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American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 32 22 .593 —
New York 30 22 .577 1
Baltimore 29 24 .547 2½
Tampa Bay 28 24 .538 3
Toronto 23 30 .434 8½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 29 22 .569 —
Cleveland 28 24 .538 1½
Chicago 24 26 .480 4½
Minnesota 22 28 .440 6½
Kansas City 21 29 .420 7½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 32 20 .615 —
Oakland 30 23 .566 2½
Los Angeles 23 29 .442 9
Seattle 22 30 .423 10
Houston 15 37 .288 17
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 9, Chicago White Sox 3
Philadelphia 4, Boston 3
Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3
N.Y. Mets 9, N.Y. Yankees 4
Baltimore 9, Washington 6
Tampa Bay 3, Miami 1
Toronto 3, Atlanta 0
Arizona at Texas, ppd., rain
Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 1
St. Louis 5, Kansas City 3
Houston at Colorado, late
L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, late
Seattle at San Diego, late
Oakland at San Francisco, late
Today’s Games
Arizona (McCarthy 2-3) at Texas (Grimm 4-3), 8:05 a.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-3), 8:20 a.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 4-2), 9:40 a.m.
Oakland (Griffin 5-3) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 9:45 a.m.
Boston (Morales 0-0) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2), 1:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fister 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-1), 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (Haren 4-5) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 1-2), 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Colome 0-0) at Miami (Nolasco 3-5), 1:10 p.m.
Toronto (Dickey 4-6) at Atlanta (Minor 6-2), 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 1-5) at Minnesota (Walters 1-0), 2:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 5-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 2:15 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 3-6) at Colorado (Nicasio 4-1), 2:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 4-3), 4:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 31 21 .596 —
Washington 27 26 .509 4½
Philadelphia 26 27 .491 5½
New York 21 29 .420 9
Miami 13 40 .245 18½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 35 17 .673 —
Cincinnati 33 20 .623 2½
Pittsburgh 33 20 .623 2½
Chicago 21 30 .412 13½
Milwaukee 19 32 .373 15½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 30 22 .577 —
Colorado 28 24 .538 2
San Francisco 28 24 .538 2
San Diego 23 28 .451 6½
Los Angeles 22 28 .440 7
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 9, Chicago White Sox 3
Philadelphia 4, Boston 3
Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3
N.Y. Mets 9, N.Y. Yankees 4
Baltimore 9, Washington 6
Tampa Bay 3, Miami 1
Toronto 3, Atlanta 0
Arizona at Texas, ppd., rain
Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 1
St. Louis 5, Kansas City 3
Houston at Colorado, late
L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, late
Seattle at San Diego, late
Oakland at San Francisco, late
Today’s Games
Arizona (McCarthy 2-3) at Texas (Grimm 4-3), 8:05 a.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-3), 8:20 a.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-4) at San Diego (Cashner 4-2), 9:40 a.m.
Oakland (Griffin 5-3) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 9:45 a.m.
Boston (Morales 0-0) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2), 1:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fister 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-1), 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (Haren 4-5) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 1-2), 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Colome 0-0) at Miami (Nolasco 3-5), 1:10 p.m.
Toronto (Dickey 4-6) at Atlanta (Minor 6-2), 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 1-5) at Minnesota (Walters 1-0), 2:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 5-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 2:15 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 3-6) at Colorado (Nicasio 4-1), 2:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 4-3), 4:05 p.m.
NBA Playoffs
Daily Glance
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE FINALS
Sunday, May 19
San Antonio 105, Memphis 83
Tuesday, May 21
San Antonio 93, Memphis 89, OT
Wednesday, May 22
Miami 103, Indiana 102, OT
Friday, May 24
Indiana 97, Miami 93
Saturday, May 25
San Antonio 104, Memphis 93
Sunday, May 26
Miami 114, Indiana 96
Monday, May 27
San Antonio 93, Memphis 86, San Antonio wins series 4-0
Tuesday’s Game
Indiana 99, Miami 92, series tied 2-2
Today’s Game
Indiana at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
Miami at Indiana, 2:30 p.m.
June 3
x-Indiana at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned INF Yamaico Navarro to Norfolk (IL). Recalled 2B Ryan Flaherty from Norfolk.
BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Alex Wilson to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled OF Jackie Bradley Jr. from Pawtucket.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with OF Alex Llanos on a minor league contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent C Lou Marson to Akron (EL) for a rehab assignment.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF Robbie Grossman to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Brad Peacock from Oklahoma City. Sent RHP Josh Fields to Oklahoma City for a rehab assignment.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned RHP Billy Buckner outright to Salt Lake (PCL). Placed LHP Sean Burnett on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Reinstated RHP Tommy Hanson from the restricted list.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Chris Colabello to Rochester (IL). Reinstated INF Trevor Plouffe from the seven-day DL.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent 1B Mark Teixeira and 3B Kevin Youkilis to Trenton (EL) for rehab assignments.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent OF Josh Reddick to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Brandon Maurer to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled INF Alex Liddi from Tacoma.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Jake Odorizzi to Durham (IL). Recalled RHP Alex Colome from Durham.
TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Martin Perez to Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated RHP Ramon Ortiz and 1B Clint Robinson for assignment. Optioned RHP Thad Weber to Buffalo (IL). Placed 3B Brett Lawrie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Recalled RHP Todd Redmond from Buffalo. Selected the contracts of RHP Neil Wagner and LHP Juan Perez from Buffalo.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned LHP Tyler Skaggs to Reno (PCL).
ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Cory Rasmus to Gwinnett (IL). Reinstated RHP Jordan Walden from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Brandon Beachy to Rome (SAL) for a rehab assignment.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Stephen Fife to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment.
MIAMI MARLINS — Designated 2B Nick Green for assignment. Selected the contract of 3B Ed Lucas from New Orleans (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed 3B Michael Young on the bereavement list. Recalled INF Cesar Hernandez from Lehigh Valley (IL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned RHP Sandy Rosario to Fresno (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Mike Kickham from Fresno. Transferred LHP Eric Surkamp to the 60-day DL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Named Steve Clifford coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived FB Deon Goggins.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Jim Brown special advisor.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Released LS Charley Hughlett and WR Carlton Mitchell. Signed LS Jackson Anderson and OT J.B. Shugarts.
DETROIT LIONS — Claimed QB Thaddeus Lewis off waivers from Cleveland. Released QB Alex Carder.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Stanford Keglar.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Matt Austin. Signed WR Greg Herd.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Announced the retirement of WR Steve Smith.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with C Brian Schwenke, DE Lavar Edwards, CB Khalid Wooten and S Daimion Stafford.
College softball
NCAA Division I World Series
At Oklahoma City
Double elimination
x-if necessary
Today
Game 1 — Nebraska (45-14) vs. Washington (43-15), 6 a.m.
Game 2 — Tennessee (49-10) vs. Florida (57-7), 8:30 a.m.
Game 3 — Arizona State (50-10) vs. Texas (49-8), 1 p.m.
Game 4 — Michigan (50-11) vs. Oklahoma (52-4), 3:30 p.m.
Friday
Game 5 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
Game 7 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 a.m.
Game 8 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 8:30 a.m.
Game 9 — Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 10 — Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday
Game 11 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7 a.m.
Game 12 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9:30 p.m.
x-Game 13 — Game 11 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 1 p.m.
x-Game 14 — Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser, 3:30 p.m.
NOTE: If only one game is necessary, it will be played at 1 p.m.
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday, June 4: Teams TBD, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, June 5: Teams TBD, 2 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 6: Teams TBD, 2 p.m.
College baseball
NCAA Division I regionals
Double elimination
Friday’s opening games
At Blacksburg, Va.
Game 1: Coastal Carolina (37-21) vs. Oklahoma (40-19), TBA
Game 2: UConn (40-19) at Virginia Tech (38-20), TBA
At Charlottesville, Va.
Game 1: Elon (32-28) vs. UNC Wilmington (37-21), TBA
Game 2: Army (29-21) at Virginia (47-10), TBA
At Chapel Hill, N.C.
Game 1: Towson (29-28) vs. Florida Atlantic (39-20), TBA
Game 2: Canisius (42-15) at North Carolina (52-8), TBA
At Raleigh, N.C.
Game 1: William & Mary (37-22) vs. Mississippi (37-22), TBA
Game 2: Binghamton (30-23) at N.C. State (44-14), TBA
At Columbia, S.C.
Game 1: Liberty (34-27) vs. Clemson (39-20), TBA
Game 2: Saint Louis (41-19) at South Carolina (39-18), TBA
At Louisville, Ky.
Game 1: Oklahoma State (39-17) vs. Miami (36-23), TBA
Game 2: Bowling Green (24-29) at Louisville (46-12), TBA
At Louisville, Ky.
Game 1: Oklahoma State (39-17) vs. Miami (36-23), TBA
Game 2 Bowling Green (24-29) at Louisville (46-12), TBA
At Bloomington, Ind.
Game 1: Florida (29-28) vs. Austin Peay (45-13), TBA
Game 2: Valparaiso (31-26) at Indiana (43-14), TBA
At Nashville, Tenn.
Game 1: Illinois (34-18) vs. Georgia Tech (34-25), TBA
Game 2: ETSU (36-22) at Vanderbilt (51-9), TBA
At Nashville, Tenn.
Game 1: Illinois (34-18) vs. Georgia Tech (34-25), TBA
Game 2: ETSU (36-22) at Vanderbilt (51-9), TBA
At Baton Rouge, La.
Game 1: Sam Houston State (37-20) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (41-18), TBA
Game 2: Jackson State (34-20) at LSU (52-9), TBA
At Manhattan, Kan.
Game 1: Bryant (44-16-1) vs. Arkansas (37-20), TBA
Game 2: Wichita State (39-26) at Kansas State (41-17), TBA
At Eugene, Ore.
Game 1: San Francisco (34-22) vs. Rice (41-17), TBA
Game 2: South Dakota State (35-22) at Oregon (45-14), TBA
At Goss Stadium
At Corvallis, Ore.
Game 1: UC Santa Barbara (34-23) vs. Texas A&M (32-27), TBA
Game 2: UTSA (35-23) at Oregon State (45-10), TBA
At Fullerton, Calif.
Game 1: New Mexico (37-20) vs. Arizona State (35-20-1), TBA
Game 2: Columbia (27-19) at Cal State Fullerton (48-8), TBA
At Los Angeles
Game 1: San Diego (35-23) vs. Cal Poly (39-17), TBA
Game 2: San Diego State (31-29) at UCLA (39-17), TBA
TENNIS
French Open Results
Wednesday
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $28.4 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Benoit Paire (24), France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4.
Janko Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Maxime Teixeira, France, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (9), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 2-6, 8-6.
Second Round
David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.
Marin Cilic (10), Croatia, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3.
Kevin Anderson (23), South Africa, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-7 (8), 6-1, 7-5, 6-2.
Jeremy Chardy (25), France, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.
Tommy Robredo (32), Spain, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.
Andreas Seppi (20), Italy, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-3.
Milos Raonic (14), Canada, def. Michael Llodra, France, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Gilles Simon (15), France, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.
Nicolas Almagro (11), Spain, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Julien Benneteau (30), France, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 7-6 (9), 7-5, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4.
Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.
Sam Querrey (18), United States, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-1, 6-4.
Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-2.
Annika Beck, Germany, def. Sandra Zahlavova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1.
Peng Shuai, China, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-4, 6-2.
Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Jamie Hampton, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (25), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 9-7.
Ashleigh Barty, Australia, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Klara Zakopalova (23), Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (12), Russia, def. Nina Bratchikova, Portugal, 6-0, 6-1.
Second Round
Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Mallory Burdette, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Angelique Kerber (8), Germany, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.
Varvara Lepchenko (29), United States, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-3, 6-3.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Carla Suarez Navarro (20), Spain, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Sorana Cirstea (26), Romania, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-4.
Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Sabine Lisicki (32), Germany, def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 6-4, 6-0.
Roberta Vinci (15), Italy, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (19), Russia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-1, 6-2.
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Zuzana Kucova, Slovakia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Sara Errani (5), Italy, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-1.
Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-2, 6-2.
Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Madison Keys, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
