AL standings, schedules & scores

[August 21, 2008]  (AP)   

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 77 49 .611 --

Boston 73 54 .575 4 1/2

New York 67 59 .532 10

Toronto 65 61 .516 12

Baltimore 61 65 .484 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 73 53 .579 --

Minnesota 72 54 .571 1

Detroit 62 65 .488 11 1/2

Cleveland 58 67 .464 14 1/2

Kansas City 55 71 .437 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 77 48 .616 --

Texas 63 65 .492 15 1/2

Oakland 57 69 .452 20 1/2

Seattle 46 80 .365 31 1/2

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Tuesday's games

Boston 7, Baltimore 2

Cleveland 9, Kansas City 4

Toronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 1

Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 2

Detroit 11, Texas 3

Minnesota 13, Oakland 2

Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 0

Wednesday's games

Minnesota 3, Oakland 1

Chicago White Sox 15, Seattle 3

Baltimore 11, Boston 6

Cleveland 8, Kansas City 5

N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 1

L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 4

Texas 9, Detroit 1

(All times EDT)

Thursday's games

Kansas City at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Rogers Centre, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Friday's Games

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Byrd 7-11) at Toronto (Marcum 8-5), 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Carmona 5-5) at Texas (Harrison 5-2), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 9-13) at Kansas City (Bannister 7-12), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jackson 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 10-5), 8:11 p.m.

Minnesota (Perkins 10-3) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 14-5), 10:05 p.m.

Oakland (Gonzalez 1-2) at Seattle (Feierabend 0-1), 10:10 p.m.

[Associated Press]

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