April 20 scoreboard

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All Hawaii times

All Hawaii times

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.