SCOREBOARD

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, July 24, 2019

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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East Division

                         W       L         Pct      GB

New York        64     35       .646     —

Tampa Bay     57      46      .553       9

Boston             55      46      .545      10

Toronto          38       64     .373       27.5

Baltimore       31       68      .313       33

Central Division

                      W       L            Pct       GB

Minnesota   61     38          .616       

Cleveland    58     41          .586        3

Chicago        45     52         .464        15

Kansas City 37     64         .362        25

Detroit         30     65          .316       29

West Division

                           W       L       Pct       GB

Houston           65      37     .637      —

Oakland           57      44     .564      7.5

Los Angeles     52     49    .515       12.5

Texas                50      50    .500      14

Seattle              41      62    .398      24.5

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

                            W       L        Pct       GB

Atlanta               60     41      .594       —

Washington      52     46       .531       6.5

Philadelphia     52     48       .520      7.5

New York          45     54        .455      14

Miami                36     62        .367      22.5

Central Division

                        W      L         Pct     GB

Chicago         54     46       .540    —

St. Louis       52     47        .525     1.5

Milwaukee   53     49        .520    2

Pittsburgh    46     53        .465     7.5

Cincinnati    45     53        .459      8

West Division

                            W       L       Pct     GB

Los Angeles      67      35     .657     —

Arizona              51      50    .505      15.5

San Francisco   51     50    .505       15.5

Colorado            47     52    .475       18.5

San Diego          47     52    .475       18.5

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wednesday’s Games

Boston (Price 7-3) at Tampa Bay (Morton 11-3), 12:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-5) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-7), 1:10 p.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 7-4) at Houston (Verlander 12-4), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Means 8-5) at Arizona (Clarke 2-3), 3:40 p.m.

Texas (Minor 8-5) at Seattle (Leake 8-8), 3:40 p.m.

Cleveland (Bieber 9-3) at Toronto (Stroman 6-10), 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City (Keller 6-9) at Atlanta (Teheran 5-6), 7:20 p.m.

Miami (Gallen 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 5-8), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Happ 8-5) at Minnesota (Odorizzi 11-4), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Barria 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-3), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:07 p.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wednesday’s Games

Colorado (Gray 9-7) at Washington (Corbin 7-5), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-5) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-7), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Mahle 2-10) at Milwaukee (Chacin 3-10), 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Means 8-5) at Arizona (Clarke 2-3), 3:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-6) at San Francisco (Beede 3-3), 3:45 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 2-7) at Washington (TBD), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

St. Louis (Wainwright 6-7) at Pittsburgh (Lyles 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Lamet 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-4), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Keller 6-9) at Atlanta (Teheran 5-6), 7:20 p.m.

Miami (Gallen 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 5-8), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Barria 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-3), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

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American League Leaders

BATTING: LeMahieu, New York, .338; Brantley, Houston, .328; Devers, Boston, .321; Bogaerts, Boston, .313; Merrifield, Kansas City, .309; Polanco, Minnesota, .308; Alberto, Baltimore, .307; Moncada, Chicago, .304; Springer, Houston, .300; Trout, Los Angeles, .300.

RUNS: Betts, Boston, 89; Devers, Boston, 78; Bogaerts, Boston, 77; Trout, Los Angeles, 77; Bregman, Houston, 73; LeMahieu, New York, 72; Merrifield, Kansas City, 70; Semien, Oakland, 70; CSantana, Cleveland, 67; Encarnacion, New York, 66.

RBI: Trout, Los Angeles, 79; Devers, Boston, 77; Bogaerts, Boston, 76; Abreu, Chicago, 72; Encarnacion, New York, 71; LeMahieu, New York, 70; Soler, Kansas City, 70; Kepler, Minnesota, 65; Rosario, Minnesota, 65; DSantana, Seattle, 65.

HITS: Merrifield, Kansas City, 131; LeMahieu, New York, 128; Devers, Boston, 126; Brantley, Houston, 122; Polanco, Minnesota, 121; Bogaerts, Boston, 118; Semien, Oakland, 112; Betts, Boston, 110; Gurriel, Houston, 110; 2 tied at 107.

DOUBLES: Castellanos, Detroit, 34; Bogaerts, Boston, 33; Devers, Boston, 30; Merrifield, Kansas City, 28; Chapman, Oakland, 27; Polanco, Minnesota, 27; Brantley, Houston, 26; 4 tied at 25.

TRIPLES: Merrifield, Kansas City, 9; Mondesi, Kansas City, 9; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 6; Smith, Seattle, 6; Dozier, Kansas City, 5; Gardner, New York, 5; Meadows, Tampa Bay, 5; Polanco, Minnesota, 5; 4 tied at 4.

HOME RUNS: Trout, Los Angeles, 32; Encarnacion, New York, 29; Soler, Kansas City, 27; Bregman, Houston, 26; Kepler, Minnesota, 25; Sanchez, New York, 24; Nunez, Baltimore, 23; Vogelbach, Seattle, 23; 4 tied at 22.

STOLEN BASES: Mondesi, Kansas City, 31; Smith, Seattle, 27; Andrus, Texas, 21; Ramirez, Cleveland, 21; Hamilton, Kansas City, 17; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 17; Villar, Baltimore, 17; Gordon, Seattle, 16; Anderson, Chicago, 15; Merrifield, Kansas City, 15.

PITCHING: German, New York, 12-2; Lynn, Texas, 12-6; Rodriguez, Boston, 12-4; Verlander, Houston, 12-4; Cole, Houston, 11-5; Giolito, Chicago, 11-4; Gonzales, Seattle, 11-8; Morton, Tampa Bay, 11-3; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 11-4; 7 tied at 9.

ERA: Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.61; Minor, Texas, 2.86; Berrios, Minnesota, 2.96; Verlander, Houston, 2.99; Cole, Houston, 3.03; Stroman, Toronto, 3.06; Giolito, Chicago, 3.12; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 3.18; Miley, Houston, 3.25; Chirinos, Tampa Bay, 3.30.

STRIKEOUTS: Cole, Houston, 205; Sale, Boston, 172; Verlander, Houston, 172; Bauer, Cleveland, 170; Boyd, Detroit, 160; Bieber, Cleveland, 156; Lynn, Texas, 152; Morton, Tampa Bay, 152; Snell, Tampa Bay, 136; Giolito, Chicago, 134.

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National League Leaders

BATTING: McNeil, New York, .339; Yelich, Milwaukee, .337; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .332; KMarte, Arizona, .322; Blackmon, Colorado, .319; Rendon, Washington, .316; Arenado, Colorado, .307; Dahl, Colorado, .303; Freeman, Atlanta, .301; Verdugo, Los Angeles, .300.

RUNS: Bellinger, Los Angeles, 79; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 78; Bryant, Chicago, 77; Yelich, Milwaukee, 77; Freeman, Atlanta, 75; Blackmon, Colorado, 74; Story, Colorado, 74; Bell, Pittsburgh, 72; Rendon, Washington, 70; Baez, Chicago, 67.

RBI: Bell, Pittsburgh, 86; Escobar, Arizona, 79; Freeman, Atlanta, 78; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 77; Arenado, Colorado, 76; Yelich, Milwaukee, 76; Alonso, New York, 75; Harper, Philadelphia, 70; Rizzo, Chicago, 69; Muncy, Los Angeles, 68.

HITS: KMarte, Arizona, 126; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 119; Freeman, Atlanta, 119; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 116; Yelich, Milwaukee, 116; Arenado, Colorado, 115; Baez, Chicago, 115; Escobar, Arizona, 115; Blackmon, Colorado, 113; 2 tied at 112.

DOUBLES: Bell, Pittsburgh, 32; Bryant, Chicago, 29; Harper, Philadelphia, 29; Rendon, Washington, 27; Freeman, Atlanta, 26; McNeil, New York, 26; Baez, Chicago, 25; KMarte, Arizona, 25; 4 tied at 24.

TRIPLES: Escobar, Arizona, 9; Blackmon, Colorado, 7; KMarte, Arizona, 6; Rosario, New York, 5; Tapia, Colorado, 5; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 5; 8 tied at 4.

HOME RUNS: Yelich, Milwaukee, 35; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 34; Alonso, New York, 33; Renfroe, San Diego, 28; Bell, Pittsburgh, 27; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 26; Muncy, Los Angeles, 26; Reyes, San Diego, 26; Suarez, Cincinnati, 26; 2 tied at 25.

STOLEN BASES: Yelich, Milwaukee, 23; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 21; Dyson, Arizona, 21; Turner, Washington, 20; Robles, Washington, 15; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 14; Wong, St. Louis, 14; Margot, San Diego, 13; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 13; Puig, Cincinnati, 13.

PITCHING: Strasburg, Washington, 12-4; Ryu, Los Angeles, 11-2; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 11-3; Fried, Atlanta, 10-4; Greinke, Arizona, 10-4; Soroka, Atlanta, 10-2; 8 tied at 9.

ERA: Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.76; Scherzer, Washington, 2.30; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.36; Soroka, Atlanta, 2.46; Davies, Milwaukee, 2.79; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.84; Greinke, Arizona, 2.93; deGrom, New York, 3.03; Buehler, Los Angeles, 3.23; Gray, Cincinnati, 3.29.

STRIKEOUTS: Scherzer, Washington, 181; Ray, Arizona, 162; deGrom, New York, 154; Strasburg, Washington, 151; Corbin, Washington, 144; Castillo, Cincinnati, 138; Nola, Philadelphia, 138; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 136; Marquez, Colorado, 133; Buehler, Los Angeles, 131.

APPALACHIAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

East Division

                       

                         W     L         Pct     GB

Pulaski             21    11       .656    

Burlington       17    16      .515      4.5

Princeton         16    16      .500     5

Bluefield          15     17      .469     6

Danville           14     19      .424     7.5

                                   West Division

                              W      L      Pct      GB

Elizabethton      18      14    .563      

Johnson City     16      16    .500       2

Bristol                 15      17    .469        3

Kingsport           15      17    .469        3

Greeneville        14      18    .438        4

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TRANSACTIONS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Danny Salazar to Columbus (IL) for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Signed RHP Edwin Jackson to a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Rogelio Armenteros to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated INF Aledmys Díaz from the 10-day IL.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent RHP JC Ramirez to Inland Empire (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Zack Littell to Rochester (IL). Placed 1B C.J. Cron on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 21. Recalled LHP Lewis Thorpe from Rochester. Selected the contract of RHP Cody Stashak from Rochester.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned LHP Stephen Tarpley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Jonathan Holder from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed LHP Brett Anderson on paternity leave. Recalled OF Nick Martini from Las Vegas (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Matt Festa to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Shawn Kelley on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Rafael Montero from Nashville (PCL). Designated OF Carlos Tocci for assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed RHP Trent Thornton on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 21. Assigned RHP Nick Kingham outright to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated LHP Ryan Borucki from the 60-day IL.

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National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent OF David Peralta to the AZL Diamondbacks for a rehab assignment.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Patrick Weigel to Gwinnett (IL).

CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled RHP Rowan Wick from Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed RHP Tyler Mahle on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 20. Recalled RHP Sal Romano from Louisville (IL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Brandon Woodruff on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Burch Smith from San Antonio (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Suspended RHP Keone Kela two games for an unspecified violation of his contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled RHP Sam Coonrod from Sacramento (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed 1B Ryan Zimmerman on the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Kyle McGowin to Harrisburg (EL). Selected the contract of RHP Michael Blazek from Fresno (PCL). Recalled OF Andrew Stevenson from Fresno. Transferred RHP Justin Miller to the 60-day IL.