Baseball
National League
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 53 46 .535 —
New York 52 49 .515 2
Atlanta 46 55 .455 8
Miami 42 59 .416 12
Philadelphia 38 64 .373 16½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 64 37 .634 —
Pittsburgh 59 41 .590 4½
Chicago 53 47 .530 10½
Cincinnati 45 54 .455 18
Milwaukee 44 58 .431 20½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 57 45 .559 —
San Francisco 56 45 .554 ½
Arizona 49 51 .490 7
San Diego 48 53 .475 8½
Colorado 43 56 .434 12½
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Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 4
Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2
Arizona 8, Seattle 2
San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 0
Baltimore 2, Atlanta 0
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2
San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3
Washington 7, Miami 2
Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0
L.A. Dodgers 10, Oakland 7
Thursday's Games
San Diego (Cashner 4-10) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-9), 12:10 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 10-8) at Miami (Haren 7-6), 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta (S.Miller 5-7) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-11), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Burnett 8-4) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Rusin 3-4) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 11-4), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 11-6) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Atlanta (Wisler 5-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-5), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Miami (Phelps 4-7), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 9-7), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 5-2), 8:10 p.m.
Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-11) at St. Louis (Wacha 11-4), 8:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 57 43 .570 —
Baltimore 51 49 .510 6
Toronto 51 51 .500 7
Tampa Bay 51 52 .495 7½
Boston 44 58 .431 14
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Kansas City 61 39 .610 —
Minnesota 52 48 .520 9
Chicago 49 50 .495 11½
Detroit 49 52 .485 12½
Cleveland 46 54 .460 15
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 57 45 .559 —
Los Angeles 55 45 .550 1
Texas 48 52 .480 8
Seattle 46 56 .451 11
Oakland 45 57 .441 12
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Wednesday's Games
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 12, Kansas City 1
Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 4
Arizona 8, Seattle 2
Baltimore 2, Atlanta 0
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2
Chicago White Sox 9, Boston 2
Texas 5, N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 6, L.A. Angels 3
L.A. Dodgers 10, Oakland 7
Thursday's Games
Detroit (Simon 9-6) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 9-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (D.Duffy 4-4) at Toronto (Estrada 7-6), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-5) at Boston (S.Wright 3-4), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-7) at Texas (Gallardo 7-9), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-7) at Houston (Kazmir 6-5), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Happ 4-5) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 9-6), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Carrasco 10-8) at Oakland (Bassitt 0-3), 10:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 5-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Cueto 0-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-2), 7:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-8) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-3), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Minnesota (Milone 5-2), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Salazar 8-6) at Oakland (Graveman 6-7), 9:35 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-6), 10:10 p.m.
Pirates box score
Pirates 10, Twins 4
Pittsburgh Minnesota
ab r h bi ab r h bi
GPolnc rf 2 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 4 1 1 0
Decker rf 2 1 0 0 Hicks cf 5 1 3 1
SMarte lf 4 1 1 1 Mauer 1b 5 1 1 0
McCtch cf 4 2 2 3 Sano dh 4 0 2 2
ArRmr 3b 5 0 2 0 ERosar rf 4 1 1 0
Flormn pr-ss 0 1 0 0 Nunez 3b 4 0 1 1
Kang ss-3b 5 1 3 1 EdEscr ss-lf 4 0 1 0
NWalkr 2b 5 1 2 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 1 0
PAlvrz dh 4 1 1 2 SRonsn lf 3 0 1 0
Cervelli c 4 1 2 0 JPolnc ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Ishikaw 1b 4 1 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 7 Totals 38 4 12 4
Pittsburgh 010 025 002—10
Minnesota 012 000 001— 4
E—Bastardo (1), S.Marte (2), E.Santana (1), Nunez (2), E.Rosario (5). DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 8, Minnesota 9. 2B—Ar.Ramirez (19), N.Walker (24), P.Alvarez (15), Cervelli (11), Dozier (28), Sano (6), S.Robinson (4). 3B—E.Rosario (5). HR—McCutchen (14), Kang (7). SB—S.Marte (20). SF—S.Marte.
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Liriano W,7-6 5.2 10 3 2 0 4
Bastardo .2 0 0 0 2 2
J.Hughes H,17 .2 0 0 0 0 1
Caminero 1 0 0 0 0 0
D.Guerra 1 2 1 1 0 2
Minnesota
E.Santana L 5.2 8 8 6 4 3
Boyer 1 2 0 0 1 0
O'Rourke .2 0 0 0 0 2
Graham 1.2 3 2 2 0 0
WP—D.Guerra, E.Santana, Graham.
Umpires—Home, Pat Hoberg; First, David Rackley; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Marvin Hudson.
T—3:29. A—37,273 (39,021).
MLB Linescores
Wednesday's Major League Linescores
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 000 000 001—1 5 1
Cleveland 110 006 04x—12 18 0
Guthrie, F.Morales (6), Hochevar (8) and Butera; Kluber and Y.Gomes. W—Kluber 6-11. L—Guthrie 7-7. HRs—Cleveland, Urshela (3), Lindor (5), Brantley (8), Y.Gomes (5).
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Detroit 000 000 200—2 4 0
Tampa Bay 000 010 000—1 4 1
Verlander, Soria (9) and J.McCann; Archer, Geltz (8), Boxberger (9) and Rivera, B.Wilson. W—Verlander 1-3. L—Archer 9-8. Sv—Soria (23). HRs—Tampa Bay, A.Cabrera (6).
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Chicago 231 000 210—9 17 1
Boston 000 100 100—2 7 2
Quintana, Putnam (7), D.Webb (9) and Flowers; Porcello, Breslow (3), Layne (6), Ogando (8), Uehara (9) and Hanigan. W—Quintana 6-9. L—Porcello 5-11. HRs—Chicago, Eaton (9), Al.Ramirez (5). Boston, Napoli (12).
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New York 020 000 000—2 8 2
Texas 030 010 10x—5 11 1
Tanaka, Shreve (7), Cotham (7) and B.McCann; Lewis, Kela (7), Scheppers (8), Sh.Tolleson (9) and Chirinos. W—Lewis 11-4. L—Tanaka 7-4. Sv—Sh.Tolleson (18). HRs—New York, Beltran (8).
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Los Angeles 010 000 002—3 9 0
Houston 000 021 12x—6 11 0
Richards, Gott (7), J.Alvarez (8) and C.Perez; McCullers, Neshek (8), Gregerson (9) and Conger. W—McCullers 5-3. L—Richards 10-8. HRs—Los Angeles, Pujols (30). Houston, Tucker (10), Singleton (1).
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INTERLEAGUE
Arizona 400 100 210—8 15 0
Seattle 000 100 010—2 7 1
Corbin, Reed (7), Collmenter (9) and W.Castillo; F.Hernandez, Nuno (7), Rodney (9) and Sucre. W—Corbin 2-3. L—F.Hernandez 12-6. HRs—Arizona, W.Castillo 2 (10).
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Atlanta 000 000 000—0 4 0
Baltimore 001 100 00x—2 6 1
Foltynewicz, Aardsma (7) and Pierzynski; Tillman, Britton (9) and Wieters. W—Tillman 8-7. L—Foltynewicz 3-3. Sv—Britton (26). HRs—Baltimore, Schoop (7), J.Hardy (7).
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Philadelphia 000 000 110—2 7 2
Toronto 002 023 10x—8 16 2
J.Williams, De Fratus (5), Neris (8) and Ruiz; Dickey, Schultz (9) and Ru.Martin. W—Dickey 5-10. L—J.Williams 3-8. HRs—Toronto, Tulowitzki (1).
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Oakland 000 110 401—7 13 0
Los Angeles 100 200 52x—10 12 1
Chavez, Abad (6), Fe.Rodriguez (7), Pomeranz (7), Otero (7), O'Flaherty (8) and Vogt, Phegley; Bolsinger, Nicasio (6), Howell (7), Baez (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Jansen (9) and Grandal. W—Baez 3-2. L—Pomeranz 4-4. HRs—Oakland, Lawrie (9). Los Angeles, Puig (7).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 000 100 100—2 5 0
Chicago 102 000 00x—3 6 0
E.Butler, Laffey (6), Kahnle (8) and Hundley; Lester, H.Rondon (9) and D.Ross. W—Lester 6-8. L—E.Butler 3-7. Sv—H.Rondon (13). HRs—Colorado, Ca.Gonzalez (21). Chicago, Fowler (10), Rizzo (17).
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Milwaukee 000 000 000—0 6 1
San Francisco 000 000 50x—5 8 0
Fiers, W.Smith (7), Broxton (7), Knebel (8) and Lucroy; Peavy, Strickland (7), Romo (8), Lopez (9) and H.Sanchez. W—Strickland 1-1. L—Fiers 5-9.
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San Diego 222 001 000—7 15 0
New York 010 001 001—3 5 0
T.Ross, Quackenbush (6), Thayer (8), Mateo (9) and Hedges; B.Colon, A.Torres (3), Parnell (6), Gilmartin (7), Robles (9) and Recker. W—T.Ross 7-8. L—B.Colon 9-10. HRs—San Diego, Upton (17), Alonso (4). New York, Duda 3 (18).
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Washington 000 230 020—7 9 0
Miami 010 100 000—2 5 2
Fister, Janssen (7), Storen (8), Roark (9) and Lobaton; Koehler, S.Dyson (7), Rienzo (9) and Realmuto. W—Fister 4-6. L—Koehler 8-7. HRs—Washington, Harper 2 (29), M.Taylor (9).
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Cincinnati 010 000 000—1 2 0
St. Louis 000 000 000—0 4 0
DeSclafani, Hoover (8), A.Chapman (9) and B.Pena; Lackey, Siegrist (9) and Molina. W—DeSclafani 6-7. L—Lackey 9-6. Sv—A.Chapman (21). HRs—Cincinnati, Bruce (17).
East DivisionTeam W L GBChillicothe 18 6 —Butler 14 11 4.5Champion City 13 11 5West Virginia 10 12 7Richmond 10 13 7.5Jamestown 5 17 12West DivisionTeam W L GBTerre Haute 17 5 —Danville 14 12 5Springfield 11 11 6Quincy 12 13 6.5Kokomo 11 12 6.5Hannibal 6 18 12
