Major League Baseball standings and schedule update
American League results show Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 4 on Friday and Kansas City 16 Yankees 1 in a high scoring night. Saturday features Yankees 16 Kansas City 8 and many other AL games along with NL results including Mets 6 Cubs 2 and Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 4. A full slate of today’s probable pitchers accompanies the schedule with key matchups across both leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
N.Y. Yankees
Kansas City
Toronto
Texas
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Minnesota
Seattle
Boston
Oakland
L.A. Angels
N.Y. Mets
Chicago Cubs
Houston
Florida
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Washington
St. Louis
Colorado
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Arizona
L.A. Dodgers
G.floyd
Tata
Medie
N.Y
Yankees
Mussina
McCarthy
McGowan
Bedard
Sonnanstine
Carmona
Baker
Beckett
Batista
Lackey
Haven
Cook
James
Albers
Olsen
Arroyo
Gorzelanny
Wainwright
Chico
Eaton
Suppan
Lowry
Germany
Webb
L.A
Dodgers
Penny
Glavine
Marquis
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Pet GB
Pet
Bonds 755th homer stirs debate over home run crown
The crowd cheered as Bonds tied Hank Aaron at 755 with a long awaited homer. A secure-escort authenticated the special ball while Bonds greeted family and teammates. He faced questions over steroid era amid comparisons to Ruth and Aaron and a decision to return for a 15th Giants season on a 15.8 million one year deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonds
Ryan Klesko
Giants
Aisha
Liz
Sue Burns
Harmon Burns
Willie Mays
Aaron
McGwire
Roger Maris
Big Mac
Sammy Sosa
Selig
Sosa
Ken Griffey Jr
Frank Thomas
Rodriguez
Yankees
Peter Magowan
San Francisco
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Six-run third inning powers Cubs past Mets at Wrigley
Ted Lilly pitched into the eighth as the Cubs beat the Mets 6 2 at Wrigley in a playoff chase setting. Jacque Jones had three hits and Derrek Lee walked three times to fuel a six run third inning. Moises Alou homered twice for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ted Lilly
Wrigley Field
Ryan Theriot
Lilly
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Jacque Jones
Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
Toronto
Moises Alou
Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Brewers
Phillies
Milwaukee
Alou
John Maine
Theriot
Brewers rally past Phillies behind Fielder homer
Milwaukee overcome a 5-1 deficit to beat Philadelphia 6-5 in Milwaukee. Prince Fielder hit a two run homer in the eighth as J.J. Hardy started the rally. Ryan Braun, Corey Hart, and Hart's late defense preserved the win, with Francisco Cordero earning his 34th save. Phils’ Ryan Howard, Pat Burrell and Greg Dobbs homered. Burrell moved into sixth on the team all time list with 205.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Prince Fielder
Milwaukee Brewers
Philadelphia Phillies
Corey Hart
Tadahito Iguchi
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mets
J.J. Hardy
Ryan Braun
Tom Gordon
Hart
Francisco Cordero
Iguchi
Derrick Turnbow
Gordon
Ryan Howard
Pat Burrell
Greg Dobbs
Phillies
Burrell
Brewers
Dave Bush
Cole Hamels
Tony Graffanino
Joe Dillon
Hardy
Kevin Mench
Chris Roberson
Howard
Aaron Rowand
Cardinals fall as Nationals explode in 12-1 rout
Washington built a 5-1 lead in the fourth on Zimmerman's 16th homer and a sequence of hits, then added five more in the sixth as Logan, Batista, and Belliard drove in runs. Zimmerman hit his first career multihomer game, and Schneider followed with a two-run shot. Cardinals starter Pineiro yielded five runs in five innings in his first major league start in 11 months. Pujols sat with a sore elbow, Miles pitched a perfect eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RBI
Greg Dobbs
Carlos Ruiz
Dobbs
Philadelphia
Braves
Rockies
Atlanta
Tim Hudson
Hudson
Colorado
Reds
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Adam Dunn
Cincinnati
Matt Caps
Jeff Keppinger
Brandon Phillips
Dunn
Hanrahan
Felipe Lopez
Pineiro
Lopez
Boston
Nationals
Logan
Tony Batista
Ronnie Belliard
Zimmerman
Schneider
Washington
Cardinals
Scott Rolen
Chris Duncan
Saul Rivera
Albert Pujols
St. Louis
Aaron Miles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bay Area
Mark McGwire
Jose Reyes
Reyes
Marty Foster
Jason Kendall
Willie Randolph
Randolph
Derrek Lee
Maine
Aramis Ramirez
Cliff Floyd
Mark DeRosa
Jones
DeRosa
Floyd
Damien Easley
Ramirez
Easley
Paul Lo Duca
Duca
Lo Duca
Rampup
Marlins
Astros
Miami
Miguel Cabrera
Stephen Randolph
Cabrera