SportsMay 4, 2017

baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 17 9 .654 -

Baltimore 16 10 .615 1

Boston 15 12 .556 21/2

Tampa Bay 14 15 .483 41/2

Toronto 9 19 .321 9

Central Division W L Pct GB

Minnesota 14 11 .560 -

Cleveland 15 12 .556 -

Chicago 14 12 .538 1/2

Detroit 14 13 .519 1

Kansas City 9 17 .346 51/2

West Division W L Pct GB

Houston 19 9 .679 -

Los Angeles 15 14 .517 41/2

Seattle 12 16 .429 7

Oakland 11 16 .407 71/2

Texas 11 17 .393 8

Wednesday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 6

Boston 4, Baltimore 2

Cleveland 3, Detroit 2

Miami 10, Tampa Bay 6

Houston 10, Texas 1

Minnesota 7, Oakland 4

Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 1

Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 7

Today's Games

Cleveland (Salazar 2-2) at Detroit (Fulmer 2-1), 10:10 a.m.

Oakland (Cotton 2-3) at Minnesota (Gibson 0-3), 10:10 a.m.

Texas (Griffin 2-0) at Houston (Musgrove 1-2), 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Holland 2-2) at Kansas City (Kennedy 0-2), 11:15 a.m.

Baltimore (Jimenez 1-1) at Boston (Kendrick 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Miami (Straily 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Meyer 0-0) at Seattle (Miranda 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 18 9 .667 -

Philadelphia 12 14 .462 51/2

Miami 12 14 .462 51/2

New York 12 15 .444 6

Atlanta 11 15 .423 61/2

Central Division W L Pct GB

Chicago 15 12 .556 -

Milwaukee 14 14 .500 11/2

St. Louis 13 13 .500 11/2

Cincinnati 13 14 .481 2

Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 3

West Division W L Pct GB

Colorado 17 11 .607 -

Arizona 17 12 .586 1/2

Los Angeles 15 13 .536 2

San Diego 12 17 .414 51/2

San Francisco 10 18 .357 7

Wednesday's Games

Milwaukee at St. Louis, ppd.

Washington 2, Arizona 1

Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 2

Miami 10, Tampa Bay 6

N.Y. Mets 16, Atlanta 5

Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia 4

Colorado 11, San Diego 3

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Today's Games

Pittsburgh (Nova 3-2) at Cincinnati (Adleman 0-1), 12:35 p.m.

Arizona (Shipley 0-0) at Washington (Scherzer 3-2), 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 2-3), 2:20 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 3-1) at San Diego (Perdomo 0-0), 3:40 p.m.

Miami (Straily 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

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Milwaukee (Anderson 2-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 2-3), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 1-2) at Atlanta (Garcia 1-1), 7:35 p.m.

hockey

NHL playoffs

Wednesday

Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1

Anaheim 4, Edmonton 3, OT, series tied 2-2

Today

Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.

golf

CLARKSTON GOLF AND COUNTRY

Ladies Day

Wednesday

A division

Gross - Sharon Vahlkamp, 48. Net - Lila Noland, 43.

B division

Gross - Linda Ruthruff, 52. Net - Barb Dertinger, 421/2.

C division

Gross - Elva Rogers, 57. Net - Sabreen Dodson, 421/2.

basketball

NBA PLAYOFFS

Wednesday

Cleveland 125, Toronto 103, Cleveland leads series 2-0

San Antonio 121, Houston 96, series tied 1-1

Today

Boston at Washington, 5 p.m.

Utah at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL - Suspended Detroit minor league RHP Voelker (Erie-EL) 50 games after testing positive for Amphetamine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS - Recalled RHP Joe Colon from Columbus (IL). Placed RHP Corey Kluber on the 10-day DL.

MINNESOTA TWINS - Optioned LHP Buddy Boshers to Rochester (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS - Placed LHP Sean Doolittle on the 10-day DL, retroactive to April 30. Designated RHP Cesar Valdez for assignment. Recalled RHP Bobby Wahl from Nashville (PCL). Seelected the contract of RHP Josh Smith from Nashville.

SEATTLE MARINERS - Sent RHP Casey Fien outright to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS - Placed LHP Cole Hamels on the 10-day DL, retroactive to April 30. Recalled RHP Anthony Bass from Round Rock (PCL).

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES - Reinstated LHP Mike Dunn from the 10-day DL. Selected the contract of C Ryan Hanigan from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Carlos Estevez to Albuquerque. Placed C Tony Wolters on the seven-day concussion DL.

MIAMI MARLINS - Placed RHP Edinson Volquez on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Nick Wittgren from New Orleans (PCL).

American Association

CLEBURNE RAILROADERS - Signed 1B/OF Kewby Meyer and RHPs Agapito Barrios and Taylor Thurber.

WICHITA WINGNUTS - Signed RHP Danny Moskovits. Released RHP Collin Balester.

Can-Am League

QUEBEC CAPITALES - Released OF Tanner Nivins.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS - Signed INF Conner Hale.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA - Fined Houston C Nene $15,000 for escalating an altercation by pushing San Antonio C Dewayne Dedmon above the shoulders, during a May 1 game at San Antonio.

CYCLING

USADA - Announced U.S. cyclist Scot Harvey accepted a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation related to his refusal to provide a sample. Harvey's four-year period of ineligibility began on March 20, 2017, the date he refused to provide a sample. He was disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to March 20, 2017, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS - Signed C-G Tony Bergstrom to a one-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS - Claimed DE Zach Moore off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers.

DENVER BRONCOS - Signed DE Billy Winn. Waived DE Bobby Richardson.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS - Waived G Isiah Cage.

LOS ANGELES RAMS - Waived OG David Arkin, DB Jerome Couplin, LS Andrew East, RB Brandon Wegher and TE Bryce Williams.

NEW YORK JETS - Claimed OL Alex Balducci off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ARIZONA COYOTES - Announced Ari Segal chief operating officer has left the team.

DETROIT RED WINGS - Named Adam Nightingale assistant coach/video.

LOS ANGELES KINGS - Signed D Oscar Fantenberg to a one-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS - Recalled F Cody Bass from Milwaukee (AHL).

ECHL

ECHL - Approved a transfer of controlling interest of the Orlando Solar Bears from Orlando Pro Hockey Operations, LLC, to Orlando Solar Bears, LLC.

SOCCER

Najor League Soccer

NEW YORK CITY - Signed F David Villa to a contract extension through 2018.

COLLEGE

HAMILTON - Named John Geissinger men's and women's swimming and diving coach.

MINNESOTA - Signed men's basketball coach Richard Pitino to a contract extension through the 2021-22 season.

WAKE FOREST - Dismissed QB Kyle Kearns for a violation of team rules.

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