| All Times EDT |
| East Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Boston 80 54 .597 _ |
| New York 75 59 .560 5 |
| Toronto 67 66 .504 12 1/2 |
| Baltimore 58 74 .439 21 |
| Tampa Bay 54 80 .403 26 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Cleveland 76 57 .571 _ |
| Detroit 72 62 .537 4 1/2 |
| Minnesota 67 67 .500 9 1/2 |
| Kansas City 60 73 .451 16 |
| Chicago 57 77 .425 19 1/2 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Los Angeles 79 54 .594 _ |
| Seattle 73 59 .553 5 1/2 |
| Oakland 66 69 .489 14 |
| Texas 61 72 .459 18 |
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| Thursday's Games |
| N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 0 |
| Detroit 6, Kansas City 1 |
| Cleveland 6, Seattle 5 |
| Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 6 |
| Texas 5, Chicago White Sox 1 |
| Friday's Games |
| Kansas City 9, Minnesota 4, 1st game |
| Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game |
| Baltimore at Boston, 7:05 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. |
| Seattle at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. |
| Detroit at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. |
| Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. |
| Saturday's Games |
| Kansas City (Duckworth 2-3) at Minnesota (Silva 10-13), 12:10 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay (Jackson 4-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Kennedy 0-0), 1:05 p.m. |
| Seattle (Batista 13-10) at Toronto (McGowan 8-8), 1:07 p.m. |
| Detroit (Verlander 14-5) at Oakland (Haren 14-5), 3:55 p.m. |
| Texas (Volquez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Escobar 15-6), 3:55 p.m. |
| Baltimore (Olson 1-2) at Boston (Tavarez 7-9), 7:05 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 11-7) at Cleveland (Byrd 13-5), 7:05 p.m. |
| Sunday's Games |
| Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. |
| Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. |
| Seattle at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. |
| Baltimore at Boston, 2:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. |
| Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. |
| Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. |
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