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American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 24 14 .632 —
Baltimore 23 15 .605 1
Boston 22 16 .579 2
Tampa Bay 19 18 .514 4½
Toronto 15 24 .385 9½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 21 15 .583 —
Cleveland 21 16 .568 ½
Kansas City 18 16 .529 2
Minnesota 18 17 .514 2½
Chicago 15 21 .417 6
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 24 13 .649 —
Oakland 19 20 .487 6
Seattle 18 20 .474 6½
Los Angeles 14 23 .378 10
Houston 10 29 .256 15
Monday’s Games
Cleveland 1, N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game
N.Y. Yankees 7, Cleveland 0, 2nd game
Detroit 7, Houston 2
Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 3
Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late
Texas at Oakland, late
Today’s Games
Cleveland (Kazmir 2-1) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 2-0), 1:05 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-3), 1:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 3-1) at Toronto (Dickey 2-5), 1:07 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 3-3) at Detroit (Fister 4-1), 1:08 p.m.
Boston (Lackey 1-3) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 6-0), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-1) at Minnesota (Correia 4-2), 2:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 5-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 1-3), 4:05 p.m.
Texas (D.Holland 3-2) at Oakland (Colon 3-2), 4:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 21 16 .568 —
Washington 20 17 .541 1
Philadelphia 18 21 .462 4
New York 14 21 .400 6
Miami 11 27 .289 10½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 24 13 .649 —
Cincinnati 22 16 .579 2½
Pittsburgh 21 17 .553 3½
Milwaukee 16 20 .444 7½
Chicago 16 22 .421 8½
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 23 15 .605 —
Arizona 21 17 .553 2
Colorado 20 18 .526 3
San Diego 16 21 .432 6½
Los Angeles 15 21 .417 7
Monday’s Games
Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 3
Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 1
Atlanta at Arizona, late
Washington at L.A. Dodgers, late
Today’s Games
Cleveland (Kazmir 2-1) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 2-0), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 1:05 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 2-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 1:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 3-1) at Toronto (Dickey 2-5), 1:07 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-3) at Miami (Nolasco 2-4), 1:10 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-2), 2:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-4) at St. Louis (Gast 0-0), 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Arizona (Corbin 5-0), 3:40 p.m.
Washington (Haren 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 4:10 p.m.
NBA Playoffs
Conference Semifinals
(Best of 7 series)
Saturday’s Games
Memphis 87, Oklahoma City 81
Indiana 82, New York 71, Indiana leads series 2-1
Sunday’s Game
Golden State 97, San Antonio 87, OT, series tied 2-2
Monday’s Games
Miami 88, Chicago 65, Miami leads series 3-1
Memphis 103, Oklahoma City 97, OT Memphis leads series 3-1
Today’s Games
New York at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Golden State at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at Miami, 1 p.m.
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Indiana at New York, 2 p.m.
San Antonio at Golden State, 4:30 p.m.
Monday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Mike Belfiore to Norfolk (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned 3B Lonnie Chisenhall to Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of LHP David Huff from Columbus. Recalled RHP Trevor Bauer from Columbus.
DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Austin Jackson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled OF Avisail from Toledo (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Announced the resignation of president and CEO George Postolos.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Brett Marshall from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned OF Brennan Boesch to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with 1B Anthony Rizzo on a seven-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS — Assigned C Corky Miller outright to Louisville (IL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned C Kyle Skipworth to New Orleans (PCL). Placed OF Austin Kearns on the restricted list.
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with OF Rick Ankiel on a one-year contract. Optioned OF Andrew Brown to Las Vegas (PCL). Transferred RHP Jenrry Mejia to the 60-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated INF Neil Walker from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Jordy Mercer to Indianapolis (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS_Placed RHP Jake Westbrook on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 9.
Carolina League
CAROLINA MUDCATS_Announced RHP Nick Pasquale was added to the roster from Lake County (MWL).
American Association
AMARILLO SOX — Signed INF KC Serna. Released INF Jody Martinez and OF David Fox.
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Chris Squires, LHP Gabriel Garcia and INF Jeff Lundell.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released INF Marquis Riley and INF Craig Hertler.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Traded RHP Dustin Williams to Laredo for a player to be named.
Can-Am League
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHP Bobby Blevins.
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Acquired RHP Tim Griffin from Winnipeg for future considerations.
Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Released RHP Chris Motta and RHP Wynn Pelzer. Placed RHP Mark Willinsky on the suspended list.
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Released RHP Jeff Arnold, C Dewayne Boyd, RHP Dan Cropper, RHP Nate Eppely, LHP R.J. Fondon, LHP Dan Osterbrock, RHP Josh Pond, RHP Marty Popham, 1B Trey Porras and 3B Kevin Wager.
FRONTIER GREYS — Released 1B Daniel Baptista, LHP Chris Cummins, RHP Brandon Kuter, C Ryan Levine and RHP Clayton VanderLaan.
JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released RHP Mark Belcastro, OF Derek Brown and LHP Forrest Moore.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Announced assistant coach Barry Hecker has left the team.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Promoted Dru Grigson to director of college scouting, Quentin Harris to director of pro scouting, and Josh Scobey to pro scout. Named Terry McDonough eastern regional scout, John Mancini area scout-midwest, Debbie Pollom college scouting coordinator and Glen Fox and Darius Vinnett scouting assistants.
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed CB Saeed Lee and K Jeremy Shelley.
BUFFALO BILLS — Announced Buddy Nix is stepping down as executive vice president/general manager and will remain with the club as special assistant.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Brenton Bersin, TE Logan Brock, C Brian Folkerts, DT Linden Gaydosh, WR Taulib Ikharo, LB Ben Jacobs, DE Louis Nzegwu and WR R.J. Webb. Waived WR Trey Diller, LB Damario Jeffery, DE Thomas Keiser and OL Zack Williams.
CHICAGO BEARS_Signed WR Demetrius Fields, DT Corvey Irvin and DT Christian Tupou. Agreed to terms with CB Maurice Jones. Released LB Dom DeCicco and CB LeQuan Lewis.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Sean Porter, HB Rex Burkhead and DT Terrence Stephens. Waived DT Travis Chappelear.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Akeem Auguste, DB Abdul Kanneh, P T.J. Conley, DL Nicolas Jean-Baptiste and LB Ausar Walcott. Waived DB Kevin Barnes, DB Ricky Tunstall, WR Mike Edwards, DL Paipai Falemalu and P Jake Schum.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB Joseph Randle, OL Edawn Coughman, OL D.J. Hall and WR Anthony Jones. Released OL Charlie Bryant and Aderious Simmons and WR Greg Herd.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed C Darren Keyton. Released C Skyler Allen.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed FB Jonathan Amosa, LB Donte Savage, CB Brandon Smith, WR Tyrone Walker and LB Jarvis Wilson. Released LB Micah Johnson and FB Ryan Roberson.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed RB Knile Davis, DL Risean Broussard, S Greg Castillo, DE Miguel Chavis, S Justin Glenn, RB Jordan Roberts and DB James Rogers. Released FB Ryan D’Imperio, RB Nate Eachus and DB Jose Gumbs.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Tyronne Green and OL R.J. Mattes. Released DL Brandon Deaderick and WR Andre Holmes.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed DE Baraka Atkins, WR Brent Leonard, DB Korey Lindsey, PK Jose Maltos, RB Khiry Robinson and G Jeremiah Warren. Waived RB Shawne Alston, CB Ryan Lacy and C Ryan Lee.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Chance Casey-Thomas, LB Eric Harper, WR Greg Jenkins, TE Jeron Mastrud, DE Ryan Robinson, C Andrew Robiskie and CB Mitchell White. Claimed WR Andre Holmes off waivers from New England. Waived CB Adrian Bushell, C Deveric Gallington, DB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, TE Mickey Shuler and LS Adam Steiner.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DT Antonio Johnson to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DE Steven Means and RB Mike James.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Brandon Jenkins and S Bacarri Rambo. Waived WR Jason Thompson.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed WR Ismael Bamba and DL Gregory Alexandre.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed CB Bert Brown, CB David James and LB Daniel Sheffield.
COLLEGE
ECAC — Named Dr. Kevin T. McGinniss commissioner.
CHATTANOOGA — Named Will Wade men’s basketball coach.
ELON — Named Jonathan Small director of football operations.
GEORGE MASON — Accepted an invitation to join the Eastern Wrestling League.
MANHATTAN — Named Alyssa Shale assistant athletic director for compliance.
MICHIGAN — Announced S Marvin Robinson and LBs Mike Jones and Kaleb Ringer have left the football team.
VIRGINIA — Announced the resignation of softball coach Eileen Schmidt.
Golf
World Golf Ranking
Through May 12
1. Tiger Woods USA 13.66
2. Rory McIlroy NIr 10.42
3. Adam Scott Aus 7.64
4. Justin Rose Eng 6.57
5. Brandt Snedeker USA 6.31
6. Luke Donald Eng 6.28
7. Louis Oosthuizen SAf 5.76
8. Graeme McDowell NIr 5.35
9. Steve Stricker USA 5.32
10. Phil Mickelson USA 5.23
11. Lee Westwood Eng 5.22
12. Matt Kuchar USA 5.13
13. Sergio Garcia Esp 4.90
14. Keegan Bradley USA 4.77
15. Ian Poulter Eng 4.71
16. Webb Simpson USA 4.68
17. Charl Schwartzel SAf 4.68
18. Bubba Watson USA 4.63
19. Dustin Johnson USA 4.40
20. Jason Dufner USA 4.31
21. Hunter Mahan USA 4.00
22. Ernie Els SAf 3.94
23. Peter Hanson Swe 3.92
24. Nick Watney USA 3.89
25. Jason Day Aus 3.62
NHL playoffs
National Hockey League
Daily glance
Friday’s Games
Toronto 2, Boston 1
Washington 2, NY Rangers 1, OT
Detroit 4, Anaheim 3, OT
Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 1, Los Angeles wins series 4-2
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington 0, series tied 3-3
Toronto 2, Boston 1
Detroit 3, Anaheim 2, Detroit wins series 4-3
Monday’s Games
Boston 5, Toronto 4, OT, Boston wins series 4-3
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, late
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Today’s Games
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Wednesday’s Game
Detroit at Chicago, 2 p.m.
TENNIS
Italian Open
Internazionali BNL d’Italia Results
Monday
At Foro Italico
Rome
Purse: Men, $4.17 million (WT1000); Women, $2.37 million (Premier)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Benoit Paire, France, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4.
Albert Ramos, Spain, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-0.
Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-2, 3-1, retired.
Potito Starace, Italy, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Marin Cilic (11), Croatia, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-2.
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Albert Montanes, Spain, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-5, 6-2.
Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Milos Raonic (14), Canada, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Mallory Burdette, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Peng Shuai, China, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Ayumi Morita, Japan, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-1, 6-3.
Nastassja Burnett, Italy, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-2.
Melanie Oudin, United States, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 2-6, 7-5, 4-2, retired.
Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Laura Robson, Britain, def. Venus Williams, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Sam Stosur (9), Australia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-3.
Simona Halep, Romania, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.
Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-0.
Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
