebbets Field by the 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers, when current manager Joe Torre was 5 years old and growing up in the borough. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this streak is the longest by any NL team since 1983, when Torre's Atlanta Braves won their first 10 games at Fulton County Stadium to tie the modern league record shared by the 1918 New York Giants and 1970 Chicago Cubs.SWINGSCleveland lefty Cliff Lee (1-4) already has lost more games this season than he did last year, when he went 22-3 and won the AL Cy Young Award. ... The Marlins have lost 10 of 13 since starting the season 11-1. ... Mike Sweeney's home run for the Mariners against Oakland was the 200th of his career — and first since April 26, 2008, with the Athletics against Seattle.OLD FRIENDSJames Shields shrugged off a shaky start to pitch into the eighth inning and Tampa Bay beat Boston 5-3 for its first series win in nearly a month.FOR THE BIRDSToronto beat Baltimore 4-3 to complete a three-game sweep. The Orioles have lost six straight and 14 of 17 following a 6-2 start.