Pro baseball Pro baseball ADVERTISING Major leagues American League East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 3 1 .750 — Baltimore 3 2 .600 ½ Toronto 3 2 .600 ½ New York 2 3 .400 1½ Boston 1 4
Pro baseball
Major leagues
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Tampa Bay 3 1 .750 —
Baltimore 3 2 .600 ½
Toronto 3 2 .600 ½
New York 2 3 .400 1½
Boston 1 4 .200 2½
Central Division
Detroit 4 0 1.000 —
Kansas City 3 2 .600 1½
Chicago 2 2 .500 2
Cleveland 1 3 .250 3
Minnesota 0 4 .000 4
West Division
Texas 4 1 .800 —
Seattle 3 3 .500 1½
Los Angeles 2 2 .500 1½
Oakland 2 4 .333 2½
Tuesday’s results
Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 4, 12 innings
Toronto 7, Boston 3
Texas 1, Seattle 0
Kansas City 3, Oakland 0, 8 innings
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, ppd., rain
Today’s games
Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-1) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 6:05 a.m.
Boston (Lester 0-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 0-0), 6:37 a.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 0-0) at Detroit (Verlander 0-0), 7:05 a.m.
Kansas City (B.Chen 0-0) at Oakland (McCarthy 0-1), 9:35 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0) at Baltimore (Arrieta 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Millwood 0-0) at Texas (Lewis 1-0), 2:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-0) at Minnesota (Pavano 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 4 1 .800 —
Washington 3 2 .600 1
Miami 2 3 .400 2
Philadelphia 1 3 .250 2½
Atlanta 1 4 .200 3
Central Division
St. Louis 5 1 .833 —
Houston 3 2 .600 1½
Milwaukee 3 2 .600 1½
Pittsburgh 2 2 .500 2
Cincinnati 2 3 .400 2½
Chicago 1 4 .200 3½
West Division
Arizona 4 0 1.000 —
Los Angeles 4 1 .800 ½
Colorado 1 3 .250 3
San Francisco 1 3 .250 3
San Diego 1 4 .200 3½
Tuesday’s results
L.A. Dodgers 2, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1
Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 2
Atlanta 6, Houston 4
Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 4
Arizona 4, San Diego 2, 11 innings
Today’s games
St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 1-0), 6:35 a.m.
Washington (Strasburg 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 0-0), 7:10 a.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-0), 8:20 a.m.
Arizona (Saunders 0-0) at San Diego (Luebke 0-1), 12:35 p.m.
Miami (Jo.Johnson 0-1) at Philadelphia (Halladay 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Delgado 0-0) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 0-0), 2:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 0-1) at Colorado (Guthrie 1-0), 2:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Bedard 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 33 24 .579 —
Philadelphia 30 27 .526 3
New York 29 28 .509 4
New Jersey 21 38 .356 13
Toronto 20 38 .345 13½
Southeast Division
x-Miami 40 16 .714 —
Atlanta 34 23 .596 6½
Orlando 34 24 .586 7
Washington 14 44 .241 27
Charlotte 7 49 .125 33
Central Division
x-Chicago 44 14 .759 —
Indiana 35 22 .614 8½
Milwaukee 28 29 .491 15½
Detroit 21 36 .368 22½
Cleveland 19 36 .345 23½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
x-San Antonio 40 15 .727 —
Memphis 33 23 .589 7½
Houston 32 25 .561 9
Dallas 32 26 .552 9½
New Orleans 15 42 .263 26
Northwest Division
y-Oklahoma City 42 15 .737 —
Denver 31 26 .544 11
Utah 30 28 .517 12½
Portland 27 31 .466 15½
Minnesota 25 33 .431 17½
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 36 22 .621 —
L.A. Clippers 34 23 .596 1½
Phoenix 30 27 .526 5½
Golden State 22 34 .393 13
Sacramento 19 39 .328 17
x-clinched playoffs; y-clinched division
Tuesday’s results
Cleveland 103, Charlotte 90
Boston 115, Miami 107
Washington 93, Orlando 85
Philadelphia 107, New Jersey 88
Dallas 110, Sacramento 100
Chicago 98, New York 86
Today’s games
Indiana at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Utah at Houston, 2 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 2 p.m.
Sacramento at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Memphis, 2 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee, 2 p.m.
Atlanta at Boston, 2 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Denver, 3 p.m.
Golden State at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Today’s games
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday’s games
Ottawa at NY Rangers, 1 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Friday’s games
New Jersey at Florida, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sport. K.C. 5 0 0 15 8 1
New York 3 2 0 9 14 8
Houston 2 1 0 6 2 2
Columbus 2 2 0 6 4 6
New Engl. 2 3 0 6 4 6
D.C. 1 2 2 5 5 5
Chicago 1 1 1 4 2 3
Montreal 1 4 1 4 5 12
Phil. 0 3 1 1 2 6
Toronto FC 0 4 0 0 2 9
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real S.L. 5 1 0 15 11 4
San Jose 4 1 0 12 8 2
Colorado 3 2 0 9 7 7
Vanc. 2 1 2 8 4 3
Seattle 2 1 1 7 5 2
FC Dallas 2 2 1 7 6 8
Chivas USA 2 3 0 6 3 4
Portland 1 3 1 4 7 8
Los Angeles 1 3 0 3 5 8
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday, April 14
Columbus at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m.
Colorado at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.
D.C. United at New England, 10 a.m.
Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m.
San Jose at New York, 1 p.m.
Real S.L. at Sport. K.City, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at FC Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Acquired INF Jose Castro from Cincinnati for cash considerations.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with C Carlos Santana on a five-year contract.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Activated 3B Chipper Jones from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Jose Constanza to Gwinnett (IL).
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with 2B Brandon Phillips on a six-year contract.
MIAMI MARLINS—Suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games because of his comments about Fidel Castro.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Assigned F Chris Wright to Dakota (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with WR Steve Smith on a three-year contract extension through the 2015 season.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed DL Phillip Merling and OT Lydon Murtha to their restricted free agent tenders.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed LB Marvin Mitchell.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed TE Leonard Pope to a one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Named John Fassel special teams coach and Paul Boudreau Jr. assistant special teams coach.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Terminated the contract (failed physical) of S Tanard Jackson.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Re-signed DE Kedric Golston. Signed CB Leigh Torrence.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed QB Jeremiah Masoli.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS—Signed D Tommy Cross and assigned him to Providence (AHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed D Brian Dumoulin to a three-year contract and assigned him to Charlotte (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with F Chris Kreider.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled G Jake Allen from Peoria (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled C Mattias Sjogren from Farjestad (Swedish Elite).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended New England MF Shalrie Joseph one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his reckless challenge that endangered the safety of his opponent in an April 5 game against FC Dallas.
LA GALAXY—Acquired D David Junior Lopes from Chivas USA for MF Paolo Cardozo.
TORONTO FC—Signed G Quillan Roberts.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS—Fired football coach Bobby Petrino.
CONNECTICUT—Announced sophomore G Jeremy Lamb is entering the NBA draft.
DUQUESNE—Named Jim Ferry men’s basketball coach.
LIU—Promoted men’s assistant basketball coach Jack Perri to men’s basketball coach.
MISSISSIPPI STATE—Named Chris Hollender men’s assistant basketball coach and Adam Gordon men’s director of basketball operations.
TEXAS—Announced freshman basketball G Sterling Gibbs is transferring.
