SportsAugust 26, 2015

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 70 55 .560 -

New York 69 56 .552 1

Baltimore 62 63 .496 8

Tampa Bay 62 63 .496 8

Boston 57 69 .452 131/2

Central Division W L Pct GB

Kansas City 77 48 .616 -

Minnesota 64 61 .512 13

Chicago 59 65 .476 171/2

Cleveland 59 66 .472 18

Detroit 59 66 .472 18

West Division W L Pct GB

Houston 70 57 .551 -

Texas 64 60 .516 41/2

Los Angeles 64 61 .512 5

Seattle 58 68 .460 111/2

Oakland 55 72 .433 15

Tuesday's Games

Houston 15, N.Y. Yankees 1

L.A. Angels 8, Detroit 7

Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6

Minnesota 11, Tampa Bay 7

Toronto 6, Texas 5

Kansas City 3, Baltimore 2

Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 4

Seattle 6, Oakland 5

Today's Games

Houston (McHugh 13-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-7), 10:05 a.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 1-5) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-8), 12:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-7) at Detroit (Verlander 1-6), 4:08 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 10-9) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Duffey 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 11-9), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Price 12-4) at Texas (Lewis 14-5), 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 7-6) at Kansas City (Cueto 2-2), 5:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 5-11) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-7), 5:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 69 56 .552 -

Washington 63 61 .508 51/2

Atlanta 54 72 .429 151/2

Miami 51 75 .405 181/2

Philadelphia 50 76 .397 191/2

Central Division W L Pct GB

St. Louis 80 45 .640 -

Pittsburgh 75 49 .605 41/2

Chicago 73 51 .589 61/2

Milwaukee 53 73 .421 271/2

Cincinnati 52 72 .419 271/2

West Division W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 68 56 .548 -

San Francisco 66 59 .528 21/2

Arizona 62 63 .496 61/2

San Diego 61 64 .488 71/2

Colorado 50 74 .403 18

Tuesday's Games

N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5

Washington 8, San Diego 3

Colorado 5, Atlanta 1

L.A. Dodgers 5, Cincinnati 1

Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6

Miami 5, Pittsburgh 2

St. Louis 9, Arizona 1

Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 5

Today's Games

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-11) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-0), 4:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 8-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-6), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Flande 3-1) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-10), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-8) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-3), 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 10-9) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 6-8) at Miami (Narveson 1-0), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 10-8) at Arizona (Corbin 3-3), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5) at San Francisco (Peavy 3-6), 7:15 p.m.

TODAY'S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING-Kipnis, Cleveland, .324; Brantley, Cleveland, .320; NCruz, Seattle, .317; Fielder, Texas, .317; Hosmer, Kansas City, .313; Bogaerts, Boston, .313; LCain, Kansas City, .310.

RUNS-Donaldson, Toronto, 95; Dozier, Minnesota, 86; Bautista, Toronto, 82; Kinsler, Detroit, 82; Trout, Los Angeles, 81; Gardner, New York, 79; LCain, Kansas City, 78.

RBI-Donaldson, Toronto, 100; CDavis, Baltimore, 89; Bautista, Toronto, 87; KMorales, Kansas City, 86; JMartinez, Detroit, 85; NCruz, Seattle, 79; Teixeira, New York, 79.

HITS-Kinsler, Detroit, 153; NCruz, Seattle, 151; Altuve, Houston, 150; Fielder, Texas, 148; Bogaerts, Boston, 147; Hosmer, Kansas City, 146; Donaldson, Toronto, 145.

DOUBLES-Brantley, Cleveland, 38; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Kipnis, Cleveland, 34; KMorales, Kansas City, 33; Kinsler, Detroit, 32; Dozier, Minnesota, 31; Cano, Seattle, 30.

TRIPLES-Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 11; ERosario, Minnesota, 10; Gattis, Houston, 9; Burns, Oakland, 8; RDavis, Detroit, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Betts, Boston, 7; DeShields, Texas, 7; Infante, Kansas City, 7.

HOME RUNS-NCruz, Seattle, 38; CDavis, Baltimore, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 34; JMartinez, Detroit, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; Teixeira, New York, 31.

STOLEN BASES-Altuve, Houston, 32; Burns, Oakland, 25; LCain, Kansas City, 24; JDyson, Kansas City, 23; DeShields, Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 19; Gardner, New York, 18.

PITCHING-Keuchel, Houston, 15-6; Lewis, Texas, 14-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-8; Eovaldi, New York, 13-2; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-6; McHugh, Houston, 13-7; 6 tied at 12.

ERA-SGray, Oakland, 2.10; Keuchel, Houston, 2.28; Kazmir, Houston, 2.39; Kazmir, Houston, 2.39; Price, Toronto, 2.40; Price, Toronto, 2.40; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.77.

STRIKEOUTS-Sale, Chicago, 222; Kluber, Cleveland, 213; Archer, Tampa Bay, 205; Carrasco, Cleveland, 173; Price, Toronto, 171; Keuchel, Houston, 165; Salazar, Cleveland, 162.

SAVES-Perkins, Minnesota, 31; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 30; Street, Los Angeles, 30; Britton, Baltimore, 29; GHolland, Kansas City, 28; AMiller, New York, 27; DavRobertson, Chicago, 26; Allen, Cleveland, 26.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING-DGordon, Miami, .333; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .330; Harper, Washington, .329; Pollock, Arizona, .324; Posey, San Francisco, .314; LeMahieu, Colorado, .314; Panik, San Francisco, .309; MDuffy, San Francisco, .309.

RUNS-Pollock, Arizona, 89; Harper, Washington, 88; Fowler, Chicago, 84; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 80; Votto, Cincinnati, 75; Braun, Milwaukee, 73; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 73.

RBI-Goldschmidt, Arizona, 93; Arenado, Colorado, 92; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 81; Posey, San Francisco, 79; Rizzo, Chicago, 77; Kemp, San Diego, 76; Braun, Milwaukee, 75; Bryant, Chicago, 75; BCrawford, San Francisco, 75; Frazier, Cincinnati, 75.

HITS-DGordon, Miami, 156; Pollock, Arizona, 153; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 147; Markakis, Atlanta, 146; LeMahieu, Colorado, 140; Blackmon, Colorado, 139; Posey, San Francisco, 136.

DOUBLES-Frazier, Cincinnati, 38; Arenado, Colorado, 31; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 31; Pollock, Arizona, 31; Harper, Washington, 30; Markakis, Atlanta, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 30.

TRIPLES-DGordon, Miami, 8; DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 6; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 6; Realmuto, Miami, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; ISuzuki, Miami, 6.

HOME RUNS-Harper, Washington, 31; Arenado, Colorado, 30; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 24; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 24; Votto, Cincinnati, 24.

STOLEN BASES-BHamilton, Cincinnati, 54; DGordon, Miami, 45; Blackmon, Colorado, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 25; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Maybin, Atlanta, 21; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 21.

PITCHING-Arrieta, Chicago, 16-6; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 15-6; GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 12-6; deGrom, New York, 12-6.

ERA-Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.67; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.22; deGrom, New York, 2.29; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.29; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.49; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.50; Harvey, New York, 2.57.

STRIKEOUTS-Kershaw, Los Angeles, 222; Scherzer, Washington, 201; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 180; Arrieta, Chicago, 178; Shields, San Diego, 176; GCole, Pittsburgh, 162; deGrom, New York, 161.

SAVES-Melancon, Pittsburgh, 40; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 39; Kimbrel, San Diego, 35; Familia, New York, 34; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 30; Casilla, San Francisco, 30; Storen, Washington, 29.

Little League World Series

At South Williamsport, Pa.

All Times EDT

Tuesday

Webb City 18, White Rock 6

Mexicali Baja California 11, Taipei 1, 5 innings, mercy rule, Taipei eliminated

Bonita 11, Bowling Green 3, Bowling Green eliminated

Today

Game 23 - Barquisimento vs. Tokyo, 1 p.m.

Game 24 - Pearland vs. Lewisberry, 5 p.m.

Thursday

Game 25 - Mexicali Baja California vs. Game 23 loser, 1 p.m.

Game 26 - Bonita vs. Game 24 loser, 5 p.m.

Saturday

International Championship

Game 27 - Game 23 winner vs. Game 25 winner, 9:30 a.m.

United States Championship

Game 28 - Game 24 winner vs. Game 26 winner, 12:30 p.m.

Sunday

At Lamade Stadium

Third Place

Game 27 loser vs. Game 28, 7 a.m.

World Championship

Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner, 9:30 a.m.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

D.C. United 13 9 5 44 35 31

New York 11 6 6 39 38 25

Columbus 10 8 8 38 43 43

Toronto FC 10 10 4 34 42 41

New England 9 9 7 34 34 36

Montreal 8 10 4 28 29 32

New York City FC 7 12 7 28 37 44

Orlando City 7 12 7 28 32 46

Philadelphia 7 13 6 27 33 43

Chicago 6 13 5 23 27 35

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 13 7 7 46 49 32

Vancouver 14 9 3 45 38 26

Sporting K.C. 11 6 7 40 39 33

Portland 11 8 7 40 28 30

FC Dallas 11 8 5 38 33 30

Seattle 11 13 2 35 30 29

San Jose 10 10 5 35 31 29

Houston 8 9 8 32 32 32

Real Salt Lake 8 10 8 32 29 38

Colorado 6 9 9 27 21 25

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today

New York at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Friday

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

New York 18 8 .692 -

Indiana 17 9 .654 1

Chicago 17 11 .607 2

Washington 15 11 .577 3

Connecticut 12 15 .444 61/2

Atlanta 11 16 .407 71/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

x-Minnesota 19 9 .679 -

x-Phoenix 16 11 .593 21/2

Tulsa 13 14 .481 51/2

Los Angeles 10 17 .370 81/2

Seattle 7 20 .259 111/2

San Antonio 7 21 .250 12

x-clinched playoff spot

Tuesday's Game

Atlanta 71, Connecticut 57

Today's Games

Los Angeles at Indiana, 4 p.m.

TENNIS

ATP World Tour Winston-Salem Open

A U.S. Open Series event

Tuesday

At The Wake Forest Tennis Center

Winston-Salem, N.C.

Purse: $616,210 (WT250)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Steve Johnson (13), United States, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1.

Jerzy Janowicz (16), Poland, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopoez (5), Spain, 6-3, 6-3.

Jiri Vesely (11), Czech Republic, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.

Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, def. Pablo Andujar (12), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Kevin Anderson (2), South Africa, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Chung Hyeon, South Korea, def. Benoit Paire (9), France, 6-1, 6-4.

Thomaz Bellucci (6), Brazil, def. Frances Tiafoe, United States, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2).

Aljaz Bedene, Britain, def. Gilles Simon (1), France, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6).

Teymuraz Gabashvili (15), Russia, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3).

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Marcos Baghdatis (14), Cyprus, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Joao Sousa (10), Portugal, 6-4, 6-4.

Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Viktor Troicki (4), Serbia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Sam Querrey (7), United States, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9).

Doubles

First Round

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Sam Groth and Chris Guccione, Australia, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Henri Kontinen, Finland, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.

WTA Connecticut Open

A U.S. Open Series event

Tuesday

At The Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale

New Haven, Conn.

Purse: $710,000 (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Second Round

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0.

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Caroline Garcia, France, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

First Round

Julia Goerges, Germany, and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-2, 7-5.

Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, and Casey Dellacqua (3), Australia, def. Vania King, United States, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-1, 7-5.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 7-5, 7-5.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - Suspended Tampa Bay 1B James Loney one game for making contact with an umpire.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES - Placed C Steve Clevinger on paternity leave. Assigned RHP Eddie Gamboa outright to Norfolk (IL). Selected the contract of INF Paul Janish from Norfolk.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS - Placed 2B Johnny Giavotella on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled RHP Drew Rucinski from Salt Lake (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Claimed RHP Donn Roach off waivers from Cincinnati. Transferred OF Michael Saunders to the 60-day DL.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS - Sent 3B Phil Gosselin to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS - Agreed to terms with OF Quintin Berry on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS - Placed RHP Kendry Flores on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Reinstated OF Christian Yelich from the 15-day DL.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES - Assigned INF Pedro Florimon outright to Indianapolis (IL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - Placed LHP Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Mike Broadway from Sacramento (PCL). Sent OF Angel Pagan to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS - Optioned RHP Tanner Roark to Potomac (Carolina). Reinstated OF Denard Span from the 15-day DL. Sent 1B Tyler Moore and 2B Dan Uggla to Potomac for rehab assignments.

American Association

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS - Signed C Michael Leach.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS - Signed OF Matt Hibbert.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS - Signed OF KC Judge.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS - Released RHP Dan Child.

WICHITA WINGNUTS - Signed RHP Robert Mosebach.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS - Signed C Tim Quinn.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA - Fined the L.A. Clippers $250,000 for violating rules prohibiting teams from offering players unauthorized business or investment opportunities.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS - Terminated the contract of QB Josh Johnson. Waived S Erick Dargan and DT Kalafitoni Pole.

DENVER BRONCOS - Agreed to terms with G Evan Mathis on a one-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS - Placed TE Jordan Thompson on injured reserve.

MIAMI DOLPHINS - Placed S Louis Delmas on injured reserve.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Placed WR Brian Tyms on injured reserve. Released FB Eric Kettani. Signed WR Reggie Wayne.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Signed QB Michael Vick to a one-year contract and OL Doug Legursky. Placed QB Bruce Gradkowski and WR David Nelson on injured reserve.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES - Signed D Mark Giordano to a six-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS - Named Craig Ramsay coaching consultant.

ECHL

ELMIRA JACKALS - Signed D Justin Apcar-Blaszak and Brad Bourke, F Mark Bennett and G Brad Barone to try-out agreements.

IDAHO STEELHEADS - Agreed to terms with D Tim Billingsley and F Damian Cross.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS - Signed C Derek Arnold and D Tony Turgeon to one-year contracts and G Steve Mastalerz and F Andrew Cerretani to try-out agreements.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

NEW YORK RED BULLS - Named Tony Jouaux strength and conditioning coach.

COLLEGE

CLEMSON - Announced DT D.J. Reader is leaving the football team.

EAST TENNESSEE STATE - Announced men's basketball G Deuce Bello is transferring from Missouri and F Tevin Glass from Wichita State.

GEORGE MASON - Named Jay Hosack men's volleyball coach.

HOFSTRA - Promoted Katie Mollot to women's associate head lacrosse coach.

JAMES MADISON - Named Michael Barry director of athletics marketing.

LEES-MCRAE - Named Cat Lovallo women's assistant lacrosse coach.

MINNESOTA - Agreed to terms with men's basketball coach Richard Pitino on a two-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

NEW JERSEY CITY - Named Patrick King men's assistant soccer coach.

RANDOLPH-MACON - Named Adam Blake men's assistant basketball coach and Michael Sullinger men's assistant lacrosse coach.

RUTGERS - Suspended WR Leonte Carroo, QB Chris Laviano, P Tim Gleeson, DB Ruhan Peele and LB Kevin Marquez from the first half of the season opener for a curfew violation.

SOUTH CAROLINA - Named Tina Plew Whitlock volunteer softball coach.

VILLANOVA - Named Mark Johnson athletic director.

WAKE FOREST - Dismissed G Madison Jones from the men's basketball team.

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