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Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

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Boston 39 25 .609 —

New York 37 26 .587 1½

Baltimore 36 28 .563 3

Tampa Bay 34 28 .548 4

Toronto 27 35 .435 11

Central Division

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Detroit 35 27 .565 —

Cleveland 30 33 .476 5½

Kansas City 29 32 .475 5½

Minnesota 27 33 .450 7

Chicago 27 34 .443 7½

West Division

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Texas 38 25 .603 —

Oakland 38 27 .585 1

Los Angeles 27 37 .422 11½

Seattle 27 37 .422 11½

Houston 22 42 .344 16½

Sunday’s Games

Texas 6, Toronto 4

Detroit 4, Cleveland 1

Boston 10, L.A. Angels 5

Washington 7, Minnesota 0, 1st game

Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 7

Kansas City 2, Houston 0

Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 2

N.Y. Yankees 2, Seattle 1

Washington 5, Minnesota 4, 2nd game

Monday’s Games

Baltimore 4, L.A. Angels 3

Boston at Tampa Bay, late

Texas 6, Cleveland 3

Kansas City 3, Detroit 2

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, late

Houston at Seattle, late

Today’s Games

L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-3) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 3-2), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Lester 6-2) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 3-6), 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 3-4) at Texas (D.Holland 5-2), 2:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 8-0) at Kansas City (W.Davis 3-5), 2:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 2-9) at Minnesota (Walters 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Wang 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-2), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 6-4) at Oakland (Colon 7-2), 4:05 p.m.

Houston (B.Norris 5-5) at Seattle (Harang 2-6), 4:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 6:35 a.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 a.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

National League

East Division

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Atlanta 39 24 .619 —

Washington 31 31 .500 7½

Philadelphia 31 33 .484 8½

New York 23 35 .397 13½

Miami 18 45 .286 21

Central Division

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St. Louis 41 22 .651 —

Cincinnati 38 26 .594 3½

Pittsburgh 37 26 .587 4

Milwaukee 26 37 .413 15

Chicago 25 36 .410 15

West Division

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Arizona 35 28 .556 —

San Francisco 33 29 .532 1½

Colorado 34 30 .531 1½

San Diego 29 34 .460 6

Los Angeles 27 35 .435 7½

Sunday’s Games

Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 4, 10 innings

Washington 7, Minnesota 0, 1st game

Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 1

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 1

Atlanta 8, L.A. Dodgers 1

Colorado 8, San Diego 7, 10 innings

San Francisco 6, Arizona 2

Washington 5, Minnesota 4, 2nd game

St. Louis 11, Cincinnati 4, 10 innings

Monday’s Games

Milwaukee 6, Miami 1

Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, late

Atlanta at San Diego, late

Today’s Games

San Francisco (Lincecum 4-5) at Pittsburgh (Cole 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-7) at Miami (Ja.Turner 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 1-5), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-0), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 2-9) at Minnesota (Walters 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

Washington (Haren 4-7) at Colorado (Chacin 3-3), 2:40 p.m.

Arizona (Kennedy 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 4-5) at San Diego (Cashner 4-3), 4:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:20 a.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 9:40 a.m.

San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 2:40 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

NBA Finals

National Basketball Association

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

San Antonio 1, Miami 1

Thursday, June 6

San Antonio 92, Miami 88

Sunday, June 9

Miami 103, San Antonio 84

Today’s Game

Miami at San Antonio 3 p.m.

Thursday’s Game

Miami at San Antonio, 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 16

Miami at San Antonio, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, June 18

x-San Antonio at Miami, 3 p.m.

Thursday, June 20

x-San Antonio at Miami, 3 p.m.

NHL Finals

National Hockey League

Stanley Cup

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Boston vs. Chicago

Wednesday, June 12

Boston at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 15

Boston at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Monday, June 17

Chicago at Boston, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19

Chicago at Boston, 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 22

x-Boston at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Monday, June 24

x-Chicago at Boston, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, June 26

x-Boston at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Monday’s Sports

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX — Activated 3B Will Middlebrooks from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Pedro Ciriaco for assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Jose Ortega and RHP Jose Alvarez to Toledo (IL). Recalled RHP Evan Reed from Toledo. Sent OF Austin Jackson to Toledo for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Brad Peacock to Oklahoma City (PCL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with SS Hunter Dozier on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Aaron Hicks on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Chris Colabello to Rochester (IL). Sent 3B Trevor Plouffe to Rochester for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Brad Lincoln and RHP Thad Weber to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated LHP Darren Oliver from the 15-day DL.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled LHP Joe Paterson and RHP Charles Brewer from Reno (PCL). Optioned LHP Tyler Skaggs to Reno. Placed LHP Matt Reynolds on the 15-day DL.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with OF Phillip Ervin on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Matt Magill to Albuquerque (PCL). Recalled INF Justin Sellers from Albuquerque.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned 1B Joe Mahoney and 2B Donovan Solano to New Orleans (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent RHP Hiram Burgos to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

American Association

AMARILLO SOX — Released C Jake Mendiolla.

FARGO-MOORHEA REDHAWKS — Traded OF Tyler Graham to Winnipeg for a player to be named.

LAREDO LEMURS — Sold the contract of RHP Mark Serrano to Arizona (NL).

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released LHP Nathan Moreau. Signed INF Alejandro Gonzalez and C Tyler Goodro.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released RHP Billy Spottiswood.

Can-Am League

NEWARK BEARS — Released LHP Bryan Banes. United League

ALEXANDRIA ACES — Signed OF Chad Bunting. Released OF Eldred Barnett.

SAN ANGELO COLTS — Named Dave Kost vice president and general manager.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

ATLANTA HAWKS — Named Quin Snyder assistant coach.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Named Chris Jent assistant coach. USA Basketball

USAB — Named Jim Boeheim, Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams assistant coaches of the men’s national team for 2013-16.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS — Released QB Tarvaris Jackson.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Devin Aromashodu, WR Jerrell Jackson and FB Tony Fiammetta. Waived WR Demetrius Fields, WR Dale Moss and FB Evan Rodriguez.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Dewayne Cherrington and QB Mike Kafka.

NEW YORK JETS — Named Rod Graves senior director of football administration; David Boller, Aaron Glenn, David Hinson and Christopher Prescott area scouts; and Rick Courtright national college scout. Promoted Matt Bazirgan to assistant director of pro personnel.

The SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed FB Jason Schepler to a three-year contract. Waived FB Alex Debniak.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Named Dwayne Roloson goaltending consultant.

DALLAS STARS — Signed D Sergei Gonchar to a two-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS — Named Dallas Eakins coach.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Roman Josi to a seven-year contract.

ECHL

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Traded the rights to D Russ Sinkewich to San Francisco to complete a previous trade.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Announced the resignation of team president Dan Chapman, to take the position of associate athletic director at the University of the Pacific.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

BUFFALO BANDITS — Announced the team will to renew the contract of coach Darris Kilgour for next season.

SOCCER

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC — Loaned F Eriq Zavaleta to San Antonio FC (NASL).

COLLEGE

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE — Named Jake Bell coordinator of men’s basketball officials.

DUKE — Promoted Hernando Planells to women’s assistant basketball coach. Named Michele Van Gorp director of women’s basketball recruiting operations.

GEORGETOWN — Named Kevin Sutton men’s assistant basketball coach.

NEBRASKA — Named Kenya Hunter men’s assistant basketball coach.

NYU — Named Nelson Albino men’s assistant basketball coach.