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BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Reduced the three-game suspension of Yankee RHP Kyle Farnsworth to one game for throwing a fastball behind the head of Boston OF Manny Ramirez in a game on April 17. Suspended Seattle INF Richie Sexson for six games and fined him for charging the mound in a game against Texas on May 8. Fined Seattle RHP Felix Hernandez and Texas players C Gerald Laird and RHP Sidney Ponson for their actions during the game.

American League

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Acquired OF Kevin Mench from Texas for cash considerations. Agreed to terms with OF Brad Wilkerson. Optioned INF Joe Inglett to Syracuse (IL). Designated LHP Gustavo Chacin and INF Sergio Santos for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Activated LHP Scott Eyre from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Sean Marshall to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed LHP Kent Mercker on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 6. Recalled LHP Bill Bray from Louisville (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Acquired OF Jason Michaels and cash from Cleveland for a player to be named.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Released OF Jim Edmonds. Called up OF Jody Gerut from Portland (PCL). Claimed LHP Sean Henn off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees. Purchased the contract of C Luke Carlin from Portland. Optioned C Colt Morton to San Antonio (Texas).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Acquired C David Wallace from Cleveland for a player to be named and assigned him to Columbus (IL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released WR Koren Robinson.

Baseball



ML standings



American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 23 14 .622 —

Tampa Bay 19 16 .543 3

New York 18 18 .500 4 1/2

Baltimore 17 18 .486 5

Toronto 17 19 .472 5 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 17 16 .515 —

Chicago 16 17 .485 1

Cleveland 16 18 .471 1 1/2

Kansas City 15 19 .441 2 1/2

Detroit 15 21 .417 3 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 22 14 .611 —

Los Angeles 22 15 .595 1/2

Texas 16 20 .444 6

Seattle 14 22 .389 8

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 3

Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2

Boston 5, Detroit 1

Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3, 13 innings

Baltimore 4, Kansas City 1

Texas 5, Seattle 0

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay 2, L.A. Angels 0

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, (n)

Toronto at Cleveland, (n)

Oakland at Texas, (n)

Boston at Minnesota, (n)

Baltimore at Kansas City, (n)

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, (n)

Today’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Rasner 1-0) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-3), 2:40 p.m.

Toronto (McGowan 2-2) at Cleveland (Laffey 0-2), 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Saunders 6-0) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Matsuzaka 5-0) at Minnesota (Perkins 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Olson 1-0) at Kansas City (Tomko 1-3), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Eveland 3-2) at Texas (Millwood 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 3-3) at Seattle (Washburn 2-4), 9:10 p.m.



National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 20 14 .588 —

Philadelphia 20 16 .556 1

Atlanta 18 15 .545 1 1/2

New York 17 15 .531 2

Washington 15 20 .429 5 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 22 14 .611 —

Chicago 20 15 .571 1 1/2

Houston 18 17 .514 3 1/2

Milwaukee 16 18 .471 5

Pittsburgh 15 19 .441 6

Cincinnati 14 21 .400 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 23 13 .639 —

Los Angeles 19 15 .559 3

Colorado 14 21 .400 8 1/2

San Francisco 14 21 .400 8 1/2

San Diego 12 23 .343 10 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 4

Atlanta 5, San Diego 4

Colorado 9, St. Louis 3

Arizona 8, Philadelphia 3

Florida 7, Milwaukee 2

Washington 8, Houston 3

Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona 1

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, (n)

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, (n)

Florida at Washington, (n)

St. Louis at Milwaukee, (n)

Colorado at San Diego, (n)

Philadelphia at San Francisco, (n)

Houston at L.A. Dodgers, (n)

Today’s Games

Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-4) at N.Y. Mets (Santana 3-2), 12:10 p.m.

Arizona (Scherzer 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-1), 2:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Pineiro 2-2) at Milwaukee (Sheets 4-0), 2:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Moyer 2-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 4-1), 3:05 p.m.

Atlanta (James 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Miller 2-2) at Washington (O’Connor 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Jimenez 1-2) at San Diego (Maddux 2-3), 9:05 p.m.

Houston (Sampson 1-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-4), 9:10 p.m.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Thursday, May 8

Boston 89, Cleveland 73, Boston leads series 2-0

San Antonio 110, New Orleans 99, New Orleans leads series 2-1

Friday, May 9

L.A. Lakers at Utah, (n)

Saturday, May 10

Detroit at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 11

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 2:30 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 7 p.m.



NBA boxscore



Thursday, May 8

At San Antonio

SPURS 110, HORNETS 99

NEW ORLEANS (99)

Stojakovic 2-7 3-4 8, West 10-19 3-6 23, Chandler 5-5 2-4 12, Paul 15-25 5-5 35, Peterson 1-3 0-0 3, Wells 3-8 0-0 6, Ely 2-5 0-0 4, Pargo 1-7 0-0 2, Wright 2-4 2-2 6, R.Bowen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-83 15-21 99.

SAN ANTONIO (110)

B.Bowen 4-11 0-0 12, Duncan 6-13 4-7 16, Thomas 2-4 0-0 4, Parker 12-24 7-8 31, Ginobili 11-22 6-6 31, Oberto 1-3 0-0 2, Finley 4-7 0-0 11, Barry 0-0 0-0 0, Horry 1-1 0-0 3, Udoka 0-0 0-0 0, Vaughn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-85 17-21 110.

New Orleans 23 33 22 21 — 99

San Antonio 21 33 29 27 — 110

3-Point Goals—New Orleans 2-11 (Stojakovic 1-3, Peterson 1-3, Wright 0-1, Pargo 0-1, Wells 0-1, Paul 0-2), San Antonio 11-25 (B.Bowen 4-9, Finley 3-5, Ginobili 3-9, Horry 1-1, Parker 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 48 (West 12), San Antonio 48 (Duncan 13). Assists—New Orleans 15 (Paul 9), San Antonio 28 (Parker 11). Total Fouls—New Orleans 21, San Antonio 20. A—18,797 (18,797).



Hockey



NHL playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

Thursday, May 8

Detroit 4, Dallas 1, Detroit leads series 1-0

Friday, May 9

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, (n)

Saturday, May 10

Dallas at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 11

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.