A.L. standings
Tue., Aug. 30, 2005
AMERICAN LEAGUE
All times PDT
| East | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Boston | 75 | 54 | .581 | — | z-6-4 | W-2 | 41-19 | 34-35 | 12-6 |
| New York | 74 | 56 | .569 | 1 1/2 | z-8-2 | W-5 | 44-24 | 30-32 | 11-7 |
| Toronto | 65 | 65 | .500 | 10 1/2 | 2-8 | L-1 | 35-27 | 30-38 | 8-10 |
| Baltimore | 61 | 69 | .469 | 14 1/2 | 1-9 | L-4 | 33-35 | 28-34 | 8-10 |
| Tampa Bay | 55 | 77 | .417 | 21 1/2 | z-6-4 | L-1 | 37-32 | 18-45 | 3-15 |
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Chicago | 79 | 49 | .617 | — | 5-5 | L-2 | 37-27 | 42-22 | 12-6 |
| Cleveland | 74 | 58 | .561 | 7 | z-8-2 | W-2 | 33-31 | 41-27 | 15-3 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 62 | .527 | 11 1/2 | z-5-5 | W-1 | 36-29 | 33-33 | 8-10 |
| Detroit | 62 | 67 | .481 | 17 1/2 | z-5-5 | L-2 | 32-33 | 30-34 | 9-9 |
| Kansas City | 42 | 87 | .326 | 37 1/2 | 4-6 | L-4 | 25-39 | 17-48 | 9-9 |
| West | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Oakland | 74 | 56 | .569 | — | z-7-3 | W-6 | 39-26 | 35-30 | 10-8 |
| Los Angeles | 73 | 57 | .562 | 1 | z-4-6 | L-4 | 37-28 | 36-29 | 12-6 |
| Texas | 62 | 68 | .477 | 12 | 5-5 | W-2 | 36-29 | 26-39 | 9-9 |
| Seattle | 55 | 75 | .423 | 19 | 3-7 | L-1 | 31-35 | 24-40 | 10-8 |
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Monday’s Results
Oakland 10, Baltimore 5, 12 innings
Boston 10, Tampa Bay 6
Cleveland 10, Detroit 8
Texas 7, Chicago White Sox 5
Minnesota 3, Kansas City 1, 10 innings
N.Y. Yankees 7, Seattle 4
Today’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Garland 16-7 and McCarthy 0-1) at Texas (Benoit 3-4 and Volquez 0-0), 2, 2:05 p.m.
Detroit (Maroth 11-12) at Cleveland (Lee 14-4), 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 7-9) at Boston (Schilling 5-6), 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Lopez 13-7) at Toronto (Bush 3-7), 4:07 p.m.
Minnesota (Silva 8-6) at Kansas City (Lima 5-12), 5:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chacon 3-1) at Seattle (Harris 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Zito 12-10) at L.A. Angels (Colon 17-6), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All times PDT
| East | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Atlanta | 74 | 56 | .569 | — | 5-5 | W-2 | 41-21 | 33-35 | 7-8 |
| Philadelphia | 70 | 61 | .534 | 4 1/2 | 5-5 | L-2 | 40-28 | 30-33 | 7-8 |
| Florida | 69 | 62 | .527 | 5 1/2 | 5-5 | L-2 | 38-29 | 31-33 | 10-5 |
| New York | 68 | 62 | .523 | 6 | z-7-3 | L-2 | 40-25 | 28-37 | 5-10 |
| Washington | 67 | 63 | .515 | 7 | z-4-6 | L-2 | 36-26 | 31-37 | 12-6 |
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| St. Louis | 84 | 48 | .636 | — | z-7-3 | W-3 | 41-25 | 43-23 | 10-5 |
| Houston | 68 | 62 | .523 | 15 | 4-6 | L-2 | 42-22 | 26-40 | 7-8 |
| Milwaukee | 64 | 67 | .489 | 19 1/2 | z-5-5 | L-2 | 34-28 | 30-39 | 8-7 |
| Cincinnati | 62 | 68 | .477 | 21 | z-8-2 | W-4 | 36-33 | 26-35 | 7-8 |
| Chicago | 62 | 69 | .473 | 21 1/2 | z-3-7 | L-1 | 32-35 | 30-34 | 6-9 |
| Pittsburgh | 54 | 77 | .412 | 29 1/2 | z-2-8 | L-5 | 27-37 | 27-40 | 5-7 |
| West | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| San Diego | 64 | 66 | .492 | — | z-5-5 | L-1 | 35-31 | 29-35 | 7-11 |
| Arizona | 61 | 72 | .459 | 4 1/2 | z-4-6 | W-3 | 29-37 | 32-35 | 8-10 |
| Los Angeles | 60 | 71 | .458 | 4 1/2 | z-5-5 | W-3 | 32-33 | 28-38 | 5-13 |
| San Francisco | 57 | 73 | .438 | 7 | 4-6 | L-1 | 28-37 | 29-36 | 6-12 |
| Colorado | 52 | 79 | .397 | 12 1/2 | 7-3 | W-1 | 33-35 | 19-44 | 6-9 |
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Monday’s Results
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain
St. Louis 6, Florida 1
Washington at Atlanta, ppd., rain
L.A. Dodgers 9, Chicago Cubs 6
Arizona 7, San Diego 5
Colorado 2, San Francisco 1
Today’s Games
St. Louis (Morris 14-5) at Florida (Valdez 1-1), 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Tejeda 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (Seo 6-1), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Patterson 8-4) at Atlanta (Sosa 9-2), 4:35 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Penny 6-8) at Chicago Cubs (Prior 9-5), 5:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 0-0) at Milwaukee (D.Davis 9-9), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Ra.Ortiz 8-9) at Houston (Rodriguez 8-6), 5:05 p.m.
Arizona (Vazquez 10-13) at San Diego (Peavy 11-6), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 3-1) at San Francisco (Hennessey 4-6), 7:15 p.m.
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