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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

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