| W L Pct GB |
| Boston 36 16 .692 _ |
| Baltimore 27 27 .500 10 |
| Toronto 25 28 .472 11 1/2 |
| New York 22 29 .431 13 1/2 |
| Tampa Bay 22 29 .431 13 1/2 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Cleveland 33 19 .635 _ |
| Detroit 30 23 .566 3 1/2 |
| Minnesota 27 25 .519 6 |
| Chicago 24 25 .490 7 1/2 |
| Kansas City 19 35 .352 15 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Los Angeles 33 22 .600 _ |
| Seattle 26 24 .520 4 1/2 |
| Oakland 26 26 .500 5 1/2 |
| Texas 19 35 .352 13 1/2 |
| ___ |
| Thursday's Games |
| Cleveland 11, Detroit 5 |
| Toronto 2, Chicago White Sox 0 |
| Seattle 9, Texas 5 |
| Baltimore 6, L.A. Angels 2 |
| Friday's Games |
| N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:05 p.m. |
| Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. |
| Texas at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. |
| Saturday's Games |
| Chicago White Sox (Contreras 4-5) at Toronto (McGowan 1-2), 1:07 p.m. |
| N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 2-3) at Boston (Schilling 5-2), 3:55 p.m. |
| Detroit (Durbin 4-1) at Cleveland (Lee 2-2), 7:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City (Perez 2-5) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 0-6), 7:10 p.m. |
| Minnesota (Silva 3-5) at Oakland (Blanton 4-3), 9:05 p.m. |
| Baltimore (Trachsel 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Colon 5-2), 9:05 p.m. |
| Texas (Loe 1-4) at Seattle (Batista 5-4), 10:05 p.m. |
| Sunday's Games |
| Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. |
| Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. |
| Texas at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. |
| Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. |
| N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m. |
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