SportsAugust 6, 2013

Softball

LEWISTON PARKS AND RECREATION

Men - FMS 13, Appaloosa Express 5. McCall 14, Sportsman's Sons of Pitches 12. Peeks/Grumpy 12, Sportsman's Sons of Pitches 11.

Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE

All times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 68 46 .596 -

Tampa Bay 66 45 .595 1/2

Baltimore 61 51 .545 6

New York 57 54 .514 91/2

Toronto 52 60 .464 15

Central Division W L Pct GB

Detroit 65 45 .591 -

Cleveland 62 50 .554 4

Kansas City 57 52 .523 71/2

Minnesota 48 61 .440 161/2

Chicago 41 69 .373 24

West Division W L Pct GB

Oakland 64 47 .577 -

Texas 63 50 .558 2

Seattle 52 60 .464 121/2

Los Angeles 51 60 .459 13

Houston 37 74 .333 27

Monday's Games

Detroit 4, Cleveland 2

Houston 2, Boston 0

Kansas City 13, Minnesota 0

Chicago White Sox 8, N.Y. Yankees 1

Texas 5, L.A. Angels 2

Toronto 3, Seattle 1

Today's Games

Detroit (Verlander 11-8) at Cleveland (Masterson 13-7), 4:05 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 6-5) at Cincinnati (Latos 10-3), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (S.Wright 2-0) at Houston (Lyles 4-5), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Albers 0-0) at Kansas City (Shields 6-7), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-6) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-11), 5:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-4) at Arizona (Miley 8-8), 6:40 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 10-5) at L.A. Angels (Richards 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 7-9) at San Diego (Volquez 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Jo.Johnson 1-8) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-4), 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

All times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 68 45 .602 -

Washington 54 58 .482 131/2

Philadelphia 50 61 .450 17

New York 49 60 .450 17

Miami 43 67 .391 231/2

Central Division W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 67 44 .604 -

St. Louis 65 46 .586 2

Cincinnati 61 51 .545 61/2

Chicago 49 62 .441 18

Milwaukee 47 65 .420 201/2

West Division W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 62 49 .559 -

Arizona 56 55 .505 6

San Diego 52 60 .464 101/2

Colorado 52 61 .460 11

San Francisco 50 61 .450 12

Monday's Games

Atlanta 3, Washington 2

L.A. Dodgers 3, St. Louis 2

San Francisco 4, Milwaukee 2

Today's Games

Atlanta (Teheran 8-5) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 7-4), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 7-11) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-8), 4:05 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Locke 9-3), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 7-4) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Straily 6-5) at Cincinnati (Latos 10-3), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 2-3), 5:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-4) at Arizona (Miley 8-8), 6:40 p.m.

Baltimore (B.Norris 7-9) at San Diego (Volquez 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 7-11) at San Francisco (M.Cain 7-6), 7:15 p.m.

GOLF

World Golf Ranking

Through Aug. 4

1. Tiger Woods USA 14.19

2. Phil Mickelson USA 8.56

3. Rory McIlroy NIR 8.32

4. Justin Rose ENG 7.60

5. Adam Scott AUS 7.44

6. Matt Kuchar USA 6.64

7. Brandt Snedeker USA 6.59

8. Graeme McDowell NIR 5.94

9. Luke Donald ENG 5.40

10. Keegan Bradley USA 5.10

11. Henrik Stenson SWE 5.09

12. Lee Westwood ENG 5.07

13. Steve Stricker USA 4.92

14. Charl Schwartzel SAF 4.72

15. Ernie Els SAF 4.65

16. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.65

17. Ian Poulter ENG 4.61

18. Sergio Garcia ESP 4.59

19. Bubba Watson USA 4.31

20. Jason Day AUS 4.26

21. Jason Dufner USA 4.24

22. Webb Simpson USA 4.11

23. Dustin Johnson USA 4.07

24. Bill Haas USA 4.07

25. Hunter Mahan USA 4.01

26. Zach Johnson USA 3.84

27. Jim Furyk USA 3.35

28. Matteo Manassero ITA 3.34

29. Branden Grace SAF 3.29

30. Peter Hanson SWE 3.25

31. Nick Watney USA 3.23

32. Bo Van Pelt USA 3.22

33. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 3.13

34. Richard Sterne SAF 3.13

35. Martin Kaymer GER 2.99

36. Rickie Fowler USA 2.93

37. Jamie Donaldson WAL 2.91

38. Billy Horschel USA 2.84

39. Francesco Molinari ITA 2.81

40. Kevin Streelman USA 2.72

41. Thorbjorn Olesen DEN 2.64

42. Nicolas Colsaerts BEL 2.62

43. Angel Cabrera ARG 2.59

44. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano ESP 2.59

45. Ryan Moore USA 2.56

46. Scott Piercy USA 2.50

47. Jonas Blixt SWE 2.43

48. Carl Pettersson SWE 2.41

49. David Lynn ENG 2.39

50. Martin Laird SCO 2.38

51. Michael Thompson USA 2.36

52. Paul Lawrie SCO 2.35

53. Jordan Spieth USA 2.35

54. Robert Garrigus USA 2.32

55. D.A. Points USA 2.31

56. Tim Clark SAF 2.30

57. Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP 2.30

58. Russell Henley USA 2.28

59. Boo Weekley USA 2.27

60. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.26

61. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.26

62. Thomas Bjorn DEN 2.25

63. Chris Wood ENG 2.24

64. Marcel Siem GER 2.23

65. Jimmy Walker USA 2.16

66. Mikko Ilonen FIN 2.13

67. Kyle Stanley USA 2.08

68. Fredrik Jacobson SWE 2.07

69. Alexander Noren SWE 2.07

70. George Coetzee SAF 2.05

71. Marc Leishman AUS 2.04

72. Graham DeLaet CAN 2.02

73. Harris English USA 2.01

74. Stephen Gallacher SCO 2.00

75. Luke Guthrie USA 1.94

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through Aug. 4

Points

1, Jimmie Johnson, 772. 2, Clint Bowyer, 695. 3, Carl Edwards, 688. 4, Kevin Harvick, 675. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 656. 6, Kyle Busch, 646. 7, Matt Kenseth, 638. 8, Kasey Kahne, 612. 9, Jeff Gordon, 602. 10, Greg Biffle, 599.

11, Tony Stewart, 594. 12, Brad Keselowski, 592. 13, Kurt Busch, 588. 14, Martin Truex Jr., 584. 15, Ryan Newman, 575. 16, Jamie McMurray, 566. 17, Joey Logano, 561. 18, Aric Almirola, 554. 19, Paul Menard, 532. 20, Jeff Burton, 507.

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Money

1, Jimmie Johnson, $6,318,680. 2, Kyle Busch, $4,282,965. 3, Matt Kenseth, $4,156,286. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,009,848. 5, Brad Keselowski, $3,988,275. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,753,333. 7, Carl Edwards, $3,718,294. 8, Tony Stewart, $3,710,624. 9, Jeff Gordon, $3,609,344. 10, Ryan Newman, $3,591,391.

11, Clint Bowyer, $3,470,301. 12, Kasey Kahne, $3,451,583. 13, Martin Truex Jr., $3,435,664. 14, Joey Logano, $3,382,567. 15, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $3,306,189. 16, Greg Biffle, $3,196,999. 17, Aric Almirola, $3,150,492. 18, Kurt Busch, $3,139,628. 19, Jamie McMurray, $3,022,643. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,971,483.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Chicago 13 6 .684 -

Atlanta 11 6 .647 1

Indiana 9 10 .474 4

Washington 9 12 .429 5

New York 8 12 .400 51/2

Connecticut 6 12 .333 61/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 16 3 .842 -

Los Angeles 13 7 .650 31/2

Phoenix 10 10 .500 61/2

Seattle 8 11 .421 8

San Antonio 7 13 .350 91/2

Tulsa 7 15 .318 101/2

Monday's Games

No games scheduled

Today's Games=

Washington at New York, 8 a.m.

Los Angeles at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Arena Football Playoffs

All times EDT

Conference Championships

Saturday

American

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 4 p.m.

National

Spokane at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

ArenaBowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Friday, Aug. 16

American champion vs. National champion, 10 a.m.

TENNIS

WTA Rogers Cup

A U.S. Open Series event

Monday

At Rexall Centre

Toronto

Purse: $2.369 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-3.

Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci (10), Italy, def. Julie Goerges, Germany, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4.

Klara Zakopalova, Chech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova, Chech Republic, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Sloane Stephens (14), United States, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (1).

Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-3, 6-1.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Carol Zhao, Canada, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles

First Round

Katalin Marosi, Hungary, and Megan Moulton-Levy, United States, def. Vanna King, United States, and Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-4, 1-6, 10-7.

Oksana Kalashnikova, Goergia, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.

Sandra Klemenschits, Austria, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9.

Exhibition

Serena and Venus Williams, United States, def Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Monica Seles, United States, 8-5.

ATP World Tour Coupe Rogers

A U.S. Open Series event

Monday

At Uniprix Stadium

Montreal

Purse: $3.496 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Grega Zemlja, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1.

Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Amir Weintraub, Israel, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4).

Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-2, 6-3.

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Benoit Paire, France, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Janko Tipsarevic (16), Serbia, 6-4, 6-3.

Jesse Levine, Canada, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Kei Nishikori (9), Japan, def. Peter Polansky, Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles

First Round

Tommy Haas, Germany, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Alezandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 10-5.

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez for 211 games from Aug. 8 through the remainder of the 2013 season and for the 2014 season for violations of the major league Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program and the Basic Agreement. Suspended Philadelphia LHP Antonio Bastardo, San Diego SS Everth Cabrera, New York Yankees C Francisco Cervelli, Texas OF Nelson Cruz, San Diego RHP Fautino De Los Santos (San Antonio-Texas), Houston LHP Sergio Escalona (Corpus Christi-Texas), New York Yankees OF Fernando Martinez (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre-IL), Seattle C Jesus Montero (on option toTacoma-PCL), free agent LHP Jordan Norberto, Detroit SS Jhonny Peralta, New York Mets OF Cesar Puello (on option to Binghamton-Eastern) and New York Mets INF Jordany Valdespin (on option to Las Vegas-PCL), 50 games each for violations of the major league Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Suspended Milwaukee minor league LHP William West (Arizona Brewers) 50 games after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX-Placed OF Daniel Nava on the paternity leave list. Recalled RHP Brandon Workman from Pawtucket (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Released RHP Ryan Madson.

NEW YORK YANKEES-Placed SS Derek Jeter on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 3. Recalled INF Dave Adams from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated INF Brent Lillibridge for assignment. Activated 3B Alex Rodriguez from the 60-day DL.

TEXAS RANGERS-Selected the contract of OF Joey Butler from Round Rock (PCL). Recalled OF Engel Beltre from Round Rock. Designated INF Adam Rosales for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS-Claimed OF Thomas Neal off waivers from the New York Yankees. Transferred RHP Rafael Dolis to the 60-day DL.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Recalled SS Dee Gordon from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Stephen Fife to Albuquerque.

South Atlantic League

KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS-Added OF Adam Heisler to the roster from Winston-Salem (Carolina).

Atlantic League

LONG ISLAND DUCKS-Sold the contract of LHP Dontrelle Willis to Los Angeles (AL).

Can-Am League

NEWARK BEARS-Signed RHP Damien Seguin.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES-Released INF Luis Piterson.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS-Released RHP Caleb Cuevas and RHP Michael Hepple.

FRONTIER GREYS-Released LHP Dillon Wilson.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS-Sold the contract of RHP Edwin Carl to Los Angeles (NL).

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS-Traded LHP Dayne Quist to Washington for future considerations.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS-Released 3B Chris Costantino.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA-Suspended Portland G Terrel Harris five regular-season games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA anti-drug program.

DETROIT PISTONS-Signed G Peyton Siva.

MIAMI HEAT-Named John Vidalin executive vice president and chief revenue officer.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Re-signed OL Matt Stankiewitch and LS Mike Zupancic.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DETROIT LIONS-Signed DB Brandon King. Released LB Alex Elkins and WR Devin Thomas.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Placed LB Monte Simmons on waivers.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Waived WR Taylor Price and G Stephane Milhim.

NEW YORK JETS-Released WR Marcus Davis with an injury settlement.

OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed DL Ryan Baker.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS-Signed LB Jerrell Harris.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL-Announced the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc was approved by the League's Board of Governors - terminating League ownership of the club.

BUFFALO SABRES-Signed F Jamie Tardif to a one-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS-Agreed to terms with C Steve Pinizzotto on a one-year contract.

ECHL

IDAHO STEELHEADS-Agreed to terms with D Connor Goggin and D Dalton Reum.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

LA GALAXY-Signed G Jaime Penedo.

COLLEGE

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE-Named William B. Jones communications assistant.

CASTLETON-Named Steve Moffat men's ice hockey coach.

EMORY & HENRY-Named Tommy Forrester softball coach.

GOUCHER-Named Katie Fost assistant field hockey coach, Sean Peckham men's assistant soccer coach, Kelly Grant women's assistant soccer coach and Alycia Woodruff assistant cross country coach.

HIGH POINT-Named Bethany Hansberger, Abbey Russell and Chip Wintringham assistant trainers.

HOBART-Named Peet Poillon assistant lacrosse coach.

HOFSTRA-Named Linda Cimino women's assistant basketball coach.

HOLY CROSS-Named Matt Raquet women's assistant basketball coach.

IOWA-Announced redshirt freshman WR Cameron Wilson and senior lineman Drew Clark have left the program.

LEES-MCRAE-Named Brittany Downs women's assistant soccer coach.

LSU-Reinstated RB Jeremy Hill to the football team.

NEW MEXICO-Named Jonathan Glavan assistant volleyball coach.

OLD DOMINION-Named Andy Crabtree golf coach.

SAINT PETER'S-Named Matt Henry men's assistant basketball coach.

ST. JOHN'S (NY)-Named Jim Whitesell men's assistant basketball coach. Announced men's assistant basketball coach Darrick Martin will become director of men's basketball operations.

TCU-Announced LB Joel Hasley has quit the football team.

UNC WILMINGTON-Named Matt Williams pitching coach.

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