MLB standings

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 72 39 .649 —

Atlanta 64 48 .571 8 1/2

New York 55 55 .500 16 1/2

Florida 55 56 .495 17

Washington 53 58 .477 19

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 62 50 .554 —

St. Louis 59 53 .527 3

Pittsburgh 54 56 .491 7

Cincinnati 54 57 .486 7 1/2

Chicago 47 65 .420 15

Houston 37 74 .333 24 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 62 50 .554 —

Arizona 61 50 .550 1/2

Colorado 52 60 .464 10

Los Angeles 50 60 .455 11

San Diego 48 64 .429 14

Thursday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 6

St. Louis 7, Florida 4

Colorado 6, Washington 3

Philadelphia 3, San Francisco 0

Friday’s Games

Cincinnati (Leake 9-6) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-8), 2:20 p.m.

San Diego (Harang 9-3) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 8-5), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (T.Hudson 10-7) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 5-9), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 9-5) at Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 12-7) at Houston (Happ 4-13), 8:05 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 6-9) at Colorado (Nicasio 4-3), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-9) at Arizona (Collmenter 6-6), 9:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Worley 7-1) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 4-5), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Florida, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

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

Washington at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 68 42 .618 —

New York 68 42 .618 —

Tampa Bay 58 52 .527 10

Toronto 56 55 .505 12 1/2

Baltimore 43 65 .398 24

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 59 52 .532 —

Cleveland 55 54 .505 3

Chicago 52 58 .473 6 1/2

Minnesota 51 60 .459 8

Kansas City 48 63 .432 11

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 62 50 .554 —

Los Angeles 61 51 .545 1

Oakland 49 62 .441 12 1/2

Seattle 48 62 .436 13

Thursday’s Games

Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 6, 12 innings

Texas 5, Detroit 2

Cleveland 7, Boston 3

Kansas City 9, Baltimore 4

N.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 2

L.A. Angels 7, Minnesota 1

Friday’s Games

Toronto (Mills 0-1) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Colon 8-6) at Boston (Lester 11-4), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Moscoso 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Jimenez 0-0) at Texas (D.Holland 10-4), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 8-5) at Minnesota (Blackburn 7-8), 8:10 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 11-6) at Kansas City (F.Paulino 1-4), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 6-10) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-5), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—JosReyes, New York, .339; Braun, Milwaukee, .324; Votto, Cincinnati, .324; DanMurphy, New York, .319; Kemp, Los Angeles, .318; Morse, Washington, .316; Holliday, St. Louis, .314.

RUNS—JosReyes, New York, 79; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 74; Braun, Milwaukee, 71; Pujols, St. Louis, 71; RWeeks, Milwaukee, 71; JUpton, Arizona, 70; Votto, Cincinnati, 70.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 87; Kemp, Los Angeles, 84; Fielder, Milwaukee, 79; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 75; Berkman, St. Louis, 73; Braun, Milwaukee, 73; Votto, Cincinnati, 69.

HITS—SCastro, Chicago, 143; JosReyes, New York, 142; Bourn, Atlanta, 134; Votto, Cincinnati, 133; Pence, Philadelphia, 132; Kemp, Los Angeles, 127; JUpton, Arizona, 126.

DOUBLES—Beltran, San Francisco, 31; JUpton, Arizona, 30; Pence, Philadelphia, 29; Headley, San Diego, 28; DanMurphy, New York, 28; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 28; 5 tied at 27.

TRIPLES—JosReyes, New York, 16; Victorino, Philadelphia, 12; Fowler, Colorado, 10; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Bourn, Atlanta, 7; SSmith, Colorado, 7; Infante, Florida, 6; Maybin, San Diego, 6; Rasmus, St. Louis, 6.

HOME RUNS—Berkman, St. Louis, 28; Kemp, Los Angeles, 26; Pujols, St. Louis, 25; Stanton, Florida, 25; Fielder, Milwaukee, 24; Howard, Philadelphia, 24; Uggla, Atlanta, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 40; JosReyes, New York, 32; Kemp, Los Angeles, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 27; Maybin, San Diego, 26; Bonifacio, Florida, 25; Rollins, Philadelphia, 24.

PITCHING—Halladay, Philadelphia, 14-4; IKennedy, Arizona, 13-3; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 13-4; Jurrjens, Atlanta, 12-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 12-6; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 12-7; Correia, Pittsburgh, 12-9.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 177; ClLee, Philadelphia, 167; Lincecum, San Francisco, 160; Halladay, Philadelphia, 159; Hamels, Philadelphia, 145; AniSanchez, Florida, 143; Hanson, Atlanta, 137.

SAVES—BrWilson, San Francisco, 33; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 32; LNunez, Florida, 31; HBell, San Diego, 31; Axford, Milwaukee, 31; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 30; Street, Colorado, 28.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—AdGonzalez, Boston, .356; MiYoung, Texas, .335; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .331; VMartinez, Detroit, .322; Bautista, Toronto, .321; Ellsbury, Boston, .319; MiCabrera, Detroit, .316; JhPeralta, Detroit, .316.

RUNS—Granderson, New York, 98; Ellsbury, Boston, 83; Bautista, Toronto, 80; AdGonzalez, Boston, 78; MiCabrera, Detroit, 75; Pedroia, Boston, 73; Kinsler, Texas, 72; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 72.

RBI—AdGonzalez, Boston, 91; Granderson, New York, 85; Teixeira, New York, 85; Beltre, Texas, 76; Konerko, Chicago, 76; Youkilis, Boston, 76; Cano, New York, 75.

HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 158; MiYoung, Texas, 147; Ellsbury, Boston, 144; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 141; AGordon, Kansas City, 135; Pedroia, Boston, 134; Cano, New York, 128.

DOUBLES—AdGonzalez, Boston, 34; AGordon, Kansas City, 34; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 34; MiYoung, Texas, 33; Ellsbury, Boston, 30; Beltre, Texas, 29; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 29; Francoeur, Kansas City, 29; Youkilis, Boston, 29.

TRIPLES—Granderson, New York, 9; Bourjos, Los Angeles, 7; AJackson, Detroit, 7; RDavis, Toronto, 6; Gardner, New York, 6; 8 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 33; Teixeira, New York, 31; Granderson, New York, 28; Konerko, Chicago, 25; NCruz, Texas, 24; MarReynolds, Baltimore, 24; MiCabrera, Detroit, 22.

STOLEN BASES—Crisp, Oakland, 33; RDavis, Toronto, 33; Gardner, New York, 33; Andrus, Texas, 31; Ellsbury, Boston, 31; ISuzuki, Seattle, 28; Aybar, Los Angeles, 23; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 23.

PITCHING—Sabathia, New York, 16-5; Verlander, Detroit, 15-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 14-5; Haren, Los Angeles, 12-6; Lester, Boston, 11-4; Ogando, Texas, 11-5; Tomlin, Cleveland, 11-5; Porcello, Detroit, 11-6; Scherzer, Detroit, 11-6.

STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 178; Sabathia, New York, 162; FHernandez, Seattle, 162; Shields, Tampa Bay, 159; Price, Tampa Bay, 147; Weaver, Los Angeles, 142; GGonzalez, Oakland, 138.

SAVES—Valverde, Detroit, 30; MaRivera, New York, 28; League, Seattle, 26; Walden, Los Angeles, 24; Papelbon, Boston, 24; SSantos, Chicago, 22; Feliz, Texas, 22; CPerez, Cleveland, 22.

AFL playoffs

Arena Football Playoffs

Conference Championships

Aug. 5-6

National

Chicago at Arizona, 10 p.m.

American

Georgia at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

ArenaBowl

Friday, Aug. 12

Chicago-Arizona winner vs. Georgia-Jacksonville winner, 8 p.m.

USA Today poll

The USA Today preseason Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2010 records, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and 2010 final ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Oklahoma (42) 12-2 1454 6

2. Alabama (13) 10-3 1414 11

3. Oregon (2) 12-1 1309 3

4. LSU (2) 11-2 1296 8

5. Florida State 10-4 1116 16

6. Stanford 12-1 1101 4

7. Boise State 12-1 1065 7

8. Oklahoma State 11-2 933 10

9. Texas A&M 9-4 885 21

10. Wisconsin 11-2 829 8

11. Nebraska 10-4 814 19

12. South Carolina 9-5 779 22

13. Virginia Tech 11-3 767 15

14. Arkansas 10-3 750 12

15. TCU 13-0 687 2

16. Ohio State 12-1 631 5

17. Michigan State 11-2 536 14

18. Notre Dame 8-5 440 —

19. Auburn 14-0 329 1

20. Mississippi State 9-4 301 17

21. Missouri 10-3 266 18

22. Georgia 6-7 260 —

23. Florida 8-5 240 —

24. Texas 5-7 162 —

25. Penn State 7-6 161 —

Others receiving votes: Arizona State 158, West Virginia 149, Utah 50, Miami 49, Iowa 41, Northwestern 30, Arizona 28, UCF 22, Michigan 19, Air Force 15, North Carolina 14, Houston 13, South Florida 9, Hawaii 8, Clemson 7, Tennessee 7, Southern Miss. 6, BYU 5, N.C. State 4, Northern Illinois 4, Oregon State 4, Pittsburgh 3, Washington 3, Georgia Tech 1, Nevada 1.