Sporting Digest: Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Detroit 7 Cleveland 5; NY Yankees 6 Minnesota 4; Baltimore 6 Milwaukee 1; Toronto 1 Boston 13; Chicago White Sox 5 Texas 4; Oakland 0 Kansas City 2; California 7 Seattle 2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Cincinatti 2 San Francisco 1; Florida 2 Chicago Cubs 7; Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 1; Atlanta 4 NY Mets 3; St Louis 5 Montreal 4; Colorado 8 Houston 0; San Diego 4 Los Angeles 3.

----------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN LEAGUE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB New York Yankees. . . . .41 27 .603 - Baltimore. . . . . . . . 38 30 .559 3 Detroit. . . . . . . . . 35 33 .515 6 Boston. . . . . . . . . .34 34 .500 7 Toronto. . . . . . . . . 31 37 .456 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Central Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland. . . . . . . . 41 26 .612 - Minnesota. . . . . . . . 37 31 .544 4 1/2 Chicago White Sox. . . . 36 31 .537 5 Kansas City. . . . . . . 36 32 .529 5 1/2 Milwaukee. . . . . . . . 32 37 .464 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Western Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Texas. . . . . . . . . . 32 37 .464 - Seattle. . . . . . . . . 30 39 .435 2 California. . . . . . . .31 41 .431 2 1/2 Oakland. . . . . . . . . 25 44 .362 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL LEAGUE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta. . . . . . . . . 45 23 .662 - Montreal. . . . . . . . .41 28 .594 4 1/2 Philadelphia. . . . . . .35 35 .500 11 Florida. . . . . . . . . 34 36 .486 12 New York Mets. . . . . . 32 38 .457 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Central Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cincinnati. . . . . . . .39 29 .574 - Houston. . . . . . . . . 39 31 .557 1 St Louis. . . . . . . . .34 34 .500 5 Pittsburgh. . . . . . . .32 36 .471 7 Chicago Cubs. . . . . . .28 39 .418 10 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Western Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Los Angeles. . . . . . . 36 34 .514 - Colorado. . . . . . . . .32 38 .457 4 1/2 San Francisco. . . . . . 30 40 .429 6 1/2 San Diego. . . . . . . . 27 43 .386 9 -----------------------------------------------------------------