All Hawaii times
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL preseason
Today
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
Green Bay 2½ 3 (45) at Cincinnati
at Baltimore 7 6½ (41) Jacksonville
at Tennessee 4½ 3 (42) Arizona
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 72 52 .581 —
Tampa Bay 69 55 .556 3
Baltimore 67 57 .540 5
Boston 59 65 .476 13
Toronto 56 67 .455 15½
Central Division
Chicago 68 55 .553 —
Detroit 66 57 .537 2
Kansas City 55 68 .447 13
Cleveland 54 70 .435 14½
Minnesota 51 72 .415 17
West Division
Texas 72 51 .585 —
Oakland 67 56 .545 5
Los Angeles 64 60 .516 8½
Seattle 61 64 .488 12
Wednesday
Tampa Bay 5, Kansas City 3
Oakland 5, Minnesota 1
Seattle 3, Cleveland 1
Detroit 3, Toronto 2
L.A. Angels 7, Boston 3
Texas 12, Baltimore 3
Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 1
Today
Toronto (Happ 2-1) at Detroit (Verlander 12-7), 7:05 a.m.
L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-9) at Boston (F.Morales 3-4), 1:10 p.m.
Oakland (T.Ross 2-8) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-8), 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Diamond 10-5) at Texas (Oswalt 4-2), 2:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 77 47 .621 —
Atlanta 71 53 .573 6
New York 57 67 .460 20
Philadelphia 57 67 .460 20
Miami 57 69 .452 21
Central Division
Cincinnati 76 49 .608 —
St. Louis 67 56 .545 8
Pittsburgh 67 57 .540 8½
Milwaukee 57 66 .463 18
Chicago 47 76 .382 28
Houston 39 85 .315 36½
West Division
San Francisco 69 55 .556 —
Los Angeles 67 58 .536 2½
Arizona 64 61 .512 5½
San Diego 56 70 .444 14
Colorado 49 73 .402 19
Wednesday
Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Arizona 3, Miami 2, 1st game
San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 2
Atlanta 5, Washington 1
Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2
Colorado 5, N.Y. Mets 2
St. Louis 4, Houston 2
Arizona 3, Miami 0, 2nd game
San Francisco 8, L.A. Dodgers 4
Today
Colorado (Chatwood 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (McHugh 0-0), 7:10 a.m.
Houston (Keuchel 1-5) at St. Louis (Westbrook 12-9), 7:45 a.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 16-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 14-6), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 12-5) at San Francisco (Zito 9-8), 4:15 p.m.
Pro football
National Football
League preseason
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 1 1 0 .500 24 33
Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 43
Miami 0 2 0 .000 24 43
N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 9 43
South
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 46 22
J’ville 2 0 0 1.000 59 55
Indianapls 1 1 0 .500 62 29
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 47 34
North
Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 41 25
Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 54 27
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 43 44
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 49 48
West
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 49 33
Denver 1 1 0 .500 41 33
Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 44 48
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 27 34
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Phil. 2 0 0 1.000 51 40
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 23 28
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 57 35
Wash. 1 1 0 .500 38 39
South
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 36 43
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 27 37
New Orl. 1 2 0 .333 47 44
Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 36 55
North
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 36 62
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 44 31
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 42 31
Green Bay 0 2 0 .000 23 56
West
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 57 27
San Fran. 1 1 0 .500 26 26
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 34 55
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 71
Today’s games
Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Friday’s games
New England at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Indianapolis at Washington, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 2 p.m.
Tennis
WTA: New Haven Open
At New Haven, Conn.
Singles second round
Dominika Cibulkova (6), Slovakia, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-4, 6-1.
Lucie Safarova (8), Czech Republic, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-4, 6-0.
Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 6-2, 6-4.
WTA: Winston-Salem Open
At Winston-Salem, N.C.
Singles third round
Sam Querrey (7), United States, def. Feliciano Lopez (9), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Steve Darcis, Belgium, def. Andy Roddick (5), United States, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3).
Alexandr Dolgopolov (4), Ukraine, def. David Nalbandian (14), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.
Tomas Berdych (2), Czech Republic, def. Jarkko Nieminen (16), Finland, 6-3, 6-2.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1), France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
David Goffin, Belgium, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5).
Marcel Granollers (6), Spain, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
John Isner (3), United States, def. Jurgen Melzer (13), Austria, 6-4, 6-3.
WTA: Texas Open
At Grapevine, Texas
Singles quarterfinals
Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-4, 6-4.
Roberta Vinci (3), Italy, def. Chanelle Scheepers (7), South Africa, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Sorana Cirstea (8), Romania, 6-2, 6-1.
Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Peng Shuai (6), China, 6-4, 1-0, retired.
Pro soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sport.K.C. 14 7 4 46 31 22
New York 13 7 5 44 43 36
Houston 11 6 8 41 37 29
Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30
D.C. 12 8 4 40 41 32
Montreal 11 13 3 36 39 44
Columbus 9 8 6 33 25 25
Phil. 7 12 3 24 24 28
N.E. 6 13 5 23 27 31
Toronto FC 5 15 5 20 28 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Jose 14 6 5 47 48 32
Real S.L. 13 10 3 42 37 32
Seattle 11 6 7 40 34 24
L.A. 11 11 4 37 44 40
Vanc. 10 9 7 37 28 33
FC Dallas 8 11 8 32 33 35
Chiv. USA 7 9 6 27 15 26
Colorado 8 15 2 26 32 36
Portland 5 13 6 21 24 42
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
D.C. United 4, Chicago 2
Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1
Friday’s game
Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Transactions
Major League Baseball
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended Oakland RHP Bartolo Colon 50 games for a violation of the Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed OF Peter Bourjos on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Garrett Richards from Salt Lake City (PCL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with C Jason Jaramillo on a minor league contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed SS Yunel Escobar on the paternity list. Recalled RHP Chad Beck from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Optioned RHP Sam Demel to Reno (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Tyler Skaggs from Reno. Recalled OF A.J. Pollock from Reno.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Reinstated OF Carlos Gonzalez from the bereavement list. Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso to Colorado Springs (PCL). Assigned LHP Dan Merklinger to Colorado Springs.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Selected the contract of RHP Hector Ambriz from Oklahoma City (PCL). Designated RHP Armando Galarraga for assignment.
MIAMI MARLINS—Assigned SS Gil Velazquez outright to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled RHP Jacob Turner from New Orleans.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Released LHP Randy Wolf. Recalled INF Jeff Bianchi from Nashville (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Placed LHP Johan Santana on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 18.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the contract of LHP Andrew Werner from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Brad Boxberger to Tucson. Designated OF Jeremy Heredia for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS—Re-signed F Jeff Green.
DALLAS MAVERICKS—Announced the retirement of F Eduardo Najera, who was named coach of Texas (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Placed CB Cris Hill and S Josh Nesbitt on the waived-injured list.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Waived C Scott Mruczkowski.
DETROIT LIONS—Waived DT Michael Cosgrove from the reserve/injured list.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Announced the retirement of G Eric Steinbach.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Designated offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as interim head coach for the first six regular-season games, while assistant head coach Joe Vitt serves his suspension in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed DE Vernon Gholston.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived DT Shaun Smith.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS—Agreed to terms with F Taylor Hall on a seven-year contract extension.
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR—Fined Paul Menard’s crew chief, Slugger Labbe, $100,000 and suspended him, car chief Craig Smokstad and crew member Grant Hutchens until Oct. 3 for illegal modifications found on the Chevrolet last weekend at Michigan. Docked Menard and car owner Richard Childress 25 points.
Little League Baseball
World Series
Double elimination
At South Williamsport, Pa.
Wednesday
Tokyo 4, Aguadulce, Panama 1
Goodlettsville, Tenn. 4, San Antonio 3
Today
Game 25 — Nuevo Laredo, Mexico vs. Aguadulce, Panama, 10 a.m.
Game 26 — Petaluma, Calif. vs. Game 24 loser, 2 p.m.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 17 5 .773 —
Indiana 12 8 .600 4
Atlanta 11 11 .500 6
Chicago 8 13 .381 8½
New York 8 13 .381 8½
Washington 5 17 .227 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
x-Minnesota 18 4 .818 —
San Antonio 16 5 .762 1½
Los Angeles 17 6 .739 1½
Seattle 10 12 .455 8
Phoenix 4 17 .190 13½
Tulsa 3 18 .143 14½
x-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday’s result
Atlanta 82, Chicago 71
Today
New York at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Seattle, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
