National League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 64 45 .587 —

Washington 57 51 .528 6½

Philadelphia 56 51 .523 7

New York 51 55 .481 11½

Miami 41 65 .387 21½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 57 49 .538 —

Chicago 56 50 .528 1

Milwaukee 56 52 .519 2

Cincinnati 50 56 .472 7

Pittsburgh 47 61 .435 11

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 71 39 .645 —

San Francisco 55 53 .509 15

Arizona 54 55 .495 16½

San Diego 50 57 .467 19½

Colorado 50 59 .459 20½

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Tuesday's Games

Baltimore 8, San Diego 5

Arizona 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

Philadelphia 4, San Francisco 2

Atlanta 11, Washington 8

Pittsburgh 11, Cincinnati 4

Minnesota 2, Miami 1

N.Y. Mets 5, Chicago White Sox 2, 11 innings

St. Louis 2, Chicago Cubs 1

L.A. Dodgers 9, Colorado 4

Oakland 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings

Wednesday's Games

Atlanta 5, Washington 4, 10 innings

Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1

N.Y. Yankees 7, Arizona 5

L.A. Dodgers 5, Colorado 1

San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 1

Minnesota 7, Miami 4

N.Y. Mets at Chicago White Sox, night

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, night

Milwaukee at Oakland, night

Thursday's Games

Minnesota (Pineda 7-5) at Miami (Yamamoto 4-2), 12:10 p.m.

San Francisco (TBD) at Philadelphia (Arrieta 8-8), 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 1-3), 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 5-2) at Oakland (Mengden 5-2), 3:37 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-6) at St. Louis (Flaherty 4-6), 7:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 6-5) at Atlanta (Fried 11-4), 7:20 p.m.

San Diego (Lucchesi 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-2), 10:10 p.m.

Friday's Games

Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

American League

At A Glance

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 68 39 .636 —

Tampa Bay 61 48 .560 8

Boston 59 49 .546 9½

Toronto 43 67 .391 26½

Baltimore 36 71 .336 32

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 66 41 .617 —

Cleveland 63 44 .589 3

Chicago 46 58 .442 18½

Kansas City 40 70 .364 27½

Detroit 32 72 .308 32½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 69 40 .633 —

Oakland 61 47 .565 7½

Los Angeles 56 54 .509 13½

Texas 53 54 .495 15

Seattle 47 63 .427 22½

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Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 8, San Diego 5

Arizona 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

Houston 2, Cleveland 0

Minnesota 2, Miami 1

Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5

Seattle 8, Texas 5

N.Y. Mets 5, Chicago White Sox 2, 11 innings

Toronto 9, Kansas City 2

L.A. Angels 6, Detroit 1

Oakland 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 7, Arizona 5

Toronto 4, Kansas City 1

Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 1

Cleveland 10, Houston 4

Minnesota 7, Miami 4

Tampa Bay at Boston night

Seattle at Texas, night

N.Y. Mets at Chicago White Sox, night

Milwaukee at Oakland, night

Thursday’s Games

Minnesota (Pineda 7-5) at Miami (Yamamoto 4-2), 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 1-3), 2:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 5-2) at Oakland (Mengden 5-2), 3:37 p.m.

Toronto (TBD) at Baltimore (Wojciechowski 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (Cole 12-5) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (TBD) at Boston (Cashner 10-5), 7:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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Aug. 11970 — Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader with five home runs and two singles. San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves in both games, by scores of 9-0 and 11-7.1977 — Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including his 18th career grand slam, a total that still leads the National League.1978 — Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak as the Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4.1986 — Bert Blyleven threw a two-hitter and struck out 15 to become the 10th major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland A's. Puckett tripled in the first inning, doubled in the fifth, singled in the sixth homered in the eighth. Puckett finished 4 for 5 with three runs and two RBIs. It was the first cycle to happen at the Metrodome.1994 — Baltimore's Cal Ripken became the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games, and the Orioles beat Minnesota 1-0.1998 — Switch-hitter Tony Clark set an AL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this year as the Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay 8-0.2005 — Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days following a positive test for steroids, less than five months after the Baltimore Orioles' first baseman told Congress: “I have never used steroids. Period.”2006 — Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle in Detroit's 10-4 victory over Tampa Bay.2017 — Evan Longoria became the second Tampa Bay player to hit for the cycle and drove in three runs to lead the Rays past Houston 6-4. He was a double shy when he batted in the ninth inning. He hit a liner to left field and initially was ruled out, but the call was overturned.Today's birthdays: Aledmys Diaz, 29; Madison Bumgarner, 30; Roenis Elias, 31; Adam Jones, 34; Brandon Kintzler, 35.