A.L. standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
All Times PDT
| East | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| New York | 76 | 50 | .603 | — | 6-4 | L-1 | 39-23 | 37-27 | 10-8 |
| Boston | 71 | 56 | .559 | 5 1/2 | 3-7 | W-2 | 39-24 | 32-32 | 16-2 |
| Toronto | 67 | 60 | .528 | 9 1/2 | 4-6 | L-1 | 39-26 | 28-34 | 9-9 |
| Baltimore | 56 | 71 | .441 | 20 1/2 | 5-5 | L-2 | 33-34 | 23-37 | 9-9 |
| Tampa Bay | 52 | 76 | .406 | 25 | 5-5 | L-1 | 34-31 | 18-45 | 11-7 |
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Detroit | 81 | 47 | .633 | — | z-4-6 | L-2 | 40-24 | 41-23 | 15-3 |
| Chicago | 75 | 52 | .591 | 5 1/2 | 4-6 | W-2 | 41-23 | 34-29 | 14-4 |
| Minnesota | 74 | 52 | .587 | 6 | z-7-3 | W-2 | 44-20 | 30-32 | 16-2 |
| Cleveland | 58 | 68 | .460 | 22 | z-6-4 | W-2 | 32-30 | 26-38 | 8-10 |
| Kansas City | 46 | 83 | .357 | 35 1/2 | z-5-5 | L-2 | 29-37 | 17-46 | 10-8 |
| West | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Oakland | 72 | 55 | .567 | — | z-7-3 | W-1 | 36-26 | 36-29 | 8-10 |
| Los Angeles | 67 | 61 | .523 | 5 1/2 | 6-4 | L-2 | 32-30 | 35-31 | 7-11 |
| Texas | 66 | 63 | .512 | 7 | 5-5 | W-1 | 31-31 | 35-32 | 7-11 |
| Seattle | 58 | 69 | .457 | 14 | 2-8 | W-1 | 33-30 | 25-39 | 14-4 |
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Thursday’s Results
Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 0
Minnesota 11, Baltimore 2
Texas 4, Tampa Bay 3
Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4
Seattle 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 2, L.A. Angels 1
Today’s Games
Detroit (Bonderman 11-5) at Cleveland (Sowers 5-3), 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hammel 0-1) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 6-8), 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City (L.Hudson 6-4) at Toronto (Marcum 1-3), 4:07 p.m.
Oakland (Zito 13-8) at Texas (Volquez 1-2), 5:35 p.m.
Minnesota (Radke 12-9) at Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 11-8), 5:35 p.m.
Boston (Schilling 14-5) at Seattle (Woods 3-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Wright 9-7) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 10-9), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
| East | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| New York | 78 | 48 | .619 | — | 7-3 | W-7 | 41-22 | 37-26 | 6-9 |
| Philadelphia | 64 | 63 | .504 | 14 1/2 | z-7-3 | L-1 | 33-35 | 31-28 | 5-13 |
| Florida | 60 | 66 | .476 | 18 | z-6-4 | W-4 | 31-30 | 29-36 | 9-9 |
| Atlanta | 59 | 67 | .468 | 19 | z-5-5 | L-2 | 26-33 | 33-34 | 5-10 |
| Washington | 54 | 73 | .425 | 24 1/2 | 3-7 | L-5 | 30-30 | 24-43 | 7-11 |
| Central | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| St. Louis | 66 | 60 | .524 | — | 4-6 | L-3 | 35-24 | 31-36 | 5-10 |
| Cincinnati | 67 | 61 | .523 | — | 6-4 | W-1 | 35-33 | 32-28 | 6-9 |
| Milwaukee | 62 | 65 | .488 | 4 1/2 | 7-3 | W-3 | 39-26 | 23-39 | 6-9 |
| Houston | 60 | 68 | .469 | 7 | 3-7 | L-1 | 34-31 | 26-37 | 7-11 |
| Chicago | 54 | 73 | .425 | 12 1/2 | z-5-5 | W-1 | 27-36 | 27-37 | 4-11 |
| Pittsburgh | 50 | 78 | .391 | 17 | z-5-5 | W-3 | 33-30 | 17-48 | 3-12 |
| West | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| Los Angeles | 66 | 61 | .520 | — | z-5-5 | L-3 | 39-26 | 27-35 | 5-10 |
| San Diego | 65 | 62 | .512 | 1 | 5-5 | W-4 | 33-36 | 32-26 | 7-8 |
| Arizona | 62 | 65 | .488 | 4 | 3-7 | L-4 | 30-31 | 32-34 | 4-11 |
| San Francisco | 62 | 66 | .484 | 4 1/2 | z-7-3 | L-1 | 35-31 | 27-35 | 8-7 |
| Colorado | 59 | 68 | .465 | 7 | z-2-8 | L-6 | 32-29 | 27-39 | 11-4 |
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Thursday’s Results
Milwaukee 12, Colorado 6
Chicago Cubs 11, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 5, Houston 3
N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 2
Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 3
Today’s Games
Houston (Clemens 5-4) at Pittsburgh (Santos 5-8), 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Wolf 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (Bannister 2-0), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Ortiz 9-11) at Atlanta (James 6-3), 4:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 9-9) at Florida (Nolasco 11-8), 4:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Mateo 1-1) at St. Louis (Suppan 9-7), 5:10 p.m.
San Diego (Thompson 3-4) at Colorado (Francis 9-10), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Maddux 11-11) at Arizona (Vargas 10-8), 6:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 13-8) at San Francisco (Morris 8-11), 7:15 p.m.