MLB standings
Major League Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W    L    Pct    GB
Washington    28    19    .596    —
Atlanta    20    25    .444      7
New York    19    26    .422      8
Philadelphia    16    29    .356    11
Miami    16    29    .356    11
Central Division
W    L    Pct    GB
Chicago    25    21    .543    —
St. Louis    23    20    .535       1/2
Milwaukee    25    22    .532       1/2
CINCINNATI    22    24    .478    3
Pittsburgh    22    26    .458    4
West Division
W    L    Pct    GB
Colorado    31    18    .633    —
Arizona    30    19    .612      1
Los Angeles    27    20    .574      3
San Francisco    20    29    .408    11
San Diego    18    31    .367    13
Wednesday’s Late Games
St. Louis 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Thursday’s Games
CINCINNATI at Cleveland, ppd.
Seattle 4, Washington 2
Pittsburgh 9, Atlanta 4
Philadelphia 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 1
San Diego 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Arizona 4, Milwaukee 0
St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
CINCINNATI (Arroyo 3-4) at Philadelphia (Nola 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 1-4), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Perdomo 0-1) at Washington (Strasburg 5-1), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Chavez 4-5) at Miami (Straily 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Godley 1-1) at Milwaukee (Guerra 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Martinez 3-3) at Colorado (Senzatela 6-1), 8:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Wood 5-0), 10:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Garcia 1-3) at San Francisco (Cain 3-2), 10:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
CINCINNATI at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 9:10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.
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American League
East Division
W    L    Pct    GB
New York    27    17    .614    —
Baltimore    25    20    .556    2 1/2
Boston    25    21    .543    3
Tampa Bay    25    25    .500    5
Toronto    21    26    .447    7 1/2
Central Division
W    L    Pct    GB
Minnesota    25    18    .581    —
Cleveland    24    21    .533    2
Detroit    22    23    .489    4
Chicago    20    25    .444    6
Kansas City    19    27    .413    7 1/2
West Division
W    L    Pct    GB
Houston    31    16    .660    —
Los Angeles    25    25    .500      7 1/2
Texas    24    24    .500      7 1/2
Oakland    21    25    .457      9 1/2
Seattle    22    27    .449    10
Thursday’s Games
Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.
CINCINNATI at Cleveland, ppd.
Seattle 4, Washington 2
Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 0
Boston 6, Texas 2
Detroit at Houston, 8:10 p.m
Friday’s Games
Detroit (Farmer 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Pelfrey 1-4), 5:10 p.m., 1st game
Oakland (Graveman 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 5-3), 7:05 p.m.
Texas (Griffin 4-1) at Toronto (Bolsinger 0-2), 7:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Kennedy 0-4) at Cleveland (Clevinger 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Chavez 4-5) at Miami (Straily 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Gallardo 2-4) at Boston (Rodriguez 3-1), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 2-3) at Houston (Musgrove 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Boyd 2-4) at Chicago White Sox (Danish 0-0), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game
Tampa Bay (Archer 3-3) at Minnesota (Santiago 4-2), 8:10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Texas at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Seattle at Boston, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Houston, 7:15 p.m.

MLB leaders
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—JTurner, Los Angeles, .379; Zimmerman, Washington, .362; Posey, San Francisco, .345; Conforto, New York, .341; Freeman, Atlanta, .341; Cozart, CINCINNATI, .340; Harper, Washington, .340; Kemp, Atlanta, .338; Gyorko, St. Louis, .331; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .324; 1 tied at .323.
RUNS—Harper, Washington, 43; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 41; Thames, Milwaukee, 39; Blackmon, Colorado, 36; Conforto, New York, 35; Freeman, Atlanta, 35; Votto, CINCINNATI, 35; Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 34; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 34; Bryant, Chicago, 33; 3 tied at 32.
RBI—Blackmon, Colorado, 42; Lamb, Arizona, 40; Reynolds, Colorado, 39; Zimmerman, Washington, 39; Harper, Washington, 38; Votto, CINCINNATI, 38; Duvall, CINCINNATI, 37; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 37; Shaw, Milwaukee, 34; 2 tied at 33.
HITS—Blackmon, Colorado, 65; Zimmerman, Washington, 59; Inciarte, Atlanta, 57; Murphy, Washington, 56; Arenado, Colorado, 55; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 55; Harper, Washington, 54; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 54; LeMahieu, Colorado, 54; 2 tied at 53.
DOUBLES—Zimmerman, Washington, 16; Arenado, Colorado, 15; Drury, Arizona, 13; Grandal, Los Angeles, 13; Grichuk, St. Louis, 13; Kemp, Atlanta, 13; Murphy, Washington, 13; Seager, Los Angeles, 13; Shaw, Milwaukee, 13; JTurner, Los Angeles, 13; 5 tied at 12.
TRIPLES—Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Cozart, CINCINNATI, 4; Fowler, St. Louis, 4; Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 4; Galvis, Philadelphia, 3; Gordon, Miami, 3; Margot, San Diego, 3; Peraza, CINCINNATI, 3; Pollock, Arizona, 3; Perez, Milwaukee, 3; 15 tied at 2.
HOME RUNS—Freeman, Atlanta, 14; Harper, Washington, 14; Conforto, New York, 13; Lamb, Arizona, 13; Schebler, CINCINNATI, 13; Thames, Milwaukee, 13; Zimmerman, Washington, 13; 4 tied at 12.
STOLEN BASES—Hamilton, CINCINNATI, 23; Gordon, Miami, 14; Nunez, San Francisco, 12; Villar, Milwaukee, 12; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 11; Pollock, Arizona, 11; TTurner, Washington, 11; Broxton, Milwaukee, 10; Peraza, CINCINNATI, 10; 2 tied at 9.
PITCHING—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 7-2; Greinke, Arizona, 6-2; Senzatela, Colorado, 6-1; 9 tied at 5-2.
ERA—Leake, St. Louis, 1.91; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.01; Lynn, St. Louis, 2.53; Greinke, Arizona, 2.82; Nova, Pittsburgh, 2.83; Gonzalez, Washington, 2.90; Scherzer, Washington, 3.02; Lester, Chicago, 3.19; Hendricks, Chicago, 3.25; Martinez, St. Louis, 3.28; 1 tied at 3.28.
STRIKEOUTS—Samardzija, San Francisco, 79; Greinke, Arizona, 78; Scherzer, Washington, 76; deGrom, New York, 76; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 72; Ray, Arizona, 65; Lester, Chicago, 64; Martinez, St. Louis, 62; Cueto, San Francisco, 60; Strasburg, Washington, 59; 1 tied at 56.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING—Trout, Los Angeles, .344; Segura, Seattle, .336; Garcia, Chicago, .333; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, .332; Bogaerts, Boston, .331; Castro, New York, .328; Judge, New York, .315; Cano, Seattle, .306; Pillar, Toronto, .303; 2 tied at .300.
RUNS—Judge, New York, 36; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 34; Gardner, New York, 32; Sano, Minnesota, 32; Bautista, Toronto, 31; Castro, New York, 31; Gallo, Texas, 31; Lindor, Cleveland, 31; 2 tied at 30.
RBI—Cruz, Seattle, 40; Sano, Minnesota, 37; Trout, Los Angeles, 35; Garcia, Chicago, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 34; Morrison, Tampa Bay, 32; Gallo, Texas, 31; Mazara, Texas, 31; 4 tied at 30.
HITS—Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 62; Castro, New York, 59; Pillar, Toronto, 56; Garcia, Chicago, 55; Bogaerts, Boston, 53; Trout, Los Angeles, 53; Altuve, Houston, 52; Hosmer, Kansas City, 52; Segura, Seattle, 52; 2 tied at 51.
DOUBLES—Moreland, Boston, 16; Travis, Toronto, 16; CSantana, Cleveland, 15; Betts, Boston, 14; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 14; Lowrie, Oakland, 14; Trout, Los Angeles, 14; Lindor, Cleveland, 13; 3 tied at 12.
TRIPLES—Bogaerts, Boston, 4; Castellanos, Detroit, 3; Garcia, Chicago, 3; Miller, Tampa Bay, 3; 13 tied at 2.
HOME RUNS—Judge, New York, 15; Trout, Los Angeles, 15; Davis, Oakland, 14; Gallo, Texas, 14; Alonso, Oakland, 13; Cruz, Seattle, 12; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 12; Morrison, Tampa Bay, 12; 4 tied at 11.
STOLEN BASES—Dyson, Seattle, 13; Cain, Kansas City, 12; Maybin, Los Angeles, 10; Altuve, Houston, 9; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 9; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Ellsbury, New York, 8; 5 tied at 7.
PITCHING—Keuchel, Houston, 7-0; ESantana, Minnesota, 7-2; 13 tied at 5-3.
ERA—ESantana, Minnesota, 1.80; Keuchel, Houston, 1.84; Vargas, Kansas City, 2.31; Sale, Boston, 2.34; McCullers, Houston, 2.43; Holland, Chicago, 2.47; Fulmer, Detroit, 2.55; Miley, Baltimore, 2.59; Triggs, Oakland, 2.77; Darvish, Texas, 2.83; 2 tied at 2.92.
STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Boston, 101; Archer, Tampa Bay, 77; Estrada, Toronto, 70; Salazar, Cleveland, 69; Darvish, Texas, 68; McCullers, Houston, 65; Morton, Houston, 65; Porcello, Boston, 62; Pineda, New York, 61; Severino, New York, 61; 1 tied at 60.

H.S. softball
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Thursday’s Baseball Scores
Regional Semifinal
Division I
Aurora at Mentor, ppd. To May 26.
Cin. St. Xavier 4, Fairfield 1
Gahanna Lincoln at Sunbury Big Walnut, ppd. To May 26.
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange at Hilliard Darby, ppd. To May 26.
Massillon Jackson at Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, ppd. To May 26.
Medina Highland at Avon, ppd. To May 26.
Strongsville 3, Perrysburg 2
W. Chester Lakota W. 3, Centerville 1, 9 innings
Division II
Cols. DeSales at Hamilton Ross, ppd. To May 26.
Day. Chaminade-Julienne at Waynesville, ppd. To May 26.
Lexington 5, Plain City Jonathan Alder 2
Maumee 7, Parma Padua 1
Division III
Bellville Clear Fork 2, Ottawa-Glandorf 0
Carlisle 2, Cin. Country Day 0
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 6, Fredericktown 1
Martins Ferry at Berlin Hiland, ppd. To May 26.
Pemberville Eastwood 5, Archbold 4
Wheelersburg 4, Chillicothe Zane Trace 3
Division IV
Toronto 2, Danville 1
Waterford 6, S. Webster 3

Ohio High School Athletic Association
Thursday’s Softball Scores
Regional Semifinal
Division II
LaGrange Keystone 9, Napoleon 3
Oak Harbor 5, Bellville Clear Fork 1
Division IV
Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 7, DeGraff Riverside 2

NBA playoffs
National Basketball Association
NBA Daily Playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Sunday, May 14
Golden State 113, San Antonio 111
Tuesday, May 16
Golden State 136, San Antonio 100
Wednesday, May 17
Cleveland 117, Boston 104
Friday, May 19
Cleveland 130, Boston 86
Saturday, May 20
Golden State 120, San Antonio 108
Sunday, May 21
Boston 111, Cleveland 108
Monday, May 22
Golden State 129, San Antonio 115, Golden State wins series 4-0
Tuesday, May 23
Cleveland 112, Boston 99
Thursday, May 25
Cleveland 135, Boston 102, Cleveland wins series 4-1
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Thursday, June 1
Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 4
Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7
Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.
Friday, June 9
Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.
Monday, June 12
x-Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.
Thursday, June 15
x-Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 18
x-Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Cavaliers’ box
CLEVELAND (135)
James 13-18 5-8 35, Love 5-13 2-2 15, Thompson 1-3 4-4 6, Irving 9-15 2-2 24, Smith 2-4 1-2 6, Jefferson 3-5 2-2 9, Derr.Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Frye 2-6 0-0 6, Dero.Williams 5-6 2-2 14, Shumpert 2-3 0-0 4, D.Jones 2-4 1-1 5, Korver 2-4 1-1 7, J.Jones 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 48-85 20-24 135.
BOSTON (102)
Crowder 3-8 5-7 11, Horford 4-8 0-0 8, Olynyk 2-8 2-2 7, Smart 2-7 0-0 6, Bradley 10-20 1-1 23, Green 4-8 3-3 14, Brown 2-3 3-5 7, Mickey 1-2 0-0 2, Jerebko 1-2 0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 1-2 1, Zeller 2-3 0-0 4, Rozier 4-13 2-3 10, Young 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 37-86 17-23 102.
Cleveland    43    32    34    26    =    135
Boston    27    30    17    28    =    102
3-Point Goals—Cleveland 19-41 (James 4-7, Irving 4-8, Love 3-7, Dero.Williams 2-3, Korver 2-4, Frye 2-5, Jefferson 1-3, Smith 1-3, J.Jones 0-1), Boston 11-30 (Green 3-6, Young 2-4, Bradley 2-5, Smart 2-5, Jerebko 1-2, Olynyk 1-2, Crowder 0-1, Rozier 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 38 (Love 11), Boston 39 (Crowder 6). Assists—Cleveland 24 (James 8), Boston 20 (Rozier 7). Total Fouls—Cleveland 21, Boston 23. Technicals—Cleveland defensive three second, Cleveland team, Boston defensive three second, Boston team, Green. A—18,624 (18,624).

NBA leaders
NBA Playoff Leaders
Statistics as of May 25
SCORING AVERAGE
G    FG    FT    PTS    AVG
Westbrook, OKC    5    59    56    187    37.4
James, CLE    13    151    89    423    32.5
Curry, GOL    12    111    68    343    28.6
Harden, HOU    11    90    101    313    28.5
George, IND    4    34    26    112    28.0
Lillard, POR    4    39    24    111    27.8
Leonard, SAN    12    106    95    332    27.7
Wall, WAS    13    127    78    353    27.2
Paul, LAC    7    67    29    177    25.3
Durant, GOL    10    89    54    252    25.2
Beal, WAS    13    122    50    323    24.8
Antetokounmpo, MIL    6    60    25    149    24.8
Conley, MEM    6    50    31    148    24.7
Schroder, ATL    6    50    31    148    24.7
Irving, CLE    13    115    58    319    24.5
Millsap, ATL    6    50    43    146    24.3
Hayward, UTA    11    83    71    265    24.1
Thomas, BOS    15    111    91    349    23.3
Butler, CHI    6    46    38    136    22.7
McCollum, POR    4    32    15    90    22.5
DeRozan, TOR    10    76    71    224    22.4
Gasol, MEM    6    39    31    116    19.3
Love, CLE    13    69    47    223    17.2
Teague, IND    4    22    15    68    17.0
Bradley, BOS    18    120    21    301    16.7
Aldridge, SAN    16    110    42    264    16.5
Stephenson, IND    4    27    3    64    16.0

REBOUNDS PER GAME
G    OFF    DEF    TOT    AVG
Jordan, LAC    7    25    76    101    14.4
Westbrook, OKC    5    9    49    58    11.6
Gortat, WAS    13    52    91    143    11.0
Howard, ATL    6    18    46    64    10.7
Love, CLE    13    18    117    135    10.4
Gobert, UTA    9    22    67    89    9.9
Antetokounmpo, MIL    6    10    47    57    9.5
Millsap, ATL    6    9    47    56    9.3
Thompson, CLE    13    55    66    121    9.3
Young, IND    4    22    14    36    9.0
George, IND    4    5    30    35    8.8
Capela, HOU    11    26    70    96    8.7
Green, GOL    12    10    94    104    8.7
Randolph, MEM    6    9    40    49    8.2
James, CLE    13    10    94    104    8.0
Durant, GOL    10    9    69    78    7.8
Leonard, SAN    12    19    74    93    7.8

ASSISTS PER GAME
G    AST    AVG
Westbrook, OKC    5    54    10.8
Wall, WAS    13    134    10.3
Paul, LAC    7    69    9.9
Harden, HOU    11    93    8.5
Schroder, ATL    6    46    7.7
George, IND    4    29    7.2
Green, GOL    12    86    7.2
Conley, MEM    6    42    7.0
James, CLE    13    91    7.0
Thomas, BOS    15    100    6.7
Teague, IND    4    25    6.2
Lowry, TOR    8    47    5.9
Irving, CLE    13    73    5.6
Curry, GOL    12    67    5.6
Horford, BOS    18    97    5.4
Middleton, MIL    6    32    5.3
Smart, BOS    18    85    4.7
Leonard, SAN    12    55    4.6

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
3FG    3FGA    PCT
Gasol, MEM    7    12    .583
McDermott, OKC    7    13    .538
Teague, IND    9    17    .529
Frye, CLE    20    38    .526
Horford, BOS    27    52    .519
Snell, MIL    16    31    .516
McCollum, POR    11    22    .500
Brogdon, MIL    10    21    .476
Love, CLE    38    80    .475
Green, GOL    25    53    .472
Green, BOS    21    45    .467
Portis, CHI    6    13    .462
Leonard, SAN    25    55    .455
Napier, POR    5    11    .455
Smith, CLE    22    49    .449
Conley, MEM    17    38    .447
Powell, TOR    15    34    .441
Green, MEM    7    16    .438
Curry, GOL    53    123    .431
George, IND    18    42    .429
Schroder, ATL    17    40    .425
James, CLE    32    76    .421

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
FT    FTA    PCT
Crawford, LAC    12    12    1.000
Lillard, POR    24    25    .960
Wade, CHI    20    21    .952
Gasol, MEM    31    33    .939
McCollum, POR    15    16    .938
Hayward, UTA    71    76    .934
Leonard, SAN    95    102    .931
Curry, GOL    68    75    .907
Irving, CLE    58    64    .906
Williams, HOU    26    29    .897
DeRozan, TOR    71    80    .888
Porter, WAS    31    35    .886
Paul, LAC    29    33    .879
Harden, HOU    101    115    .878
Harkless, POR    7    8    .875
Durant, GOL    54    62    .871
George, IND    26    30    .867
Ennis, MEM    12    14    .857
Love, CLE    47    55    .855
Redick, LAC    17    20    .850
Bogdanovic, WAS    27    32    .844
Wall, WAS    78    93    .839

NHL playoffs
National Hockey League
NHL Playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
Friday, May 12
Nashville 3, Anaheim 2, OT
Saturday, May 13
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT
Sunday, May 14
Anaheim 5, Nashville 3
Monday, May 15
Pittsburgh 1, Ottawa 0
Tuesday, May 16
Nashville 2, Anaheim 1
Wednesday, May 17
Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 1
Thursday, May 18
Anaheim 3, Nashville 2, OT
Friday, May 19
Pittsburgh 3, Ottawa 2
Saturday, May 20
Nashville 3, Anaheim 1
Sunday, May 21
Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 0, Pittsburgh leads series 3-2
Monday, May 22
Nashville 6, Anaheim 3, Nashville wins series 4-2
Tuesday, May 23
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1
Thursday, May 25
Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1, Pittsburgh wins series 4-3
STANLEY CUP FINAL
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Monday, May 29
Nashville at Pittsburgh, TBA
Wednesday, May 31
Nashville at Pittsburgh, TBA
Saturday, June 3
Pittsburgh at Nashville, TBA
Monday, June 5
Pittsburgh at Nashville, TBA
Thursday, June 8
x-Nashville at Pittsburgh, TBA
Sunday, June 11
x-Pittsburgh at Nashville, TBA
Wednesday, June 14
x-Nashville at Pittsburgh, TBA