MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 77 61 .558 —

Washington 71 67 .514 6

Miami 58 81 .417 19 1/2

Atlanta 55 84 .396 22 1/2

Philadelphia 54 85 .388 23 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 87 51 .630 —

Pittsburgh 82 55 .599 4 1/2

Chicago 80 57 .584 6 1/2

Milwaukee 61 77 .442 26

Cincinnati 57 80 .416 29 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 80 58 .580 —

San Francisco 72 67 .518 8 1/2

Arizona 66 73 .475 14 1/2

San Diego 66 73 .475 14 1/2

Colorado 57 81 .413 23

Tuesday’s Games

Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 0

N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 7

Miami 6, Milwaukee 4

Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 3

Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis 5

San Francisco 6, Arizona 2

L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 4

San Diego 2, Colorado 1

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-10) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-7), 1:45 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-7), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Washington (Strasburg 8-6), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (A.Pena 1-0) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Happ 4-1) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Rusin 5-7) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 9:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-9) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Colorado at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 79 59 .572 —

New York 77 60 .562 1 1/2

Tampa Bay 67 71 .486 12

Baltimore 66 72 .478 13

Boston 65 73 .471 14

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 83 55 .601 —

Minnesota 71 67 .514 12

Cleveland 67 70 .489 15 1/2

Chicago 66 71 .482 16 1/2

Detroit 64 74 .464 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 75 64 .540 —

Texas 73 64 .533 1

Los Angeles 69 69 .500 5 1/2

Seattle 66 73 .475 9

Oakland 60 79 .432 15

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore 2, N.Y. Yankees 1

Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 7, 13 innings

Toronto 5, Boston 1, 10 innings

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 4

Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2

Oakland 4, Houston 0

L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 4

Texas 9, Seattle 6

Wednesday’s Games

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-6), 7:08 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 13-3) at Boston (J.Kelly 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Tomlin 4-1) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 9-11), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-1), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 15-7) at Oakland (Brooks 1-2), 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 2-4) at Seattle (Nuno 0-2), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Texas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

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

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Harper, Washington, .333; DGordon, Miami, .330; Posey, San Francisco, .329; YEscobar, Washington, .320; LeMahieu, Colorado, .318; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .318; Votto, CINCINNATI, .316.

RUNS—Harper, Washington, 101; Pollock, Arizona, 94; Fowler, Chicago, 90; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 86; Votto, CINCINNATI, 85; Arenado, Colorado, 84; Braun, Milwaukee, 83.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 107; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, San Diego, 91; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 88; Rizzo, Chicago, 87; Bryant, Chicago, 86; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 86.

HITS—DGordon, Miami, 172; Pollock, Arizona, 164; Posey, San Francisco, 159; Markakis, Atlanta, 158; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 157; LeMahieu, Colorado, 157; Blackmon, Colorado, 154.

DOUBLES—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 39; Arenado, Colorado, 35; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 34; Harper, Washington, 33; Markakis, Atlanta, 33; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 33; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 32; Pollock, Arizona, 32.

TRIPLES—DPeralta, Arizona, 9; Blackmon, Colorado, 8; DGordon, Miami, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; 7 tied at 6.

HOME RUNS—Arenado, Colorado, 37; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 36; Harper, Washington, 34; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, CINCINNATI, 27.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 54; DGordon, Miami, 50; Blackmon, Colorado, 36; Pollock, Arizona, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 26; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 23.

PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 18-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 17-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 16-3; GCole, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-5; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 13-6; CMartinez, St. Louis, 13-7; BColon, New York, 13-11.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.68; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.03; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.15; deGrom, New York, 2.40; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.54; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.81; Harvey, New York, 2.88.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 259; Scherzer, Washington, 225; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 203; Arrieta, Chicago, 197; Shields, San Diego, 188; TRoss, San Diego, 179; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 178.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 43; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 42; Familia, New York, 38; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 34; Casilla, San Francisco, 32; Jansen, Los Angeles, 31.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .351; Brantley, Cleveland, .319; Bogaerts, Boston, .317; LCain, Kansas City, .312; Hosmer, Kansas City, .311; NCruz, Seattle, .310; Fielder, Texas, .310; Altuve, Houston, .310.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 108; Bautista, Toronto, 93; Dozier, Minnesota, 93; LCain, Kansas City, 89; Trout, Los Angeles, 88; Kinsler, Detroit, 86; Gardner, New York, 85.

RBI—Donaldson, Toronto, 115; CDavis, Baltimore, 102; KMorales, Kansas City, 101; Bautista, Toronto, 96; Encarnacion, Toronto, 94; JMartinez, Detroit, 91; Ortiz, Boston, 87.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 167; Kinsler, Detroit, 166; Bogaerts, Boston, 164; Donaldson, Toronto, 163; Fielder, Texas, 159; NCruz, Seattle, 158; Hosmer, Kansas City, 158; MMachado, Baltimore, 158.

DOUBLES—Brantley, Cleveland, 42; KMorales, Kansas City, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 38; Kipnis, Cleveland, 37; Betts, Boston, 34; Dozier, Minnesota, 34; Kinsler, Detroit, 34.

TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12; ERosario, Minnesota, 11; RDavis, Detroit, 9; DeShields, Texas, 9; Gattis, Houston, 9; Betts, Boston, 8; Burns, Oakland, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 41; NCruz, Seattle, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 37; JMartinez, Detroit, 36; Pujols, Los Angeles, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 34; Bautista, Toronto, 33.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 36; Burns, Oakland, 26; LCain, Kansas City, 26; JDyson, Kansas City, 23; DeShields, Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 20; RDavis, Detroit, 18; Gardner, New York, 18; Marisnick, Houston, 18; Pillar, Toronto, 18.

PITCHING—Keuchel, Houston, 17-6; FHernandez, Seattle, 16-8; McHugh, Houston, 15-7; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3; Price, Toronto, 14-5; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7; Lewis, Texas, 14-8.

ERA—SGray, Oakland, 2.28; Keuchel, Houston, 2.29; Price, Toronto, 2.43; Price, Toronto, 2.43; Kazmir, Houston, 2.63; Kazmir, Houston, 2.63; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.88.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Chicago, 247; Archer, Tampa Bay, 228; Kluber, Cleveland, 219; Price, Toronto, 196; Keuchel, Houston, 185; Carrasco, Cleveland, 178; Salazar, Cleveland, 173.

SAVES—Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 34; Perkins, Minnesota, 32; Street, Los Angeles, 32; AMiller, New York, 32; ShTolleson, Texas, 31; Britton, Baltimore, 31; GHolland, Kansas City, 30.

 

NFL schedule

National Football League

AllTimes EDT

Week One

Thursday, Sept. 10

Pittsburgh at New England, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m.

Week Two

Thursday, Sept. 17

Denver at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 20

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Houston at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.

Miami at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 21

N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

 

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 1

2. Alabama 1-0 1,420 3

3. TCU 1-0 1,365 2

4. Baylor 1-0 1,252 4

5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 5

6. Auburn 1-0 1,166 6

7. Oregon 1-0 1,081 7

8. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 8

9. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 11

10. Georgia 1-0 981 9

11. Florida St. 1-0 942 10

12. Clemson 1-0 862 12

13. UCLA 1-0 833 13

14. LSU 0-0 653 14

15. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 16

16. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR

17. Mississippi 1-0 600 17

18. Arkansas 1-0 480 18

19. Oklahoma 1-0 469 19

20. Boise St. 1-0 279 23

21. Missouri 1-0 274 24

22. Arizona 1-0 259 22

23. Tennessee 1-0 169 25

24. Utah 1-0 137 NR

25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NR

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23, Florida 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1.

 

Coaches’ poll

The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Ohio State (63) 1-0 1599 1

2. Alabama (1) 1-0 1485 3

3. TCU 1-0 1464 2

4. Baylor 1-0 1349 4

5. Oregon 1-0 1279 5

6. Michigan State 1-0 1252 6

7. Auburn 1-0 1190 7

8. Florida State 1-0 1090 8

9. Georgia 1-0 1075 9

10. Southern California 1-0 1035 10

11. Notre Dame 1-0 994 11

12. Clemson 1-0 870 12

13. UCLA 1-0 801 14

14. Mississippi 1-0 735 15

15. LSU 0-0 734 13

16. Georgia Tech 1-0 651 17

17. Oklahoma 1-0 541 19

18. Arkansas 1-0 495 20

19. Texas A&M 1-0 418 NR

20. Arizona 1-0 336 22

21. Missouri 1-0 301 23

22. Boise State 1-0 277 24

23. Tennessee 1-0 212 25

24. Wisconsin 0-1 108 18

25. Utah 1-0 106 NR

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 97; Arizona State 66; Oklahoma State 52; Northwestern 35; Brigham Young 23; Kansas State 23; South Carolina 22; Duke 15; West Virginia 13; Miami (Fla.) 12; Florida 7; Louisville 6; Marshall 6; Minnesota 5; North Carolina State 4; Maryland 3; Nebraska 3; Temple 3; Illinois 2; Pittsburgh 2; California 1; Louisiana Tech 1; Memphis 1; Stanford 1.

 

FCS coaches’ poll

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the preseason 2015 Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 6, points and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Coastal Carolina (4) 1-0 517 5

2. North Dakota State (6) 0-1 490 1

2. Villanova 0-1 490 3

4. Sam Houston State (2) 0-1 487 4

5. Illinois State (6) 0-1 481 2

6. Jacksonville State (1) 1-0 453 9

7. Eastern Washington 0-1 437 6

8. Montana (3) 1-1 393 12

9. Montana State 1-0 384 11

10. South Dakota State (1) 1-0 363 15

11. James Madison 1-0 312 13

12. Chattanooga 0-1 301 8

13. Liberty 1-0 280 14

14. Northern Iowa 0-1 274 10

15. New Hampshire 0-1 257 7

16. Fordham 1-0 233 21

17. Youngstown State 0-1 219 16

18. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 175 19

19. Eastern Kentucky 1-0 174 17

20. Cal Poly 1-0 130 NR

21. Indiana State 1-0 128 20

22. Richmond 0-1 77 18

23. McNeese State 0-0 75 23

24. Idaho State 1-0 68 24

25. Harvard 0-1 44 22

25. William & Mary 1-0 44 NR

Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 36, Portland State 22, Jackson State 19, South Carolina State 18, Samford 17, North Dakota 17, Towson 12, Western Illinois 12, Western Carolina 11, South Dakota 10, Charleston Southern 8, Alcorn State 4, Furman 2, Jacksonville 1, Southern Illinois 1.

 

STATS coaches’ poll

The top 25 teams in the STATS Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 6, points and previous rank:

Record Pts Pv

1. Sam Houston State (31) 0-1 3132 3

2. North Dakota State (22) 0-1 3123 1

3. Coastal Carolina (24) 1-0 3115 5

4. Illinois State (20) 0-1 3068 2

5. Jacksonville State (24) 1-0 3047 7

6. Villanova (6) 0-1 2972 4

7. Eastern Washington (6) 0-1 2688 6

8. Montana (2) 1-1 2401 13

9. South Dakota State (8) 1-0 2374 16

10. Chattanooga 0-1 2040 8

11. Montana State 1-0 1994 11

12. New Hampshire 0-1 1864 9

13. James Madison 1-0 1776 12

14. UNI 0-1 1689 10

15. Liberty 1-0 1465 15

16. Fordham 1-0 1446 20

17. Youngstown State 0-1 1442 14

18. Cal Poly (1) 1-0 1144 NR

19. Eastern Kentucky 1-0 1127 17

20. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 908 19

21. Indiana State 1-0 665 21

22. Richmond 0-1 646 18

23. Idaho State 1-0 498 22

24. Portland State 1-0 326 NR

25. Harvard 0-0 324 23

Others: Northern Arizona 238, McNeese State 213, William & Mary 212, North Dakota 186, Western Illinois 109, Samford 89, Southern Illinois 88, Stephen F. Austin 81, South Carolina State 58, North Carolina A&T 48, Western Carolina 43, Eastern Illinois 32, Sacred Heart 31, Charleston Southern 28, Bryant 9, Florida A&M 8, Bucknell 8, Sacramento State 7, Alcorn State 7, Lamar 7, Dartmouth 4, Bethune-Cookman 4, Delaware 3, Southern Utah 2, Duquesne 2, Furman 2, Towson 2, North Carolina Central 2, Norfolk State 1, Jacksonville 1, Stony Brook 1.

 

JUCO poll

National Junior College Athletic Association

Record Pts Pv

1. East Mississippi (9) 1-0 140 1

2. Arizona Western 1-0 130 4

3. Nassau (NY) 1-0 119 5

4. Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) 1-0 108 7

4. Hutchinson (Kan.) 1-0 108 6

6. Coffeyville (Kan.) 1-0 102 10

7. Snow (Utah) 1-0 101 8

8. Tyler (Texas) 1-0 100 11

9. Mississippi Gulf Coast 1-0 93 9

10. Butler (Kan.) 1-0 75 12

11. Kilgore (Texas) 1-0 66 13

12. Georgia Military 2-0 61 14

13. Iowa Western 0-1 60 3

14. Northwest Mississippi 1-0 53 16

15. Blinn (Texas) 2-0 33 NR

16. Rochester (Minn.) 1-0 32 18

17. Central Lakes (Minn.) 1-0 22 20

18. Navarro (Texas) 1-1 20 15

19. Trinity Valley (Texas) 0-2 17 2

20. Hinds (Miss.) 1-0 14 NR

 

NASCAR leaders

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Points

1, Kevin Harvick, 948. 2, Joey Logano, 906. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 855. 4, Brad Keselowski, 837. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 817. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 806. 7, Matt Kenseth, 776. 8, Denny Hamlin, 754. 9, Kurt Busch, 752. 10, Jamie McMurray, 726.

11, Ryan Newman, 714. 12, Carl Edwards, 713. 13, Jeff Gordon, 700. 14, Paul Menard, 692. 15, Clint Bowyer, 682. 16, Aric Almirola, 653. 17, Kasey Kahne, 651. 18, Greg Biffle, 598. 19, Kyle Larson, 586. 20, Austin Dillon, 586.

Money

1, Kevin Harvick, $6,844,086. 2, Joey Logano, $6,096,730. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,328,826. 4, Denny Hamlin, $4,884,657. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,598,660. 6, Brad Keselowski, $4,564,645. 7, Matt Kenseth, $4,488,605. 8, Jeff Gordon, $4,298,465. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $3,986,606. 10, Clint Bowyer, $3,929,800.

11, Ryan Newman, $3,852,988. 12, Greg Biffle, $3,806,269. 13, Jamie McMurray, $3,714,280. 14, Aric Almirola, $3,692,910. 15, Austin Dillon, $3,616,378. 16, Trevor Bayne, $3,547,280. 17, AJ Allmendinger, $3,409,302. 18, Kyle Larson, $3,340,912. 19, David Ragan, $3,326,616. 20, Kurt Busch, $3,308,771.

 

CFL standings

Canadian Football League

EAST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Hamilton 7 3 0 14 357 194

Toronto 6 4 0 12 250 287

Ottawa 5 4 0 10 193 241

Montreal 4 6 0 8 207 196

WEST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Calgary 8 2 0 16 271 197

Edmonton 6 4 0 12 245 181

B.C. 4 5 0 8 204 250

Winnipeg 3 7 0 6 187 310

Saskatchewan 1 9 0 0 255 313

Thursday, Sept. 3

B.C. 25, Montreal 16

Sunday, Sept. 6

Saskatchewan 37 Winnipeg 19

Monday, Sept. 7

Hamilton 42, Toronto 12

Calgary 16, Edmonton 7

Friday, Sept. 11

Hamilton at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13

Ottawa at B.C., 4 p.m.