Pro baseball ADVERTISING Pro baseball Major League Baseball National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 48 40 .545 — Atlanta 49 41 .544 — Miami 43 46 .483 5½ New York 41 49 .456 8 Philadelphia 39 51
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 48 40 .545 —
Atlanta 49 41 .544 —
Miami 43 46 .483 5½
New York 41 49 .456 8
Philadelphia 39 51 .433 10
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 52 39 .571 —
St. Louis 49 42 .538 3
Cincinnati 48 42 .533 3½
Pittsburgh 47 43 .522 4½
Chicago 38 51 .427 13
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 51 41 .554 —
San Francisco 49 40 .551 ½
San Diego 40 50 .444 10
Arizona 38 53 .418 12½
Colorado 38 53 .418 12½
Tuesday’s Games
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game
Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain
Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5
N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 3
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 2nd game
Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4
Colorado 2, San Diego 1
Miami at Arizona, late
San Francisco at Oakland, late
Wednesday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 7:08 a.m.
San Diego (Stults 3-11) at Colorado (Jurrjens 0-1), 9:10 a.m.
Miami (Eovaldi 5-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 7-5), 9:40 a.m.
Washington (Fister 7-2) at Baltimore (B.Norris 7-5), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (E.Santana 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-1), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 11-3), 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-8) at Milwaukee (Lohse 9-3), 2:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Cumpton 3-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 2:15 p.m.
Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 4:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 49 40 .551 —
Toronto 47 44 .516 3
New York 45 44 .506 4
Tampa Bay 42 51 .452 9
Boston 39 51 .433 10½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 49 37 .570 —
Kansas City 46 43 .517 4½
Cleveland 44 45 .494 6½
Chicago 44 47 .484 7½
Minnesota 39 49 .443 11
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 56 33 .629 —
Los Angeles 52 36 .591 3½
Seattle 49 40 .551 7
Texas 38 52 .422 18½
Houston 38 54 .413 19½
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain
Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5
Chicago White Sox 8, Boston 3
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3
Houston 8, Texas 3
San Francisco at Oakland, late
Toronto at L.A. Angels, late
Minnesota at Seattle, late
Wednesday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 7:08 a.m.
Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 9:35 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-6), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (Fister 7-2) at Baltimore (B.Norris 7-5), 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-1) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Ventura 6-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-6), 1:10 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at Texas (Darvish 8-4), 2:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 7-7) at Seattle (Elias 7-7), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 4:15 p.m.
SOCCER
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, July 8
Game 61
At Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Brazil 1, Germany 7
Wednesday, July 9
Game 62
At Sao Paulo
Netherlands vs. Argentina, 10 a.m.
THIRD PLACE
Saturday, July 12
Game 63
At Brasilia, Brazil
Brazil vs. , 10 a.m.
FINAL
Sunday, July 13
Game 64
At Rio De Janeiro
Germany vs. , 9 a.m.
Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Plourde on a minor league contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP Justin Masterson on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Tyler Holt to Columbus (IL). Designated RHP Mark Lowe for assignment. Selected the contract of C Roberto Perez from Columbus. Recalled LHP Nick Hagadone from Columbus.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed OF Alex Presley on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled OF Robbie Grossman from Oklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Ronny Ramirez on a minor league contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Saunders on a minor league contract and will assign him to Omaha (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day DL. Recalled C-OF Chris Herrmann from Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Bruce Billings to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated C John Buck for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Brett Ash on a minor league contract.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP Jeff Beliveau to Durham (IL). Reinstated RHP Jeremy Hellickson from the 15-day DL and LHP Cesar Ramos from paternity leave.
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Nick Martinez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 2. Recalled RHP Phil Irwin from Round Rock (PCL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent OF Mark Trumbo to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHP Pedro Beato to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment.
CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled LHP Tsuyoshi Wada from Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS — Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Reinstated C Brayan Pena from paternity leave. Recalled LHP David Holmberg from Louisville (IL). Sent 3B Jack Hannahan to Dayton (MWL) for a rehab assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent OF Carlos Gonzalez to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Pedro Baez from Albuquerque (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent LHP Francisco Liriano to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent 2B Marco Scutaro to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Zach LaVine.
FOOTBALL
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed RB Noel Devine.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed D Alex Grant to a one-year, two-way contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Re-signed C Sean Collins to a one-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with C Brett Olson and D Greg Zanon on one-year contracts.
COLLEGE
ARMY — Named Brian Bancroft acting track and field and cross country coach.
BROWN — Announced the retirement of men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Peter Brown.
DAYTON — Named Sarah Willis assistant softball coach.
GREEN MOUNTAIN — Named Ashley Stevens women’s soccer coach and women’s lacrosse coach.
GRU AUGUSTA — Named Special Jennings women’s assistant basketball coach.
HOBART — Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Mike Neer.
LEHMAN — Named Durval Morgan trainer.
MIAMI — Dismissed LBs JaWand Blue and Alexander Figueroa from the football team.
NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Taquan Abdullah men’s assistant basketball coach.
CYCLING
Tour de France Top 10 results
Tuesday
At Lille, France
Fourth Stage
A 101.5-mile flat ride from Le Touquet to Lille, with a pair of Category 4 climbs
1. Marcel Kittel, Germany, Giant-Shimano, 3 hours, 36 minutes, 39 seconds.
2. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, same time.
3. Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ.fr, same time.
4. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, same time.
5. Bryan Coquard, France, Europcar, same time.
6. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto-Belisol, same time.
7. Mark Renshaw, Australia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.
8. Danny van Poppel, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, same time.
9. Davide Cimolai, Italy, Lampre-Merida, same time.
10. Daniel Oss, Italy, BMC Racing, same time.
Overall Top 10 standings
(After four stages)
1. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 17 hours, 7 minutes, 52 seconds.
2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Cannondale, 2 seconds behind.
3. Michael Albasini, Orica GreenEdge, same time.
4. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time.
5. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, same time.
6. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time.
7. Christopher Froome, Britain, Sky, same time.
8. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.
9. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, same time.
10. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, same time.
