Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 71 51 .582 --
New York 68 55 .553 3 1/2
Toronto 63 61 .508 9
Baltimore 60 63 .488 11 1/2
Tampa Bay 51 74 .408 21 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 75 46 .620 --
Cleveland 69 56 .552 8
Minnesota 66 58 .532 10 1/2
Detroit 60 62 .492 15 1/2
Kansas City 40 82 .328 35 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 71 53 .573 --
Oakland 68 55 .553 2 1/2
Texas 57 66 .463 13 1/2
Seattle 53 70 .431 17 1/2
Sunday's Games
Detroit 17, Toronto 6
Cleveland 5, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 8, Seattle 3
Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3
Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Kansas City 5, Oakland 4, 12 innings
Boston 5, L.A. Angels 1
Monday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 0
Cleveland 11, Tampa Bay 4
Tuesday's Games
Oakland (Haren 10-9) at Detroit (Robertson 5-10), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Towers 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Leiter 3-3), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Washburn 6-7) at Baltimore (Dubose 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Westbrook 11-13) at Tampa Bay (Hendrickson 7-7), 6:15 p.m.
Seattle (Moyer 10-4) at Texas (Young 10-7), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (D.Wells 9-6) at Kansas City (Greinke 3-14), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 11-5) at Minnesota (J.Santana 12-6), 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Oakland at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 6:15 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 71 54 .568 --
Philadelphia 67 58 .536 4
Florida 66 58 .532 4 1/2
Washington 65 59 .524 5 1/2
New York 63 60 .512 7
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 79 46 .632 --
Houston 66 58 .532 12 1/2
Milwaukee 61 64 .488 18
Chicago 60 65 .480 19
Cincinnati 57 67 .460 21 1/2
Pittsburgh 53 72 .424 26
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 61 62 .496 --
Arizona 58 67 .464 4
Los Angeles 56 68 .452 5 1/2
San Francisco 54 69 .439 7
Colorado 47 77 .379 14 1/2
Sunday's Games
Florida 7, L.A. Dodgers 1
Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 4
Cincinnati 13, Arizona 6
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3
Houston 8, Milwaukee 3
San Francisco 4, St. Louis 2
Colorado 9, Chicago Cubs 7
Atlanta 6, San Diego 2
Monday's Games
Florida 5, L.A. Dodgers 2
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 2
N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
Houston at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
St. Louis (Marquis 9-12) at Pittsburgh (Duke 6-0), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (L.Hudson 4-6) at Washington (Armas 7-6), 6:05 p.m.
Florida (Beckett 12-6) at Milwaukee (Capuano 13-8), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Thomson 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (J.Williams 3-6), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (V.Zambrano 6-10) at Arizona (Vargas 7-6), 8:40 p.m.
Houston (Clemens 11-5) at San Diego (Peavy 10-6), 9:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jam.Wright 6-14) at L.A. Dodgers (Weaver 11-8), 9:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Padilla 6-11) at San Francisco (Tomko 7-13), 9:15 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Cincinnati at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
Florida at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Houston at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
Wild card glance
American League
W L Pct GB
New York 68 55 .553 --
Oakland 68 55 .553 --
Cleveland 69 56 .552 --
Minnesota 66 58 .532 2 1/2
Monday's games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 0
Cleveland 11, Tampa Bay 4
National League
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 67 58 .536 --
Florida 66 58 .532 1/2
Houston 66 58 .532 1/2
Washington 65 59 .524 1 1/2
New York 64 60 .516 2 1/2
Monday's games
Florida 5, L.A. Dodgers 2
N.Y. Mets 4, Arizona 1
Houston at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
Monday's linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 000 000 000 -- 0 5 1
New York 010 010 41x -- 7 12 0
Downs, Walker (7), Schoeneweis (7), Chulk (8) and Zaun; JSWright, Embree (8), Sturtze (8), Proctor (9) and Posada. W--JSWright 4-2. L--Downs 1-3.
Cleveland 103 000 700 -- 11 15 0
Tampa Bay 031 000 000 -- 4 5 0
Millwood, Sauerbeck (7), Betancourt (8), FCabrera (9) and VMartinez; Waechter, TreMiller (7), Colome (7), Corcoran (9) and LaForest. W--Millwood 7-10. L--TreMiller 1-1. HRs--Cleveland, Sizemore (15), Crisp (10), JhPeralta (20), VMartinez (16), Broussard (13). Tampa Bay, Cantu (20), TLee (7).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 020 000 000 -- 2 6 0
Florida 100 200 11x -- 5 9 0
EJackson, Brazoban (5), Dessens (6), Carrara (8) and Navarro; Willis, Alfonseca (6), Mota (7), TJones (9) and Treanor. W--Willis 17-8. L--EJackson 0-1. Sv--TJones (28).
St. Louis 102 000 000 -- 3 12 2
Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1 3 1
Mulder, Isringhausen (9) and YMolina; Fogg, Meadows (6), Grabow (9) and Doumit. W--Mulder 15-6. L--Fogg 6-9. Sv--Isringhausen (33).
Atlanta 000 200 002 -- 4 5 0
Chicago 000 100 100 -- 2 7 0
THudson and JEstrada; CZambrano, Wood (9) and Barrett. W--THudson 10-7. L--Wood 3-4. HRs--Atlanta, CJones 2 (13). Chicago, DeLee (37).
Little League World
Series
UNITED STATES
POOL A -- MID-ATLANTIC, Council Rock-Newtown, Newtown, Pa..; NORTHWEST, West Oahu, Ewa Beach, Hawaii; MIDWEST, Davenport (Iowa), Northwest; SOUTHEAST, Maitland (Fla.).
POOL B -- NEW ENGLAND, Westbrook (Maine); WEST, Rancho Buena Vista, Vista, Calif.; GREAT LAKES, Owensboro (Ky.) Southern; SOUTHWEST, Lafayette (La.).
INTERNATIONAL
POOL C -- PACIFIC, Agana, Guam; MEXICO, Seguro Social, Mexicali; CANADA, Surrey, British Columbia; EMEA, Moscow, Russia.
POOL D -- LATIN AMERICA, Valencia, Venezuela; ASIA, Chiba City, Japan; TRANSATLANTIC, Arabian American, Saudi Arabia; CARIBBEAN, Willemstad, Curacao.
Monday's Games
Mexico 7, Russia 0
Japan 7, Venezuela 4
West Oahu 10, Maitland, Fla. 0
Curacao 3, Saudi Arabia 0
Council Rock-Newtown vs. Davenport, Iowa, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 23
Russia vs. Canada, 10 a.m.
Saudi Arabia vs. Venezuela, 12 p.m.
Owensboro, Ky. vs. Westbrook, Maine, 2 p.m.
Guam vs. Mexico, 4:30 p.m.
Rancho Bueno Vista vs. Lafayette, La., 6:30 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-Connecticut 24 7 .774 --
x-Indiana 19 12 .613 5
New York 18 13 .581 6
Detroit 15 16 .484 9
Washington 14 17 .452 10
Charlotte 4 27 .129 20
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-Sacramento 23 8 .742 --
Seattle 17 14 .548 6
Houston 17 15 .531 6 1/2
Phoenix 16 15 .516 7
Los Angeles 15 16 .484 8
Minnesota 14 18 .438 9 1/2
San Antonio 7 25 .219 16 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched conference
Sunday's Games
Detroit 66, Washington 52
Phoenix 83, Minnesota 69
Los Angeles 55, Houston 50
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
New York at Washington, 6 p.m.
Indiana at Connecticut, 6 p.m.
Seattle at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 44 17
N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 38 24
New England 1 1 0 .500 50 50
Miami 0 3 0 .000 44 71
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Jacksonville 2 0 0 1.000 47 34
Houston 1 1 0 .500 33 37
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 41 41
Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 48 68
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 38 27
Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 55 34
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 37 40
Baltimore 0 2 0 .000 17 36
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 2 0 0 1.000 46 35
San Diego 1 1 0 .500 43 31
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 33 51
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 30 40
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 41 38
Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 51 52
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 29 23
Washington 0 2 0 .000 27 52
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 64 48
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 49 37
New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 52 61
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 37
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 1 0 .500 66 58
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 17 34
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 48 44
Detroit 0 2 0 .000 16 31
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 37 28
Seattle 1 1 0 .500 44 33
St. Louis 1 2 0 .500 38 51
San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 42 39
Monday's Game
Pittsburgh 38, Philadelphia 31 Thursday's Games
New Orleans 37, New England 27
Friday's Games
Tennessee 24, Atlanta 21
N.Y. Jets 28, Minnesota 21
Cincinnati 24, Washington 17
Saturday's Games
Cleveland 21, Detroit 13
Buffalo 27, Green Bay 7
Jacksonville 20, Tampa Bay 17
N.Y. Giants 27, Carolina 21
Houston 19, Oakland 17
Philadelphia 20, Baltimore 14
Chicago 24, Indianapolis 17
Pittsburgh 17, Miami 3
Arizona 24, Kansas City 17
Denver 26, San Francisco 21
Sunday's Games
San Diego 36, St. Louis 21
Monday's Game
Dallas 18, Seattle 10
Thursday, Aug. 25
Atlanta at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 26
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Chicago, 8 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m.
New England at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Carolina at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland, 9:30 p.m.
Tennessee at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27
Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Indianapolis at Denver, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 29
St. Louis at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Claimed RHP James Baldwin off waivers from the Texas Rangers. Transferred OF Eli Marrero from the 15-day to the 60-day DL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES Activated C Johnny Estrada from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Brayan Pena to Richmond of the IL.
COLORADO ROCKIES--Placed OF Larry Bigbie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 21. Recalled OF Choo Freeman from Colorado Springs of the PCL.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Placed LHP Odalis Perez on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Edwin Jackson from Jacksonville of the Southern League.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES LAKERS--Signed G Aaron McKie to a two-year contract.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES--Signed F Eddie Griffin.
ORLANDO MAGIC--Signed C Ruben Boumtje Boumtje.
TORONTO RAPTORS--Re-signed F Matt Bonner.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS--Released RB Troy Hambrick, RB Josh Scobey, WR Lawrence Hamilton, WR Fabian Davis, OL Chad Bandiera, OL Jim Newton, LB Greg Carothers, TE Andy Stokes and DB Aaron Francisco.
BALTIMORE RAVENS--Activated TE Todd Heap from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
BUFFALO BILLS--Released OT David Pruce, DT LaWaylon Brown, OL Geir Gudmundsen, WR Will Peoples, DB Daniel Leger and DB Marvin Ward.
CLEVELAND BROWNS--Traded WR Andre' Davis to New England for an undisclosed draft pick.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS--Signed LB Brian Allen. Waived LB James Kinney.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Waived LB David Bamiro, WR Avion Black, QB John Bowenkamp, C Shawn Lynch and T William Obeng.
NEW YORK JETS--Waived WR Jonathan Carter and LB Mondoe Davis.
OAKLAND RAIDERS--Released S Marques Anderson, WR LaShaun Ward and TE Joshua Norman. Activated S Jarrod Cooper from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Released WR Sam Simmons and RB Chad Scott. Signed NT Casey Hampton to a five-year contract extension.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS--Signed TE Antonio Gates to a one-year contract and placed him on the roster exempt list.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Signed CB Adam Jones to a five-year contract. Signed QB Chris Redman. Released WR Chris Bush, RB Walter Reyes and QB Gino Guidugli.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS--Signed RW Teemu Selanne to a one-year contract.
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Named Paul Strand youth and amateur hockey coordinator.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed D Cam Barker.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Re-signed C Mark Hartigan to a two-year contract. Signed C Peter Sarno to a one-year contract and D Mark Flood to a three-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Re-signed C Serge Payer. Announced a one-year affiliation agreement with Florida of the ECHL.
MONTREAL CANADIANS--Announced the retirement of D Stephane Quintal.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS--Re-signed C Shawn Bates to a one-year contract. Named Dan Bylsma assistant coach.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Signed F Jarkko Immonen.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS--Agreed to terms with G Jamie Storr, F Eric Chouinard, F Pat Kavanagh and F Ryan Ready on one-year contracts.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed D Paul Mara to a one-year contract.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Acquired D Steve McCarthy from Chicago for a 2007 third-round draft pick. Signed D Sven Butenschon.
COLLEGE
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE--Named Antony Archibald assistant commissioner for compliance.
ARKANSAS--Announced junior basketball G Ryan McBride will redshirt this year.
COLORADO STATE--Announced sophomore basketball G Marquie Cooke transferred from Virginia Tech.
HOLY CROSS--Named Tim Collins and Jim Wrobel athletic media relation interns.
ILLINOIS STATE--Named Aaron Leetch associate athletics director for development.
MARYLAND--Named Laura Watten softball coach.
WEST VIRGINIA--Announced junior basketball C Jamie Smalligan transferred from Butler.