Baseball

American League

East Division W L Pct GB

Boston 55 35 .611 – 

New York 44 44 .500 10 

Toronto 44 46 .489 11 

Baltimore 40 50 .444 15 

Tampa Bay 35 55 .389 20 

Central Division W L Pct GB

Detroit 53 36 .596 – 

Cleveland 53 37 .589 1/2

Minnesota 48 43 .527 6 

Chicago 40 49 .449 13 

Kansas City 39 51 .433 14 1/2

West Division W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 55 35 .611 – 

Seattle 51 37 .580 3 

Oakland 44 47 .484 11 1/2

Texas 38 52 .422 17 

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Friday’s Games

Toronto 6, Boston 5

Cleveland 5, Kansas City 4

Baltimore 2, Chicago White Sox 0

Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 4

Minnesota 5, Oakland 3

Detroit 6, Seattle 3

L.A. Angels 2, Texas 1

Saturday’s Games

Boston 9, Toronto 4

Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5

Baltimore 7, Chicago White Sox 6, 10 innings

N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4

Minnesota 4, Oakland 3

L.A. Angels 9, Texas 5

Seattle 6, Detroit 4

Sunday’s Games

Kansas City (De La Rosa 7-9) at Cleveland (Carmona 10-4), 10:05 a.m.

Chicago White Sox (Contreras 5-10) at Baltimore (Olson 0-0), 10:35 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 1-9), 10:40 a.m.

Toronto (Litsch 1-3) at Boston (Beckett 12-2), 11:05 a.m.

Oakland (Haren 10-3) at Minnesota (Bonser 5-6), 11:10 a.m.

Texas (McCarthy 4-6) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 6-5), 12:35 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 10-3) at Seattle (Weaver 2-6), 1:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Kansas City at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

National League

East Division W L Pct GB

New York 50 40 .556 – 

Atlanta 49 42 .538 1 1/2

Philadelphia 46 44 .511 4 

Florida 43 48 .473 7 1/2

Washington 37 53 .411 13 

Central Division W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 50 40 .556 – 

Chicago 46 43 .517 3 1/2

St. Louis 40 47 .460 8 1/2

Pittsburgh 40 50 .444 10 

Houston 39 52 .429 11 1/2

Cincinnati 37 54 .407 13 1/2

West Division W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 51 40 .560 – 

San Diego 49 40 .551 1 

Arizona 49 43 .533 2 1/2

Colorado 45 45 .500 5 1/2

San Francisco 38 50 .432 11 1/2

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Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 6, Houston 0

Washington 14, Florida 10

Philadelphia 13, St. Louis 3

Cincinnati 8, N.Y. Mets 4

Atlanta 9, Pittsburgh 1

Colorado 10, Milwaukee 6

Arizona 8, San Diego 3

L.A. Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1

Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Houston 3

L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 7, 12 innings

Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 4

Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 4

Milwaukee 2, Colorado 1, 10 innings

Florida 5, Washington 2

N.Y. Mets 2, Cincinnati 1

Arizona 5, San Diego 4

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-11) at Atlanta (Carlyle 3-2), 10:05 a.m.

Washington (Simontacchi 6-6) at Florida (Olsen 6-7), 10:05 a.m.

Cincinnati (Lohse 5-10) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 7-6), 10:10 a.m.

Colorado (Cook 5-6) at Milwaukee (Suppan 8-8), 11:05 a.m.

Houston (Rodriguez 6-7) at Chicago Cubs (Marquis 6-5), 11:20 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Tomko 1-7) at San Francisco (Lowry 9-6), 1:05 p.m.

San Diego (Germano 5-3) at Arizona (Webb 8-6), 1:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 7-7) at Philadelphia (Eaton 8-5), 3:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Florida, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Soccer

Major League Soccer

EAST W L T Pts GF GA

New England 7 3 5 26 26 17

Kansas City 7 5 4 25 27 22

D.C. United 7 5 3 24 26 21

New York 7 6 3 24 25 21

Columbus 5 5 7 22 21 23

Toronto FC 5 7 3 18 18 24

Chicago 4 8 4 16 13 26

WEST W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 10 5 2 32 25 10

FC Dallas 9 6 3 30 24 24

CD Chivas USA 7 5 3 24 20 16

Colorado 4 8 5 17 14 22

Los Angeles 3 5 4 13 17 18

Real Salt Lake 1 8 6 9 12 24

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Thursday’s Game

Houston 4, Chicago 0

Saturday’s Games

FC Dallas 3, D.C. United 3, tie

New England 1, New York 0

Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 0

CD Chivas USA 2, Columbus 1

Sunday’s Game

Toronto FC at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday

MLS All-Stars vs. Celtic FC at Commerce City, Colo., 6 p.m.

Sunday

Houston at New England, 1 p.m.

D.C. United at New York, 2 p.m.

Toronto FC at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended Detroit C Ivan Rodriguez for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for inappropriate actions during a game against Seattle on July 12.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Placed INF Melvin Mora on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jon Knott from Norfolk (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Optioned LHP Neal Musser to Omaha (PCL). Activated LHP John Bale from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Roman Colon on the 60-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Activated OF Travis Buck from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF J.J. Furmaniak to Sacramento (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS-Optioned LHP Ryan Feierabend to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled LHP Jake Woods from Tacoma.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS-Placed SS Alex Gonzalez on the bereavement list.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Optioned RHP Anderson Garcia to Ottawa (IL). Purchased the contract of RHP Clay Condrey from Ottawa. Transferred RHP Jon Lieber from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA-Suspended Golden State G-F Stephen Jackson and Sacramento F Ron Artest for seven games each, without pay, for violating the laws of Indiana and California, respectively.

NEW JERSEY NETS-Waived G Hassan Adams.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ST. LOUIS RAMS-Agreed to terms with C Dustin Fry, DT Clifton Ryan and OT Ken Shackleford on three-year contracts.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS-Promoted Jim Benning to assistant general manager and Don Sweeney to director of hockey operations and player development.