Pro baseball
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 72 53 .576 —
Atlanta 66 61 .520 7
Miami 63 63 .500 9½
New York 60 68 .469 13½
Philadelphia 56 71 .441 17
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 71 56 .559 —
St. Louis 69 57 .548 1½
Pittsburgh 65 62 .512 6
Cincinnati 61 66 .480 10
Chicago 54 71 .432 16
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 71 56 .559 —
San Francisco 66 58 .532 3½
San Diego 58 66 .468 11½
Arizona 53 74 .417 18
Colorado 50 76 .397 20½
Wednesday’s Games
Texas 5, Miami 4
Philadelphia 4, Seattle 3
Toronto 9, Milwaukee 5
N.Y. Mets 8, Oakland 5
Washington 3, Arizona 2
Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2
St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 3
San Francisco 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Colorado 5, Kansas City 2
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late
Thursday’s Games
Arizona (Miley 7-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-9), 10:05 a.m.
Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco 0, 5 innings, comp. of susp. game, 11:05 a.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 11-9) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 0-0), 1:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 13-9) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-10), 2:05 p.m.
San Diego (T.Ross 11-11) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 14-3), 4:10 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 73 52 .584 —
Toronto 65 62 .512 9
New York 63 61 .508 9½
Tampa Bay 61 65 .484 12½
Boston 56 70 .444 17½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Kansas City 70 56 .556 —
Detroit 68 56 .548 1
Cleveland 64 61 .512 5½
Chicago 59 68 .465 11½
Minnesota 55 70 .440 14½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 75 50 .600 —
Oakland 74 52 .587 1½
Seattle 68 58 .540 7½
Houston 54 73 .425 22
Texas 49 77 .389 26½
Wednesday’s Games
Texas 5, Miami 4
Philadelphia 4, Seattle 3
Toronto 9, Milwaukee 5
N.Y. Mets 8, Oakland 5
Houston 5, N.Y. Yankees 2
Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 0
L.A. Angels 8, Boston 3
Baltimore 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland 5, Minnesota 0
Colorado 5, Kansas City 2
Thursday’s Games
Houston (Keuchel 10-8) at N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 4-2), 7:05 a.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 13-6) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 13-8), 7:10 a.m.
Detroit (Price 12-8) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 8-6), 7:10 a.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 11-4) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 4-4), 1:10 p.m.
Pro football
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 38 27
Miami 1 1 0 .500 30 30
New Eng. 1 1 0 .500 48 58
Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 49 54
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 1 0 .500 32 39
Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 35 30
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 44 47
Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 36 40
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 60 33
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 35 36
Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 56 66
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 35 37
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 2 0 0 1.000 55 16
Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 57 67
Oakland 1 1 0 .500 33 36
San Diego 1 1 0 .500 41 48
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 64 55
Washington 2 0 0 1.000 47 29
Dallas 0 2 0 .000 37 64
Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 63 76
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 57 48
Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 23 42
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 46 36
Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 24 36
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 54 47
Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 40 34
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 39 39
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 27
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 1 1 0 .500 60 30
Seattle 1 1 0 .500 57 35
San Fran. 0 2 0 .000 3 57
St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 31 47
Thursday, Aug. 21
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22
Carolina at New England, 1:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
Oakland at Green Bay, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 10:30 a.m.
Dallas at Miami, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore, 1:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 2 p.m.
New Orleans at Indianapolis, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Cleveland, 2 p.m.
Houston at Denver, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24
San Diego at San Francisco, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Arizona, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28
Atlanta at Jacksonville, 12 p.m.
Kansas City at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Miami, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Giants, 1:30 p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 2 p.m.
Baltimore at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 2 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 4 p.m.
Youth baseball
2014 Little League World Series
At South Williamsport, Pa.
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Seoul 4, Tokyo 2
Las Vegas 8, Philadelphia 1
Thursday, Aug. 21
Game 25: Guadalupe vs. Tokyo, 9 a.m.
Game 26: Chicago vs. Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23
International Championship
Seoul vs. Winner G25, 6:30 a.m.
United States Championship
Las Vegas vs. winner G26, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24
At Lamade Stadium
Third Place
Loser G27 vs. Loser G28, 4 a.m.
World Championship
Winner G27 vs. Winner G28, 9 a.m.
Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed INF Frank Salerno.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released INF Jimmy Mojica and OF Kenny Held.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Traded LHP Alex Hinshaw and a player to be named to Grand Prairie for INF Abel Nieves.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Placed LB Stevenson Sylvester on the injured reserve list.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Re-signed K Kevin Goessling. Waived/injured S Jeremy Deering.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released WR Lavelle Hawkins.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA STATE — Named LaToya Clark assistant volleyball coach.
ALBANY (NY) — Named Mark Benson as director of athletics.
BOWLING GREEN — Named Jason Bauer assistant gymnastics coach.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Andrea Nolan women’s assistant volleyball coach.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY — Named Robert Bareford men’s tennis coach.
HOLY CROSS — Named Mike Lucas women’s tennis coach.
NEBRASKA — Named Ali Farokhmanesh men’s graduate assistant basketball manager.
PRESBYTERIAN — Named Steve Roberts men’s assistant basketball coach.
RICHARD STOCKTON — Named Ashley Parker women’s cross country coach/assistant track & field coach.
Pro basketball
WNBA Playoff Glance
(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-3)
Eastern Conference
Atlanta vs. Chicago
Friday, Aug. 22: Chicago at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24: Atlanta at Chicago, 1 p.m.
x-Tuesday, Aug 26: Chicago at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
Indiana vs. Washington
Thursday Aug. 21: Washington at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23: Indiana at Washington, 11 a.m.
x-Monday, Aug. 25: Washington at Indiana, TBD
Western Conference
Phoenix vs. Los Angeles
Friday, Aug. 22: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
x-Tuesday, Aug. 26: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Minnesota vs. San Antonio
Thursday Aug. 21: San Antonio at Minnesota, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23: Minnesota at San Antonio, 1 p.m.
x-Monday, Aug. 25: San Antonio at Minnesota, TBD
TENNIS
U.S. Open Seeds List
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York
Aug. 25-Sept. 8
Women
1. Serena Williams, United States
2. Simona Halep, Romania
3. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
5. Maria Sharapova, Russia
6. Angelique Kerber, Germany
7. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada
8. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
9. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
10. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
11. Flavia Pennetta, Italy
12. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
13. Sara Errani, Italy
14. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic
15. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
16. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
17. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
18. Andrea Petkovic, Germany
19. Venus Williams, United States
20. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
21. Sloane Stephens, United States
22. Alize Cornet, France
23. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
24. Sam Stosur, Australia
25. Garbine Muguruza, Spain
26. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
27. Madison Keys, United States
28. Roberta Vinci, Italy
29. Casey Dellacqua, Australia
30. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic
31. Kurumi Nara, Japan
32. Zhang Shuai, China