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National League

By The Associated Press

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 39 28 .582 —

Washington 33 33 .500 5½

Philadelphia 33 35 .485 6½

New York 24 38 .387 12½

Miami 20 46 .303 18½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 43 24 .642 —

Cincinnati 41 27 .603 2½

Pittsburgh 40 27 .597 3

Chicago 27 38 .415 15

Milwaukee 27 39 .409 15½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 37 30 .552 —

San Francisco 35 31 .530 1½

Colorado 35 33 .515 2½

San Diego 33 34 .493 4

Los Angeles 28 38 .424 8½

Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

Cleveland 2, Washington 1

Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Mets 3

Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 3, 10 innings

Miami 5, St. Louis 4

San Francisco 6, Atlanta 0

Philadelphia 8, Colorado 7

San Diego 2, Arizona 1

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Feldman 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-4) at Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Gaudin 2-1) at Atlanta (Minor 8-2), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-6) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 4-4), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-2) at Colorado (Chatwood 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 8-1) at Miami (Koehler 0-4), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 9-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 3-4), 7:15 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 4-5) at San Diego (Marquis 8-2), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Washington (Haren 4-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 4-4), 1:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 1-6), 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-7) at Cincinnati (Undecided), 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 2-2) at Miami (Nolasco 3-7), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 1-0), 1:35 p.m.

Arizona (Kennedy 3-4) at San Diego (Richard 1-5), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 2-9) at Colorado (Chacin 4-3), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Lincecum 4-6) at Atlanta (Teheran 4-3), 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 5-5) at St. Louis (S.Miller 7-4), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 3-5) at Philadelphia (Lannan 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-4) at Toronto (Jo.Johnson 0-2), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 5-6) at Atlanta (Hudson 4-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-2) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 1-0) at Arizona (Corbin 9-0), 9:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 5-3) at San Francisco (Zito 4-5), 10:15 p.m.

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 41 28 .594 —

Baltimore 39 29 .574 1½

New York 37 30 .552 3

Tampa Bay 35 32 .522 5

Toronto 30 36 .455 9½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 37 28 .569 —

Cleveland 33 33 .500 4½

Kansas City 32 33 .492 5

Minnesota 29 35 .453 7½

Chicago 28 36 .438 8½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 41 28 .594 —

Texas 38 29 .567 2

Seattle 30 38 .441 10½

Los Angeles 29 38 .433 11

Houston 24 44 .353 16½

Friday’s Games

Baltimore 2, Boston 0

Cleveland 2, Washington 1

Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 2

Toronto 8, Texas 0

Houston 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit 4, Minnesota 0

L.A. Angels 5, N.Y. Yankees 2

Seattle 3, Oakland 2

Saturday’s Games

Boston (Lackey 3-5) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 5-8) at Texas (Lindblom 0-1), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 7-3) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-2), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-2) at Houston (Harrell 4-7), 7:15 p.m.

Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 6-5) at Minnesota (Deduno 2-1), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Hanson 3-2), 7:15 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 7-4) at Oakland (Griffin 5-5), 7:15 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 9-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 3-4), 7:15 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Washington (Haren 4-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 4-4), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Lester 6-3) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 4-2), 1:35 p.m.

Kansas City (W.Davis 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 4-6), 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 2-4) at Houston (Keuchel 3-3), 2:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 5-4) at Minnesota (Walters 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Wang 0-0) at Texas (D.Holland 5-3), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 6-5) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2), 3:35 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 7-1) at Oakland (Colon 8-2), 4:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Kansas City (Shields 2-6) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-4) at Toronto (Jo.Johnson 0-2), 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Hammel 7-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 9-0), 7:08 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 4-2) at Texas (Tepesch 3-6), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-2) at Houston (B.Norris 5-6), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Harang 3-6) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-4), 10:05 p.m.

Pirates Box

Pirates 3, Dodgers 0

Los Angeles Pittsburgh

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Puig rf 4 0 2 0 Presley lf 4 1 1 0

Punto 3b 3 0 1 0 RMartn c 3 1 1 0

AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 McCtch cf 4 1 2 2

HRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 GJones 1b 3 0 0 0

M.Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 GSnchz 1b 1 0 1 0

Ethier cf 3 0 1 0 Walker 2b 3 0 1 1

A.Ellis c 3 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 3 0 1 0

HrstnJr lf 3 0 1 0 Snider rf 3 0 0 0

Fife p 1 0 0 0 Barmes ss 3 0 0 0

L.Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 Locke p 2 0 1 0

Howell p 0 0 0 0 Inge ph 1 0 0 0

Uribe ph 1 0 0 0 Melncn p 0 0 0 0

Guerrir p 0 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0

PRdrgz p 0 0 0 0

Totals 31 0 6 0 Totals 30 3 8 3

Los Angeles 000 000 000—0

Pittsburgh 002 000 01x—3

DP—Pittsburgh 2. LOB—Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 7. 2B—Hairston Jr. (4), McCutchen (20), P.Alvarez (5). CS—Presley (1). SF—Walker.

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Fife L,1-2 5 6 2 2 3 4

Howell 2 0 0 0 0 1

Guerrier 0 2 1 1 0 0

P.Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 2

Pittsburgh

Locke W,6-1 7 2 0 0 1 5

Melancon H,20 1 2 0 0 0 2

Grilli S,24-24 1 2 0 0 0 2

Guerrier pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP—P.Rodriguez.

Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Alan Porter; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Greg Gibson.

T—2:46. A—36,878 (38,362).

NL Leaders

National League Leaders

THROUGH JUNE 14

BATTING

G AB R H BA

Molina, STL 63 239 28 84 .351

Tulowitzki, COL 61 222 41 77 .347

Segura, MIL 65 262 40 88 .336

Scutaro, S-F 58 232 33 77 .332

Carpenter, STL 64 256 52 83 .324

Gomez, MIL 64 244 42 79 .324

Parra, ARI 66 265 43 85 .321

Votto, CIN 68 254 52 81 .319

Craig, STL 64 255 35 81 .318

Freeman, ATL 54 210 32 66 .314

HOME RUNS

Brown, PHL 19

Gonzalez, COL 19

Tulowitzki, COL 16

J. Upton, ATL 15

Goldschmidt, ARI 15

RUNS BATTED IN

Goldschmidt, ARI 59

Phillips, CIN 55

Gonzalez, COL 53

Tulowitzki, COL 51

Craig, STL 50

STOLEN BASES

Cabrera, S-D 30

Marte, PIT 20

Segura, MIL 19

Pierre, MIA 18

McCutchen, PIT 15

Revere, PHL 15

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Kershaw, LAD 1.88

Zimmermann, WAS 2.00

Harvey, NYM 2.04

Wainwright, STL 2.18

Locke, PIT 2.19

WON-LOST

Wainwright, STL 10-3

Corbin, ARI 9-0

Zimmermann, WAS 9-3

Lynn, STL 8-1

Minor, ATL 8-2

Lee, PHL 8-2

Marquis, S-D 8-2

SAVES

Grilli, PIT 24

Mujica, STL 19

Kimbrel, ATL 18

Soriano, WAS 17

Chapman, CIN 17

STRIKEOUTS

Samardzija, CHC 104

Harvey, NYM 102

Burnett, PIT 99

Wainwright, STL 97

Kershaw, LAD 96

AL Leaders

American League Leaders

THROUGH JUNE 14

BATTING

G AB R H BA

Cabrera, DET 65 257 52 91 .354

Davis, BAL 67 243 47 82 .337

Peralta, DET 60 231 31 77 .333

Kendrick, LAA 67 256 28 84 .328

Mauer, MIN 60 241 38 79 .328

Machado, BAL 68 295 43 95 .322

Pedroia, BOS 69 269 45 86 .320

Loney, T-B 67 221 30 69 .312

Donaldson, OAK 67 252 34 78 .310

Longoria, T-B 67 263 45 81 .308

HOME RUNS

Davis, BAL 22

Cabrera, DET 18

Encarnacion, TOR 18

Dunn, CHW 17

Cano, NYY 16

Cruz, TEX 16

RUNS BATTED IN

Cabrera, DET 69

Davis, BAL 57

Encarnacion, TOR 55

Fielder, DET 54

Napoli, BOS 49

Ortiz, BOS 49

STOLEN BASES

Ellsbury, BOS 30

McLouth, BAL 23

Andrus, TEX 16

Kipnis, CLE 14

Trout, LAA 14

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Buchholz, BOS 1.71

Iwakuma, SEA 1.79

Sale, CHW 2.43

Hernandez, SEA 2.49

Darvish, TEX 2.64

WON-LOST

Buchholz, BOS 9-0

Scherzer, DET 9-0

Colon, OAK 8-2

Moore, T-B 8-3

Verlander, DET 8-4

Masterson, CLE 8-5

SAVES

J. Johnson, BAL 24

Rivera, NYY 23

Nathan, TEX 20

Reed, CHW 19

Balfour, OAK 17

STRIKEOUTS

Darvish, TEX 127

Scherzer, DET 106

Masterson, CLE 102

Hernandez, SEA 102

Verlander, DET 101

College World Series

NCAA College World Series Glance

By The Associated Press

At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Omaha, Neb.

All Times EDT

Double Elimination

x-if necessary

Saturday, June 15

Game 1 — Mississippi State (48-18) vs. Oregon State (50-11), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Indiana (48-18) vs. Louisville (51-12), 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 16

Game 3 — North Carolina (57-10) vs. N.C. State (49-14), 3 p.m.

Game 4 — UCLA (44-17) vs. LSU (57-9), 8 p.m.

Monday, June 17

Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 6 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 18

Game 7 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19

Game 9 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 20

Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 21

Game 11 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.

Game 12 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 22

x-Game 13 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.

x-Game 14 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.

If only one game is necessary, it will start at 8:30 p.m.

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

Monday, June 24: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 25: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

x-Wednesday, June 26: Pairings TBA, 8 p.m.

Prospect League

Prospect League Standings

East Division

W L Pct GB

Butler BlueSox 9 7 .563 —

Richmond RiverRats 9 7 .563 —

Chillicothe Paints 9 7 .563 —

West Virginia Miners 8 8 .500 1

Lorain County Ironmen 7 9 .438 2

Slippery Rock Sliders 6 10 .375 3

West Division

W L Pct GB

Terre Haute Rex 10 4 .714 —

Quincy Gems 9 5 .643 1

Danville Dans 8 5 .615 1½

Hannibal Cavemen 6 9 .400 4½

Springfield Sliders 3 13 .188 8

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