Pro baseball
Pro baseball
Major leagues
American League
East Division
Baltimore 19 9 .679 —
Tampa Bay 19 10 .655 ½
Toronto 16 13 .552 3½
New York 15 13 .536 4
Boston 11 16 .407 7½
Central Division
Cleveland 15 11 .577 —
Detroit 14 13 .519 1½
Chicago 13 15 .464 3
Kansas City 9 18 .333 6½
Minnesota 7 20 .259 8½
West Division
Texas 18 10 .643 —
Oakland 15 14 .517 3½
Seattle 13 17 .433 6
Los Angeles 12 17 .414 6½
Sunday
Detroit 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Cleveland 4, Texas 2
Baltimore 9, Boston 6, 17 innings
Oakland 9, Tampa Bay 5
N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 4
L.A. Angels 4, Toronto 3
Seattle 5, Minnesota 2
Today
Chicago White Sox (Humber 1-1) at Cleveland (McAllister 0-0), 7:05 a.m., 1st game
Chicago White Sox (Stults 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 1-2), 1:05 p.m., 2nd game
Texas (M.Harrison 3-2) at Baltimore (Matusz 1-3), 1:05 p.m.
Boston (Doubront 1-1) at Kansas City (J.Sanchez 1-1), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-0) at Minnesota (Liriano 0-4), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Fister 0-0) at Seattle (Beavan 1-3), 4:10 p.m.
National Leagues
East Division
Washington 18 10 .643 —
Atlanta 18 11 .621 ½
New York 15 13 .536 3
Miami 14 14 .500 4
Philadelphia 14 15 .483 4½
Central Division
St. Louis 17 11 .607 —
Cincinnati 14 13 .519 2½
Houston 13 15 .464 4
Milwaukee 12 16 .429 5
Pittsburgh 12 16 .429 5
Chicago 11 17 .393 6
West Division
Los Angeles 18 10 .643 —
San Francisco 14 14 .500 4
Arizona 14 15 .483 4½
Colorado 12 15 .444 5½
San Diego 9 20 .310 9½
Sunday
N.Y. Mets 3, Arizona 1
Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 0
St. Louis 8, Houston 1
Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 11 innings
Atlanta 7, Colorado 2
Miami 6, San Diego 3
San Francisco 4, Milwaukee 3, 11 innings
Philadelphia 9, Washington 3
Today
N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-1) at Philadelphia (Halladay 3-2), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 3-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 3-1), 2:05 p.m.
Miami (Zambrano 0-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 3-2), 2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-3), 2:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 5-0) at Arizona (J.Saunders 2-1), 3:40 p.m.
Colorado (Pomeranz 0-1) at San Diego (Volquez 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 3-0), 4:10 p.m.
Pro basketball
National Basketball
Association playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Thursday
Miami 87, New York 70
Oklahoma City 95, Dallas 79
Friday
Boston 90, Atlanta 84, OT
Philadelphia 79, Chicago 74
Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 84
Saturday
Indiana 101, Orlando 99, OT, Indiana leads series 3-1
L.A. Clippers 87, Memphis 86, L.A. Clippers leads series 2-1
Oklahoma City 103, Dallas 97, Oklahoma City wins series 4-0
San Antonio 102, Utah 90, San Antonio leads series 3-0
Sunday
Philadelphia 89, Chicago 82, Philadelphia leads series 3-1
New York 89, Miami 87, Miami leads series 3-1
Boston 101, Atlanta 79, Boston leads series 3-1
L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 88, L.A. Lakers lead series 3-1
Today
San Antonio at Utah, 2 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Orlando at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Boston at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 4:30 p.m
Pro hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Friday
Phoenix 1, Nashville 0, Phoenix leads series 3-1
Saturday
Washington 3, NY Rangers 2, series tied 2-2
Sunday
Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1, Los Angeles wins series 4-0
New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 2, New Jersey leads series 3-1
Today
Washington at NY Rangers, 1:30 p.m.
Nashville at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Aaron Cook on 15-day DL. Activated LHP Andrew Miller from 15-day DL.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned RHP Dylan Axelrod to Charlotte (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned RHP Brayan Villarreal to Toledo (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS—Assigned OF Clete Thomas outright to Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Liam Hendriks to Rochester.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Recalled LHP Cesar Ramos from Durham (IL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Designated OF-INF Blake DeWitt for assignment. Recalled LHP Travis Wood from Iowa (PCL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed LB Cameron Wake to a contract extension through the 2016 season.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed S Josh Bush to a four-year contract and QB Matt Simms and OL Frederick Koloto. Waived OL Kris O’Dowd.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed NT Alameda Ta’amu and RB Chris Rainey to four-year contracts.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed RB Alfred Morris, OT Tom Compton, WR Brian Hernandez, DL Delvin Johnson, WR Samuel Kirkland, OL Nick Martinez and TE Beau Reliford. Waived DL Vaughn Meatoga and WR Kelvin Bolden.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Phoenix D Rostislav Klesla for one game for boarding Nashville F Matt Halischuk during a game on May 4.
Tennis
ATP: Serbia Open
At Belgrade, Serbia
Men’s championships
Andreas Seppi (2), Italy, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 6-2.
ATP: BMW Open
At Munich
Men’s championships
Philipp Kohlschreiber (4), Germany, def. Marin Cilic (3), Croatia, 7-6 (8), 6-3.
Estoril Open
At Oeiras, Portugal
Men’s championships
Juan del Potro (1), Argentina, def. Richard Gasquet (2), France, 6-4, 6-2.
Mutua Madrilena Masters/Open
At Madrid, Spain
Men’s first round
Nicolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s first round
Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
Nadia Petrova, Russia, def. Vania King, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Caroline Wozniacki (6), Denmark, def. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4.
Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Veci, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.
Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 7-5.
Angelique Kerber (12), Germany, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-4.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Tsvetsana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-0, 6-2.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (16), Russia, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-2, 7-5.
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Francesca Schiavone (11), Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3.
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-0, 6-3
Soccer
Major League Soccer
Sunday
Colorado 2, FC Dallas 0
Auto racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup-Aaron’s 499 At Talladega, Ala.
Lap length: 2.66 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 194 laps, 120.1 rating, 47 points, $305,745.
2. (21) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 194, 106.2, 43, $263,298.
3. (10) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 194, 128.5, 43, $225,701.
4. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 41, $155,090.
5. (6) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194, 118.4, 40, $143,540.
6. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194, 82.9, 38, $146,554.
7. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 194, 85.6, 37, $137,723.
8. (11) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 194, 87.8, 0, $110,565.
9. (18) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 36, $120,765.
10. (29) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 194, 83.3, 35, $143,640.
11. (23) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 194, 71.6, 33, $133,013.
12. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, 194, 95.3, 32, $137,716.
13. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 194, 73.8, 31, $115,688.
14. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194, 97.4, 30, $126,613.
15. (2) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 194, 86.6, 29, $139,305.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 378; 2. M.Kenseth, 371; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 369; 4. D.Hamlin, 351; 5. K.Harvick, 333; 6. M.Truex Jr., 332; 7. T.Stewart, 328; 8. J.Johnson, 324; 9. Ky.Busch, 308; 10. C.Bowyer, 302; 11. C.Edwards, 300; 12. B.Keselowski, 299.
Pro basketball
National Basketball
Association playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Thursday
Miami 87, New York 70
Oklahoma City 95, Dallas 79
Friday
Boston 90, Atlanta 84, OT
Philadelphia 79, Chicago 74
Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 84
Saturday
Indiana 101, Orlando 99, OT, Indiana leads series 3-1
L.A. Clippers 87, Memphis 86, L.A. Clippers leads series 2-1
Oklahoma City 103, Dallas 97, Oklahoma City wins series 4-0
San Antonio 102, Utah 90, San Antonio leads series 3-0
Sunday
Philadelphia 89, Chicago 82, Philadelphia leads series 3-1
New York 89, Miami 87, Miami leads series 3-1
Boston 101, Atlanta 79, Boston leads series 3-1
L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 88, L.A. Lakers lead series 3-1
Today
San Antonio at Utah, 2 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Orlando at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Boston at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 4:30 p.m
Pro hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Friday
Phoenix 1, Nashville 0, Phoenix leads series 3-1
Saturday
Washington 3, NY Rangers 2, series tied 2-2
Sunday
Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1, Los Angeles wins series 4-0
New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 2, New Jersey leads series 3-1
Today
Washington at NY Rangers, 1:30 p.m.
Nashville at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Tuesday
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Aaron Cook on 15-day DL. Activated LHP Andrew Miller from 15-day DL.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned RHP Dylan Axelrod to Charlotte (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned RHP Brayan Villarreal to Toledo (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS—Assigned OF Clete Thomas outright to Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Liam Hendriks to Rochester.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Recalled LHP Cesar Ramos from Durham (IL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Designated OF-INF Blake DeWitt for assignment. Recalled LHP Travis Wood from Iowa (PCL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed LB Cameron Wake to a contract extension through the 2016 season.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed S Josh Bush to a four-year contract and QB Matt Simms and OL Frederick Koloto. Waived OL Kris O’Dowd.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed NT Alameda Ta’amu and RB Chris Rainey to four-year contracts.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed RB Alfred Morris, OT Tom Compton, WR Brian Hernandez, DL Delvin Johnson, WR Samuel Kirkland, OL Nick Martinez and TE Beau Reliford. Waived DL Vaughn Meatoga and WR Kelvin Bolden.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Phoenix D Rostislav Klesla for one game for boarding Nashville F Matt Halischuk during a game on May 4.
Tennis
ATP: Serbia Open
At Belgrade, Serbia
Men’s championships
Andreas Seppi (2), Italy, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 6-2.
ATP: BMW Open
At Munich
Men’s championships
Philipp Kohlschreiber (4), Germany, def. Marin Cilic (3), Croatia, 7-6 (8), 6-3.
Estoril Open
At Oeiras, Portugal
Men’s championships
Juan del Potro (1), Argentina, def. Richard Gasquet (2), France, 6-4, 6-2.
Mutua Madrilena Masters/Open
At Madrid, Spain
Men’s first round
Nicolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s first round
Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
Nadia Petrova, Russia, def. Vania King, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Caroline Wozniacki (6), Denmark, def. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4.
Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Veci, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.
Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 7-5.
Angelique Kerber (12), Germany, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-4.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Tsvetsana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-0, 6-2.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (16), Russia, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-2, 7-5.
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Francesca Schiavone (11), Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3.
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-0, 6-3
Soccer
Major League Soccer
Sunday
Colorado 2, FC Dallas 0
Auto racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup-Aaron’s 499 At Talladega, Ala.
Lap length: 2.66 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 194 laps, 120.1 rating, 47 points, $305,745.
2. (21) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 194, 106.2, 43, $263,298.
3. (10) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 194, 128.5, 43, $225,701.
4. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 41, $155,090.
5. (6) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194, 118.4, 40, $143,540.
6. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194, 82.9, 38, $146,554.
7. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 194, 85.6, 37, $137,723.
8. (11) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 194, 87.8, 0, $110,565.
9. (18) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 36, $120,765.
10. (29) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 194, 83.3, 35, $143,640.
11. (23) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 194, 71.6, 33, $133,013.
12. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, 194, 95.3, 32, $137,716.
13. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 194, 73.8, 31, $115,688.
14. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194, 97.4, 30, $126,613.
15. (2) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 194, 86.6, 29, $139,305.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 378; 2. M.Kenseth, 371; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 369; 4. D.Hamlin, 351; 5. K.Harvick, 333; 6. M.Truex Jr., 332; 7. T.Stewart, 328; 8. J.Johnson, 324; 9. Ky.Busch, 308; 10. C.Bowyer, 302; 11. C.Edwards, 300; 12. B.Keselowski, 299.
PGA-Wells Fargo Scores
At Charlotte, N.C.
Purse: $6.5 million
Yardage: 7,469; Par: 72
Final Round
(x-won on first playoff hole)
x-Rickie Fowler (500), $1,170,000 66-72-67-69—274
Rory McIlroy (245), $572,000 70-68-66-70—274
D.A. Points (245), $572,000 66-68-69-71—274
Webb Simpson (135), $312,000 65-68-69-73—275
Ben Curtis (100), $237,250 69-70-71-67—277
Ryan Moore (100), $237,250 65-70-68-74—277
Lee Westwood (100), $237,250 71-72-68-66—277
Nick Watney (85), $201,500 68-64-72-74—278
Jonas Blixt (68), $156,000 68-73-67-71—279
Jonathan Byrd (68), $156,000 69-69-72-69—279
Brian Davis (68), $156,000 66-74-69-70—279
Jason Day (68), $156,000 70-70-69-70—279
James Driscoll (68), $156,000 71-70-69-69—279
Seung-Yul Noh (68), $156,000 68-70-70-71—279
Stewart Cink (54), $100,750 65-69-71-75—280
Robert Garrigus (54), $100,750 69-72-68-71—280
George McNeill (54), $100,750 70-68-68-74—280
Sean O’Hair (54), $100,750 72-69-69-70—280
John Senden (54), $100,750 66-68-72-74—280
David Toms (54), $100,750 74-65-70-71—280
Arjun Atwal (48), $67,600 68-69-75-69—281
Ben Crane (48), $67,600 70-64-73-74—281
Martin Flores (48), $67,600 68-70-71-72—281
Hunter Haas (48), $67,600 68-68-75-70—281
Geoff Ogilvy (48), $67,600 71-70-65-75—281
Will Claxton (43), $47,125 71-72-70-69—282
Jim Furyk (43), $47,125 71-71-71-69—282
Sung Kang (43), $47,125 71-70-70-71—282
Martin Laird (43), $47,125 72-70-69-71—282
Phil Mickelson (43), $47,125 71-72-68-71—282
Kevin Stadler (43), $47,125 68-74-70-70—282
Roberto Castro (36), $34,450 68-72-72-71—283
Ken Duke (36), $34,450 72-71-72-68—283
Spencer Levin (36), $34,450 72-68-70-73—283
Billy Mayfair (36), $34,450 67-71-73-72—283
Patrick Reed, $34,450 66-74-69-74—283
Heath Slocum (36), $34,450 69-67-75-72—283
Josh Teater (36), $34,450 69-73-71-70—283
Camilo Villegas (36), $34,450 71-70-69-73—283
Champions Tour-Insperity Championship
At The Woodlands, Texas
Purse: $1.7 million
Yardage: 7,002; Par: 72
Final Round
Fred Funk (255), $255,000 66-69-67—202
Tom Lehman (150), $149,600 65-70-68—203
Mike Goodes (122), $122,400 69-67-70—206
Michael Allen (73), $73,100 69-68-71—208
Brad Bryant (73), $73,100 68-68-72—208
Bobby Clampett (73), $73,100 70-67-71—208
Dan Forsman (73), $73,100 71-69-68—208
Bernhard Langer (73), $73,100 68-71-69—208
Tom Byrum (43), $42,500 69-69-72—210
Gene Jones (43), $42,500 69-71-70—210
Corey Pavin (43), $42,500 71-70-69—210
Rod Spittle (43), $42,500 68-73-69—210