| W L Pct GB |
| Boston 14 7 .667 _ |
| Toronto 11 10 .524 3 |
| Baltimore 11 11 .500 3 1/2 |
| Tampa Bay 9 13 .409 5 1/2 |
| New York 8 12 .400 5 1/2 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Cleveland 12 7 .632 _ |
| Detroit 12 9 .571 1 |
| Chicago 11 9 .550 1 1/2 |
| Minnesota 12 10 .545 1 1/2 |
| Kansas City 7 15 .318 6 1/2 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Los Angeles 12 10 .545 _ |
| Oakland 11 11 .500 1 |
| Seattle 8 9 .471 1 1/2 |
| Texas 8 13 .381 3 1/2 |
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| Thursday's Games |
| Cleveland 9, Texas 4 |
| Minnesota 1, Kansas City 0, 11 innings |
| Seattle 4, Oakland 2 |
| L.A. Angels 11, Tampa Bay 3 |
| Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 |
| Boston 5, Baltimore 2 |
| Detroit at Chicago White Sox, ppd., Inclement weather |
| Friday's Games |
| Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. |
| Texas at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. |
| L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. |
| Saturday's Games |
| Minnesota (Silva 1-1) at Detroit (Verlander 1-0), 1:05 p.m. |
| Texas (Millwood 2-3) at Toronto (Chacin 2-1), 1:07 p.m. |
| Boston (Wakefield 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Karstens 0-1), 3:55 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay (Fossum 2-1) at Oakland (Haren 2-2), 4:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore (Bedard 3-2) at Cleveland (Sowers 0-1), 7:05 p.m. |
| L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Garland 0-1), 7:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City (Meche 1-1) at Seattle (Jeff Weaver 0-3), 9:05 p.m. |
| Sunday's Games |
| Boston (Tavarez 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 0-1), 1:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota (J.Santana 3-2) at Detroit (Maroth 2-0), 1:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore (Wright 0-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 1-1), 1:05 p.m. |
| Texas (McCarthy 1-3) at Toronto (Ohka 1-2), 1:07 p.m. |
| L.A. Angels (Escobar 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-0), 2:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City (Bannister 0-0) at Seattle (Baek 0-0), 4:05 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay (Kazmir 1-1) at Oakland (Braden 1-0), 4:05 p.m. |
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