BASEBALL

WCL

WEST COAST LEAGUE

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SECOND HALF

North Division

W L Pct GB

x-Victoria 17 6 .739 —

Wenatchee 17 6 .739 —

Port Angeles 12 12 .500 51⁄2

Yakima Valley 8 16 .333 91⁄2

Bellingham 7 15 .318 91⁄2

Kelowna 7 17 .292 101⁄2

South Division

W L Pct GB

x-Corvallis 17 6 .739 —

Portland 13 10 .565 4

Cowlitz 12 11 .522 5

Walla Walla 11 12 .478 6

Ridgefield 10 13 .435 7

Bend 8 15 .348 9

x-clinched playoff

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Wednesday’s Games

Portland 15, Bend 9

Corvallis 5, Bellingham 4

Wenatchee 5, Ridgefield 0

Cowlitz 5, Yakima Valley 4

Victoria 11, Port Angeles 2

Walla Walla 4, Kelowna 0

Thursday’s Games

Portland at Bend, 6:35 p.m.

Victoria at Port Angeles, 6:35 p.m.

Corvallis at Bellingham, 6:35 p.m.

Ridgefield at Wenatchee, 6:35 p.m.

Yakima Valley at Cowlitz, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Linescore

Pickles 15, Elks 9

Portland 410 144 001 — 15 21 0

Bend 260 100 000 — 9 12 3

Giroux, Turcotte (4), Baumgartner (5), Clark (7), Embree (8), Leton (9), DeNiro (9) and Frey. W—Suter 1-2. L—Turcotte 0-3.

Hits: Portland 21 (Jensen 5, Skoro 3, Lettrell 2, Rudiinsky 2, Velazquez, Lambeau 2, Perry 2, Wojahn 2, Lively 2); Bend 12 (J. Johnson 2, Provost 2, Needham 2, Morgan 2, D. Johnson 2, Fernlund, Jarvis).

RBI: Portland 12 (Jensen 3, Skoro 2, Luttrell 2, Rudinsky 2, Lambeau, Perry, Lively); Bend 9 (J. Johnson 4, Needham 2, Morgan 2, D. Johnson).

MLB

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 75 39 .658 —

Tampa Bay 66 50 .569 10

Boston 60 56 .517 16

Toronto 47 70 .402 29½

Baltimore 38 76 .333 37

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 70 44 .614 —

Cleveland 68 46 .596 2

Chicago 51 62 .451 18½

Kansas City 41 74 .357 29½

Detroit 33 78 .297 35½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 75 40 .652 —

Oakland 65 50 .565 10

Texas 58 56 .509 16½

Los Angeles 56 59 .487 19

Seattle 48 68 .414 27½

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Wednesday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 1

Cleveland 2, Texas 0, 1st game

Atlanta 11, Minnesota 7

Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3

Houston 14, Colorado 3

Chicago Cubs 10, Oakland 1

Cleveland 5, Texas 1, 2nd game

Seattle 3, San Diego 2

N.Y. Yankees 14, Baltimore 2

Kansas City at Boston, ppd.

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (German 14-2) at Toronto (Pannone 2-4), 4:07 p.m.

Kansas City (TBD) at Detroit (Boyd 6-8), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Peters 2-0) at Boston (Sale 5-11), 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Clevinger 6-2) at Minnesota (Gibson 11-4), 5:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 68 48 .586 —

Washington 61 53 .535 6

Philadelphia 59 55 .518 8

New York 59 56 .513 8½

Miami 42 71 .372 24½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 62 52 .544 —

Milwaukee 60 56 .517 3

St. Louis 58 55 .513 3½

Cincinnati 54 58 .482 7

Pittsburgh 48 66 .421 14

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 77 40 .658 —

Arizona 58 57 .504 18

San Francisco 56 59 .487 20

San Diego 52 61 .460 23

Colorado 52 62 .456 23½

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Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 2

Atlanta 11, Minnesota 7

Houston 14, Colorado 3

Chicago Cubs 10, Oakland 1

L.A. Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1

Washington 4, San Francisco 1

Seattle 3, San Diego 2

Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 3

Arizona 6, Philadelphia 1

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta (Keuchel 3-4) at Miami (Hernandez 1-4), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hamels 6-3) at Cincinnati (Wood 1-0), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 10-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-7), 6:45 p.m.

Colorado (Gray 10-7) at San Diego (Lauer 6-8), 7:10 p.m.

LEADERS

Through Wednesday’s Games

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .335; Brantley, Houston, .322; Devers, Boston, .321; Alberto, Baltimore, .313; Bogaerts, Boston, .307; Merrifield, Kansas City, .301; Lindor, Cleveland, .301; Moncada, Chicago, .301; Martinez, Boston, .300; Trout, Los Angeles, .299.

RUNS—Betts, Boston, 103; Devers, Boston, 93; Bogaerts, Boston, 89; Trout, Los Angeles, 88; Semien, Oakland, 86; Bregman, Houston, 85; LeMahieu, New York, 79; Kepler, Minnesota, 77; Merrifield, Kansas City, 77; 2 tied at 76.

RBI—Trout, Los Angeles, 89; Devers, Boston, 87; Bogaerts, Boston, 85; Abreu, Chicago, 83; Gurriel, Houston, 80; Soler, Kansas City, 79; Kepler, Minnesota, 77; LeMahieu, New York, 77; 3 tied at 76.

HITS—Devers, Boston, 147; Merrifield, Kansas City, 145; LeMahieu, New York, 140; Brantley, Houston, 136; Bogaerts, Boston, 134; Polanco, Minnesota, 133; Semien, Oakland, 130; Betts, Boston, 126; Gurriel, Houston, 126; Martinez, Boston, 125.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 38; Cruz, Minnesota, 32; Kepler, Minnesota, 31; Soler, Kansas City, 31; Encarnacion, New York, 30; Bregman, Houston, 27; Mancini, Baltimore, 27; Vogelbach, Seattle, 26; 4 tied at 25.

ERA—Verlander, Houston, 2.68; Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.77; Cole, Houston, 2.87; Stroman, New York, 2.96; Miley, Houston, 3.05; Minor, Texas, 3.06; Berrios, Minnesota, 3.24; Bieber, Cleveland, 3.32; Giolito, Chicago, 3.44; Fiers, Oakland, 3.46.

STRIKEOUTS—Cole, Houston, 226; Verlander, Houston, 206; Sale, Boston, 193; Boyd, Detroit, 187; Bauer, Cincinnati, 185; Bieber, Cleveland, 182; Lynn, Texas, 178; Morton, Tampa Bay, 174; Giolito, Chicago, 158; Minor, Texas, 148.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—McNeil, New York, .339; Yelich, Milwaukee, .336; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, .334; Blackmon, Colorado, .323; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .321; KMarte, Arizona, .319; Rendon, Washington, .314; Freeman, Atlanta, .309; Arenado, Colorado, .306; Dahl, Colorado, .302.

RUNS—Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 93; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 90; Freeman, Atlanta, 90; Blackmon, Colorado, 83; Bryant, Chicago, 83; Story, Colorado, 83; Yelich, Milwaukee, 82; Baez, Chicago, 81; Rendon, Washington, 80; 2 tied at 78.

RBI—Escobar, Arizona, 93; Freeman, Atlanta, 92; Bell, Pittsburgh, 89; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 88; Rendon, Washington, 87; Arenado, Colorado, 85; Yelich, Milwaukee, 84; Alonso, New York, 83; Baez, Chicago, 78; Hosmer, San Diego, 77.

HITS—KMarte, Arizona, 141; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 138; Freeman, Atlanta, 138; Albies, Atlanta, 136; Baez, Chicago, 133; Yelich, Milwaukee, 133; Arenado, Colorado, 131; Blackmon, Colorado, 131; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 129; McNeil, New York, 129.

HOME RUNS—Yelich, Milwaukee, 39; Alonso, New York, 37; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 37; Renfroe, San Diego, 30; Suarez, Cincinnati, 30; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 29; Freeman, Atlanta, 29; Baez, Chicago, 28; 4 tied at 27.

ERA—Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.53; Scherzer, Washington, 2.41; Soroka, Atlanta, 2.46; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.63; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.77; deGrom, New York, 2.77; Greinke, Houston, 2.90; Hendricks, Chicago, 3.06; Buehler, Los Angeles, 3.22; Gray, Cincinnati, 3.26.

STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 189; deGrom, New York, 182; Ray, Arizona, 178; Strasburg, Washington, 175; Castillo, Cincinnati, 164; Corbin, Washington, 164; Nola, Philadelphia, 163; Marquez, Colorado, 154; Buehler, Los Angeles, 152; Flaherty, St. Louis, 150.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Connecticut 16 6 .727 —

Washington 15 7 .682 1

Chicago 13 9 .591 3

New York 8 14 .364 8

Indiana 8 15 .348 8½

Atlanta 5 18 .217 11½

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Las Vegas 15 8 .652 —

Los Angeles 13 8 .619 1

Phoenix 11 10 .524 3

Seattle 12 11 .522 3

Minnesota 11 11 .500 3½

Dallas 6 16 .273 8½

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Wednesday’s Games

Chicago 101, New York 92

Thursday’s Games

Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Philadelphia 12 7 6 42 46 37

Atlanta 12 9 3 39 41 29

New York 11 9 4 37 41 34

D.C. United 9 7 9 36 32 31

New York City FC 9 4 8 35 37 27

Montreal 10 12 3 33 34 44

New England 9 9 6 33 34 41

Toronto FC 9 10 5 32 38 40

Orlando City 8 11 5 29 32 33

Chicago 6 10 9 27 35 35

Columbus 7 14 4 25 25 37

Cincinnati 5 17 2 17 23 55

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles FC 16 3 4 52 61 23

Minnesota United 11 7 5 38 39 30

San Jose 11 7 5 38 40 34

Seattle 11 7 5 38 35 31

LA Galaxy 12 10 1 37 30 34

Real Salt Lake 10 9 4 34 33 31

FC Dallas 9 9 6 33 31 28

Portland 9 9 4 31 35 33

Houston 9 11 3 30 32 36

Sporting Kansas City 7 9 7 28 36 41

Vancouver 5 11 9 24 25 42

Colorado 6 12 5 23 39 48

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Thursday’s Game

Houston at New York City FC, 4 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

New England at Seattle, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Orlando City at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota United at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

NWSL

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE

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W L T Pts GF GA

North Carolina 8 3 4 28 30 15

Portland 7 3 6 27 31 20

Chicago 8 5 2 26 26 19

Reign FC 7 3 5 26 14 15

Washington 6 5 3 21 19 14

Utah 6 6 3 21 14 14

Houston 5 7 4 19 16 26

Orlando 3 9 2 11 16 31

Sky Blue FC 2 11 3 9 10 22

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Wednesday’s Games

Reign FC 1, Portland 0

Utah 3, Sky Blue FC 0

Saturday’s Games

Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m.

Houston at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.

Football

NFL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON

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Thursday’s Games

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4 p.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

New England at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

L.A. Rams at Oakland, 5 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Dallas at San Francisco, 6 p.m.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

USA BASEBALL — Named Joe Girardi manager of the 2019 Premier12 team.

Major League Baseball

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Cincinnati minor league OF Nate Scantlin (Billings-Pioneer) 100 games following a third positive test for a drug of abuse; Detroit minor league 1B Reynaldo Rivera (West Michigan-MWL) 80 games and SS Pavin Parks (GCL Tigers) 52 games after both tested positive for Trenbolone, a performance-enhancing substance; and Washington minor league P Steven Fuentes (Harrisburg-EL) 50 games after testing positive for heptaminol, a stimulant.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF D.J. Stewart on the 7-day IL. Reinstated LHP John Means from the 10-day IL.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Dylan Covey to Charlotte (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed OF Jordan Luplow on the 10-day IL. Assigned SS Eric Stamets outright to Columbus (IL). Recalled OF Greg Allen from Columbus. Sent RHP Dan Otero to Columbus for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP David McKay and LHP Matt Hall to Toledo (IL). Sent OF Christin Stewart to Toledo for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Ryan Pressly to Corpus Christi (TL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed LHP Danny Duffy on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Jake Newberry from Omaha (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Cody Stashak to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Kohl Stewart from Rochester.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Chance Adams from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated 2B Tim Lopes from the 10-day IL.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent LHP Jose Alvarado to Durham (IL) for a rehab assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Locke St. John and OF Scott Heineman to Nashville (PCL). Reinstated RHP Shawn Kelley from the 10-day IL.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed RHP Zack Godley off waivers from Arizona (NL). Designated RHP David Paulino for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS — Signed C Jonathan Lucroy. Optioned C/INF Taylor Davis to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Signed RHP Brad Boxberger to a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Miguel Rojas on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of INF Deven Marrero from New Orleans (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP Jeremy Hellickson to the GCL Nationals for a rehab assignment.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived-injured WR Lance Lenoir and OT Derrick Puni. Signed OT Juwann Bushell-Beatty and TE Marcus Lucas.

DETROIT LIONS — Agreed to terms with OL Joe Dahl on a contract extension through 2021.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed QB Jordan Ta’amu. Waived C D.J. Coker.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed WR Steve Ishmael on IR. Signed RB Aca’Cedric Ware.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S John Battle and DL Stevie Tu’ikolovatu. Placed OL Mike Liedtke on IR. Waived QB Vincent Testaverde.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MLS — Fined Houston F Alberth Elis for of use simulation/embellishment during an Aug. 3 match against Chicago. Issued an additional game suspension (two games total) and an additional undisclosed fine to LA Galaxy M Efrain Alvarez for violent conduct in a July 27 match against Portland.

COLUMBUS CREW — Transferred D Gaston Sauro to Deportivo Toluca (Liga MX-Mexico).

D.C. UNITED — Acquired F Ola Kamara from Shenzhen (Super League-China) with targeted allocation money.

LAFC — Agreed to terms with F Brian Rodriguez.

LA GALAXY — Traded M Emmanuel Boateng to D.C. for targeted allocation money. Traded general allocation money to Orlando City for targeted allocation money.

MINNESOTA UNITED — Signed M Thomas Chacon.

MONTREAL IMPACT — Agreed to terms with M Bojan Krkic on a 1½-year contract.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Added F Josh Sims.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Traded M Anibal Godoy to Nashville for general allocation money, effective Jan. 1.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Traded M Kelyn Rowe to Real Salt Lake for $75,000 in targeted allocation money and a 2019 international roster spot.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Loaned D Brendan McDonough to Charlotte (USLC).

COLLEGE

NCAA — Named Middle Tennessee senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator Diane Turnham chair and Duke senior deputy director of athletics for administration/legal affairs and chief of staff Nina King vice chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Maurice Joseph assistant men’s basketball coach.

FLORIDA GULF COAST — Named Steve McKee assistant baseball coach.

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Irving Eggleston assistant men’s basketball coach.