MLB standings

Major League Baseball

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 56 50 .528 —

Washington 54 50 .519 1

Atlanta 48 58 .453 8

Miami 43 63 .406 13

Philadelphia 41 65 .387 15

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 67 38 .638 —

Pittsburgh 61 43 .587 5 1/2

Chicago 57 47 .548 9 1/2

Cincinnati 47 56 .456 19

Milwaukee 44 63 .411 24

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 60 45 .571 —

San Francisco 57 48 .543 3

San Diego 52 54 .491 8 1/2

Arizona 51 53 .490 8 1/2

Colorado 44 60 .423 15 1/2

Monday’s Games

Arizona 6, Washington 4

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain

N.Y. Mets 12, Miami 1

Atlanta 9, San Francisco 8, 12 innings

San Diego 13, Milwaukee 5

Seattle 8, Colorado 7

Tuesday’s Games

Arizona (Corbin 2-3) at Washington (Scherzer 11-8), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 11-6) at Pittsburgh (Happ 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 7-6) at Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-8), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-9) at Miami (B.Hand 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 2-4) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-8), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 9-6) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 6-7), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 4-10) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Nuno 0-0) at Colorado (J.Gray 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Seattle at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Arizona at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

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

San Francisco at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

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

San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

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American League

All Times EDT

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 59 45 .567 —

Baltimore 54 51 .514 5 1/2

Toronto 55 52 .514 5 1/2

Tampa Bay 53 54 .495 7 1/2

Boston 47 59 .443 13

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 62 42 .596 —

Minnesota 54 51 .514 8 1/2

Detroit 51 54 .486 11 1/2

Chicago 50 54 .481 12

Cleveland 48 57 .457 14 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 60 47 .561 —

Los Angeles 56 49 .533 3

Texas 52 53 .495 7

Seattle 49 58 .458 11

Oakland 47 60 .439 13

Monday’s Games

Toronto 5, Minnesota 1

Texas 12, Houston 9

Tampa Bay 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Seattle 8, Colorado 7

Baltimore 9, Oakland 2

L.A. Angels 5, Cleveland 4

Tuesday’s Games

Boston (Owens 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 7-4), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 10-6) at Toronto (Estrada 8-6), 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 4-5) at Detroit (Verlander 1-3), 7:08 p.m.

Houston (Fiers 0-0) at Texas (Gallardo 7-9), 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-6), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Nuno 0-0) at Colorado (J.Gray 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 9-7) at Oakland (Bassitt 0-4), 10:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Carrasco 11-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-7), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

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

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

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

 

MLB leaders

Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Goldschmidt, Arizona, .339; Harper, Washington, .330; DGordon, Miami, .329; GParra, Milwaukee, .328; Posey, San Francisco, .327; LeMahieu, Colorado, .322; YEscobar, Washington, .312.

RUNS—Harper, Washington, 69; Pollock, Arizona, 68; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 67; Fowler, Chicago, 66; Blackmon, Colorado, 64; Braun, Milwaukee, 61; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 61.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 80; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 77; Posey, San Francisco, 73; Harper, Washington, 68; BCrawford, San Francisco, 67; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 67; Stanton, Miami, 67.

HITS—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 126; DGordon, Miami, 126; LeMahieu, Colorado, 122; Blackmon, Colorado, 119; Pollock, Arizona, 119; Markakis, Atlanta, 118; Posey, San Francisco, 118.

DOUBLES—Frazier, CINCINNATI, 30; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 26; Belt, San Francisco, 26; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 26; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 26; Rizzo, Chicago, 26.

TRIPLES—DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Grichuk, St. Louis, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; DGordon, Miami, 5; GParra, Milwaukee, 5; Realmuto, Miami, 5.

HOME RUNS—Harper, Washington, 29; Frazier, CINCINNATI, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 26; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; Duda, New York, 21; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 21; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 21.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, CINCINNATI, 51; DGordon, Miami, 34; Blackmon, Colorado, 29; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Pollock, Arizona, 23; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 20; Maybin, Atlanta, 18; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 18.

PITCHING—GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-5; Wacha, St. Louis, 12-4; CMartinez, St. Louis, 11-4; Heston, San Francisco, 11-5; Arrieta, Chicago, 11-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-6; Scherzer, Washington, 11-8.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.41; deGrom, New York, 2.09; Scherzer, Washington, 2.22; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.29; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.37; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.44; CMartinez, St. Louis, 2.61.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 192; Scherzer, Washington, 172; Shields, San Diego, 152; Arrieta, Chicago, 147; TRoss, San Diego, 142; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 140; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 139.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 33; Kimbrel, San Diego, 31; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 31; Storen, Washington, 29; Familia, New York, 28; Casilla, San Francisco, 27; Grilli, Atlanta, 24.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .350; Fielder, Texas, .330; Kipnis, Cleveland, .326; NCruz, Seattle, .321; Bogaerts, Boston, .319; JIglesias, Detroit, .318; Hosmer, Kansas City, .315.

RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 76; Dozier, Minnesota, 75; Donaldson, Toronto, 74; Gardner, New York, 72; LCain, Kansas City, 68; MMachado, Baltimore, 67; JMartinez, Detroit, 67.

RBI—Donaldson, Toronto, 77; CDavis, Baltimore, 75; Teixeira, New York, 74; KMorales, Kansas City, 73; Bautista, Toronto, 71; JMartinez, Detroit, 71; Trout, Los Angeles, 68.

HITS—Fielder, Texas, 132; Kipnis, Cleveland, 132; NCruz, Seattle, 130; Kinsler, Detroit, 124; Bogaerts, Boston, 123; Donaldson, Toronto, 122; Hosmer, Kansas City, 121.

DOUBLES—Kipnis, Cleveland, 31; Brantley, Cleveland, 30; Donaldson, Toronto, 29; Cespedes, Detroit, 28; Dozier, Minnesota, 28; KMorales, Kansas City, 28; Kinsler, Detroit, 26.

TRIPLES—Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 11; RDavis, Detroit, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Gattis, Houston, 7; Betts, Boston, 6; De Aza, Boston, 6; DeShields, Texas, 6; Kipnis, Cleveland, 6; Odor, Texas, 6; ERosario, Minnesota, 6.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 32; NCruz, Seattle, 30; Pujols, Los Angeles, 30; JMartinez, Detroit, 29; Teixeira, New York, 29; CDavis, Baltimore, 27; Donaldson, Toronto, 27.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 28; Burns, Oakland, 21; LCain, Kansas City, 19; JDyson, Kansas City, 18; DeShields, Texas, 17; Gose, Detroit, 16; Reyes, Toronto, 16.

PITCHING—McHugh, Houston, 13-5; Keuchel, Houston, 13-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 13-6; Lewis, Texas, 12-4; Eovaldi, New York, 11-2; Gray, Oakland, 11-4; Buehrle, Toronto, 11-5; Carrasco, Cleveland, 11-8; Richards, Los Angeles, 11-8.

ERA—Kazmir, Houston, 2.10; Kazmir, Houston, 2.10; Gray, Oakland, 2.12; Keuchel, Houston, 2.35; Price, Toronto, 2.45; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.54; Santiago, Los Angeles, 2.70.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Chicago, 177; Kluber, Cleveland, 176; Archer, Tampa Bay, 173; Price, Toronto, 149; Keuchel, Houston, 140; FHernandez, Seattle, 140; Carrasco, Cleveland, 140.

SAVES—Perkins, Minnesota, 29; Britton, Baltimore, 27; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 27; Street, Los Angeles, 26; GHolland, Kansas City, 23; AMiller, New York, 23; Uehara, Boston, 23; Soria, Detroit, 23.

 

CFL standings

Canadian Football League

All Times EDT

EAST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Hamilton 3 2 0 6 153 106

Toronto 3 2 0 6 136 137

Ottawa 3 2 0 6 105 127

Montreal 2 3 0 4 105 94

WEST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Edmonton 4 1 0 8 142 63

Calgary 4 2 0 8 137 146

Winnipeg 3 3 0 6 132 172

B.C. 2 3 0 4 118 136

Saskatchewan 0 6 0 0 148 195

Thursday’s Games

Winnipeg 23, B.C. 13

Friday’s Game

Edmonton 30, Saskatchewan 5

Saturday’s Game

Calgary 25, Montreal 20

Monday’s Game

Hamilton 34, Toronto 18

Thursday, Aug. 6

Edmonton at B.C., 10 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 7

Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 8

Saskatchewan at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 9

Winnipeg at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

 

NASCAR leaders

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through Aug. 2

Points

1, Kevin Harvick, 780. 2, Joey Logano, 734. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 717. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 713. 5, Martin Truex Jr., 694. 6, Brad Keselowski, 681. 7, Matt Kenseth, 662. 8, Jamie McMurray, 631. 9, Kurt Busch, 620. 10, Jeff Gordon, 617.

11, Denny Hamlin, 614. 12, Paul Menard, 591. 13, Ryan Newman, 584. 14, Clint Bowyer, 574. 15, Kasey Kahne, 559. 16, Carl Edwards, 553. 17, Aric Almirola, 534. 18, Greg Biffle, 502. 19, Kyle Larson, 485. 20, Austin Dillon, 484.

Money

1, Kevin Harvick, $6,014,731. 2, Joey Logano, $5,148,388. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,752,297. 4, Denny Hamlin, $4,304,022. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,135,770. 6, Brad Keselowski, $3,866,716. 7, Matt Kenseth, $3,861,161. 8, Jeff Gordon, $3,771,181. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $3,490,306. 10, Clint Bowyer, $3,396,858.

11, Ryan Newman, $3,334,503. 12, Greg Biffle, $3,317,337. 13, Jamie McMurray, $3,237,476. 14, Aric Almirola, $3,158,646. 15, Austin Dillon, $3,081,044. 16, Trevor Bayne, $3,022,980. 17, AJ Allmendinger, $2,924,820. 18, David Ragan, $2,900,155. 19, Kyle Larson, $2,875,995. 20, Casey Mears, $2,853,825.

 

Transactions

Monday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed INF Jason Kipnis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 2. Optioned LHP Michael Roth to Columbus (IL). Recalled LHP Kyle Crockett and INF Jose Ramirez from Columbus.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned RHP Jeremy McBryde outright to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled RHP Cam Bedrosian from Salt Lake. Optioned RHP Drew Rucinski was optioned to Sal Lake. Announced RHP Vinnie Pestano cleared waivers and was sent outright to Salt Lake.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contract of RHP Tyler Duffey from Rochester (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Activated LF Coco Crisp the 60-day DL. Optioned OF Jake Smolinski and RHP Dan Otero to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Arnold Leon from Nashville. Claimed INF-OF Danny Valencia off waivers from Toronto. Reinstated LHP-RHP Pat Venditte from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Nashville.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP Matt Moore to Durham (IL). Selected the contract of 3B Richie Shaffer from Durham.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP Chase Anderson and C Gerald Laird to the AZL Diamondbacks for rehab assignments.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned 3B Donovan Solano to New Orleans (PCL). Placed RHP Carter Capps on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Tomas Telis from New Orleans. Selected the contract of RHP Brian Ellington from New Orleans.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned OF Domingo Santana to Colorado Springs (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Assigned RHP Marcus Hatley and 1B Dan Johnson outright to Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent 2B Cory Spangenberg to San Antonio (TL) for a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed 2B Joe Panik on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 2. Selected the contract of 2B Kelby Tomlinson from Sacramento (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Josh Richardson.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Andre Miller to a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Activated TE Jermaine Gresham from the PUP list and TE Troy Niklas from the non-football injury list.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Merrill Noel.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived WR Kevin Cone and DB Brandon Stephens. Signed RBs Timothy Flanders and Jalen Parmele.

DENVER BRONCOS — Placed WR Kyle Williams on injured reserve. Signed WR Corbin Louks.

DETROIT LIONS — Traded CB Mohammed Seisay to Seattle for an undisclosed 2016 draft pick. Placed DT Haloti Ngata on the active/non-football injury list.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Ed Williams.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Claimed G Harland Gunn off waivers from Atlanta. Released OL Kevin Hughes and DL Vince Taylor.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Activated C Maurice Pouncey from the PUP list.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed DT Luther Robinson. Placed DT Tenny Palepoi on injured reserve.

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DL Shomari Williams to the practice roster.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DL Deantre Harlan from the practice roster. Signed DL Justin Cole to the practice roster.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Re-signed G Aaron Dell to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

NORTH CAROLINA — Reinstated CB Malik Simmons to the football team.

PITTSBURGH — Suspended WR Tyler Boyd and DE Rori Blair for one game.

ST. NORBERT — Named Meredith Roth women’s ice hockey coach.

THIEL — Announced the retirement of director of athletics Jack Leipheimer, effective at the end of December.

WAGNER — Named Jason Sinkoff men’s tennis coach.

WELLS — Named David Valesente baseball coach.

YALE — Named Laura Simon women’s assistant crew coach.