April 21 scoreboard
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Major Leagues
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 8 6 .571 —
New York 8 6 .571 —
Toronto 7 6 .538 ½
Tampa Bay 7 7 .500 1
Boston 4 9 .308 3½
Central Division
Detroit 9 4 .692 —
Cleveland 7 5 .583 1½
Chicago 7 6 .538 2
Minnesota 5 9 .357 4½
Kansas City 3 10 .231 6
West Division
Texas 11 2 .846 —
Oakland 7 8 .467 5
Seattle 7 8 .467 5
Los Angeles 5 9 .357 6½
Friday’s results
N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 2
Texas at Detroit, ppd., rain
Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 4
Toronto 4, Kansas City 3
L.A. Angels 6, Baltimore 3
Cleveland 4, Oakland 3
Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 3
Today’s games
Texas (M.Harrison 2-0) at Detroit (Porcello 1-0), 7:05 a.m., 1st game
Chicago White Sox (Humber 0-0) at Seattle (Beavan 1-1), 10:05 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 0-1) at Boston (Doubront 0-0), 10:05 a.m.
Texas (Feliz 1-0) at Detroit (Verlander 1-1), 1:05 p.m., 2nd game
Minnesota (Pavano 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Shields 2-0), 1:10 p.m.
Toronto (Hutchison 0-0) at Kansas City (Mendoza 0-2), 1:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Arrieta 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 2-0), 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland (J.Gomez 0-0) at Oakland (McCarthy 0-2), 3:05 p.m.
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 11 4 .733 —
Atlanta 9 5 .643 1½
New York 7 6 .538 3
Miami 7 7 .500 3½
Philadelphia 7 7 .500 3½
Central Division
St. Louis 10 4 .714 —
Cincinnati 6 8 .429 4
Milwaukee 6 8 .429 4
Pittsburgh 5 8 .385 4½
Houston 5 9 .357 5
Chicago 3 11 .214 7
West Division
Los Angeles 11 3 .786 —
Colorado 7 6 .538 3½
San Francisco 7 6 .538 3½
Arizona 7 7 .500 4
San Diego 3 12 .200 8½
Friday’s results
Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 4
Washington 2, Miami 0
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 3, Houston 1
Colorado 4, Milwaukee 3
Atlanta 9, Arizona 1
Philadelphia 4, San Diego 1
Today’s games
Cincinnati (Leake 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Maholm 0-2), 7:05 a.m.
Miami (A.Sanchez 1-0) at Washington (Strasburg 2-0), 7:05 a.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0), 7:10 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Houston (Weiland 0-2), 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Westbrook 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Correia 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Pomeranz 0-1) at Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0), 1:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 1-2) at Arizona (J.Saunders 1-0), 2:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 3-0) at San Diego (Luebke 1-1), 2:35 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 27 .578 10½
x-Atlanta 38 25 .603 9
x-Orlando 36 26 .581 10½
x-New York 33 30 .524 14
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 21 41 .339 25½
Washington 16 46 .258 30½
Charlotte 7 55 .113 39½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-San Antonio 46 16 .742 —
y-Oklahoma City 46 17 .730 ½
x-L.A. Lakers 40 24 .625 7
x-L.A. Clippers 39 24 .619 7½
x-Memphis 38 25 .603 8½
x-Dallas 36 28 .563 11
Denver 34 28 .548 12
Phoenix 33 30 .524 13½
Utah 33 30 .524 13½
Houston 32 31 .508 14½
Portland 28 35 .444 18½
Minnesota 26 38 .406 21
Golden State 22 40 .355 24
Sacramento 20 43 .317 26½
New Orleans 20 43 .317 26½
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Friday’s results
Atlanta 97, Boston 92
Memphis 85, Charlotte 80
Cleveland 98, New York 90
Dallas 104, Golden State 94
San Antonio 121, L.A. Lakers 97
Oklahoma City 103, Sacramento 92
Today’s games
Denver at Phoenix, 11:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 1:30 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Golden State at Houston, 2 p.m.
Portland at Memphis, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.
Orlando at Utah, 4:30 p.m.
Hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
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
Friday’s results
Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2, Philadelphia leads series 3-2
Nashville 2, Detroit 1, Nashville wins series 4-1
Today’s games
Washington at Boston, 9 a.m.
New Jersey at Florida, 12:30 p.m.
Ottawa at NY Rangers, 1 p.m. (series tied 2-2)
San Jose at St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 a.m.
Boston at Washington, 9 a.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 2 p.m. (Vancouver leads series 3-1)
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Angel Guzman (Albuquerque-PCL) 50 games after a second violation for a drug abuse under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. Fined Cleveland RHP Chris Perez $750 for a “reckless” message on his Twitter account after a benches-clearing incident in Kansas City.
American League
DETROIT TIGERS—Acquired RHP Zach Miner from Kansas City for cash and assigned him to Erie (EL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed LHP Chris Narveson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 16. Recalled RHP Mike McClendon from Nashville (PCL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Claimed RHP Rich Thompson off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels. Optioned RHP Neil Wagner to Sacramento (PCL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Reinstated CF B.J. Upton from the 15-day DL. Optioned UTL Stephen Vogt to Durham (IL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Placed RHP Kerry Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 14. Recalled LHP Scott Maine from Iowa (PCL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed 1B Lance Berkman on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 19. Activated OF-INF Skip Schumaker from the 15-day DL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Suspended Milwaukee F Larry Sanders two games for initiating an altercation, failing to leave the court in a timely manner and actions following his ejection, during an April 19 game at Indiana. Fined Indiana F Danny Granger and F David West $25,000 apiece for instigating and adding to the escalation of the on-court incident.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Signed G Lester Hudson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed WR Duke Calhoun.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed D Dylan DeMelo.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Adam Cracknell, F Evgeny Grachev and D Danny Syvret from Peoria (AHL). Signed G Paul Karpowich to a two-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned G Dany Sabourin to Hershey (AHL).
COLLEGE
ARIZONA STATE—Named Amanda Levens associate head coach.
MARQUETTE—Released C Aaron Durley from his national letter of intent.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE—Promoted men’s basketball assistant coach Bobby Lutz to associate head coach.
OUACHITA BAPTIST—Announced the transfer of G Micah Delph from Stephen F. Austin.
ST. JOHN’S—Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico to take the same position at Michigan. Named Joe Tartamella interim women’s basketball coach.
Tennis
ATP: Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
At Monte Carlo, Monaco
Singles
Quarterfinals
Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-4.
Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4), France, 7-5, 6-4.
Soccer
Major league Soccer
Today’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.
Golf
LPGA-LOTTE Championship
At Ko Olina Golf Club Course
Kapolei, Oahu
Purse: $1.7 million
Yardage: 6,421; Par: 72
Third Round
Ai Miyazato 71-65-70—206
Cristie Kerr 70-68-71—209
Azahara Munoz 72-64-73—209
So Yeon Ryu 71-70-69—210
Yani Tseng 69-72-69—210
Jiyai Shin 69-71-70—210
Angela Stanford 69-71-70—210
Meena Lee 74-65-71—210
Haeji Kang 74-67-71—212
Inbee Park 70-70-72—212
Momoko Ueda 74-69-70—213
Karrie Webb 71-71-71—213
Brittany Lang 69-70-74—213
Suzann Pettersen 70-69-74—213
Jimin Kang 72-66-75—213
Caroline Hedwall 73-70-71—214
Sun Young Yoo 70-73-71—214
Brittany Lincicome 70-71-73—214
Paula Creamer 73-67-74—214
Katie Futcher 72-72-71—215
Julieta Granada 74-70-71—215
Lorie Kane 73-69-73—215