NBA Finals
NBA Finals
National Basketball Association
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
San Antonio 2, Miami 1
Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95
Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96
Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio 111, Miami 92
Thursday, June 12: San Antonio at Miami, 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: Miami at San Antonio, 2 p.m.
x-Tuesday, June 17: San Antonio at Miami, 3 p.m.
x-Friday, June 20: Miami at San Antonio, 3 p.m.
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 39 28 .582 —
Baltimore 33 31 .516 4½
New York 32 31 .508 5
Boston 29 36 .446 9
Tampa Bay 25 42 .373 14
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 33 28 .541 —
Kansas City 33 32 .508 2
Chicago 33 33 .500 2½
Cleveland 33 33 .500 2½
Minnesota 31 33 .484 3½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 39 26 .600 —
Los Angeles 36 28 .563 2½
Seattle 34 30 .531 4½
Texas 32 34 .485 7½
Houston 30 37 .448 10
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota 7, Toronto 2
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 6, Boston 0
Tampa Bay 6, St. Louis 3
Texas 6, Miami 0
Houston 5, Arizona 1
Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 2
Oakland at L.A. Angels, late
N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, late
Thursday’s Games
Toronto (Buehrle 10-2) at Baltimore (Gausman 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 4-2) at Boston (Lester 6-7), 1:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 3-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-0), 2:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 1-0) at Seattle (Elias 5-4), 4:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 34 29 .540 —
Atlanta 34 30 .531 ½
Miami 34 31 .523 1
New York 29 36 .446 6
Philadelphia 27 36 .429 7
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 39 27 .591 —
St. Louis 34 32 .515 5
Pittsburgh 31 34 .477 7½
Cincinnati 30 34 .469 8
Chicago 26 37 .413 11½
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 42 23 .646 —
Los Angeles 35 32 .522 8
Colorado 30 35 .462 12
San Diego 28 37 .431 14
Arizona 29 39 .426 14½
Wednesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Philadelphia 3, San Diego 0
Cincinnati 5, L.A. Dodgers 0
Milwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Tampa Bay 6, St. Louis 3
Texas 6, Miami 0
Houston 5, Arizona 1
Colorado 8, Atlanta 2
Washington at San Francisco, late
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 8-3), 6:35 a.m.
San Diego (Stults 2-7) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 1-6), 7:05 a.m.
Atlanta (E.Santana 5-2) at Colorado (Chacin 0-4), 9:10 a.m.
Washington (Treinen 0-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 6-2), 9:45 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 3-5), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 7-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3), 1:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 3-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 2:10 p.m.
WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 5 3 .625 —
Chicago 5 4 .556 ½
Indiana 5 4 .556 ½
Washington 4 5 .444 1½
Connecticut 3 6 .333 2½
New York 3 6 .333 2½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 8 1 .889 —
Phoenix 6 2 .750 1½
San Antonio 4 5 .444 4
Los Angeles 3 4 .429 4
Seattle 4 7 .364 5
Tulsa 2 5 .286 5
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
Tulsa 72, New York 57
Phoenix 81, Washington 66
Seattle 80, Chicago 76
Wednesday’s Games
Indiana 76, Seattle 68
Thursday’s Games
Phoenix at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Pro hockey
FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Wednesday: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 2, OT
Saturday: Los Angeles 5, NY Rangers 4, 2OT
Monday: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 0
Wednesday, June 11: NY Rangers 2, Los Angeles 1
x-Friday, June 13: NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
x-Monday, June 16: Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 2 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 18: NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
College baseball
NCAA College World Series
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
Double Elimination
x-if necessary
Saturday, June 14
Game 1 — UC Irvine (40-23) vs. Texas (43-19), 9 a.m.
Game 2 — Louisville (50-15) vs. Vanderbilt (46-19), 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 15
Game 3 — Texas Tech (45-19) vs. TCU (47-16), 9 a.m.
Game 4 — Virginia (49-14) vs. Mississippi (46-19), 2 p.m.
Monday, June 16
Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 9 a.m.
Game 6 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17
Game 7 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 9 a.m.
Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 18
Game 9 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 2 p.m.
Thursday, June 19
Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 2 p.m.
Friday, June 20
Game 11 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 9 a.m.
Game 12 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 21
x-Game 13 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 9 a.m.
x-Game 14 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2 p.m.
If only one game is necessary, it will start at 2:30 p.m.
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday, June 23: Pairings TBA, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 24: Pairings TBA, 2 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 25: Pairings TBA, 2 p.m.
Pro soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. 7 4 4 25 22 16
New Eng. 7 5 2 23 21 18
Sporting KC 6 5 4 22 21 14
Toronto FC 6 4 1 19 15 13
New York 4 5 6 18 22 22
Columbus 4 5 6 18 18 18
Houston 5 9 2 17 16 29
Philadelphia 3 7 6 15 22 27
Chicago 2 4 8 14 22 25
Montreal 2 7 4 10 13 26
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 10 3 2 32 32 23
R-Salt Lake 6 2 7 25 25 21
Colorado 6 5 4 22 21 18
FC Dallas 6 7 3 21 26 26
Vancouver 5 2 6 21 25 20
Portland 4 4 7 19 26 25
Los Angeles 4 3 5 17 16 11
San Jose 4 5 4 16 15 14
Chivas USA 2 7 5 11 14 26
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s Games
D.C. United 4, Montreal 2
FC Dallas at Portland, late
Wednesday, June 25
Montreal at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Friday, June 27
Toronto FC at New York, 2 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Portland, 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 28
Seattle FC at D.C. United, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at New England, 1:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 29
Houston at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Signed OF Andres Torres to a minor league contract and assigned him to Lowell (EL).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Spencer Adams, LHP Jace Fry, C Brett Austin, RHP Zach Thompson, OF Louie Lechich, SS Jake Peter, SS John Ziznewski, LHP Brian Clark and 2B Jake Jarvis on minor league contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Carter, 2B Drake Roberts and LHP David Speer on minor league contracts.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Signed 1B A.J. Reed to a a minor league contract. Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Thompson, RHP Vince Wheeland, LHP Zach Davis, INF Mott Hyde, RHP Brandon McNitt and RHP Keegan Yuhl on minor league contracts.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Todd Eaton, Corey Ray and Evan Beal; LHPs Eric Stout, Ian Tompkins, Timothy Hill, Cole Way, Foster Griffin, Eric Skoglund, Emilio Ogando and Brennan Henry; SSs Corey Toups, Mike Hill and Dawon Burt; OFs Logan Moon and Robert Pehl; 1B Joshua Banuelos and Ryan O’Hearn; and Cs Chase Valot and Kyle Pollock on minor league contracts.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed LHP Tyler Skaggs on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled LHP Hector Santiago from Salt Lake (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned C Josmil Pinto to Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated RHP Shawn Kelley from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Matt Daley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Tanner Scheppers on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Ben Rowen from Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned OF Kevin Pillar to Buffalo (IL). Recalled RHP Bobby Korecky from Buffalo.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with C/OF Kyle Schwarber on a minor league contract and assigned him to Boise (NWL). Announced a four-year player development contract extension with Tennessee (SL) through the 2018 season.
COLORADO ROCKIES— Recalled LHP Tyler Matzek from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned RHP Chad Bettis to Colorado Springs.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed RHP Ronnie Williams, 3B Julian Barzilli and RHP Davis Ward to minor league contracts and assigned them to the Gulf Coast League. Signed SS Andrew Sohn, RHP Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP Cody Schumacher to minor league contracts and assigned them to State College (NY-Penn). Signed CF Blake Drake, 1B Casey Grayson, C Cole Lankford and RHP Josh Wirsu to minor league contracts and assigned them to Johnson City (Appalachian).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived TE Andrew Szczerba and P Matt Yoklic.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released OL R.J. Mattes.
COLLEGE
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE — Promoted Benjamin Shove to assistant commissioner for sport services and Erin Bean to media relations assistant. Named Kyle Turner director of new media and communications.
BRIDGEWATER (VA.) — Named Jordon Robinson men’s and women’s tennis coach.
FLORIDA — Announced the resignation of receivers coach Joker Phillips. Named Chris Leak receivers coach.
INDIANA — Announced QB Tre Roberson is leaving the school and will transfer.
LSU — Suspended junior S Jalen Mills indefinitely after his arrest on a battery charge.
MARQUETTE — Named Travis Diener director of player personnel for men’s basketball.
MOUNT ST. MARY’S — Named Melissa Kolbe women’s assistant basketball coach and recruiting coordinator.
ST. CATHERINE — Named Michele Edlin golf coach.
STANFORD — Named Patrick Jeffrey diving coach.