All Hawaii times
Pro baseball
North American Baseball League
Northern Division
W L Pct. GB
San Rafael 28 17 .622 —
Maui 22 22 .500 5½
Hawaii 21 21 .500 5½
Sonoma County 15 26 .366 11
Southern Division
Edinburg 39 25 .609 —
Fort Worth 36 27 .571 2½
Rio Grande Valley 35 28 .556 3½
San Angelo 32 32 .500 7
Abilene 24 38 .387 14
McAllen 24 40 .375 15
Thursday
San Rafael 10, Maui 4
Rio Grande Valley 6, McAllen 4 (12)
San Angelo 10, Fort Worth 9
Abilene 9, Edinburg 8
Today
Edinburg at San Angelo, 2:05 p.m.
McAllen at Rio Grande Valley, 2:05 p.m.
Abilene at Fort Worth, 2:05 p.m.
San Rafael at Maui, 5:35 p.m.
Major leagues
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 61 43 .587 —
Baltimore 55 50 .524 6½
Tampa Bay 55 50 .524 6½
Boston 53 53 .500 9
Toronto 51 54 .486 10½
Central Division
Chicago 57 47 .548 —
Detroit 55 50 .524 2½
Cleveland 50 55 .476 7½
Minnesota 45 60 .429 12½
Kansas City 44 60 .423 13
West Division
Texas 61 43 .587 —
Oakland 57 48 .543 4½
Los Angeles 57 49 .538 5
Seattle 50 57 .467 12½
Thursday
Minnesota 5, Boston 0
Texas 15, L.A. Angels 9
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 6, 11 innings
Oakland 4, Toronto 1
Today
Cleveland (Masterson 7-9) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-1), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Millwood 4-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-3), 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 4-6) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 7-7), 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Duensing 2-6) at Boston (Doubront 10-5), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Greinke 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Humber 5-5), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (M.Harrison 12-6) at Kansas City (Guthrie 0-2), 2:10 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 2-4) at Oakland (Straily 0-0), 4:05 p.m.
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 62 42 .596 —
Atlanta 60 45 .571 2½
New York 52 54 .491 11
Miami 48 57 .457 14½
Philadelphia 47 58 .448 15½
Central Division
Cincinnati 64 41 .610 —
Pittsburgh 60 44 .577 3½
St. Louis 56 49 .533 8
Milwaukee 48 56 .462 15½
Chicago 43 60 .417 20
Houston 35 71 .330 29½
West Division
San Francisco 56 49 .533 —
Los Angeles 56 50 .528 ½
Arizona 54 51 .514 2
San Diego 44 63 .411 13
Colorado 38 65 .369 17
Thursday
Cincinnati 9, San Diego 4
N.Y. Mets 9, San Francisco 1
Washington 3, Philadelphia 0
Atlanta 6, Miami 1
Colorado 8, St. Louis 2
Today
Miami (Hand 0-0) at Washington (Lannan 1-0), 10:05 a.m., 1st game
Arizona (I.Kennedy 9-8) at Philadelphia (Blanton 8-9), 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 7-9) at Cincinnati (Latos 9-3), 1:10 p.m.
Houston (Galarraga 0-0) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 10-4), 1:35 p.m.
Miami (Jo.Johnson 6-7) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 13-5), 1:35 p.m., 2nd game
Milwaukee (Wolf 3-7) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 1-4), 2:15 p.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-5) at Colorado (J.Sanchez 0-2), 2:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 14-2) at San Diego (Richard 7-11), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 7-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-9), 4:10 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Assigned SS Tommy Manzella to Charlotte (IL). Optioned 3B Brent Morel to Charlotte.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled INF Adam Rosales from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned INF Brandon Hicks to Sacramento.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Josh Lueke to Durham (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of 1B/3B Mike Olt from Frisco (TL). Optioned INF/OF Brandon Snyder to Round Rock (PCL). Transferred RHP Colby Lewis to the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Extended their player development contract with Lansing (MWL) through the 2014 season.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Announced INF Scott Podsednik has declined assignment to Reno (PCL) and has been released.
ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Jair Jurrjens on the 15-day DL.
CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with 2B Vladimir Frias on a minor league contract and assigned him to Daytona (FSL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP Alex White from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned OF Andrew Brown to Colorado Springs.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned LHP Jake Diekman and LHP Joe Savery to Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Erik Turgeon to Bradenton (FSL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed 1B Aubrey Huff on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 31. Reinstated C Hector Sanchez and RHP Shane Loux from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Eli Whiteside and OF Justin Christian to Fresno (PCL). Assigned 2B Emmanuel Burriss outright to Fresno.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated OF Jayson Werth from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Henry Rodriguez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 1.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed C Greg Stiemsma.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed RB Zach Brown. Placed RB Chris Douglas on the waived/injured list.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Terminated the contract of OT Jeff Otah. Signed CB Nate Ness.
DENVER BRONCOS — Claimed WR Cameron Kenney off waivers from Seattle.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed CB Ross Weaver, DT Tracy Robertson and G Pat Boyle. Waived CB Dontrell Johnson and LS Matt Camilli. Placed DT Michael Cosgrove on the waived/injured list.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed T Ty Nsekhe. Waived G Ben Ijalana.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed RB Keith Tolston. Waived TE Gijon Robinson.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed G Chandler Burden. Waived T Dustin Waldron.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Derek Dennis. Claimed T Dustin Waldron off waivers from Miami. Placed OL Jamey Richard on injured reserve.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Chris Forcier, WR Wes Kemp and S Marcus Lott.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed WR Ronald Johnson on injured reserve. Traded LB Moise Fokou and LB Greg Lloyd to the Indianapolis Colts for CB Kevin Thomas and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2013 draft.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LB Brian Smith. Waived LB Nate Triplett.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with D Griffin Reinhart on a three-year, entry-level contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed D Dmitry Korobev to a two-year, two-way contract.
WINNIPEG JETS — Named Larry Simmons assistant general manager.
COLLEGE
PENN STATE — Announced PK-P Anthony Fera and DL Jamil Pollard have left the football team.
Golf
Bridgestone Invitational
At Akron, Ohio
Yardage: 7,400; Par: 70 (35-35)
First round
Jim Furyk 32-31—63
Lee Slattery 31-34—65
Bubba Watson 33-33—66
Ben Crane 34-32—66
Luke Donald 32-34—66
Rafael Cabrera Bello 34-32—66
Simon Dyson 33-33—66
John Senden 31-35—66
Retief Goosen 34-33—67
Carl Pettersson 35-32—67
Bill Haas 36-31—67
K.T. Kim 32-35—67
Keegan Bradley 34-33—67
Jason Dufner 33-34—67
Sergio Garcia 35-32—67
Louis Oosthuizen 32-35—67
Geoff Ogilvy 31-36—67
Jamie Donaldson 35-33—68
Zach Johnson 34-34—68
Lee Westwood 35-33—68
Martin Laird 34-34—68
Martin Kaymer 32-36—68
Steve Stricker 34-34—68
David Toms 35-33—68
Pro soccer
Major League Soccer
Today’s game
New York at Houston, 2 p.m.
Tennis
Citi Open
At Washington
Men’s second round
Al Kevin Anderson (3), South Africa, def. Florent Serra, France, 6-4, 6-4.
Sam Querrey (8), United States, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.
Mardy Fish (1), United States, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-3, 6-1.
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Jeremy Chardy (6), France, 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s quarterfinals
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (1), Russia, def. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4.
Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4.
Vania King (4), United States, def. CoCo Vandeweghe (7), United States, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Sloane Stephens (3), United States, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-4, 6-4.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association
Olympic break, plays continues Aug. 16







