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Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 58 37 .611 —

Tampa Bay 54 41 .568 4

Baltimore 52 43 .547 6

New York 51 43 .543 6½

Toronto 45 48 .484 12

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 51 42 .548 —

Cleveland 50 44 .532 1½

Kansas City 43 48 .473 7

Minnesota 38 53 .418 12

Chicago 37 53 .411 12½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 54 39 .581 —

Texas 54 40 .574 ½

Los Angeles 44 47 .484 9

Seattle 41 52 .441 13

Houston 33 60 .355 21

Friday’s Games

Cleveland 3, Kansas City 0

N.Y. Yankees 2, Minnesota 0

Baltimore 8, Toronto 5

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

Detroit 7, Texas 2

Houston 2, Tampa Bay 1

Boston 4, Oakland 2

Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 3

Saturday’s Games

Minnesota 4, N.Y. Yankees 1

Chicago White Sox 5, Philadelphia 4, 11 innings, 1st game

Toronto 7, Baltimore 3

Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3

Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3

Texas 7, Detroit 1

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 2nd game, late

Boston at Oakland, late

L.A. Angels at Seattle, late

Today’s Games

Kansas City (Shields 4-6) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 7-4), 7:05 a.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-7), 7:05 a.m.

Texas (M.Perez 3-1) at Detroit (Verlander 9-6), 7:08 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 4-11), 7:35 a.m.

Toronto (Jo.Johnson 1-4) at Baltimore (Feldman 0-1), 7:35 a.m.

Houston (Bedard 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-3), 7:40 a.m.

Boston (Workman 0-0) at Oakland (Colon 12-3), 10:05 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Blanton 2-11) at Seattle (Iwakuma 7-4), 10:10 a.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 54 40 .574 —

Washington 47 47 .500 7

Philadelphia 46 48 .489 8

New York 40 50 .444 12

Miami 35 57 .380 18

Central Division

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Pittsburgh 56 36 .609 —

St. Louis 56 36 .609 —

Cincinnati 52 42 .553 5

Chicago 42 50 .457 14

Milwaukee 37 55 .402 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 49 44 .527 —

Los Angeles 47 46 .505 2

Colorado 45 50 .474 5

San Francisco 42 50 .457 6½

San Diego 41 53 .436 8½

Friday’s Games

St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 11 innings

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

Miami 8, Washington 3

Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 2

Arizona 2, Milwaukee 1

Colorado 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

San Francisco 10, San Diego 1

Saturday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 5, Philadelphia 4, 11 innings, 1st game

Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 2

L.A. Dodgers 1, Colorado 0

Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Mets 2

Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 4

Miami 2, Washington 1, 10 innings

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 2nd game. late

Milwaukee at Arizona, late

San Francisco at San Diego, late

Today’s Games

Washington (Jordan 0-2) at Miami (H.Alvarez 0-1), 7:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 4-11), 7:35 a.m.

Cincinnati (Cingrani 3-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 7-4), 7:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 6-7) at Pittsburgh (Cole 4-2), 7:35 a.m.

Colorado (Chacin 8-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 6-8), 10:10 a.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 6-9) at Arizona (Kennedy 3-5), 10:10 a.m.

San Francisco (Zito 4-6) at San Diego (Stults 7-7), 10:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 12-5) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 6-6), 2:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Sports

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Transferred LHP Andrew Miller from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled LHP Donnie Veal from Charlotte (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with 2B Jose Altuve on a four-year contract through 2017. Activated CF Justin Maxwell from the 7-day DL. Optioned RHP Jarred Cosart to Oklahoma City (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Michael Tonkin to Rochester (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Activated INF Brett Lawrie from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Munenori Kawasaki to Buffalo (IL). Sent LHP J.A. Happ on a rehab assignment to GCL Blue Jays.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Recalled OF Jose Constanza from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned LHP Alex Wood to Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS—Claimed OF Cole Gillespie off waivers from San Francisco.

MIAMI MARLINS—Recalled RHP Tom Koehler from New Orleans (PCL). Placed RHP Chad Qualls on the paternity list.

NEW YORK METS—Sent 1B Justin Turner on a rehab assignment to GCL Mets.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Sent C Erik Kratz on a rehab assignment to Reading (EL)

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Sent RHP Ryan Mattheus on a rehab assignment to Hagerstown (SAL).

American Association

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Signed LHP Josh Biggs.

Can-Am League

NEWARK BEARS—Released RHP Ryan Fennell and INF Ryan DiMascio.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed C Dwight Howard to a four-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Signed G O.J. Mayo. to a three-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Acquired the rights to F Royce White, C-F Furkan Aldemir additional consideration and from Houston for future draft considerations.

MOTORSPORTS

INDYCAR—Placed Takuma Sato on probation for five races for running into Ryan Hunter-Reay on pit road at Pocono on July 7.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MLS—Suspended Montreal MF Sanna Nyassi for his act of simulation in the 78th minute of the July 7 game against Chivas USA. Suspended Chicago MF Daniel Paladini an additional one-game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his reckless challenge of Sporting Kansas City F Dom Dwyer, in the 93+ minute of a July 7 game.

COLLEGE

LIMESTONE—Named Ryan Groneman assistant strength & conditioning coach.

GOLF

LPGA-Manulife Financial Classic

Top Par Scores

Saturday

At Grey Silo Golf Course

Waterloo, Ontario

Purse: $1.3 million

Yardage: 6,336; Par: 71

Third Round

a-amateur

Hee Young Park 65-67-61—193 -20

Angela Stanford 63-67-64—194 -19

Catriona Matthew 63-64-68—195 -18

Meena Lee 65-66-65—196 -17

Anna Nordqvist 67-64-67—198 -15

Gerina Piller 70-67-62—199 -14

Amy Yang 66-67-66—199 -14

Austin Ernst 68-64-67—199 -14

Inbee Park 65-67-68—200 -13

Suzann Pettersen 68-64-68—200 -13

Chella Choi 66-65-70—201 -12

Christina Kim 71-65-66—202 -11

Stacy Lewis 68-67-67—202 -11

Karine Icher 67-66-69—202 -11

Ryann O’Toole 66-65-71—202 -11

Hanna Kang 69-70-64—203 -10

Jacqui Concolino 69-67-67—203 -10

Michelle Wie 69-67-67—203 -10

Jennifer Johnson 67-68-68—203 -10

Sun Young Yoo 68-67-68—203 -10

Jessica Korda 68-66-69—203 -10

U.S. Senior Open

Top Par Scores

Saturday

At Omaha Country Club

Omaha Neb.

Purse: $2.75 million

Yardage: 6,711; Par: 70

Third Round

a-amateur

Michael Allen 67-63-72—202-8

Kenny Perry 67-73-64—204-6

Fred Funk 67-70-67—204-6

Corey Pavin 69-73-64—206-4

Rocco Mediate 68-67-72—207-3

Chien Soon Lu 68-75-65—208-2

Tom Pernice Jr. 74-69-65—208-2

Chris Williams 70-72-66—208-2

Steve Pate 72-69-67—208-2

John Riegger 72-69-67—208-2

Bart Bryant 72-69-67—208-2

Peter Fowler 70-70-68—208-2

Mark O’Meara 67-71-70—208-2

Tom Lehman 67-71-70—208-2

Jeff Sluman 69-67-72—208-2

David Frost 72-70-67—209-1

Jeff Brehaut 69-68-72—209-1

Scottish Open

Leading Scores

Saturday

At Castle Stuart Golf Links

Inverness, Scotland

Purse: $4.48 million

Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72

Third Round

Henrik Stenson, Sweden 70-64-66—200

Phil Mickelson, United States 66-70-66—202

Branden Grace, South Africa 71-65-66—202

John Parry, England 64-72-66—202

J.B. Hansen, Denmark 68-65-69—202

Raphael Jacquelin, France 68-70-65—203

Gareth Maybin, No. Ireland 69-70-64—203

Peter Uihlein, United States 67-66-70—203

Simon Khan, England 65-69-70—204

Lorenzo Gagli, Italy 67-67-70—204

Matthew Southgate, England 69-64-71—204

Chris Doak, Scotland 66-66-73—205

Paul Casey, England 70-67-68—205

Tommy Fleetwood, England 70-67-68—205

PGA-John Deere Classic

Top Par Scores

Saturday

At TPC Deere Run

Silvis, Ill.

Purse: $4.6 million

Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71

Third Round

a-denotes amateur

Daniel Summerhays 65-67-62—194-19

David Hearn 66-66-64—196-17

Zach Johnson 64-66-67—197-16

J.J. Henry 68-65-65—198-15

Jerry Kelly 68-64-66—198-15

Nicholas Thompson 69-66-64—199-14

Chris Kirk 67-66-66—199-14

Matt Jones 66-65-68—199-14

Jordan Spieth 70-65-65—200-13

Kevin Sutherland 70-65-65—200-13

Patrick Reed 67-63-70—200-13

Morgan Hoffmann 74-64-63—201-12

a-Patrick Rodgers 67-69-65—201-12

Jim Herman 66-68-67—201-12

Troy Matteson 68-64-69—201-12

Lucas Glover 68-62-71—201-12

Jason Bohn 69-69-64—202-11

Erik Compton 72-66-64—202-11

Ryan Moore 67-70-65—202-11

Chad Campbell 69-67-66—202-11

Scott Langley 68-67-67—202-11

Steve Stricker 67-66-69—202-11

Chez Reavie 72-61-69—202-11

Pro soccer

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Sporting KC 9 5 6 33 29 19

Montreal 9 5 4 31 31 29

New York 9 7 4 31 29 24

Philadelphia 8 6 6 30 32 30

Houston 8 6 5 29 22 19

New Eng. 6 6 6 24 22 16

Columbus 6 8 5 23 23 23

Chicago 6 8 3 21 19 25

Toronto FC 2 9 7 13 17 27

D.C. 2 13 4 10 8 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

R-Salt Lake 10 5 4 34 29 18

FC Dallas 8 4 7 31 27 24

Los Angeles 9 7 3 30 29 22

Portland 7 2 9 30 28 17

Vancouver 8 5 5 29 29 25

Colorado 7 7 6 27 23 22

Seattle 7 6 3 24 21 19

San Jose 5 9 6 21 20 32

Chivas USA 3 11 5 14 17 35

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

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia 3, Chivas USA 1

Saturday’s Games

New York 4, Montreal 0

Houston 2, New England 1

Sporting Kansas City 3, Toronto FC 0

Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, late

Seattle FC at San Jose, late

Los Angeles at Portland, late

Today’s Game

Chicago at Vancouver, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, July 17

New England at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Toronto FC at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 20

Colorado at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.

New York at Toronto FC, 10 a.m.

FC Dallas at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Portland at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.

New England at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.

Pro basketball

Women’s National

Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 10 2 .833 —

Chicago 10 4 .714 1

Washington 7 7 .500 4

New York 6 8 .429 5

Indiana 5 8 .385 5½

Connecticut 3 9 .250 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 11 3 .786 —

Los Angeles 9 4 .692 1½

Phoenix 8 6 .571 3

Seattle 5 8 .385 5½

San Antonio 4 9 .308 6½

Tulsa 3 13 .188 9

Friday’s Games

Chicago 83, Connecticut 70

Washington 83, San Antonio 73

Saturday’s Games

Indiana 74, New York 53

Minnesota 86, Tulsa 75

Today’s Games

San Antonio at Connecticut, 11 a.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 12 p.m.

Atlanta at Seattle, 3 p.m.

TENNIS

ATP World Tour MercedesCup Results

Saturday

At TC Weissenhof

Stuttgart, Germany

Purse: $600,000 (WT250)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Semifinals

Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 6-1, 6-3.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (2), Germany, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles

Semifinals

Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, and Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Paul Hanley (4), Australia, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-6.