| W L Pct GB |
| Boston 27 12 .692 _ |
| New York 18 21 .462 9 |
| Toronto 18 22 .450 9 1/2 |
| Baltimore 18 23 .439 10 |
| Tampa Bay 17 22 .436 10 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Cleveland 24 14 .632 _ |
| Detroit 24 15 .615 1/2 |
| Chicago 20 17 .541 3 1/2 |
| Minnesota 18 22 .450 7 |
| Kansas City 14 27 .341 11 1/2 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Los Angeles 23 18 .561 _ |
| Seattle 18 17 .514 2 |
| Oakland 20 19 .513 2 |
| Texas 15 25 .375 7 1/2 |
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| Wednesday's Games |
| Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 3, 1st game |
| N.Y. Yankees 8, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd game |
| Detroit at Boston, ppd., Rain |
| Cleveland 7, Minnesota 1 |
| Toronto 2, Baltimore 1 |
| Tampa Bay 11, Texas 8 |
| L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 0 |
| Kansas City 4, Oakland 3 |
| Thursday's Games |
| Cleveland 2, Minnesota 0 |
| Boston 2, Detroit 1, 1st game |
| Chicago White Sox 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 |
| Detroit at Boston, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game |
| Kansas City at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. |
| Texas vs. Tampa Bay at Kissimmee, Fla., 7:10 p.m. |
| L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. |
| Friday's Games |
| Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 3-2), 2:20 p.m. |
| Florida (Kim 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 0-5), 6:40 p.m. |
| Cincinnati (Lohse 1-4) at Cleveland (Lee 1-0), 7:05 p.m. |
| Atlanta (Lerew 0-1 or Redman 0-4) at Boston (Gabbard 0-0), 7:05 p.m. |
| St. Louis (Looper 5-2) at Detroit (Miller 0-0), 7:05 p.m. |
| Toronto (McGowan 0-0) at Philadelphia (Lieber 1-2), 7:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore (Trachsel 1-3) at Washington (Simontacchi 1-1), 7:05 p.m. |
| N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 4-3), 7:10 p.m. |
| Texas (Tejeda 3-3) at Houston (Albers 1-2), 8:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota (Bonser 1-1) at Milwaukee (Capuano 5-1), 8:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City (De La Rosa 4-3) at Colorado (Francis 2-4), 9:05 p.m. |
| San Diego (Young 4-3) at Seattle (Batista 3-3), 10:05 p.m. |
| San Francisco (Zito 3-4) at Oakland (Gaudin 2-1), 10:05 p.m. |
| L.A. Dodgers (Penny 5-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 2-5), 10:05 p.m. |
| Saturday's Games |
| Atlanta at Boston, 1:05 p.m. |
| N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 3:55 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 3:55 p.m. |
| Texas at Houston, 7:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m. |
| St. Louis at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. |
| Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. |
| Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m. |
| Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Colorado, 8:05 p.m. |
| San Francisco at Oakland, 9:05 p.m. |
| L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. |
| San Diego at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. |
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