Pro baseball
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 40 35 .533 —
Atlanta 38 37 .507 2
Miami 38 38 .500 2½
New York 35 41 .461 5½
Philadelphia 34 41 .453 6
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 47 31 .603 —
St. Louis 42 35 .545 4½
Cincinnati 38 37 .507 7½
Pittsburgh 38 38 .500 8
Chicago 31 43 .419 14
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 45 30 .600 —
Los Angeles 42 36 .538 4½
Colorado 34 42 .447 11½
San Diego 32 44 .421 13½
Arizona 32 47 .405 15
Monday’s Games
Miami 4, Philadelphia 0
Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 1
Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Washington 3, Milwaukee 0
St. Louis 8, Colorado 0
San Diego at San Francisco, late
Tuesday’s Games
Miami (Heaney 0-1) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 3-3), 1:05 p.m.
Oakland (Kazmir 9-2) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 7-5), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 1:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-1), 2:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Harang 5-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-2) at Kansas City (Duffy 4-6), 2:10 p.m.
Washington (Zimmermann 5-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-4), 2:10 p.m.
St. Louis (S.Miller 7-6) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-6), 2:40 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 4-5) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 3:40 p.m.
San Diego (Hahn 2-1) at San Francisco (Hudson 7-3), 4:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 43 35 .551 —
Baltimore 40 35 .533 1½
New York 39 36 .520 2½
Boston 35 41 .461 7
Tampa Bay 31 47 .397 12
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 40 32 .556 —
Kansas City 40 36 .526 2
Cleveland 37 39 .487 5
Minnesota 36 38 .486 5
Chicago 35 42 .455 7½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 47 29 .618 —
Los Angeles 41 33 .554 5
Seattle 40 36 .526 7
Texas 35 40 .467 11½
Houston 33 44 .429 14½
Monday’s Games
Baltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 3
Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1
Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Boston at Seattle, late
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-4), 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 10-4), 1:07 p.m.
Oakland (Kazmir 9-2) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 7-5), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 4-4), 1:10 p.m.
Detroit (Smyly 3-6) at Texas (Lewis 5-4), 2:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Harang 5-6) at Houston (Feldman 3-4), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-2) at Kansas City (Duffy 4-6), 2:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 4-5) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 3:40 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 6-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6), 4:05 p.m.
Boston (Peavy 1-5) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4), 4:10 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon at a glance
LONDON (AP) — A look at Wimbledon on Monday:
• Weather: Cloudy with late rain that suspended some matches. High of 77 F (25 C).
• Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 12 Ernests Gulbis, No. 16 Fabio Fognini, No. 17 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 20 Kevin Anderson, No. 21 Alexandr Dolgopolov, No. 26 Marin Cilic, No. 27 Roberto Bautista Agut.
• Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 18 Fernando Verdasco, No. 25 Andreas Seppi, No. 31 Vasek Pospisil.
• Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Li Na, No. 6 Petra Kvitova, No. 8 Victoria Azarenka, No. 10 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 12 Flavia Pennetta, No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 23 Lucie Safarova, No. 30 Venus Williams, No. 32 Elena Vesnina.
• Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 17 Sam Stosur, No. 18 Sloane Stephens, No. 27 Garbine Muguruza.
• Stat of the Day: 18 — Consecutive first-round Grand Slam losses for Italy’s Filippo Volandri, a record according to the ATP.
• Quote of the Day: “I’m yet to hear Wayne Rooney talk about my matches at Wimbledon” — Murray, bothered by being asked yet again about England’s failure to advance at the World Cup.
• On Court Tuesday: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. Martin Klizan, No. 4 Roger Federer vs. Paolo Lorenzi, No. 5 Stan Wawrinka vs. Joao Sousa; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Anna Tatishvili, No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. Samantha Murray, No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard vs. Daniela Hantuchova, No. 19 Sabine Lisicki vs. Julia Glushko.
• Tuesday’s Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 73 F (23 C).
Online: http://www.wimbledon.org
Soccer
World Cup
GROUP A
Wednesday’s result
At Manaus, Brazil
Cameroon 0, Croatia 4
Monday, June 23
At Brasilia, Brazil
Cameroon 1, Brazil 4
At Recife, Brazil
Croatia 1, Mexico 3
GROUP B
Wednesday’s results
At Rio de Janeiro
Australia 2, Netherlands 3
At Rio De Janeiro
Spain 0, Chile 2
Monday, June 23
At Curitiba, Brazil
Australia 0, Spain 3
At Sao Paulo
Netherlands 2, Chile 0
GROUP C
Thursday’s results
At Brasilia, Brazil
Colombia 2, Ivory Coast 1
At Natal, Brazil
Japan 0, Greece 0
Tuesday, June 24
At Fortaleza, Brazil
Greece vs. Ivory Coast, 10 a.m.
At Cuiaba, Brazil
Japan vs. Colombia, 10 a.m.
GROUP D
Thursday’s results
At Sao Paulo
Uruguay 2, England 1
Friday’s games
At Recife, Brazil
Italy 0, Costa Rica 1
Tuesday, June 24
At Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Costa Rica vs. England, 6 a.m.
At Natal, Brazil
Italy vs. Uruguay, 6 a.m.
GROUP E
Friday’s games
At Salvador, Brazil
Switzerland 2, France 5
At Curitiba, Brazil
Honduras vs. Ecuador
Wednesday, June 25
At Rio De Janeiro
Ecuador vs. France, 10 a.m.
At Manaus, Brazil
Honduras vs. Switzerland, 10 a.m.
GROUP F
Saturday’s games
At Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Argentina 1, Iran 0
At Cuiaba, Brazil
Nigeria 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0
Wednesday, June 25
At Salvador, Brazil
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, 6 a.m.
At Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nigeria vs. Argentina, 6 a.m.
GROUP G
W L T GF GA Pts
Germany 1 0 1 6 2 4
U.S. 1 0 1 4 3 4
Ghana 0 1 1 3 4 1
Portugal 0 1 1 2 6 1
Saturday, June 21
At Fortaleza, Brazil
Germany 2, Ghana 2
Sunday, June 22
At Manaus, Brazil
Portugal 2, United States 2
Thursday, June 26
At Brasilia, Brazil
Portugal vs. Ghana, 6 a.m.
At Recife, Brazil
United States vs. Germany, 6 a.m.
GROUP H
Tuesday, June 17
At Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Belgium 2, Algeria 1
At Cuiaba, Brazil
Russia 1, South Korea 1
Sunday, June 22
At Rio De Janeiro
Belgium 1, Russia 0
At Porto Alegre, Brazil
South Korea 2, Algeria 4
Thursday, June 26
At Curitiba, Brazil
Algeria vs. Russia, 10 a.m.
At Sao Paulo
South Korea vs. Belgium, 10 a.m.
College baseball
NCAA College World Series
At Omaha, Neb.
Double elimination
x-if necessary
Thursday’s result
Mississippi 6, TCU 4, TCU eliminated
Friday’s games
Texas 4, Vanderbilt 0
Virginia 0, Mississippi 0, top 2nd, susp., lightning
Saturday, June 21
Virginia 4, Mississippi 1, Mississippi eliminated
Vanderbilt 4, Texas 3, 10 innings, Texas eliminated
Championship Series
All Times EDT
(Best-of-3; x-if necessary)
Monday, June 23: Vanderbilt 9, Virginia 8
Tuesday, June 24: Virginia (52-15) vs. Vanderbilt (50-20), 2 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 25: Virginia vs. Vanderbilt, 2 p.m., if necessary
Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned RHP Edgmer Escalona outright to Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with LHP Randy Wolf on a minor league contract. Sent 3B Michael Almanzar to Frederick (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS — Transferred RHP Luke Putkonen to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Pat McCoy from Toledo (IL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Anthony Gose and OF Kevin Pillar from Buffalo (IL). Placed INF Brett Lawrie on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Erik Kratz to Buffalo.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned SS Argenis Diaz outright to Reno (PCL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Tsuyoshi Wada to Iowa (PCL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Wilton Lopez to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled RHP Rob Scahill from Colorado Springs. Selected the contract of C Jackson Williams from Colorado Springs. Placed C Michael McKenry on the bereavement list
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Ethan Martin to Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent 2B Neil Walker to Bradenton (FSL) for a rehab assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Michael Wacha on the 15-day DL; Garcia retroactive to June 21 and Wacha to June 18.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the contract of RHP Odrisamer Despaigne from El Paso (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent OF Bryce Harper and C Wilson Ramos to Potomac (Carolina) for rehab assignments.
American Association
AMARILLO SOX — Signed RHP Cephas Howard.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released INF Colt Loehrs.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Traded INF Jose Cuevas to Trois-Rivieres for a player to be named.
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released INF Guillaume Aubin and C Alexandre Beland.
BASKETBALL
Women’s National
Basketball Association
NEW YORK LIBERTY — Signed F forward Charde Houston.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Jeron Mastrud and S Adrian Wilson to one-year contracts.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Charles Bailey, Bobby DePaul, Mike Hagen, Ron Hill and James Kirkland senior personnel associates and Scott Aligo player personnel associate. Promoted Sam DeLuca and Harrison Ritcher to player personnel associate and Colton Chapple to BLESTO scout.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Dominique Easley and OL Chris Martin.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D Andrei Markov to a three-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Acquired F R.J. Umberger and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick from Columbus for LW Scott Hartnell.
PHOENIX COYOTES — Announced they will be known as the Arizona Coyotes, effective June 27.
COLLEGE
BIG 12 CONFERENCE — Named Zach Gourley and Mark Jezek communications assistants, Jason Angoy digital assistant and Jeffrey Smith compliance assistant for the 2014-15 academic year.
BRIDGEPORT — Named Gary Mullin women’s volleyball coach.
BRIDGEWATER (VA.) — Named Kim McCall softball coach.
BROWN — Named Grant Achilles baseball coach.
CINCINNATI — Signed men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin to a seven-year contract through the 2020-21 season.
ERSKINE — Named Hal Thompson men’s tennis coach.
MOUNT OLIVE — Named Mandy Sansbury softball coach.
POST (CONN.) — Named Michael Mannetti athletic director.
RICE — Named Tanner Gardner senior associate athletic director/chief revenue officer.
WENTWORTH — Announced the resignation of men’s hockey coach R.J. Tolan to take the same position at Endicott.