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AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Toronto 19 4 .826
Detroit 15 4 .789
Oakland 14 5 .737
Los Angeles 14 8 .636
Seattle 12 8 .600
New York 13 9 .591
Kansas City 13 10 .565
Minnesota 13 11 .542
Baltimore 9 9 .500
Boston 10 10 .500
Chicago 10 12 .455
Cleveland 6 14 .300
Tampa Bay 6 14 .300
Texas 6 16 .273
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
St. Louis 13 6 .684
San Diego 15 10 .600
Los Angeles 11 8 .579
San Francisco 13 10 .565
Colorado 12 10 .545
Houston 11 11 .500
Chicago 11 13 .458
Philadelphia 10 12 .455
Miami 8 10 .444
Milwaukee 9 12 .429
Cincinnati 10 14 .417
Pittsburgh 8 13 .381
Arizona 8 14 .364
Atlanta 8 14 .364
Washington 6 13 .316
New York 5 14 .263
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Sunday’s Games
Miami 5, Tampa Bay 1
Toronto 6, Boston 5, 10 innings
Philadelphia (ss) 3, Baltimore 3, tie, 10 innings
St. Louis 9, Minnesota 2
N.Y. Yankees 1, Detroit (ss) 1, tie, 10 innings
Pittsburgh 9, Houston (ss) 7, 10 innings
Atlanta 11, Houston (ss) 1
Detroit (ss) 6, Philadelphia (ss) 3
Washington 12, N.Y. Mets 0
Chicago White Sox 5, San Francisco 2
Chicago Cubs 6, Cleveland 2
Milwaukee (ss) 7, L.A. Dodgers 1
L.A. Angels 6, Texas 5
San Diego 4, Arizona 3
Milwaukee (ss) 7, Kansas City 3
Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3
Today’s Games
Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 7:05 a.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 7:05 a.m.
Miami vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 7:05 a.m.
Boston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 7:05 a.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 a.m.
Kansas City vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 a.m.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 27 22 .551 —
Boston 26 22 .542 ½
New York 24 25 .490 3
Toronto 16 33 .327 11
New Jersey 16 34 .320 11½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 35 12 .745 —
Orlando 31 18 .633 5
Atlanta 30 20 .600 6½
Washington 11 37 .229 24½
Charlotte 7 39 .152 27½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Chicago 40 10 .800 —
Indiana 28 19 .596 10½
Milwaukee 22 26 .458 17
Cleveland 17 29 .370 21
Detroit 16 32 .333 23
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 33 14 .702 —
Dallas 28 22 .560 6½
Memphis 26 21 .553 7
Houston 26 23 .531 8
New Orleans 12 36 .250 21½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 37 12 .755 —
Utah 26 23 .531 11
Denver 26 23 .531 11
Minnesota 24 26 .480 13½
Portland 23 26 .469 14
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 30 19 .612 —
L.A. Clippers 27 21 .563 2½
Phoenix 25 24 .510 5
Golden State 20 27 .426 9
Sacramento 17 31 .354 12½
x-clinched playoff spot
Sunday’s Games
Phoenix 108, Cleveland 83
Minnesota 117, Denver 100
Atlanta 139, Utah 133,4OT
Boston 88, Washington 76
San Antonio 93, Philadelphia 76
Oklahoma City 103, Miami 87
Portland 90, Golden State 87
Memphis 102, L.A. Lakers 96
Today’s Games
Boston at Charlotte, 1 p.m.
Miami at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Orlando at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Washington, 1 p.m.
Utah at New Jersey, 1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at New York, 1:30 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Sacramento at Houston, 2 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m.
College basketball
NCAA Men’s Tournament
Odds to win national title
By Keith Glantz/Russell Culver
CURRENT OPENING
TEAM ODDS ODDS
Kentucky 6-5 7-2
Ohio St. 2-1 10-1
Kansas 5-2 12-1
Louisville 6-1 30-1
Sunday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Vin Mazzaro, INF Johnny Giavotella and OF Jarrod Dyson to Omaha (PCL). Assigned RHP Zach Miner, C Cody Clark, INF Tony Abreu, INF Irving Falu and OF Greg Golson to minor league camp. Traded Golson to the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned INF Ramiro Pena to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reassigned OF Colin Curtis, RHP Manny Delcarmen, OF Cole Garner, C Jose Gil and RHP Kevin Whelan to minor league camp.
National League
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Released INF Alex Cora and C Koyie Hill unconditionally. Optioned 1B Mark Hamilton and RHP Eduardo Sanchez to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned 1B Matt Adams to minor league camp.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Suspended Denver G Aaron Afflalo one game for throwing an elbow to the head of Utah F Gordon Hayward during Friday’s game.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Fined Phoenix F Alexandre Bolduc $2,500 for slew-footing San Jose F Ryane Clowe and Colorado F Chuck Kobasew $2,500 for charging Vancouver D Aaron Rome during Saturday’s games.
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers 75 47 21 7 101 206 168
x-Pittsburgh 75 47 22 6 100 253 195
x-Philadelphia 75 44 23 8 96 238 208
New Jersey 76 42 28 6 90 206 200
N.Y. Islanders 75 31 33 11 73 180 224
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 75 44 28 3 91 244 184
Ottawa 76 38 28 10 86 230 223
Buffalo 76 37 29 10 84 197 209
Toronto 76 33 34 9 75 217 239
Montreal 76 29 34 13 71 197 211
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 75 36 24 15 87 186 206
Washington 76 38 30 8 84 205 214
Winnipeg 75 35 32 8 78 201 217
Tampa Bay 74 34 33 7 75 209 252
Carolina 76 30 31 15 75 202 228
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-St. Louis 76 47 20 9 103 196 147
Nashville 76 44 24 8 96 219 199
Detroit 75 45 25 5 95 230 185
Chicago 76 42 26 8 92 230 220
Columbus 75 24 44 7 55 175 243
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Vancouver 75 45 21 9 99 229 187
Colorado 77 40 31 6 86 200 202
Calgary 76 34 27 15 83 186 208
Minnesota 75 31 34 10 72 159 207
Edmonton 76 31 36 9 71 206 223
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas 75 41 29 5 87 198 198
Phoenix 77 37 27 13 87 200 202
Los Angeles 75 37 26 12 86 175 164
San Jose 75 38 27 10 86 205 195
Anaheim 76 32 33 11 75 191 212
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 2, SO
Edmonton 6, Columbus 3
Washington 3, Minnesota 0
Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 2
Nashville 6, Chicago 1
Boston 3, Anaheim 2
St. Louis 4, Phoenix 0
Today’s Games
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Winnipeg, 2:30 p.m.
Dallas at Calgary, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Auto Club 400 Results
Sunday
At Auto Club Speedway
Fontana, Calif.
Lap length: 2 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 129 laps, 133.5 rating, 47 points, $323,450.
2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 129, 137.5, 44, $259,698.
3. (14) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 129, 104.3, 41, $170,165.
4. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 129, 103.9, 40, $181,551.
5. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 129, 100.7, 39, $161,056.
6. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, 129, 104.9, 38, $119,590.
7. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 129, 104.5, 37, $146,448.
8. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 129, 89.3, 36, $131,504.
9. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 129, 79.9, 35, $138,898.
10. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 129, 112.5, 35, $142,201.
11. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 129, 115.1, 34, $149,771.
12. (3) Mark Martin, Toyota, 129, 90.8, 32, $96,355.
13. (11) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 129, 85.4, 31, $122,469.
14. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 129, 89.9, 30, $102,105.
15. (25) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 129, 76.5, 29, $134,330.
16. (15) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 129, 79.2, 28, $138,866.
17. (24) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 128, 66.1, 27, $122,096.
18. (17) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 128, 81.7, 26, $125,250.
19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 128, 58.1, 25, $98,705.
20. (22) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 128, 63.3, 24, $114,163.
21. (29) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 128, 67.3, 23, $118,388.
22. (19) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 128, 72, 22, $127,180.
23. (33) Casey Mears, Ford, 128, 65, 21, $102,163.
24. (8) Joey Logano, Toyota, 128, 68.6, 20, $95,280.
25. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, 128, 56.2, 19, $124,016.
26. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 128, 94.7, 19, $130,566.
27. (18) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 127, 59, 17, $85,230.
28. (26) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 127, 54.9, 16, $104,188.
29. (40) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 127, 48, 15, $101,777.
30. (41) David Gilliland, Ford, 127, 41.4, 14, $85,480.
31. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 127, 48, 13, $83,280.
32. (16) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 126, 68.2, 12, $111,613.
33. (34) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 126, 37.7, 11, $80,355.
34. (42) Ken Schrader, Ford, 125, 32, 10, $88,155.
35. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 125, 35.5, 9, $79,930.
36. (31) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 124, 46.2, 8, $106,125.
37. (30) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 51, 32.9, 7, $79,555.
38. (32) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 40, 39.1, 6, $79,307.
39. (20) David Stremme, Toyota, rear gear, 36, 34.1, 5, $75,855.
40. (39) Mike Bliss, Toyota, transmission, 18, 33.8, 0, $75,675.
41. (35) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, vibration, 17, 30, 3, $75,505.
42. (43) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, vibration, 6, 28.9, 0, $75,415.
43. (37) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, engine, 1, 27.8, 1, $83,769.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 160.166 mph.
Time of Race: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 39 seconds.
Margin of Victory: Under Caution.
Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps.
Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1; Ky.Busch 2-67; D.Hamlin 68; J.Gordon 69; J.Johnson 70; Ky.Busch 71-84; T.Stewart 85-104; J.Johnson 105; J.Gordon 106-107; T.Stewart 108-129.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 2 times for 80 laps; T.Stewart, 2 times for 42 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 3 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 2 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 2 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 195; 2. K.Harvick, 188; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 178; 4. T.Stewart, 177; 5. M.Truex Jr., 175; 6. M.Kenseth, 173; 7. D.Hamlin, 171; 8. C.Bowyer, 157; 9. J.Johnson, 156; 10. R.Newman, 155; 11. P.Menard, 148; 12. C.Edwards, 146.
