Pro baseball
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 60 49 .550 —
Atlanta 58 54 .518 3½
Miami 54 57 .486 7
New York 53 58 .477 8
Philadelphia 49 63 .438 12½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 61 51 .545 —
St. Louis 59 51 .536 1
Pittsburgh 59 52 .532 1½
Cincinnati 56 55 .505 4½
Chicago 47 63 .427 13
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 63 49 .563 —
San Francisco 60 51 .541 2½
San Diego 51 60 .459 11½
Arizona 49 63 .438 14
Colorado 44 67 .396 18½
Sunday’s Games
Detroit 4, Colorado 0
Cincinnati 7, Miami 3
San Francisco 9, N.Y. Mets 0
Washington 4, Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2
San Diego 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings
Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
Arizona 3, Pittsburgh 2, 10 innings
Monday’s Games
San Francisco (Hudson 8-8) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-4), 6:10 a.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 5-3) at Washington (Roark 11-6), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Simon 12-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 11-6), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 11-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-6), 4:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 62 48 .564 —
Toronto 60 53 .531 3½
New York 57 53 .518 5
Tampa Bay 54 57 .486 8½
Boston 49 62 .441 13½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 61 47 .565 —
Kansas City 57 53 .518 5
Cleveland 56 55 .505 6½
Chicago 54 58 .482 9
Minnesota 50 60 .455 12
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 67 43 .609 —
Los Angeles 66 44 .600 1
Seattle 57 54 .514 10½
Houston 47 65 .420 21
Texas 43 68 .387 24½
Sunday’s Games
Cleveland 4, Texas 3, 12 innings
Detroit 4, Colorado 0
Baltimore 1, Seattle 0
L.A. Angels 7, Tampa Bay 5
Minnesota 16, Chicago White Sox 3
Houston 6, Toronto 1
Kansas City 4, Oakland 2
N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 7
Monday’s Games
Baltimore (Gausman 5-3) at Washington (Roark 11-6), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Simon 12-6) at Cleveland (Kluber 11-6), 1:05 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 13-3) at N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 3-0), 1:05 p.m.
Texas (N.Martinez 1-7) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 5-8), 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-6) at Oakland (Samardzija 2-1), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 11-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-6), 4:10 p.m.
Pro football
National Football League
Preseason glance
Sunday’s Game
N.Y. Giants 17, Buffalo 13
Thursday, Aug. 7
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
New England at Washington, 1:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Baltimore, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Denver, 3 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 8
Miami at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
New Orleans at St. Louis, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 9
Cleveland at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 1:30 p.m.
Green Bay at Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Houston at Arizona, 2:30 p.m.
Pro basketball
Women’s Nationa
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 17 10 .630 —
Indiana 13 15 .464 4½
Washington 13 15 .464 4½
New York 12 15 .444 5
Chicago 12 16 .429 5½
Connecticut 11 18 .379 7
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Phoenix 23 4 .852 —
x-Minnesota 22 6 .786 1½
Los Angeles 13 15 .464 10½
San Antonio 13 15 .464 10½
Tulsa 10 19 .345 14
Seattle 9 20 .310 15
x-clinched playoff spot
Saturday’s Games
Minnesota 84, Tulsa 75
Phoenix 79, Indiana 69
Sunday’s Games
New York 83, Atlanta 76
Los Angeles 70, Connecticut 69
Chicago 76, Washington 65
San Antonio at Seattle, late
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, 1 p.m.
New York at Washington, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Tulsa at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
GOLF
Champions Tour-3M Championship
Leading Scores
Sunday
At TPC Twin Cities
Blaine, Minn.
Purse: $1.75 million
Yardage: 7,114; Par: 72
Kenny Perry, $262,500 65-63-65—193
Bernhard Langer, $154,000 64-67-63—194
Jeff Maggert, $104,417 64-67-65—196
Gene Sauers, $104,417 66-65-65—196
Marco Dawson, $104,417 63-66-67—196
Mike Goodes, $70,000 66-68-64—198
John Cook, $59,500 69-63-68—200
Vijay Singh, $59,500 64-68-68—200
Steve Elkington, $40,542 68-67-67—202
Paul Goydos, $40,542 67-68-67—202
Peter Senior, $40,542 68-68-66—202
Wes Short, Jr., $40,542 70-70-62—202
Gary Hallberg, $40,542 66-65-71—202
Hale Irwin, $40,542 68-66-68—202
Bart Bryant, $28,000 69-66-68—203
Mark Calcavecchia, $28,000 72-64-67—203
David Frost, $28,000 69-65-69—203
Rocco Mediate, $28,000 64-71-68—203
Kevin Sutherland, $28,000 69-67-67—203
Barracuda Championship Leading Scores
Sunday
At Montreux Golf and Country Club
Reno, Nev.
Purse: $3 million
Yardage: 7,472; Par 72
Final
Note: Under the modified Stableford format, players receive 8 points for double eagle, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie, 0 for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse.
Geoff Ogilvy, $540,000 16 7 12 14—49
Justin Hicks, $324,000 9 6 11 18—44
Jonathan Byrd, $174,0007 6 13 11—37
John Huh, $174,000 12 7 7 11—37
R. Pampling, $120,000 11 5 9 11—36
Jason Allred, $104,250 7 11 14 3—35
Martin Laird, $104,250 13 -4 14 12—35
Ricky Barnes, $84,000 5 6 12 11—34
Kyle Stanley, $84,000 5 11 6 12—34
World Golf Championships
Bridgestone Invitational Leading Scores
Sunday
At Firestone Country Club, South Course
Akron, Ohio
Purse: $9 million
Yardage: 7,400; Par 70
Final
Rory McIlroy, $1,530,000 69-64-66-66—265
Sergio Garcia, $900,000 68-61-67-71—267
Marc Leishman, $522,000 64-69-68-67—268
Keegan Bradley, $308,000 68-67-67-69—271
Patrick Reed, $308,000 67-68-71-65—271
Justin Rose, $308,000 65-67-70-69—271
C. Schwartzel, $308,000 65-69-73-64—271
Rickie Fowler, $170,000 67-67-72-67—273
G. McDowell, $170,000 71-70-66-66—273
Ryan Moore, $170,000 65-73-68-67—273
Adam Scott, $170,000 69-68-65-71—273
Matt Kuchar, $115,000 71-66-72-65—274
H. Matsuyama, $115,000 70-71-65-68—274
B. Snedeker, $115,000 68-68-68-70—274
Thomas Bjorn, $97,500 69-68-69-69—275
Jim Furyk, $97,500 69-68-69-69—275
Hunter Mahan, $97,500 71-65-71-68—275
Phil Mickelson, $97,500 71-73-69-62—275
Kevin Stadler, $89,000 71-70-66-69—276
Henrik Stenson, $89,000 71-66-68-71—276
Lee Westwood, $89,000 72-71-70-63—276
Gary Woodland, $89,000 70-68-68-70—276
Note: Tiger Woods withdrew in final round with back spasms.
TENNIS
WTA Bank of the West Classic
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At The Taube Family Tennis Center
Stanford, Calif.
Purse: $710,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles Championship
Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Angelique Kerber (3), Germany, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
Citi Open Results
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Washington
Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women, $250,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Championship
Milos Raonic (2), Canada, def. Vasek Pospisil (13), Canada, 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles
Men
Championship
Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau, Romania, def. Sam Groth, Australia, and Leander Paes, India, 7-5, 6-4.
Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Traded OF Blake Tekotte to Arizona for cash.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with 2B Jaime Pedroza on a minor league contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Michael Pineda to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) for a rehab assignment.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Evan Scribner to Sacramento (PCL). Placed 2B Nick Punto on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Nate Freiman from Sacramento.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Designated RHP Nick Christiani for assignment. Claimed SS Jake Elmore off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated LHP Pedro Hernandez for assignment. Selected the contract of OF Jason Pridie from Colorado Springs (PCL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned Miami Marlins sent Donnie Joseph outright to New Orleans Zephyrs.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Phillippe Aumont to Lehigh Valley (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Hector Neris of Lehigh Valley.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed C Lucas Nogueira and G Will Cherry.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Tyrell Johnson. Released FB Roosevelt Nix-Jones.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Sprint Cup-GoBowling.com 400 Results
Sunday
At Pocono Raceway
Long Pond, Pa.
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 160 laps, 127.5 rating, 47 points, $193,265.
2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160, 114.5, 43, $206,058.
3. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 160, 123, 42, $180,941.
4. (14) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 160, 102.1, 40, $154,466.
5. (25) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160, 83.6, 40, $150,450.
6. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 160, 134, 40, $149,451.
7. (8) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 160, 103.7, 37, $126,279.
8. (21) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160, 87, 36, $103,515.
9. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 160, 96.7, 35, $96,965.
10. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 160, 103, 34, $103,215.
11. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 160, 95.4, 33, $123,010.
12. (24) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160, 74.4, 32, $111,298.
13. (4) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 160, 113.9, 32, $84,415.
14. (27) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 160, 68.7, 30, $108,835.
15. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 160, 84.5, 29, $132,826.
16. (22) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 160, 76.5, 28, $105,523.
17. (30) David Gilliland, Ford, 160, 64.1, 28, $102,723.
18. (23) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 159, 59.5, 26, $116,090.
19. (39) David Ragan, Ford, 159, 55.9, 25, $99,573.
20. (37) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 159, 38.9, 24, $86,937.
21. (33) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 159, 47.8, 23, $79,340.
22. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 159, 56, 22, $78,990.
23. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 159, 72, 21, $120,848.
24. (31) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 159, 43.7, 20, $78,515.
25. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 158, 45.6, 19, $78,790.
26. (40) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 158, 38.5, 18, $74,940.
27. (35) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 158, 40.6, 17, $77,765.
28. (42) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 158, 34.5, 16, $74,615.
29. (26) Carl Edwards, Ford, 157, 59.6, 15, $93,465.
30. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 156, 41.4, 14, $86,815.
31. (36) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 154, 45.4, 13, $76,665.
32. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 144, 62.3, 12, $101,898.
33. (29) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 143, 60.8, 11, $101,004.
34. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, accident, 137, 60.4, 11, $73,590.
35. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 125, 58.9, 10, $110,376.
36. (16) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 124, 73.6, 8, $107,348.
37. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, accident, 116, 73.6, 7, $105,079.
38. (18) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, accident, 116, 69.8, 7, $117,166.
39. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 111, 72.5, 5, $117,966.
40. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, accident, 88, 26.9, 0, $68,030.
41. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, accident, 28, 31.7, 0, $56,030.
42. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, engine, 23, 43, 2, $99,871.
43. (43) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, electrical, 11, 27.8, 0, $48,530.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 127.411 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 22 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.228 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 35 laps.
Lead Changes: 15 among 10 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-30; Ku.Busch 31-43; J.Gordon 44-64; Ku.Busch 65-74; A.Allmendinger 75-76; A.Almirola 77; D.Gilliland 78; J.Gordon 79-94; K.Harvick 95; Ku.Busch 96-102; M.Kenseth 103-105; J.Gordon 106-131; K.Harvick 132-135; G.Biffle 136-146; D.Earnhardt Jr. 147-160.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Gordon, 3 times for 63 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 30 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 30 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1 time for 14 laps; G.Biffle, 1 time for 11 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 5 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 3 laps; A.Allmendinger, 1 time for 2 laps; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap; A.Almirola, 1 time for 1 lap.
Wins: D.Earnhardt Jr., 3; J.Johnson, 3; Bra.Keselowski, 3; C.Edwards, 2; J.Gordon, 2; K.Harvick, 2; J.Logano, 2; A.Almirola, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Hamlin, 1.
Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Gordon, 757; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 740; 3. Bra.Keselowski, 687; 4. M.Kenseth, 668; 5. R.Newman, 642; 6. J.Johnson, 633; 7. J.Logano, 633; 8. C.Edwards, 618; 9. C.Bowyer, 617; 10. Ky.Busch, 611; 11. K.Harvick, 608; 12. K.Larson, 595.