MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 32 25 .561 –

Tampa Bay 32 25 .561 –

New York 31 25 .554 andfrac12;

Toronto 30 27 .526 2

Boston 29 28 .509 3

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 32 25 .561 –

Cleveland 30 26 .536 1andfrac12;

Detroit 26 31 .456 6

Kansas City 24 31 .436 7

Minnesota 22 34 .393 9andfrac12;

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 33 25 .569 –

Los Angeles 29 29 .500 4

Oakland 26 32 .448 7

Seattle 26 33 .441 7andfrac12;

RESULTS/SCHEDULE

All times EDT

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Thursday’s Games

Detroit 7, Cleveland 5

Oakland 7, Texas 1

Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 3

Boston 7, Baltimore 0

Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 3

Friday’s Games

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Texas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 5-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 4-1), 2:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Worley 3-2) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-3), 4:05 p.m.

Texas (Feldman 0-4) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-2), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 5-2) at Atlanta (Hanson 6-4), 4:05 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 7-2) at Boston (Matsuzaka 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 5-4) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-4), 4:10 p.m.

Houston (Lyles 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-2), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Haren 3-6) at Colorado (Francis 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 2-5) at St. Louis (Lohse 5-1), 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Mazzaro 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 5-2), 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-3) at Seattle (Vargas 7-4), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 5-5), 7:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 2-5) at Miami (Zambrano 4-3), 7:15 p.m.

Oakland (J.Parker 2-2) at Arizona (Cahill 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Texas at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 8:05 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 32 23 .582 –

Atlanta 32 25 .561 1

New York 32 26 .552 1andfrac12;

Miami 31 26 .544 2

Philadelphia 28 31 .475 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cincinnati 31 25 .554 –

Pittsburgh 29 27 .518 2

St. Louis 30 28 .517 2

Milwaukee 26 31 .456 5andfrac12;

Houston 24 33 .421 7andfrac12;

Chicago 19 38 .333 12andfrac12;

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 37 21 .638 –

San Francisco 33 25 .569 4

Arizona 27 30 .474 9andfrac12;

Colorado 24 32 .429 12

San Diego 19 39 .328 18

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers 8, Philadelphia 3

N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1

Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 10 innings

San Francisco 8, San Diego 3

Atlanta 8, Miami 2

Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4, 10 innings

St. Louis 14, Houston 2

Friday’s Games

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Texas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 5-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 4-1), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (Feldman 0-4) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-2), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Haren 3-6) at Colorado (Francis 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-3) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 2-5) at St. Louis (Lohse 5-1), 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Mazzaro 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 5-2), 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 4-3) at Seattle (Vargas 7-4), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 5-5), 7:15 p.m.

Oakland (J.Parker 2-2) at Arizona (Cahill 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Texas at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

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MLS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

D.C. 8 4 3 27 28 19

New York 8 3 2 26 26 18

Sporting KC 8 3 1 25 17 10

Columbus 5 4 3 18 13 13

Chicago 5 5 3 18 15 17

New England 5 7 1 16 18 18

Houston 4 3 4 16 12 12

Montreal 3 7 3 12 15 21

Philadelphia 2 7 2 8 8 14

Toronto FC 1 9 0 3 8 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Real Salt Lake 9 3 2 29 22 14

San Jose 8 3 3 27 27 17

Seattle 7 3 3 24 16 9

Colorado 6 6 1 19 20 18

Vancouver 5 3 4 19 13 14

Chivas USA 4 6 3 15 9 14

Portland 3 5 4 13 12 15

FC Dallas 3 8 4 13 15 24

Los Angeles 3 8 2 11 15 21

Saturday’s Games

New England 2, Chicago 0

Sunday’s Games

Houston at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

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WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Chicago 4 1 .800 –

Connecticut 4 1 .800 –

Indiana 4 1 .800 –

Atlanta 2 4 .333 2andfrac12;

New York 2 5 .286 3

Washington 1 4 .200 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 7 0 1.000 –

Los Angeles 5 1 .833 1andfrac12;

San Antonio 2 3 .400 4

Phoenix 2 4 .333 4andfrac12;

Seattle 1 4 .200 5

Tulsa 0 6 .000 6andfrac12;Tulsa 0 6 .000 6andfrac12;

Tuesday’s Games

New York 79, Atlanta 74

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 79, Seattle 55

Thursday’s Games

No games scheduled

Friday’s Games

Connecticut at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Washington, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Tulsa at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Chicago at New York, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Connecticut, 5 p.m.

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TRANSACTIONS

Thursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB – Suspended Washington minor league RHP Josh Wilkie (Syracuse-IL) 50 games a second violation of drug abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Announced the resignation of executive vice president of baseball development Jimmie Lee Solomon. Named Rob Manfred executive vice president of economics and league affairs.

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX – Placed OF Kosuke Fukudome on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 4. Purchased the contract of OF Jordan Danks from Charlotte (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Zimmer on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS – Optioned RHP Cole De Vries to Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES – Placed RHP Freddy Garcia on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Ryota Igarashi from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS – Placed LHP Derek Holland on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6. Recalled RHP Tanner Scheppers from Round Rock (PCL). Designated LHP John Gaub for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Alec Asher, OF Preston Beck, OF Royce Bolinger, 2B Cam Schiller, RHP Cody Kendall, RHP John Niggli, RHP Casey Shiver, RHP Keone Kela, LHP Sam Stafford, 2B Janluis Castro, C Charles Moorman, RHP Josh McElwee, RHP Coby Cowgill, SS Gabriel Roa, LHP Austen Thraikill, LHP Joseph Burns, OF Barrett Serrato and RHP Paul Schwindel on minor league contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – Optioned RHP Robert Coello to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Chad Beck from Las Vegas.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES – Agreed to terms with RHP Lucas Sims on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS – Agreed to terms with SS Carlos Correa on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS – Named Bob Wolfe executive vice president.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – Recalled INF-OF Michael Martinez from Lehigh Valley (IL). Placed 2B Freddy Galvis on the 15-day DL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Placed LHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6. Recalled RHP Fernando Salas from Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES – Selected the contract of RHP Jason Marquis from San Antonio (Texas). Placed LHP Eric Stults on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 4. Transferred INF Jason Bartlett from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS – Reinstated RHP Brad Lidge from the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B-OF Tyler Moore from Syracuse (IL). Placed C Carlos Maldonado on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30, and RHP Henry Rodriguez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6.

American Association

AMARILLO SOX – Released RHP Marcus Limon.

EL PASO DIABLOS – Released RHP Alexander Francisco and OF Palmer Karr.

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS – Signed 1B-OF Sergio Pedroza. Traded INF Enrique Cruz to El Paso for a player to be named. Traded INF Matt Cusick and a player to be named to New Jersey (Can-Am) for RHP Mike Zenko.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS – Released INF Bridger Hunt.

ST. PAUL SAINTS – Signed RHP Anthony Claggett.

WICHITA WINGNUTS – Signed C Kevin Whitehead.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES – Signed LHP Rich Hawkins. Released RHP Chris Kaminski.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS – Signed SS Luis Parache. Released INF Jon Karcich and RHP Cory Trudell.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS – Signed RHP Cory Baker.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS – Signed 1B Tim Leary. Released OF Mitch Dening.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS – Released OF Mike Mobbs.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS – Released DE Aaron Kampman.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS – Signed TE Bo Scaife. Released WR Chad Ochocinco, DL Markell Carter, TE Nick Melillo and OL Jon Opperud.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS – Signed QB Luke McCown to a one-year contract and RB Joe Banyard to a three-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS – Agreed to terms with DE Jack Crawford, DT Christo Bilukidi and LB Nathan Stupar.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – Named Joe Banner strategic advisor to the owner and Don Smolenski president.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES – Released associate coach Craig Hartsburg.

CAROLINA HURRICANES – Announced the retirement of equipment manager Wally Tatomir. Promoted assistant equipment manager Jorge Alves to equipment manager. Signed G John Muse to a one-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE – Agreed to terms with F David Jones on a four-year contract.

DALLAS STARS – Named Bob Bassen director of the alumni association and business development.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

TORONTO FC – Announced the resignation of coach Aron Winter.

COLLEGE

BUFFALO – Named Allen Greene senior associate athletic director for administration.

CLEMSON – Agreed to terms with football coach Dabo Swinney on a three-year contract.

extension through 2017.

COLLEGE of CHARLESTON – Named Joe Wallace director of men’s basketball operations.

HOUSTON BAPTIST – Named Alisha Keltner assistant volleyball coach.

LANGSTON – Named Mike Garrett director of athletics.

LOUISVILLE – Announced junior F Stephan Van Treese has been granted his release from the men’s basketball team.

MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR – Promoted women’s golf coach Darla Kirby to associate athletic director and Doak Fleming to athletic events manager.

OKLAHOMA STATE – Named Jay Udwadia men’s tennis coach.

QUEENS (N.C.) – Named Jim Vahrenkamp cross country and track and field coach.

SACRAMENTO STATE – Promoted Brandon Laird to men’s associate basketball head coach.

WASHINGTON (MO.) – Named Melissa Brooks women’s assistant basketball coach.

WINTHROP – Named Kevin Cook women’s basketball coach.

WYOMING – Extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt through the 2016-17 season.

TV SportsWatch

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts.

Saturday, June 9

ATHLETICS

3 p.m.

NBC – adidas Grand Prix, at New York

AUTO RACING

11 a.m.

SPEED – NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Pocono 400, at Long Pond, Pa.

1 p.m.

SPEED – Formula One, qualifying for Canadian Grand Prix, at Montreal

2:30 p.m.

SPEED – ARCA, Pocono 200, at Long Pond, Pa. (same-day tape)

4:30 p.m.

SPEED – Rolex Sports Car Series, EMCO Gears Classic, at Lexington, Ohio

8 p.m.

NBCSN – IRL, IndyCar, Firestone 550, at Fort Worth, Texas

1 a.m.

ESPN2 – Global Rallycross Championship, at Fort Worth, Texas (delayed tape)

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Noon

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, Stony Brook at LSU

3 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, St. John’s at Arizona

6 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, Stanford at Florida State

9 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 2, TCU at UCLA

CYCLING

11:30 p.m.

NBCSN – Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6, Saint Alban Leysse to Morzine, France (same-day tape)

12:30 a.m.

NBCSN – Tour de Suisse, stage 1, at Lugano, Switzerland (delayed tape)

GOLF

7:30 a.m.

TGC – European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, final round, at Stockholm

3 p.m.

CBS – PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round, at Memphis, Tenn.

2 p.m.

TGC – LPGA, Wegmans Championship, third round, at Pittsford, N.Y.

7:30 p.m.

TGC – Champions Tour, The Tradition, third round, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape)

GYMNASTICS

1 p.m.

NBC – Visa Championships, at St. Louis

HORSE RACING

3 p.m.

NBCSN – NTRA, Belmont Stakes undercard, at Elmont, N.Y.

4:30 p.m.

NBC – NTRA, Belmont Stakes, at Elmont, N.Y.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

4 p.m.

MLB – Regional coverage, Washington at Boston or Texas at San Francisco

WGN – Houston at Chicago White Sox

7 p.m.

FOX – Regional coverage, N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, Cleveland at St. Louis, L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, Tampa Bay at Miami, or Kansas City at Pittsburgh

10 p.m.

MLB – Oakland at Arizona

MOTORSPORTS

5 p.m.

NBCSN – AMA Motocross, at Mount Morris, Pa.

NBA BASKETBALL

8:30 p.m.

ESPN – Playoffs, conference finals, game 7, Boston at Miami

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

NBC – Playoffs, finals, game 5, New Jersey at Los Angeles

SOCCER

11:45 a.m.

ESPN – UEFA, Euro 2012, group phase, Netherlands vs. Denmark, at Kharkiv, Ukraine

2:30 p.m.

ESPN – UEFA, Euro 2012, group phase, Germany vs. Portugal, at Lviv, Ukraine

TENNIS

9 a.m.

NBC – French Open, women’s championship match, at Paris

Sunday, June 10

AUTO RACING

1 p.m.

TNT – NASCAR Sprint Cup, Pocono 400, at Long Pond, Pa.

2 p.m.

FOX – Formula One, Canadian Grand Prix, at Montreal

COLLEGE BASEBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, Stony Brook at LSU (if necessary)

4 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, St. John’s at Arizona (if necessary)

7 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, Stanford at Florida (if necessary)

10 p.m.

ESPN2 – NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, game 3, TCU at UCLA (if necessary)

CYCLING

7 p.m.

NBCSN – Criterium du Dauphine, final stage, Morzine to Chatel, France (same-day tape)

10 p.m.

NBCSN – Tour de Suisse, stage 2, Verbania, Italy to Verbier, Switzerland (same-day tape)

GOLF

3 p.m.

CBS – PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, final round, at Memphis, Tenn.

4 p.m.

TGC – LPGA, Wegmans Championship, final round, at Pittsford, N.Y.

7:30 p.m.

TGC – Champions Tour, The Tradition, final round, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape)

GYMNASTICS

4 p.m.

NBC – Visa Championships, at St. Louis

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m.

TBS – N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees

2 p.m.

WGN – Chicago Cubs at Minnesota

8 p.m.

ESPN – Detroit at Cincinnati

MOTORSPORTS

2 p.m.

SPEED – FIM World Superbike, at San Marino (same-day tape)

SOCCER

11:45 a.m.

ESPN – UEFA, Euro 2012, group phase, Spain vs. Italy, at Gdansk, Poland

2:30 p.m.

ESPN – UEFA, Euro 2012, group phase, Ireland vs. Croatia, at Poznan, Poland

TENNIS

9 a.m.

NBC – French Open, men’s championship match, at Paris