April 20 scoreboard
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Pro baseball
Major leagues
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 8 5 .615 —
New York 7 6 .538 1
Tampa Bay 7 6 .538 1
Toronto 6 6 .500 1½
Boston 4 8 .333 3½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 9 4 .692 —
Cleveland 6 5 .545 2
Chicago 6 6 .500 2½
Minnesota 4 9 .308 5
Kansas City 3 9 .250 5½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 11 2 .846 —
Oakland 7 7 .500 4½
Seattle 7 7 .500 4½
Los Angeles 4 9 .308 7
Thursday’s results
Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 3
N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 6
Texas 10, Detroit 3
Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 4
Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 2
Cleveland 2, Seattle 1
Today’s games
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 9:15 a.m.
Texas at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.
Toronto at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 10 4 .714 —
Atlanta 8 5 .615 1½
New York 7 5 .583 2
Miami 7 6 .538 2½
Philadelphia 6 7 .462 3½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 9 4 .692 —
Milwaukee 6 7 .462 3
Pittsburgh 5 7 .417 3½
Cincinnati 5 8 .385 4
Houston 5 8 .385 4
Chicago 3 10 .231 6
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 10 3 .769 —
Arizona 7 6 .538 3
Colorado 6 6 .500 3½
San Francisco 6 6 .500 3½
San Diego 3 11 .214 7½
Thursday’s results
Miami 5, Chicago Cubs 3
L.A. Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3
Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 3
Houston 11, Washington 4
Atlanta 10, Arizona 2
Philadelphia 2, San Diego 0
Today’s games
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:20 a.m.
Miami at Washington, 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 2:05 p.m.
Colorado at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-Chicago 47 16 .746 —
y-Miami 45 17 .726 1½
x-Indiana 41 22 .651 6
y-Boston 37 26 .587 10
x-Atlanta 37 25 .597 9½
x-Orlando 36 26 .581 10½
x-New York 33 29 .532 13½
Philadelphia 32 30 .516 14½
Milwaukee 29 33 .468 17½
Detroit 23 40 .365 24
New Jersey 22 41 .349 25
Toronto 22 41 .349 25
Cleveland 20 41 .328 26
Washington 16 46 .258 30½
Charlotte 7 54 .115 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-San Antonio 45 16 .738 —
y-Oklahoma City 45 17 .726 ½
x-L.A. Lakers 40 23 .635 6
x-L.A. Clippers 39 24 .619 7
x-Memphis 37 25 .597 8½
x-Dallas 35 28 .556 11
Denver 34 28 .548 11½
Phoenix 33 30 .524 13
Utah 33 30 .524 13
Houston 32 31 .508 14
Portland 28 35 .444 18
Minnesota 26 38 .406 20½
Golden State 22 39 .361 23
Sacramento 20 42 .323 25½
New Orleans 20 43 .317 26
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Thursday’s results
Indiana 118, Milwaukee 109
Minnesota 91, Detroit 80
New Orleans 105, Houston 99, OT
Miami 83, Chicago 72
Phoenix 93, L.A. Clippers 90
Today’s games
Boston at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Memphis at Charlotte, 1 p.m.
New York at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 4 p.m.
Hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Wednesday’s results
Ottawa 3, NY Rangers 2, OT, series tied 2-2
Pittsburgh 10, Philadelphia 3, Philadelphia leads series 3-1
Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 1, Los Angeles leads series 3-1
Thursday’s results
New Jersey 4, Florida 0, series tied 2-2
Washington 2, Boston 1, series tied 2-2
Phoenix 3, Chicago 2, OT, Phoenix leads series 3-1
St. Louis 2, San Jose 1, St. Louis leads series 3-1
Today’s games
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 2 p.m.
(Nashville leads 3-1)
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Miami INF Jaime Ortiz (Jacksonville-SL) and St. Louis RHP Jose Pasen (Batavia-NYP) 50 games each for testing positive for performance-enhancing substances in violation of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with SS Erick Aybar on a four-year contract through 2016.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Claimed 1B-OF Brandon Allen off waivers from Oakland. Transferred C Robinson Chirinos from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Called up RHP Drew Hutchison from New Hampshire (EL). Sent LHP Evan Crawford to New Hampshire.
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Promoted RHP Tim Alderson and LHP Kris Johnson from Altoona (EL) to Indianapolis (IL) and RHP Zach Foster and LHP Jhonathan Ramos from Bradenton (FSL) to Altoona.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS_Signed LHP Matt Chico.
Frontier League
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS_Signed C Elliot Hagburg.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS_Signed RHP Robby Donovan, RHP Jamaal Hollis, and LHP Cameron Roth.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS_Signed C Chris Anderson, C Marco Davalillo, and OF James Simmons.
North American League
ABILENE PRAIRIE DOGS_Traded SS Arnoldo Ponce to Maui.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed QB Curtis Painter to a one-year contract.
CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with LB Geno Hayes on a one-year contract. Released WR Max Komar.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Fined Chicago coach Joel Quenneville $10,000 for public comments critical of the officiating in their April 17 game against Phoenix.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned F Cody Eakin to the Hershey (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Assigned F Mark Scheifele to St. John’s (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended New York D Rafa Márquez for three games and San Jose MF Marvin Chávez for one game and fined them an undisclosed amount for separate actions disregarding the safety of an opponent during a match on April 14.
COLLEGE
NCAA—Levied penalties against Kean University for lack of institutional control over its athletics department. The sanctions included four years’ probation for all teams and a postseason ban next season for women’s basketball.
CLEMSON—Named James Johnson men’s assistant basketball coach.
MARQUETTE—Named Tyler Summitt women’s assistant basketball coach.
MEREDITH—Named Lauren Scott women’s lacrosse coach.
NORTHERN IOWA—Named Kyle Green men’s assistant basketball coach.
SMU—Named Larry Brown men’s basketball coach.
ST. FRANCIS (PA.)—Named Rob Krimmel men’s basketball coach.
UNLV—Named Michael Coll women’s soccer coach.
Tennis
ATP: Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
At Monte Carlo, Monaco
Singles
Third round
Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-5, retired.
Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Kei Nishikori (12), Japan, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4), France, def. Fernando Verdasco (13), Spain, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Janko Tipsarevic (7), Serbia, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1.
Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Janko Tipsarevic (7), Serbia, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (16), Ukraine, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-1.
Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3.
Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Nicolas Almagro (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-3.
Soccer
Wednesday’s results
D.C. United 1, Montreal 1, tie
Sporting Kansas City 3, Vancouver 1
Saturday’s games
Chicago at Toronto FC, 9:30 a.m.
Houston at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 3 p.m.
FC Dallas at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Sporting K.C. at Portland, 4:30 p.m.