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All Hawaii times

Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 23 14 .622 —

Tampa Bay 23 14 .622 —

New York 20 16 .556 2½

Toronto 19 18 .514 4

Boston 17 19 .472 5½

Central Division

Cleveland 20 16 .556 —

Detroit 18 18 .500 2

Chicago 17 20 .459 3½

Kansas City 15 20 .429 4½

Minnesota 10 26 .278 10

West Division

Texas 23 14 .622 —

Oakland 19 18 .514 4

Los Angeles 16 21 .432 7

Seattle 16 22 .421 7½

Tuesday

Cleveland 5, Minnesota 0

Detroit 10, Chicago White Sox 8

Boston 5, Seattle 0

Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 2

L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 0

Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3

Kansas City 7, Texas 4

Today

Minnesota (Blackburn 1-4) at Detroit (Porcello 3-3), 1:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-2) at Cleveland (Jimenez 3-3), 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-4) at Toronto (Drabek 2-4), 1:07 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 3-0), 1:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 5-2) at Texas (Darvish 5-1), 2:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-2) at Kansas City (F.Paulino 1-1), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Floyd 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Williams 3-1), 4:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 23 14 .622 —

Washington 22 14 .611 ½

New York 20 16 .556 2½

Miami 19 17 .528 3½

Philadelphia 18 19 .486 5

Central Division

St. Louis 21 15 .583 —

Cincinnati 18 17 .514 2½

Pittsburgh 17 19 .472 4

Milwaukee 16 20 .444 5

Chicago 15 21 .417 6

Houston 15 21 .417 6

West Division

Los Angeles 24 12 .667 —

San Francisco 18 18 .500 6

Arizona 16 21 .432 8½

Colorado 14 21 .400 9½

San Diego 13 24 .351 11½

Tuesday

Philadelphia 4, Houston 3, 10 innings

San Diego 6, Washington 1

St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 6

Atlanta 6, Cincinnati 2

Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 0

Miami 6, Pittsburgh 2

Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 1

Colorado 5, San Francisco 4

Today

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 5-0) at San Diego (Richard 1-5), 12:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Bedard 2-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-1), 1:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 0-5) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 1-2), 1:10 p.m.

Miami (Buehrle 2-4) at Atlanta (Minor 2-2), 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Wolf 2-3) at Houston (Norris 3-1), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-1), 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 2-1) at Colorado (Moyer 1-3), 2:40 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 2-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-2), 4:15 p.m.

Pro basketball

National Basketball

Association playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Saturday

Boston 92, Philadelphia 91

Sunday

Miami 95, Indiana 86

Monday

Philadelphia 82, Boston 81, series tied 1-1

Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Lakers 90, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0

Tuesday

Indiana 78, Miami 75, series tied 1-1

San Antonio 108, L.A. Clippers 92, San Antonio leads series 1-0

Today

Boston at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City 3:30 p.m.

Thursday

Miami at Indiana, 1 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.

Pro hockey

National Hockey League playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Sunday

Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 2

Monday

NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 0, NY Rangers leads series 1-0

Tuesday

Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 0, Los Angeles leads series 2-0

Today

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 2 p.m.

Thursday

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Pro soccer

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

New York 7 3 1 22 23 16

Sport. K.C. 7 3 0 21 13 7

D.C. 5 4 3 18 20 16

Chicago 4 2 3 15 11 10

New Eng. 4 6 0 12 12 13

Houston 3 3 3 12 8 9

Montreal 3 5 3 12 12 16

Columbus 3 4 2 11 8 11

Phil. 2 6 1 7 7 12

Toronto FC 0 8 0 0 6 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Real S.L. 8 3 2 26 19 12

San Jose 7 2 2 23 22 12

Seattle 7 2 1 22 13 4

Vancouver 5 3 2 17 10 11

Colorado 5 5 0 15 15 12

FC Dallas 3 6 3 12 11 18

L.A. 3 5 2 11 12 15

Chivas USA 3 6 1 10 6 12

Portland 2 5 3 9 9 13

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Sunday

New York 3, Philadelphia 2

San Jose 1, Chivas USA 1, tie

Tuesday

Houston 0, Portland 0, tie

Today

Colorado at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated RHP Jesse Crain from the 15-day DL. Designated LHP Eric Stults for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher. Promoted Salt Lake (PCL) hitting coach Jim Eppard.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned 1B Chris Parmelee to Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed RHP David Roberston on the 15-day DL, retroactive May 14. Recalled RHP Cody Eppley from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TAMPA RAYS—Placed RHP Jeff Niemann on the 15-day. Recalled RHP Josh Lueke from Durham (IL).

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES—Activated RHP Jeremy Guthrie from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Carlos Torres to Colorado Springs (PCL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Recalled RHP Jordan Lyles from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned RHP David Carpenter to Oklahoma City.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed OF Matt Kemp on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jerry Sands from Albuquerque (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed OF Jon Jay on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Selected the contract of C Carlos Maldonado from Syracuse (IL). Placed C Sandy Leon on the 15-day DL. Transferred C Wilson Ramos from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Agreed to terms with coach Rick Carlisle on a new contract.

Women’s National

Basketball Association

TULSA SHOCK—Released G-F Amber Holt and G Shanna Zolman.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with OT Bobby Massie, G Senio Kelemete, S Justin Bethel and QB Ryan Lindley on four-year contracts.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed OT Lamar Holmes to a four-year contract.

BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed TE Matt Balasavage, LB Nigel Carr, TE Bruce Figgins, CB Jordan Mabin and QB Chester Stewart. Released FB Jamison Berryhill, DB Charles Brown, LB Eltoro Freeman and TE Nick Provo.

CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with S Brandon Hardin on a four-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived G Chris Riley.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed DB Sam Proctor and WR Wallace Miles to one-year contracts.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Claimed TE Andre Smith off waivers from the Chicago Bears. Waived CB Mike Holmes.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed LB Joshua Jones. Waived RB Joe Banyard.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed OT Kevin Murphy. Waived OT Jose Valdez.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DB Tavon Wilson. Released QB Mike Hartline.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed G Robert T. Griffin to a four-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Named Teddy Atlas scouting coordinator, Joey Clinkscales director-player personnel, Tom Delaney director-football administration, Shaun Herock director-college scouting, Calvin Branch, Zack Crockett, Brad Kaplan, Mickey Marvin, David McCloughan, Raleigh McKenzie and Trey Scott college scouts, and Von Hutchins, Larry Marmie and Dane Vandernat pro scouts. Signed FB Owen Schmitt.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released CB London Durham, LB Adrian Moten, OT Jon Opperud and G-C Brent Osborne. Agreed to terms with OT Alex Barron, TE Cooper Helfet, CB Donny Lisowski and OT Andrew Mitchell.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with F Rob Flick on a three-year contract.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR—Fined Kurt Busch $50,000 and placed him on probation through July 25, for reckless driving on pit road at Darlington on May 12 and for a post-race altercation with Ryan Newman’s crew members. Fined Busch crew member Craig Strickler $5,000 for interfering with a member of Fox’s broadcast team. Fined Newman crew member Andrew Rueger $5,000 for failing to comply with a directive from a NASCAR official. Placed Newman crew chief Tony Gibson on probation until June 27 for not controlling his crew members.

COLLEGE

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE—Suspended North Carolina State baseball coach Elliott Avent three games for making physical contact with an umpire during a May 13 game at Virginia Tech.

ARIZONA—Announced basketball G Mark Lyons has transferred from Xavier, basketball G T.J. McConnell has transferred from Duquesne and F Matt Korcheck has transferred from Cochise College.

CLEMSON—Announced freshman RB Mile Bellamy has been ruled academically ineligible and won’t return to school next fall.

HOFSTRA—Named Jeffrey Hathaway vice president and director of athletics.

LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE—Announced men’s assistant basketball coach Nikita Johnson will not be retained for the 2012-13 season.

NEBRASKA—Announced G Terran Petteway is transferring from Texas Tech.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA—Annoucned G Brandon Fortenberry has been granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA.

VIRGINIA COMMONWAELTH—Announced it was leaving the Colonial Athletic Association to join the Atlantic 10 in all sports, effective July 1, 2012.

Tennis

Italian Open

At Rome

Singles

Men

First Round

Richard Gasquet (16), France, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-4, 6-1.

Juan Martin Del Potro (10), Argentina, def. Michael Llodra, France, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Feliciano Lopez (15), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Sam Querrey, United States, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4.

Juan Monaco (14), Argentina, def. Adrian Ungur, Romania, 6-2, 6-2.

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

Gilles Simon (11), France, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-2, 7-5.

Second round

David Ferrer, Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Gael Monfils (13), France, 7-5, 6-3.

Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.

Women

First Round

Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-2, 6-1.

Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Jelena Jankovic (15), Serbia, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4).

Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Maria Kirilenko (16), Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia, def. Mirjana Lucic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-2.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-5, 6-4.

Nadia Petrova, Russia, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Sabine Lisicki (11), Germany, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3.

Venus Williams, United States, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 6-3, 6-4.

Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

Sara Errani, Italy, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-0, 3-0 retired.

Serena Williams (9), United States, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-3.

Second round

Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Rrepublic, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 7-5, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-5, 7-5.