Sporting Digest: Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Toronto 2 Detroit 1; Milwaukee 9 NY Yankees 2; Boston 2 Baltimore 1; Cleveland 9 Kansas City 5; Minnesota 9 California 2; Oakland 9 Texas 5; Chicago White Sox 4 Seattle 0.

----------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Toronto Blue Jays 61 45 .575 - New York Yankees 60 46 .566 1 Boston Red Sox 59 46 .562 1 Baltimore Orioles 55 49 .529 5 Detroit Tigers 53 53 .500 8 Cleveland Indians 49 56 .467 11 Milwaukee Brewers 42 61 .408 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago White Sox 58 45 .563 - Kansas City Royals 54 51 .514 5 Texas Rangers 52 52 .500 6 Seattle Mariners 51 54 .486 8 California Angels 48 56 .457 10 Minnesota Twins 44 58 .431 13 Oakland Athletics 44 58 .431 13 -----------------------------------------------------------------

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Florida 5 Montreal 4; Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4; San Diego 3 Cincinnati 1; Atlanta 3 Houston 2; Chicago Cubs 10 Los Angeles 4; NY Mets 10 St Louis 3; San Francisco 6 Colorado 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Philadelphia Phillies 67 39 .632 - St Louis Cardinals 59 45 .567 7 Montreal Expos 56 49 .533 10 Chicago Cubs 53 50 .515 12 Pittsburgh Pirates 47 58 .448 19 Florida Marlins 44 60 .423 22 New York Mets 36 68 .346 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- San Francisco Giants 71 35 .670 - Atlanta Braves 64 43 .598 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 54 50 .519 16 Houston Astros 54 51 .514 16 Cincinnati Reds 52 55 .486 18 San Diego Padres 41 65 .387 30 Colorado Rockies 36 68 .346 34 -----------------------------------------------------------------

BBF NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE North: Humberside 16 Nottingham 0; Humberside 11 Nottingham 3. South: Brighton 12 Hounslow 7; Essex 7 Milton Keynes 0; Essex 7 Milton Keynes 0; Bedford 6 Crawley 5.