BASEBALL
National League
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 57 44 .564 —
Philadelphia 49 52 .485 8
Washington 48 53 .475 9
New York 44 53 .454 11
Miami 37 62 .374 19
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 61 37 .622 —
Pittsburgh 60 39 .606 1½
Cincinnati 58 44 .569 5
Chicago 45 54 .455 16½
Milwaukee 42 58 .420 20
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 53 47 .530 —
Arizona 52 49 .515 1½
Colorado 49 53 .480 5
San Francisco 46 55 .455 7½
San Diego 45 57 .441 9
Wednesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2
L.A. Dodgers 8, Toronto 3, 10 innings
Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 2
Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1
St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 3
Colorado 2, Miami 1
Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 6, 12 innings
Cincinnati 8, San Francisco 3
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta (A.Wood 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 3-1), 12:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 4-7) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 7-3), 12:35 p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 7-8) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-8), 2:10 p.m.
Miami (Eovaldi 2-1) at Colorado (Nicasio 6-4), 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 11-5), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 2-6) at Arizona (Miley 6-8), 9:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Latos 9-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-2), 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Undecided) at Washington (Undecided), 1:35 p.m., 1st game
N.Y. Mets (Harvey 8-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 12-5), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game
Philadelphia (Hamels 4-12) at Detroit (Fister 8-5), 7:08 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 9-2) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 13-5) at Atlanta (Minor 9-5), 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee (W.Peralta 7-9) at Colorado (Chatwood 6-3), 8:40 p.m.
San Diego (Stults 8-8) at Arizona (Delgado 2-3), 9:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 5-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-6), 10:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 6-11) at San Francisco (M.Cain 6-6), 10:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 61 42 .592 —
Tampa Bay 60 42 .588 ½
Baltimore 57 45 .559 3½
New York 53 48 .525 7
Toronto 45 55 .450 14½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 56 44 .560 —
Cleveland 53 48 .525 3½
Kansas City 47 51 .480 8
Minnesota 43 55 .439 12
Chicago 39 59 .398 16
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 59 42 .584 —
Texas 56 45 .554 3
Seattle 48 53 .475 11
Los Angeles 47 52 .475 11
Houston 34 66 .340 24½
Wednesday’s Games
Oakland 4, Houston 3
L.A. Angels 1, Minnesota 0
Cleveland 10, Seattle 1
L.A. Dodgers 8, Toronto 3, 10 innings
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1
Texas 3, N.Y. Yankees 1
Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3
Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 2
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 9-6) at Texas (D.Holland 8-5), 2:05 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 10-7) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 7-4), 2:10 p.m.
Houston (Bedard 3-7) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-7), 7:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hellickson 9-3) at Boston (Lackey 7-7), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 8-3) at Kansas City (Guthrie 9-7), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 10-6) at Oakland (Straily 6-3), 10:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Correia 7-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 9-4), 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Boston (Dempster 5-8) at Baltimore (Tillman 12-3), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 5-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-8), 7:05 p.m.
Texas (M.Perez 3-3) at Cleveland (Kluber 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Lyles 4-4) at Toronto (Dickey 8-11), 7:07 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 4-12) at Detroit (Fister 8-5), 7:08 p.m.
Kansas City (Shields 4-7) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-2), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Williams 5-6) at Oakland (Colon 13-3), 10:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Diamond 5-9) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-4), 10:10 p.m.
Pirates Box Score
Pirates 4, Nationals 2
Pittsburgh Washington
ab r h bi ab r h bi
SMarte lf 4 1 1 0 Hairstn lf 3 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 1 1 1 Rendon ss 4 0 1 0
McCtch cf 4 0 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 3 1 1 0
PAlvrz 3b 3 2 1 1 Werth rf 3 1 1 2
GJones 1b 3 0 0 0 AdLRc 1b 4 0 0 0
GSnchz 1b 1 0 0 0 WRams c 4 0 1 0
Snider rf 3 0 1 0 Span cf 4 0 0 0
Tabata ph 0 0 0 0 Lmrdzz 2b 3 0 1 0
JHrrsn rf 0 0 0 0 Strasrg p 2 0 0 0
McKnr c 4 0 1 2 KSuzuk ph 0 0 0 0
Barmes ss 4 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0
Liriano p 3 0 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0
JuWlsn p 0 0 0 0
Melncn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 5 4 Totals 30 2 5 2
Pittsburgh 010 000 003—4
Washington 000 000 002—2
E—Rendon (10). DP—Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 4, Washington 5. 2B—Walker (12). HR—P.Alvarez (26), Werth (15). S—K.Suzuki.
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Liriano W,10-4 7.2 2 0 0 3 8
Ju.Wilson H,9 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Melancon S,3-4 1 1 0 0 0 1
Washington
Strasburg L,5-8 8 2 1 1 0 12
Storen 0.2 2 3 3 1 1
Abad 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Ju.Wilson pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
HBP—by Abad (Tabata).
Umpires—Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Mike Winters; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Tim Timmons.
T—2:53. A—33,636 (41,418).
MLB Linescores
Wednesday’s Major League Linescores
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 100 000 300—4 6 0
Houston 000 102 000—3 7 0
Griffin, Blevins (7), J.Chavez (8), Cook (8) and Jaso, D.Norris; B.Norris, Blackley (7), Ambriz (7), W.Wright (8), Veras (9) and Corporan. W—Griffin 9-7. L—Blackley 1-1. Sv—Cook (2). HRs—Oakland, Jaso (3), Crisp (10). Houston, Altuve (4), Corporan (6).
Minnesota 000 000 000—0 2 0
Los Angeles 100 000 00x—1 7 0
Pelfrey, Swarzak (7) and Doumit; Weaver, Frieri (9) and Iannetta. W—Weaver 5-5. L—Pelfrey 4-8. Sv—Frieri (25).
Cleveland 301 041 001—10 13 2
Seattle 010 000 000—1 2 1
Kazmir, Pestano (9) and Y.Gomes; J.Saunders, Noesi (5), Luetge (8) and H.Blanco. W—Kazmir 6-4. L—J.Saunders 9-9. HRs—Cleveland, Bourn (3), A.Cabrera (8).
Tampa Bay 003 000 020—5 11 0
Boston 000 000 100—1 5 1
Price and J.Molina; Doubront, Beato (7), Thornton (8), D.Britton (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Price 5-5. L—Doubront 7-4. HRs—Boston, Napoli (14).
New York 000 001 000—1 6 0
Texas 100 001 01x—3 9 2
Pettitte, Kelley (7) and C.Stewart, Au.Romine; Garza, Cotts (8), Nathan (9) and G.Soto. W—Garza 1-0. L—Pettitte 7-8. Sv—Nathan (32). HRs—Texas, Pierzynski (10), Dav.Murphy (11).
Detroit 310 011 000—6 11 1
Chicago 000 000 101—2 11 1
Ani.Sanchez, B.Rondon (7), Smyly (8), Putkonen (9), Coke (9), Benoit (9) and Avila; Joh.Danks, Purcey (8), Troncoso (9), Veal (9) and Phegley. W—Ani.Sanchez 8-7. L—Joh.Danks 2-8. HRs—Detroit, Fielder (17), A.Jackson (6), Tor.Hunter (9). Chicago, Viciedo (9).
Baltimore 000 200 010—3 8 1
Kansas City 100 000 021—4 9 2
W.Chen, O’Day (8) and Wieters; E.Santana, Hochevar (9) and S.Perez. W—Hochevar 3-1. L—O’Day 5-1. HRs—Baltimore, Wieters (14). Kansas City, Hosmer 2 (11).
INTERLEAGUE
Los Angeles 011 000 001 5—8 16 3
Toronto 000 020 010 0—3 5 2
(10 innings)
Nolasco, P.Rodriguez (6), Withrow (7), Belisario (8), League (8), Jansen (10) and A.Ellis; E.Rogers, Delabar (8), Janssen (9), J.Perez (10) and Arencibia, Thole. W—League 5-3. L—J.Perez 1-2. HRs—Los Angeles, M.Ellis (5), Puig (9).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 010 050 002—8 8 0
New York 000 000 020—2 6 2
T.Hudson, Avilan (8), Walden (8), Ayala (9) and McCann; Hefner, Germen (5), Edgin (8), Atchison (9) and Recker. W—T.Hudson 8-7. L—Hefner 4-8. HRs—Atlanta, Gattis (15), Uggla (20), Simmons (11).
San Diego 001 000 000—1 5 1
Milwaukee 002 000 10x—3 9 0
O’Sullivan, Thayer (7), Stauffer (8) and Hundley; Lohse, Axford (8), Henderson (9) and Lucroy. W—Lohse 7-7. L—O’Sullivan 0-2. Sv—Henderson (11). HRs—San Diego, Hundley (8).
Philadelphia 000 010 200—3 9 0
St. Louis 021 150 02x—11 16 1
Lannan, J.Ramirez (5), De Fratus (6), Diekman (8) and Ruiz; Westbrook, Siegrist (8), Ca.Martinez (9) and Y.Molina, T.Cruz. W—Westbrook 7-4. L—Lannan 2-4.
Miami 000 000 010—1 10 1
Colorado 010 010 00x—2 7 1
Ja.Turner, Webb (7), Da.Jennings (7), A.Ramos (8) and Mathis; J.De La Rosa, Escalona (7), Outman (7), W.Lopez (7), Belisle (8), Brothers (9) and Torrealba. W—J.De La Rosa 10-5. L—Ja.Turner 3-3. Sv—Brothers (6).
Chicago 000 240 000 001—7 11 1
Arizona 000 023 001 000—6 12 2
(12 innings)
Samardzija, B.Parker (6), Guerrier (7), Russell (7), Strop (8), Gregg (9), H.Rondon (11) and Castillo; Kennedy, Collmenter (6), W.Harris (8), Ziegler (9), Bell (10), D.Hernandez (12) and Nieves. W—H.Rondon 2-0. L—D.Hernandez 4-6. HRs—Chicago, Schierholtz (13). Arizona, Goldschmidt (22).
Cincinnati 103 202 000—8 13 2
San Francisco 001 000 020—3 15 1
Leake, LeCure (7), Ondrusek (8) and Mesoraco; Gaudin, Dunning (4), Mijares (5), Machi (6), S.Rosario (8) and Quiroz. W—Leake 10-4. L—Gaudin 4-2.
Prospect League
Prospect League Standings
East Division
W L Pct GB
West Virginia Miners 33 17 .660 —
Butler BlueSox 29 21 .580 4
Chillicothe Paints 27 23 .540 6
Slippery Rock Sliders 22 28 .440 11
Richmond RiverRats 20 30 .400 13
Lorain County Ironmen 19 31 .380 14
West Division
W L Pct GB
Danville Dans 34 14 .708 —
Quincy Gems 31 17 .646 3
Terre Haute Rex 24 24 .500 10
Hannibal Cavemen 21 24 .467 11½
Springfield Sliders 8 39 .170 25½