Pro baseball
Pro baseball
Major leagues
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 37 25 .597 —
Baltimore 36 26 .581 1
Tampa Bay 35 27 .565 2
Boston 31 32 .492 6½
Toronto 31 32 .492 6½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 34 28 .548 —
Cleveland 32 29 .525 1½
Detroit 29 33 .468 5
Kansas City 26 34 .433 7
Minnesota 25 36 .410 8½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 37 26 .587 —
Los Angeles 34 30 .531 3½
Oakland 28 35 .444 9
Seattle 27 37 .422 10½
National League
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 38 23 .623 —
Atlanta 34 29 .540 5
New York 34 29 .540 5
Miami 32 31 .508 7
Philadelphia 30 34 .469 9½
Central Division
Cincinnati 34 27 .557 —
Pittsburgh 32 29 .525 2
St. Louis 32 31 .508 3
Milwaukee 28 34 .452 6½
Houston 26 36 .419 8½
Chicago 21 41 .339 13½
West Division
Los Angeles 40 24 .625 —
San Francisco 36 27 .571 3½
Arizona 30 32 .484 9
Colorado 24 37 .393 14½
San Diego 22 41 .349 17½
Wednesday
Washington 6, Toronto 2
Baltimore 7, Pittsburgh 1
Boston 10, Miami 2
Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 3
N.Y. Mets 9, Tampa Bay 1
N.Y. Yankees 3, Atlanta 2
Texas 1, Arizona 0
Detroit 8, Chicago Cubs 4
Kansas City 4, Milwaukee 3, 11 innings
Philadelphia 9, Minnesota 8
St. Louis 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Oakland 10, Colorado 8
L.A. Angels 2, L.A. Dodgers 1
San Diego 1, Seattle 0
San Francisco 10, Houston 0
Today
Cleveland (Tomlin 3-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-5), 6:35 a.m.
N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 3-3) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 4-2), 7:10 a.m.
Detroit (Verlander 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-2), 8:20 a.m.
Oakland (J.Parker 2-3) at Colorado (White 2-4), 9:10 a.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 5-4) at San Francisco (Zito 5-3), 9:45 a.m.
Pittsburgh (Bedard 4-6) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-3), 1:05 p.m.
Arizona (D.Hudson 2-1) at Texas (Feldman 0-5), 2:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Marcum 5-3) at Kansas City (Hochevar 3-7), 2:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Blanton 5-6) at Minnesota (Diamond 5-1), 2:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 4-6) at St. Louis (Westbrook 4-6), 2:15 p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 2-6) at Seattle (Er.Ramirez 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Pro basketball
FINALS
x-if necessary)
(Best-of-7)
Oklahoma City 1, Miami 0
Tuesday
Oklahoma City 105, Miami 94
Today
Miami at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 17
Oklahoma City at Miam, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 19
Oklahoma City at Miami, 3 p.m.
Thursday, June 21
x-Oklahoma City at Miami, 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 24
x-Miami at Oklahoma City, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 26
x-Miami at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
Glantz-Culver line
NBA playoffs
Today
Favorite Line O/U Underdog
at Oklahoma City 5 (196) Miami
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Released RHP Terry Doyle.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Added RHP Esmil Rogers to the 25-man roster. Optioned INF/OF Matt LaPorta to Columbus (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Thompson, CF Austin Schotts, LHP Joe Rogers, RHP Charlie Gillies, C Bennett Pickar, RHP Julio Felix, SS Jordan Dean, RHP Slade Smith, LHP Alex Phillips, RHP Nick Carmichael, SS Jared Reaves, RHP Josh Carr, OF Zach Kirksey, RHP Matt Davenport and LHP Ryan Longstreth on minor league contracts.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with OF Byron Buxton on a minor league contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed OF Mike Carp and RHP Stephen Pryor on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Blake Beavan adn INF Alex Liddi to Tacoma (PCL). Activated OF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Erasmo Ramirez, OF Casper Wells and RHP Steve Delabar from Tacoma. Agreed to terms with RHP Grady Wood, RHP Blake Hauser, RHP Dominic Leone, RHP Levi Dean, RHP Matt Vedo, RHP Mark Bordonaro, RHP Aaron Brooks, RHP Matt Brazis, LHP Nate Koneski, LHP Steven Ewing, LHP Scott DeCecco, LHP Blake Holovach, LHP Rusty Shellhorn, C Toby Demello, INF Joe DeCarlo, INF Patrick Kivlehan, INF Chris Taylor, INF Tim Lopes, INF Taylor Ard, INF Jamodrick McGruder, INF Kristian Brito, INF Brock Hebert, INF Gabrial Franca, INF Richard Palase, OF Michael Faulkner, OF Dario Pizzano and OF Jabari Henry on minor league contracts.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed RHP Brandon Morrow on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 12. Recalled INF Yan Gomes from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Optioned RHP Cory Gearrin to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Anthony Varvaro from Gwinnett.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with INF Eric Wood, C Jake Stallings, RHP Pat Ludwig, LHP Dalton Friend, RHP Kyle Haynes, RHP Lance Breedlove and LHP Josh Smith on minor league contracts.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Boston F Kevin Garnett $25,000 for failing to make himself available to the media after Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Women’s National
Basketball Association
WASHINGTON MYSTICS—Signed G Shannon Bobbitt. Released G Dominique Canty.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Suspended Detroit RB Mikel Leshoure two games plus two additional game checks for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. Suspended Cincinnati LB Dontay Moch four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
ATLANTA FALCONS—Waived LS Corey Adams.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Placed TE Martin Rucker on injured reserve.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Claimed WR Derek Moye off waivers from Miami. Waived WR Malcolm Beyah.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed LB Brandon Johnson and LS Matt Katula. Placed WR Connor Dixon on waived-injured list. Released TE Wes Lyons.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Named Sylvain Lefebvre coach of Hamilton (AHL). Named Martin Lapointe director of player development and Patrice Brisebois player development coach.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Named Dave Allison coach of Peoria (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with F Jim Slater.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended San Jose G Jon Busch one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for aggressively retrieving a ball in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time during the May 27 game at Sporting Kansas City.
PHILADELPHIA UNION—Fired coach Peter Nowak. Named John Hackworth interim coach.
COLLEGE
SETON HALL—Announced Iona G Kyle Smyth is going to play men’s basketball at Seton Hall.
Pro soccer
Major League Soccer
Sunday’s result
Vancouver 3, Houston 1
Saturday’s games
Colorado at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
D.C. United at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
FC Dallas at Houston, 1:30 p.m.
Columbus at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Sporting K.C., 2:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
2012 European Championship
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
GP W D L GF GA PTS
Russia 2 1 1 0 5 2 4
Czech Rep. 2 1 0 1 3 5 3
Poland 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
Greece 2 0 1 1 2 4 1
Tuesday
Czech Republic 2, Greece 1
Poland 1, Russia 1
Saturday
Warsaw, Poland
Russia vs. Greece, 1845 GMT
Wroclaw, Poland
Poland vs. Czech Republic, 1845 GMT
GROUP B
GP W D L GF GA PTS
Germany 2 2 0 0 3 1 6
Portugal 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
Denmark 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
Netherlands 2 0 0 2 1 3 0
Wednesday
Portugal 3, Denmark 2
Germany 2, Netherlands 1
GROUP C
GP W D L GF GA PTS
Croatia 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Italy 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Spain 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Ireland 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Today
At Poznan, Poland
Italy vs. Croatia, 6 a.m.
At Gdansk, Poland
Spain vs. Ireland, 8:45 a.m.
GROUP D
GP W D L GF GA PTS
Ukraine 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
England 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
France 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Friday
At Kiev, Ukraine
Sweden vs. England, 6 a.m.
At Donetsk, Ukraine
Ukraine vs. France, 8:45 a.m.
College baseball
College World Series
At Omaha, Neb.
Double elimination
x-if necessary
Friday
Game 1 — Stony Brook (52-13) vs. UCLA (47-14), 11 a.m.
Game 2 — Arizona (43-17) vs. Florida State (48-15), 3 p.m.
Saturday
Game 3 — Kent State (46-18) vs. Arkansas (44-20), 11 a.m.
Game 4 — South Carolina (45-17) vs. Florida (47-18), 3 p.m.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Chicago 7 1 .875 —
Connecticut 6 2 .750 1
Indiana 4 2 .667 2
Atlanta 3 5 .375 4
New York 3 6 .333 4½
Washington 1 5 .167 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 9 0 1.000 —
Los Angeles 7 1 .875 1½
San Antonio 3 4 .429 5
Phoenix 2 5 .286 6
Seattle 1 7 .125 7½
Tulsa 0 8 .000 8½
Wednesday
Chicago 74, Seattle 58
Los Angeles 87, Connecticut 81
Today
No games scheduled
Tennis
WTA AEGON Classic
At Birmingham, England
Singles
First round
Elena Baltacha (15), Britain, def. Chang Kai-chen,Taiwan, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Timea Babos (14), Hungary, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2).
Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 7-5.
Hsieh Su-wei (13), Taiwan, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Second round
Jelena Jankovic (1), Serbia, def. Melanie South, Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
Ekaterina Makarova (8), Russia, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Christina McHale (9), United States, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.
Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, def. Mona Barthel (6), Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Tara Moore, Britain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Zheng Jie, China, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.
Marina Erakovic (9), New Zealand, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.
Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Francesca Schiavone (1), Italy, 7-5, 6-4.
Heather Watson, Britain, def. Elena Baltacha (15), Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Melanie Oudin, United States, def. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4.
Irina Falconi, United States, def. Timea Babos (14), Hungary, 6-0, 6-4.
Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Sabine Lisicki (2), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Hsieh Su-wei (13), Taiwan, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.
Roberta Vinci (4), Italy, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, retired.
Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Daniela Hantuchova (3), Slovakia, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Nuernberger Gastein Ladies
At Bad Gastein, Austria
Singles
First round
Chichi Scholl, United States, def. Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0.
Johanna Larsson (8), Sweden, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Jill Craybas, United States, def. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.
Ksenia Pervak (3), Kazakhstan, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, def. Petra Martic (5), Croatia, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5).
Irina-Camelia Begu (6), Romania, def. Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.
Dia Evtimova, Bulgaria, def. Barbara Haas, Austria, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, vs. Nicole Rottman, Austria, 6-2, 6-3.
ATP: AEGON Championships
At London
Singles
First round
Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2.
Second Round
Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Gilles Simon (4), France, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Andy Roddick (7), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Ivo Karlovic (16), Croatia, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7).
Feliciano Lopez (5), Spain, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Gilles Muller (14), Luxembourg, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Kevin Anderson (9), South Africa, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 3-4, retired.
Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Andy Murray (1), Britain, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1).
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Marcos Baghdatis (11), Cyprus, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (13), Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.
Sam Querrey, United States, def. Denis Istomin (12), Uzbekistan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, def. Jamie Baker, Britain, 6-3, 6-2.
David Nalbandian (10), Argentina, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.
Julien Benneteau (8), France, def. Tatsuma, Ito, Japan, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.
Janko Tipsarevic (3), Serbia, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (2).
Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Go Soeda (15), Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
ATP: Gerry Weber Open
At Halle, Germany
Singles
Second round
Milos Raonic (5), Canada, def. Zhang Ze, China, 6-1, 6-1.
Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (4), Ukraine, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.
Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.