National LeagueAt A GlanceBy The Associated PressAll Times EDTEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 59 49 .546 —New York 58 50 .537 1Florida 58 51 .532 1½Atlanta 50 58 .463 9Washington 38 70 .352 21Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 65 44 .596 —St. Louis 61 50 .550 5Milwaukee 60 49 .550 5Cincinnati 51 58 .468 14Houston 50 57 .467 14Pittsburgh 50 58 .463 14½West Division

W L Pct GBArizona 56 52 .519 —Los Angeles 54 54 .500 2Colorado 49 61 .445 8San Francisco 44 63 .411 11½San Diego 42 67 .385 14½Thursday's GamesChicago Cubs 11, Milwaukee 4Florida 12, Colorado 2Atlanta 9, St. Louis 4Philadelphia 8, Washington 4Arizona 2, L.A. Dodgers 1Friday's GamesPittsburgh (Karstens 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Marquis 6-6), 2:20 p.m.Colorado (Jimenez 7-9) at Florida (Volstad 2-1), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Suppan 5-7) at Atlanta (James 2-3), 7:35 p.m.Cincinnati (Bailey 0-4) at Washington (Od.Perez 3-8), 7:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Martinez 3-2) at Houston (Backe 6-10), 8:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 9-6) at St. Louis (Lohse 12-3), 8:15 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 11-3) at San Diego (Banks 3-4), 10:05 p.m.Arizona (Johnson 8-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-3), 10:40 p.m.Saturday's GamesPittsburgh (Maholm 7-6) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 10-6), 1:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Sabathia 4-0) at Atlanta (Morton 2-4), 3:55 p.m.N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 9-7) at Houston (Oswalt 8-8), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (de los Santos 0-0) at Florida (Nolasco 10-6), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Fogg 2-3) at Washington (Bergmann 1-8), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Blanton 0-0) at St. Louis (Looper 10-8), 7:15 p.m.San Francisco (Zito 5-13) at San Diego (Maddux 4-8), 10:05 p.m.Arizona (Petit 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-8), 10:10 p.m.

American LeagueAt A GlanceBy The Associated PressAll Times EDTEast Division

W L Pct GBTampa Bay 63 44 .589 —Boston 61 48 .560 3New York 59 49 .546 4½Toronto 54 54 .500 9½Baltimore 51 56 .477 12Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 60 47 .561 —Minnesota 60 48 .556 ½Detroit 55 53 .509 5½Kansas City 50 59 .459 11Cleveland 47 60 .439 13West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 68 40 .630 —Texas 56 53 .514 12½Oakland 53 54 .495 14½Seattle 41 67 .380 27Thursday's GamesCleveland 9, Detroit 4L.A. Angels 12, N.Y. Yankees 6Seattle 8, Texas 5Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 6Friday's GamesOakland (Duchscherer 10-7) at Boston (Wakefield 6-8), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (E.Santana 11-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Ponson 6-2), 7:05 p.m.Detroit (Miner 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 8-5), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Marcum 5-5) at Texas (Hunter 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Cleveland (Sowers 1-5) at Minnesota (Blackburn 7-6), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 7-9) at Kansas City (Hochevar 6-8), 8:10 p.m.Baltimore (Olson 7-5) at Seattle (Washburn 5-9), 10:10 p.m.Saturday's GamesL.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 9-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 13-7), 3:55 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 8-9) at Kansas City (Davies 4-2), 3:55 p.m.Detroit (Rogers 8-7) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 10-6), 6:10 p.m.Oakland (Eveland 7-7) at Boston (Lester 9-3), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Byrd 5-10) at Minnesota (Slowey 7-7), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Burnett 12-9) at Texas (Feldman 4-3), 8:05 p.m.Baltimore (Guthrie 7-8) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 7-6), 10:10 p.m.

By The Associated Press<B>AMERICAN LEAGUEDetroit 100 001 200—4 6 2</B><B>Cleveland 100 032 03x—9 8 3</B>Verlander, Rapada (6), ALopez (8) and Sardinha; Carmona, RPerez (7), Kobayashi (9) and Fasano. W—Carmona 5-3. L—Verlander 8-11. HR—Cleveland, Sizemore (27).<B>Los Angeles 006 004 020—12 18 2</B><B>New York 000 110 103— 6 12 0</B>Garland, Oliver (7), O'Day (9), Arredondo (9) and Mathis; Pettitte, Britton (6) and IRodriguez. W—Garland 10-6. L—Pettitte 12-8. HRs—Los Angeles, Guerrero (18), Hunter (18), JRivera (6). New York, BAbreu (14), Nady (2).<B>Seattle 220 200 020—8 11 1</B><B>Texas 000 000 023—5 10 2</B>Dickey, MLowe (8), Putz (9) and JBurke; Harrison, Nippert (5) and Laird. W—Dickey 3-6. L—Harrison 2-2. HRs—Seattle, Beltre (19). Texas, RVazquez (6).<B>Chicago 020 020 020— 6 8 2</B><B>Minnesota 000 030 43x—10 12 0</B>Danks, Thornton (7), Dotel (7), Wassermann (7), Logan (8) and Pierzynski; SBaker, Crain (7), Guerrier (8), Nathan (9) and Mauer. W—Crain 4-2. L—Thornton 4-3. HRs—Chicago, Dye (25), Thome (20). Minnesota, Morneau (18), Kubel (14).<B>NATIONAL LEAGUEChicago 001 400 042—11 9 0</B><B>Milwaukee 000 000 103— 4 10 1</B>Harden, Howry (8), Eyre (9), Marshall (9) and Soto; Bush, Riske (8), Gagne (9), McClung (9) and Kendall. W—Harden 1-1. L—Bush 5-9. HRs—Chicago, ASoriano (18), Fukudome (8), Edmonds 2 (13). Milwaukee, Fielder (22).<B>St. Louis 200 110 000—4 8 0</B><B>Atlanta 020 202 21x—9 15 0</B>Pineiro, Jimenez (7) and LaRue; Hampton, JBennett (6), RSoriano (8), MGonzalez (9) and Sammons. W—JBennett 2-4. L—Pineiro 3-5. HRs—Atlanta, Infante (3), Sammons (1).<B>Philadelphia 030 203 000—8 11 0</B><B>Washington 011 000 002—4 9 3</B>Kendrick, Condrey (7), Seanez (9), Durbin (9) and Ruiz; Lannan, Manning (6), Mock (6), Colome (8) and Flores. W—Kendrick 9-5. L—Lannan 6-11. HRs—Philadelphia, Rollins (8), Werth (15).<B>Colorado 000 101 000— 2 7 0</B><B>Florida 160 310 01x—12 12 0</B>De La Rosa, KWells (2), Vizcaino (6), Grilli (7) and Torrealba; ASanchez, JuMiller (6), Nelson (9) and Baker. W—ASanchez 1-0. L—De La Rosa 5-6. HRs—Florida, HRamirez (25), Cantu (19).<B>Arizona 000 000 200—2 8 1</B><B>Los Angeles 000 001 000—1 7 0</B>Webb, Lyon (9) and CSnyder; DLowe, Kuo (7), Wade (9) and Martin, Ardoin (9). W—Webb 15-4. L—DLowe 8-9. Sv—Lyon (23).

SCOREBOARDFriday, Aug. 1Philadelphia at St. Louis (8:15 p.m. EDT). National League playoff contenders begin a three-game series when Cole Hamels (9-6) faces Albert Pujols and the Cardinals. Kyle Lohse (12-3) gets the ball for St. Louis.STARSThursday• Jim Edmonds, Cubs, hit a grand slam and another home run, driving in five runs in an 11-4 rout of the Brewers.• Grady Sizemore, Indians, hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBI in a 9-4 rout of the Tigers.• Brandon Webb, Diamondbacks, gave up a run and six hits over eight innings, striking out six to improve to 15-6 with a 2-1 win over the Dodgers.• Chone Figgins, Angels, went 4-for-5 with an RBI and scored three times in a 12-6 win over they Yankees.• Clint Sammons, Braves, homered and drove in three runs, finishing 3-for-4 in a 9-4 win over the Cardinals.• Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, homered and drove in three runs in an 8-4 win over the Nationals.• Joe Mauer, Twins, went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI in a 10-6 win over the White Sox.FAUSTO SAYS, 'FINALLY!'Fausto Carmona won for the first time since May 12 when the Indians beat Detroit 9-4. He was making his second start after spending two months on the disabled list with a hip injury. Carmona bounced back with a strong outing after being rocked for nine runs in just 2 1-3 innings when he rejoined the rotation last week. He hadn't won since beating Toronto three months ago.SENTENCE DELIVEREDBaltimore's Daniel Cabrera and New York's Edwar Ramirez were suspended and fined for intentionally throwing at batters during a series between the teams earlier this week. Cabrera was suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing a pitch at Alex Rodriguez's head in the bottom of the eighth inning on Tuesday night. Ramirez, a reliever, was suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing his first pitch over Kevin Millar's head during the top of the seventh inning on Wednesday.MINNESOTA MESSWhite Sox manager Ozzie Guillen pulled his team off the field at the Metrodome in the seventh inning after fans threw hats and baseballs onto the field following the ejection of Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. The Metrodome public address announcer warned fans that continued behavior would lead to the Twins forfeiting the game, and calm was restored after 5 minutes.THREE TIMES THE FUNTorii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera each hit a three-run homer, helping the Angels pound the Yankees 12-6. It was the first time in 30 years the Angels hit a trio of three-run homers in a game, helping them improve baseball's best record to 68-40.SPEAKING"You got athletes on this team. We're Hyenas. We take advantage of the weak link. You make a mistake and we're gone." — Angels outfielder Torii Hunter, who hit one of three, three-run homers in a 12-6 rout of the Yankees.SEASONSAug. 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.