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
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.