BASEBALL
National League
All Times EDT
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 29 21 .580 —
Miami 29 22 .569 ½
New York 28 23 .549 1½
Atlanta 28 24 .538 2
Philadelphia 27 25 .519 3
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 28 22 .560 —
St. Louis 27 24 .529 1½
Pittsburgh 25 25 .500 3
Houston 22 28 .440 6
Milwaukee 22 28 .440 6
Chicago 18 32 .360 10
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 32 18 .640 —
San Francisco 27 24 .529 5½
Arizona 23 28 .451 9½
Colorado 20 29 .408 11½
San Diego 17 35 .327 16
Wednesday's Games
Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 6
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1
Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Mets 6
Atlanta 10, St. Louis 7
Miami 5, Washington 3
Colorado 13, Houston 5
Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 3
Arizona 4, San Francisco 1
Thursday's Games
Houston (Norris 5-1) at Colorado (Guthrie 2-3), 8:40 p.m.
Milwaukee (Greinke 5-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-3), 10:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Washington (Strasburg 5-1), 7:05 p.m.
Miami (Buehrle 5-4) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 1-4), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 4-5) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 1-5) at Houston (Happ 4-4), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Correia 1-5) at Milwaukee (Wolf 2-4), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 7-1) at Colorado (Outman 0-1), 8:40 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 6-1) at San Diego (Richard 2-6), 10:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Maholm 4-3) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-4), 10:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 29 22 .569 —
Tampa Bay 29 22 .569 —
New York 27 23 .540 1½
Toronto 27 24 .529 2
Boston 26 24 .520 2½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 29 22 .569 —
Cleveland 27 23 .540 1½
Detroit 23 27 .460 5½
Kansas City 21 28 .429 7
Minnesota 18 32 .360 10½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 31 20 .608 —
Los Angeles 26 26 .500 5½
Seattle 23 30 .434 9
Oakland 22 29 .431 9
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 3
Minnesota 4, Oakland 0
Toronto 4, Baltimore 1
Boston 6, Detroit 4
Seattle 21, Texas 8
N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 5
Thursday's Games
Detroit (Scherzer 4-3) at Boston (Beckett 4-4), 7:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Minnesota (Pavano 2-4) at Cleveland (D.Lowe 6-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 6-2) at Detroit (Crosby 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Buchholz 4-2) at Toronto (H.Alvarez 3-4), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (W.Chen 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Price 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Colon 4-5) at Kansas City (F.Paulino 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-1), 8:10 p.m.
Texas (Lewis 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-2), 10:05 p.m.
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Wednesday’s Major League LinescoresBy The Associated PressAMERICAN LEAGUEKansas City 002 210 010—6 13 1Cleveland 030 000 000—3 10 0B.Chen, Collins (6), Crow (7), Mijares (8), Broxton (9) and B.Pena; J.Gomez, Barnes (6), Sipp (7), Pestano (8), J.Smith (9) and Carlin. W—B.Chen 4-5. L—J.Gomez 3-4. Sv—Broxton (11).Oakland 000 000 000—0 3 0Minnesota 200 020 00x—4 6 0T.Ross, Carignan (6), Norberto (7), J.Miller (8) and K.Suzuki; Liriano, Al.Burnett (7), Gray (9) and Butera. W—Liriano 1-5. L—T.Ross 2-6. HRs—Minnesota, Willingham (10).Chicago 102 010 000—4 11 0Tampa Bay 010 002 000—3 4 0Quintana, N.Jones (4), Thornton (6), Crain (7), Reed (9) and Pierzynski; Cobb, Howell (6), W.Davis (7), Badenhop (8), Jo.Peralta (9) and J.Molina. W—N.Jones 3-0. L—Cobb 2-1. Sv—Reed (6). HRs—Tampa Bay, Scott (9), C.Pena (8).Baltimore 010 000 000—1 4 0Toronto 011 110 00x—4 9 0Hammel, O’Day (7), Strop (8) and Wieters; Morrow, Villanueva (7), Cordero (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W—Morrow 6-3. L—Hammel 6-2. Sv—Janssen (5). HRs—Toronto, Encarnacion (17), R.Davis (3), Lawrie (4), Rasmus (6).Detroit 102 000 100—4 12 0Boston 000 400 11x—6 12 0Smyly, Dotel (7), Coke (7), Benoit (8) and Avila; Lester, Albers (7), A.Miller (8), Aceves (9) and Shoppach. W—Albers 1-0. L—Dotel 1-2. Sv—Aceves (13). HRs—Boston, Ortiz (12), Middlebrooks (6), Youkilis (4).Seattle 088 100 040—21 20 1Texas 000 005 201—8 13 1Beavan, Iwakuma (7) and Olivo; D.Holland, Tateyama (2), M.Lowe (3), R.Ross (5), Ogando (7), Mi.Adams (8), Uehara (8) and Napoli, B.Snyder. W—Beavan 3-4. L—D.Holland 4-4. Sv—Iwakuma (1). HRs—Seattle, Ackley (4), J.Montero (7), Smoak 2 (9).New York 005 001 000—6 7 0Los Angeles 100 400 000—5 11 0Nova, Logan (7), Wade (7), R.Soriano (9) and Martin; E.Santana, Takahashi (6), Isringhausen (7), S.Downs (8), Richards (9) and Bo.Wilson, Hester. W—Nova 6-2. L—Takahashi 0-2. Sv—R.Soriano (6). HRs—New York, Granderson (16), Cano (8). Los Angeles, Trumbo (10).NATIONAL LEAGUESan Diego 022 020 000—6 9 0Chicago 020 120 012—8 10 0Bass, Mikolas (5), Hinshaw (5), Gregerson (7), Thatcher (7), Cashner (8), Thayer (9) and Hundley; Dempster, C.Coleman (5), Marmol (7), R.Wells (8), Russell (9) and Clevenger. W—Russell 2-0. L—Thayer 0-1. HRs—San Diego, Denorfia (2), Quentin 2 (3). Chicago, Barney (3).Washington 010 200 000—3 8 0Miami 100 210 10x—5 11 0Wang, Detwiler (5), Perry (7), Gorzelanny (7) and J.Solano; Jo.Johnson, Mujica (7), H.Bell (9) and J.Buck. W—Jo.Johnson 3-3. L—Wang 1-1. Sv—H.Bell (10). HRs—Miami, Stanton (13).Philadelphia 010 000 216—10 14 0New York 100 002 003—6 12 1Cl.Lee, Bastardo (7), Contreras (8), Valdes (9), Papelbon (9) and Schneider; Gee, Parnell (7), Rauch (8), Byrdak (9), R.Ramirez (9), Schwinden (9) and Ro.Johnson. W—Bastardo 2-1. L—Rauch 3-4. HRs—Philadelphia, Wigginton (5), Ruiz (8), Rollins (2). New York, Duda 2 (7).St. Louis 000 104 020—7 10 0Atlanta 302 003 02x—10 14 2Lohse, Rzepczynski (6), Boggs (7), Motte (8) and Y.Molina; T.Hudson, Venters (6), Durbin (7), O’Flaherty (8), Kimbrel (9) and McCann. W—Venters 3-2. L—Rzepczynski 0-3. Sv—Kimbrel (15). HRs—Atlanta, McCann (7), Freeman (8).Houston 014 000 000—5 15 1Colorado 410 016 01x—13 14 0Harrell, R.Cruz (6), X.Cedeno (6), D.Carpenter (7) and C.Snyder; Friedrich, Ottavino (7), Rogers (8), Roenicke (9) and W.Rosario. W—Friedrich 3-1. L—Harrell 4-4. HRs—Colorado, Cuddyer (6), C.Gonzalez 3 (13), Fowler (8).Milwaukee 000 203 010—6 14 0Los Angeles 100 000 200—3 10 0Gallardo, M.Parra (7), Fr.Rodriguez (8), Axford (9) and M.Maldonado; Kershaw, Guerra (6), Coffey (7), Belisario (8), Jansen (9), Elbert (9) and A.Ellis. W—Gallardo 4-4. L—Kershaw 4-3. Sv—Axford (10).Arizona 010 001 020—4 8 0San Francisco 000 100 000—1 7 1I.Kennedy, D.Hernandez (8) and M.Montero; Lincecum, Edlefsen (8), Affeldt (9) and Posey. W—I.Kennedy 4-5. L—Lincecum 2-6. Sv—D.Hernandez (1). HRs—Arizona, Goldschmidt (4).