SCOREBOARD: Saturday, July 26, 2014
Published 7:46 am Friday, July 25, 2014
Baseball
American League
Trending
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 57 45 .559
New York 54 48 .529 3
Toronto 54 50 .519 4
Tampa Bay 50 53 .485 7½
Trending
Boston 47 56 .456 10½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 57 43 .570
Kansas City 52 50 .510 6
Cleveland 51 52 .495 7½
Chicago 50 54 .481 9
Minnesota 46 56 .451 12
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 63 39 .618
Los Angeles 61 41 .598 2
Seattle 53 50 .515 10½
Houston 42 61 .408 21½
Texas 41 62 .398 22½
Fridays Games
N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4
Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4
Texas 4, Oakland 1
Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 5
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 4
Miami 2, Houston 0
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1
Baltimore 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings
Saturdays Games
Toronto (Hutchison 6-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-1), 10:05 a.m.
Baltimore (B.Norris 8-6) at Seattle (C.Young 8-6), 1:10 p.m.
Boston (Lackey 11-6) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-1) at Minnesota (Darnell 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (McAllister 3-5) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-9), 4:10 p.m.
Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Gray 11-3) at Texas (Tepesch 3-6), 5:05 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 9-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 7-3), 6:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 10:40 a.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.
Miami at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Detroit at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas, 4:05 p.m.
Mondays Games
Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 5:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 56 44 .560
Atlanta 55 48 .534 2½
Miami 49 53 .480 8
New York 49 54 .476 8½
Philadelphia 45 58 .437 12½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 58 46 .558
Pittsburgh 54 48 .529 3
St. Louis 54 48 .529 3
Cincinnati 51 51 .500 6
Chicago 42 59 .416 14½
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 57 46 .553
Los Angeles 57 47 .548 ½
San Diego 46 56 .451 10½
Arizona 44 59 .427 13
Colorado 42 60 .412 14½
Fridays Games
Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 6
Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5
Washington 4, Cincinnati 1
San Diego 5, Atlanta 2
Miami 2, Houston 0
N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 1
L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 1
Saturdays Games
St. Louis (S.Miller 7-8) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-2), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-5) at Cincinnati (Cueto 10-6), 1:05 p.m.
Arizona (Collmenter 8-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-5), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Koehler 6-7) at Houston (Cosart 9-6), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-5) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 11-6), 4:10 p.m.
San Diego (Despaigne 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-6), 4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 2-1) at Colorado (Matzek 1-4), 5:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-7), 6:05 p.m.
Sundays Games
Washington at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m.
Miami at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.
San Diego at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 5:05 p.m.
Mondays Games
San Diego at Atlanta, 9:10 a.m.
Arizona at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 15 8 .652
Washington 12 13 .480 4
Indiana 11 13 .458 4½
New York 10 13 .435 5
Chicago 10 14 .417 5½
Connecticut 10 15 .400 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Phoenix 20 3 .870
Minnesota 19 6 .760 2
San Antonio 12 13 .480 9
Los Angeles 10 14 .417 10½
Seattle 9 17 .346 12½
Tulsa 8 17 .320 13
x-clinched playoff spot
Fridays Games
Washington 82, Tulsa 77
Chicago 79, Atlanta 75
Minnesota 88, San Antonio 78
Saturdays Games
Los Angeles at Seattle, 1 p.m.
Indiana at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
New York at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Sundays Games
Minnesota at Connecticut, Noon
Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Tulsa, 1:30 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 10 5 5 35 29 18
D.C. 10 5 4 34 29 20
Toronto FC 7 5 5 26 26 23
New York 5 6 9 24 32 31
New England 7 10 2 23 24 31
Philadelphia 5 8 8 23 33 35
Columbus 5 7 8 23 23 26
Chicago 3 5 11 20 27 33
Houston 5 11 4 19 22 40
Montreal 3 11 5 14 19 34
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 12 4 2 38 35 24
Real Salt Lake 8 4 8 32 31 26
Colorado 8 6 6 30 31 24
FC Dallas 8 7 5 29 32 29
Los Angeles 7 4 6 27 26 16
Vancouver 6 4 9 27 29 27
Portland 5 6 9 24 32 33
Chivas USA 6 9 5 23 21 33
San Jose 5 8 5 20 22 20
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Fridays Games
Colorado 3, Chivas USA 0
Saturdays Games
Sporting Kansas City at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Columbus at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Sundays Games
FC Dallas at Vancouver, 2 p.m.
Portland at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Mondays Game
Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.
National Womens Soccer League
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 13 1 4 43 35 15
FC Kansas City 10 5 4 34 32 25
Portland 8 6 6 30 37 28
Washington 8 8 4 28 31 39
Chicago 7 6 6 27 24 20
W. New York 7 10 3 24 33 28
Sky Blue FC 4 7 7 19 20 32
Houston 5 10 2 17 20 30
Boston 4 13 2 14 30 45
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Fridays Games
Boston 4, Western New York 2
Saturdays Games
Houston at Chicago, 11 a.m.
Sundays Games
Sky Blue FC at FC Kansas City, 3 p.m.
Portland at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.
Tennis
ATP World Tour
BB&T Atlanta Open
A U.S. Open Series event
Friday
At Atlantic Station
Atlanta
Purse: $647,675 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Quarterfinals
John Isner (1), United States, def. Marinko Matosevic (8), Australia, 7-6 (8), 6-4.
Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-2.
Jack Sock, United States, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Vasek Pospisil (4), Canada, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Nicolas Barrientos, Colombia, and Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Chris Guccione and John-Patrick Smith (3), Australia, 7-5, 3-6, 10-6.
Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Scott Lipsky (2), United States, 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Cycling
Tour de France
Friday
At Bergerac, France
19th Stage
129.5 miles through rain from Maubourguet to Bergerac, with only a single Category 4 climb near the finish
1. Ramunas Navardauskas, Lithuania, Garmin-Sharp, 4 hours, 43 minutes, 41 seconds.
2. John Degenkolb, Germany, Giant-Shimano, 7 seconds behind.
3. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, same time.
4. Mark Renshaw, Australia, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, same time.
5. Daniele Bennati, Italy, Tinkoff-Saxo, same time.
6. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, same time.
7. Samuel Dumoulin, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
8. Julien Simon, France, Cofidis, same time.
9. Sep Vanmarcke, Belgium, Belkin Pro Cycling, same time.
10. Jurgen Roelandts, Belgiu, Lotto Belisol, same time.
11. Romain Feillu, France, Bretagne-Seche Environnement, same time.
12. Matteo Trentin, Italy, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, same time.
13. Jan Bakelants, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, same time.
14. Michael Morkov, Denmark, Tinkoff-Saxo, same time.
15. Marco Marcato, Italy, Cannondale, same time.
16. Giovanni Visconti, Italy, Movistar, same time.
17. Jesus Herrada, Spain, Movistar, same time.
18. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ.fr, same time.
19. Arnold Jeannesson, France, FDJ.fr, same time.
20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 19 stages)
1. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 85 hours, 29 minutes, 33 seconds.
2. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ.fr, 7:10.
3. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 7:23.
4. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 7:25.
5. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 9:27.
6. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 11:34.
7. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 13:56.
8. Laurens ten Dam, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 14:15.
9. Leopold Konig, Czech Republic, NetApp-Endura, 14:37.
10. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Trek Factory Racing, 16:25.
11. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 17:48.
12. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Trek Factory Racing, 21:33.
13. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 29:58.
14. Yury Trofimov, Russia, Katusha, 32:30.
15. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 34:30.
16. Christopher Horner, United States, Lampre-Merida, 39:28.
17. Brice Feillu, France, Bretagne-Seche Environnement, 41:30.
18. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, 41:34.
19. John Gadret, France, Movistar, 41:41.
20. Tanel Kangert, Estonia, Astana, 50:34.
Golf
PGA
Canadian Open
Friday
At Royal Montreal Golf Club, Blue Course
Montreal
Purse: $5.7 million
Yardage: 7,143; Par: 70 (35-35)
Second Round Leaders
a-amateur
Jim Furyk 67-63130
Tim Petrovic 64-66130
Graham DeLaet 69-63132
Kyle Stanley 65-67132
Graeme McDowell 68-65133
Justin Hicks 66-67133
Scott Brown 67-66133
Andrew Svoboda 67-66133
Michael Putnam 64-70134
Matt Kuchar 69-65134
Greg Chalmers 66-68134
G. Fdez-Castano 67-67134
Danny Lee 69-65134
Nick Watney 66-68134
Tim Clark 67-67134
Jamie Lovemark 69-65134
Joe Durant 69-66135
Tim Wilkinson 67-68135
Robert Allenby 66-69135
Roberto Castro 69-67136
J.J. Henry 67-69136
Will Wilcox 68-68136
Edward Loar 72-64136
Retief Goosen 69-67136
Tim Herron 69-67136
Nathan Green 67-69136
Eric Axley 68-68136
Dicky Pride 66-71137
David Hearn 67-70137
Ben Curtis 67-70137
Martin Laird 71-66137
Matt Bettencourt 67-70137
Ernie Els 70-67137
Stewart Cink 68-69137
Scott Piercy 72-65137
Patrick Rodgers 71-66137
Steve Marino 69-69138
Russell Knox 72-66138
Woody Austin 68-70138
Charl Schwartzel 66-72138
Vijay Singh 69-69138
Morgan Hoffmann 69-69138
Joel Dahmen 66-72138
Troy Matteson 70-68138
Jerry Kelly 67-71138
Johnson Wagner 71-67138
Brandt Snedeker 69-69138
Geoff Ogilvy 70-68138
Ken Duke 67-71138
Auto racing
NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
BRICKYARD 400
Site: Indianapolis.
Schedule: Saturday, practice (ESPN2, 6-8 a.m.), qualifying (ESPN, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 10 a.m. (ESPN, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles).
Race distance: 400 miles, 160 laps.
Last year: Indiana driver Ryan Newman raced to the last of his 17 Cup victories.
Last race: Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire on July 13 to complete a Nationwide-Cup weekend sweep.
Fast facts: Race winners get first priority for the 16-driver Chase as long as they are in the top 30 in the standings and attempted to qualify for every race. Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson lead the series with three victories. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano each have two wins, and Aric Almirola, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch also have won. Gordon leads the standings. … Hendrick Motorsports teammates Johnson and Gordon share the track Cup record with four victories. … Tony Stewart, from Indiana, won the 2005 and 2007 races. … Juan Pablo Montoya, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner, is driving for owner Roger Penske in his second NASCAR start of the year. He won the IndyCar event at Pocono this month for his first victory in his return to open-wheel racing. … Danica Patrick made seven starts in the Indy 500, finishing third in 2009.
Next race: GoBowling.com 400, Aug. 3, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NATIONWIDE
LILLY DIABETES 250
Site: Indianapolis.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 9-10:30 a.m.); race, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN, 1-4 p.m.).
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles).
Race distance: 250 miles, 100 laps.
Last year: Kyle Busch raced to the eighth of his 12 2013 victories.
Last week: Chase Elliott won for the third time this year, holding off Trevor Bayne at Chicagoland Speedway to take the season points lead.
Fast facts: Busch has three victories in 14 starts this year to extend his series-record victory total to 66. … Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano are racing. … Elliott is seven points ahead of JR Motorsports teammate Regan Smith and eight in front of Elliott Sadler. … In 2012, Brad Keselowski won the first Nationwide race at the historic track.
Next race: U.S. Cellular 250, Aug. 2, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa.
Online: http://www.nascar.com