Sporting Digest: Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE: New York Yankees 14 Cleveland 8; California 6 Milwaukee 1; Kansas City 5 Boston 4; Baltimore 6 Texas 3; Oakland 7 Detroit 3; Toronto 6 Seattle 2; Chicago White Sox 13 Minnesota 5.

----------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB New York Yankees. . . .75 57 .568 - Toronto Blue Jays. . . 75 57 .568 - Detroit Tigers. . . . .70 62 .530 5 Boston Red Sox. . . . .68 61 .527 5 1/2 Baltimore Orioles. . . 69 62 .527 5 1/2 Cleveland Indians. . . 62 69 .473 12 1/2 Milwaukee Brewers. . . 56 76 .424 19 ----------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Chicago White Sox. . . 72 57 .558 - Texas Rangers. . . . . 68 62 .523 4 1/2 Kansas City Royals. . .68 63 .519 5 Seattle Mariners. . . .64 65 .496 8 California Angels. . . 59 71 .454 13 1/2 Minnesota Twins. . . . 55 74 .426 17 Oakland Athletics. . . 52 77 .403 20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LEAGUE: Pittsburgh 7 San Diego 4; San Diego 11 Pittsburgh 0; Atlanta 8 Chicago Cubs 2; Montreal 3 Houston 2; Philadelphia 12 Cincinnati 0; Colorado 6 New York Mets 1; Los Angeles 8 St Louis 3; San Francisco 9 Florida 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------- East Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Philadelphia Phillies .81 49 .623 - St Louis Cardinals. . .71 59 .546 10 Montreal Expos. . . . .71 60 .542 10 1/2 Chicago Cubs. . . . . .63 67 .485 18 Pittsburgh Pirates. . .61 70 .466 20 1/2 Florida Marlins. . . . 54 75 .419 26 1/2 New York Mets. . . . . 45 85 .346 36 ----------------------------------------------------------------- West Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB San Francisco Giants . 84 45 .651 - Atlanta Braves. . . . .81 50 .618 4 Houston Astros. . . . .68 62 .523 16 1/2 Los Angeles Dodgers. . 66 63 .512 18 Cincinnati Reds. . . . 65 67 .492 20 1/2 San Diego Padres. . . .52 79 .397 33 Colorado Rockies. . . .50 81 .382 35 -----------------------------------------------------------------