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Pro baseball

Pro baseball

Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 47 39 .547 —

Baltimore 44 39 .530 1½

New York 41 42 .494 4½

Boston 38 46 .452 8

Tampa Bay 38 49 .437 9½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 47 34 .580 —

Kansas City 44 40 .524 4½

Cleveland 41 43 .488 7½

Chicago 40 46 .465 9½

Minnesota 38 45 .458 10

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 51 33 .607 —

Los Angeles 47 36 .566 3½

Seattle 47 38 .553 4½

Texas 37 46 .446 13½

Houston 36 50 .419 16

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4

Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3

Detroit 9, Oakland 3

Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0

Seattle 5, Houston 2

Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4

Texas at Baltimore, late

Chicago Cubs at Boston, late

Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 2

Thursday’s Games

Texas (Darvish 8-4) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-3), 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Bedard 4-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 9-3), 1:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 8-4), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 6-7) at Oakland (Gray 7-3), 3:05 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 2-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-2), 4:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 47 38 .553 —

Washington 46 38 .548 ½

Miami 41 43 .488 5½

New York 37 48 .435 10

Philadelphia 36 48 .429 10½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 51 35 .593 —

Pittsburgh 44 40 .524 6

St. Louis 44 40 .524 6

Cincinnati 43 41 .512 7

Chicago 37 46 .446 12½

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 47 36 .566 —

Los Angeles 48 39 .552 1

San Diego 38 47 .447 10

Colorado 36 49 .424 12

Arizona 35 51 .407 13½

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4

Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4

San Diego 3, Cincinnati 0

Washington 4, Colorado 3

Pittsburgh 5, Arizona 1

Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9

Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1

Miami 5, Philadelphia 0

St. Louis at San Francisco, late

Thursday’s Games

St. Louis (C.Martinez 1-3) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 9-5), 9:45 a.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 3-8) at Miami (Hand 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 2-10) at Pittsburgh (Worley 2-0), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 10-4) at Colorado (F.Morales 4-4), 2:10 p.m.

Tennis

Wimbledon Results

Wednesday

At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

London

Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Grass-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Quarterfinals

Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Marin Cilic (26), Croatia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2.

Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.

Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Women

Quarterfinals

Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Sabine Lisicki (19), Germany, 6-4, 6-0.

Eugenie Bouchard (13), Canada, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent 3B Will Middlebrooks to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with C Jhoandro Alfaro and INFs Felix Mercedes, Ricky Mota and Amado Nunez on minor league contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Kevin Chapman to Oklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Franklin Perez, SS Miguelangel Sierra and C Brandon Benavente on minor league contracts.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Michael Mariot to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Omaha.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 1B Joe Mauer on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B/OF Chris Colabello from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Deshorn Lake on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Hoffman and C Max Pentecost on minor league contracts.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Juan Jaime to Gwinnett (IL). Reinstated RHP David Carpenter from the 15-day DL.

CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned RHP Raisel Iglesias to Louisville (IL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP A.J. Ramos on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed OF Domonic Brown on paternity leave. Recalled OF Aaron Altherr from Reading (EL). Reinstated RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Reading. Transferred RHP Mike Adams to the 60-day DL. Sent C Wil Nieves to the GCL Phillies for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis (PCL). Sent 2B Kolten Wong to Memphis for a rehab assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with OF Seth Smith on a three-year contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS — Agreed to terms with G Avery Bradley on a four-year contract.

BROOKLYN NETS — Named Lionel Hollins coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Named Charles Way head of player engagement department.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Traded LB Rolando McClain and a 2016 seventh-round draft pick to Dallas for a 2016 seventh-round draft pick.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed G Jason LaBarbera to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Kyle Cumiskey on a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

CARTHAGE — Named C.J. Cuneo women’s lacrosse coach.

DUKE — Named Nina King deputy director of athletics/administration, legal affairs and chief of staff; Mitch Moser deputy director of athletics/chief financial officer; Brad Berndt senior associate director of athletics/academic services; Gerald Harrison senior associate director of athletics/internal affairs; Jon Jackson senior associate director of athletics/external affairs; Todd Mesibov associate director of athletics/compliance; Bob Weiseman assistant director of athletics/athletic facilities, game operations and championships; Tony Sales assistant director of athletics/student-athlete external affairs; Heather Ryan executive director/academic services; Chad Lampman executive director/Blue Devil Network; Niesha Campbell director of human resources; Kevin Lehman director of football operations; David Bradley director of basketball operations; Dan Perlmutter associate director/sports performance/head Olympic sports performance; Kelly Marcolini assistant director/marketing and promotions; Amy Herman assistant director/compliance; Michael Cappetto assistant director/Blue Devil Network; Leslie Gaber assistant director/sports information; Jomar Wright student-athlete development assistant; Matthew Duncan assistant ticket operations manager; Taryn Cavanaugh compliance coordinator; Nathan McKinnis managing director of recreation programs; Brandon Neff associate director of athletic facilities, game operations and championships; and Jeremy Anderson assistant director of athletic facilities, game operations and championships.

GEORGE WASHINGTON — Named Melissa Dunne women’s assistant basketball coach.

GEORGETOWN — Named Erik Supplee assistant baseball coach.

LYNCHBURG — Named Jon Waters athletic director.

NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Jaci Timko softball coach and academic advisor.

Pro basketball

Women’s National

Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 11 5 .688 —

Chicago 8 8 .500 3

Connecticut 8 9 .471 3½

Indiana 8 9 .471 3½

Washington 7 11 .389 5

New York 6 11 .353 5½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Phoenix 11 3 .786 —

Minnesota 12 5 .706 ½

San Antonio 9 8 .529 3½

Los Angeles 6 9 .400 5½

Seattle 7 11 .389 6

Tulsa 6 10 .375 6

Tuesday’s Games

San Antonio 74, Connecticut 71

New York 90, Tulsa 74

Indiana 77, Atlanta 70

Chicago 90, Los Angeles 83

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana 80, Washington 77

Chicago at Phoenix, late

Thursday’s Games

Tulsa at Connecticut, 1 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Seattle, 4 p.m.