Sporting Digest: Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Toronto 9 Boston 1; New York 1 Baltimore 0; Texas 4 Cleveland 1; Milwaukee 6 Detroit 4; Kansas City 7 Chicago 5; Minnesota 12 Oakland 5; California 14 Seattle 2.

------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB New York Yankees 68 51 .571 - Toronto Blue Jays 68 51 .571 - Boston Red Sox 64 53 .547 3 Baltimore Orioles 63 55 .534 4 Detroit Tigers 60 60 .500 8 Cleveland Indians 56 62 .475 11 Milwaukee Brewers 47 69 .405 19 ------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago White Sox 64 53 .547 - Kansas City Royals 61 57 .517 3 Texas Rangers 60 57 .513 4 Seattle Mariners 57 60 .487 7 California Angels 54 62 .466 9 Minnesota Twins 52 63 .452 11 Oakland Athletics 47 68 .409 16 ------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LEAGUE: Montreal 7 St Louis 1; Philadelphia 5 New York 4; Pittsburgh 4 Florida 3 (11 innings); San Francisco 9 Chicago 7 (11); Colorado 4 Houston 3; Los Angeles 4 San Diego 2; Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 0.

------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Philadelphia Phillies 75 43 .636 - St Louis Cardinals 66 52 .559 9 Montreal Expos 62 56 .525 13 Chicago Cubs 58 59 .496 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 56 63 .471 19 Florida Marlins 51 67 .432 24 New York Mets 40 77 .342 34 ------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ------------------------------------------------------------- San Francisco Giants 79 39 .670 - Atlanta Braves 72 47 .605 7 Houston Astros 61 57 .519 18 Los Angeles Dodgers 59 58 .504 19 Cincinnati Reds 59 61 .492 21 San Diego Padres 46 73 .387 33 Colorado Rockies 43 75 .364 36 ------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LEAGUE North: Humberside 7 Leeds City 3. South: Crawley 9 Milton Keynes 2 (first game); Crawley 13 Milton Keynes 5 (second); Hounslow 7 Bedford 9; Brighton 8 Essex 18.