AL standings, schedules & scores

[August 22, 2008]  (AP)   

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 77 49 .611 --

Boston 73 54 .575 4 1/2

New York 67 60 .528 10 1/2

Toronto 66 61 .520 11 1/2

Baltimore 61 65 .484 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 73 53 .579 --

Minnesota 73 54 .575 1/2

Detroit 62 65 .488 11 1/2

Cleveland 59 67 .468 14

Kansas City 55 72 .433 18 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 77 49 .611 --

Texas 63 65 .492 15

Oakland 58 69 .457 19 1/2

Seattle 46 81 .362 31 1/2

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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

Thursday's games

Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3

Toronto 14, N.Y. Yankees 3

Minnesota 2, L.A. Angels 1, 12 innings

Oakland 2, Seattle 0

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(All times EDT)

Friday's games

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

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

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

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Saturday's games

Boston (Lester 12-4) at Toronto (Litsch 8-7), 1:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Kazmir 9-6) at Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 10-10), 3:55 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pavano 0-0) at Baltimore (Guthrie 10-9), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Miner 6-4) at Kansas City (Undecided), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Sowers 2-6) at Texas (McCarthy 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 9-7) at L.A. Angels (Garland 11-8), 9:05 p.m.

Oakland (Saarloos 1-0) at Seattle (Washburn 5-13), 10:10 p.m.

[Associated Press]

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